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Jennifer McClellan: “The bill just amounts to a set of unfunded mandates.”

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

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

Published November 18, 2025 | Video Starts at 00:26

But perhaps this can be a compromise that helps our state and local partners to be able to comply with the bill. Otherwise, The bill just amounts to a set of unfunded mandates. Everyone on the committee wants to improve. Access to broadband by making common sense permitting reforms, something we saw reflected in the bipartisan measures we adopted earlier today. (00:26–00:31)

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Asserts that the bill imposes unfunded mandates on state and local governments.

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“This amendment would ensure that our state and local governments have the capacity and the federal support necessary to comply with this…”
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“My Republican colleagues just voted against removing the automatic approval provisions in the amendment we just considered.”
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“Access to broadband by making common sense permitting reforms, something we saw reflected in the bipartisan measures we adopted earlier…”
McClellan Introduces Amendment to Assist Overwhelmed State and Local Governments with Permitting | Uploaded November 18, 2025 | 00:33-00:43
“This bill could do just the opposite by imposing strict shortened shot clocks on state and local permitting authorities.”
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“In most cases [state and local permitting authorities] lack the staff or capacity to process applications at the speed required by this…”
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“If a local permitting authority is unable to complete its review within the shortened deadline, the application is automatically approved.”
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“Most of the areas that still need to be connected to broadband are rural communities.”
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“These communities operate with extremely limited permitting personnel.”
McClellan Introduces Amendment to Assist Overwhelmed State and Local Governments with Permitting | Uploaded November 18, 2025 | 01:25-01:31
“By layering on a new truncated deadline for broadband permits without any federal support, we will effectively force local governments to…”
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“If Congress is going to impose expedited permitting requirements, we should also provide the necessary funding.”
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