The Left has weaponized NEPA against the Interior West

Anyone attempting a large-scale project in Wyoming knows just how frustrating – and time-consuming – the NEPA review process is. Much-needed building and mining activities can be held up for years, languishing in a queue of pending projects with no guidance as to when their case will be resolved or what is needed to move forward. The Biden Administration continues to pass new rules in order to lengthen these wait times, with the intent of discouraging new projects on federal lands due to the dilatory and expensive process that never seems to end.

We need a faster NEPA process, not a slower one. The West desperately needs these projects that will clean up our forests, increase our water reclamation capacity, and power our homes. My amendment will help clear some of the roadblocks that the Biden Administration is attempting to implement to the harm of our Western communities.