As of January 28, 2026, Senators at a permitting reform hearing expressed the desire to advance permitting reforms, but Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse D-R.I. stated that progress hinges on the Trump administration ending its moves to halt renewable energy development. [1] Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., stated that she called the hearing with Whitehouse to get back on the path towards “fruitful compromise.” On December 18, 2025, the House had passed the Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act, called the SPEED Act, which revised the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). However, Sen. Whitehouse and Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., ended permitting reform discussions on December 22 after the Trump administration ordered work to halt on all offshore wind farms under construction.
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