In talking to our coal miners and leadership in those operations, they say that the coal production and demand has increased fairly dramatically since President Trump took office. We are streamlining the process within the Natural Resource Committee. We are modernizing the permitting regulations and requirements, whether it's under NEPA in terms of dealing with the Endangered Species act, the National Historic Preservation Act. It just passed out of committee in the Senate, which is the Fix Our Forest act, which is going to allow for additional management and resource development within our national forest. (07:02–07:15)
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