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Josh Shapiro: “We got to beat China.”

Featuring: Josh Shapiro, Democratic | Governor of Pennsylvania

Governor Shapiro participates in NGA panel discussion on energy and permitting reform

Published April 16, 2026 | Video Starts at 30:17

I'm sure they'll amend what I put forth, but it will have the general contours of it, hopefully when it reaches my desk. So I think this is an area where again We got to beat China. We got to focus on building out the infrastructure responsibly. It's got to be done in conjunction with, with the local community. And it can't add a cost burden to anyone in the area. (30:17–30:19)

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Asserts the need to compete against China in infrastructure development.

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“We have done in the last three years, 40 million permit issuances, 40 million in our state.”
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“Gas prices are bad. They're 413 a gallon on average here in Pennsylvania.”
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“The president started a war we should have never started with no plan on how to go in and clearly no plan on how to get out.”
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“Part of getting out means having the Strait of Hormuz reopened for all travel.”
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“The president has doubled down on, on that blockade.”
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“These prices are high because of the policies of this administration.”
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“These tariffs have driven up consumer prices for consumer goods in a whole host of areas.”
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“I brought Republicans and Democrats together to cut taxes seven times in the last three years.”
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“Over a billion dollars in real dollars back in people's pockets.”
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“Every time you do that you put a dollar in someone's pocket at the state level, the federal government takes two bucks out because of these…”
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“My hope is that Washington changes its policies.”
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“We've been able to get done through a divided legislature is permitting reform.”
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“When I took over as governor, I think we were like 48th in the country on permit time. We're now, you know, easily top five.”
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“We now timestamp every permit, every one of our 2400 permits in Pennsylvania.”
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“We've only had to issue five refunds, meaning five have been late, and we give people their money back for their permit.”
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“Whether you're a barber and you want to get your business license, which used to take 20 days to get, now you get it same day.”
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“Whether you want to build a building and it used to take you oftentimes up to three years to get that permitted, you're now getting that in…”
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“Our economy's growing, we're creating a lot of jobs. And a big part of that, I think, is because of permit reform.”
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“The United States needs to win [the battle for AI supremacy] and we should not cede this ground to China at all.”
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“Not every state has the energy capacity to be able to do this work [building AI infrastructure]; we do in our commonwealth [Pennsylvania].”
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“I put forth the governor's grid proposal, which effectively is a four-part test.”
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“If you want to get permitted in our commonwealth, One, you gotta bring your own power and you gotta pay for it.”
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“You've gotta deal transparently with the local community.”
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“You gotta hire local and there has to be a community benefits agreement.”
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“You've got to make sure that our environment is protected.”
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“We literally have a constitutional provision in Pennsylvania to protect the purity and the cleanliness of air and water.”
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“Right now, our lawmakers and again, I've got a divided legislature, Senate led by Republicans by just two seats and a House led by Democrats…”
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“The cost burden must be shouldered by these hyperscalers, by these companies that need to build out these data centers.”
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