Trump’s Permitting Reform Aims to Cut Red Tape Blocking Energy and Critical Infrastructure Projects
Infrastructure costs have skyrocketed due to Biden-era inflation and excessive regulations, causing 72% of projects to run late and 84% over budget in 2023. Delays from lengthy environmental reviews- averaging seven years- waste time and money. As House Transportation Chairman, Rep. Sam Graves supports President Trump’s agenda with commonsense permitting reforms. Key efforts include the 2026 surface transportation bill to streamline approvals and the PERMIT Act, which cuts Clean Water Act red tape without sacrificing environmental protections.
These reforms aim to reduce delays, litigation, and costs while boosting efficiency for builders, farmers, energy producers, and communities—ultimately lowering construction expenses and utility bills for Americans.
“The PERMIT Act is just one example of commonsense streamlining reforms the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is working to implement. Earlier this year, the committee approved the Fixing Emergency Management for Americans (FEMA) Act of 2025, which provides the most robust legislative reform of federal disaster programs in decades. The FEMA Act streamlines and improves the efficiency of federal disaster programs by cutting red tape, making programs work better for communities and disaster victims, and putting states in the driver’s seat for preparing for and responding to disasters.
Republicans want to help American businesses grow and thrive, ensure our farmers can grow and transport the food we need, and allow desperately needed energy products to reach every corner of the nation. Permitting reforms can lower construction costs and utility bills and speed up project timelines. These reforms are necessary for our communities, for our economy and for improving the daily lives of Americans.”
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