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Jennifer McClellan: “If Congress is going to impose expedited permitting…”

Featuring: Jennifer McClellan, Democratic | U.S. House Virginia, District 4

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McClellan Introduces Amendment to Assist Overwhelmed State and Local Governments with Permitting

Published | Video Starts at 02:06

By layering on a new truncated deadline. For broadband permits without any federal support. We will effectively force local governments to. Stretch their already strained resources even further. And so this amendment says, If Congress is going to impose expedited permitting requirements, we should also provide the necessary funding. To that state and local government so they're not put in an impossible situation where automatic approvals occur because they lack the resources to keep up, or they're much more … (02:06–02:13)

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Asserts that expedited permitting requires additional funding from Congress.

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