Federal Environmental Review and Permitting Processes, Part II

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
562 Dirksen

01/28/2026 at 10:00AM

On Wednesday, January 28, at 10:00 a.m., U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, will hold a hearing examining federal environmental review and permitting processes. The first hearing took place on February 19, 2025.

Witnesses:

  • Brendan Bechtel, Chair of the Smart Regulation Committee, Business Roundtable
  • Brent Booker, General President, Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA)
  • Dustin Meyer, Senior Vice President of Policy, Economics and Regulatory Affairs, American Petroleum Institute
  • Abigail Ross Hopper, President and CEO, Solar Energy Industries Association
  • David S. Terry, President, National Association of State Energy Officials