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Josh Shapiro: “The big buildings that we're trying to build used to take…”

Featuring: Josh Shapiro, Democratic | Governor of Pennsylvania

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Gov. Josh Shapiro on Trump, Israel, and War with Iran

Published | Video Starts at 31:05

On speed day, I took office, took eight weeks to get a simple business license. Now you get it same day. The big buildings that we're trying to build used to take years and years and years to get permitted through our Department of Environmental Protection. You're now getting a permit in less than six months. We are faster than other states. And so we not only rebuilt i95 in record time, we're building and constructing right now in record time. (31:05–31:15)

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Asserts that permitting time for big buildings in Pennsylvania was reduced to less than six months.

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