Hearing: Oversight hearing titled “Permitting Purgatory: Restoring Common Sense to NEPA Reviews.”

Committee on Natural Resources

Tuesday, July 22, 2025 (10:15 AM - 1:15 PM)

1324HR LHOB
Washington, D.C.

Witnesses

Mr. Tony Boals
Vice President; Board Member, Wright Brothers Construction Company, Inc.; American Road and Transportation Builders Association, Charleston, TN

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  • Testimony Boals [PDF] Added 07/22/2025 at 02:15 PM
  • Disclosure Boals [PDF] Added 07/22/2025 at 02:15 PM
  • Bio Boals [PDF] Added 07/22/2025 at 02:15 PM

Mr. Tony Campbell
CEO, East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Winchester, KY

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  • Testimony Campbell [PDF] Added 07/22/2025 at 02:15 PM
  • Disclosure Campbell [PDF] Added 07/22/2025 at 02:15 PM
  • Bio Campbell [PDF] Added 07/22/2025 at 02:15 PM

Mr. Alex Herrgott
President & CEO, The Permitting Institute, Washington, D.C.

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  • Appendix Herrgott [PDF] Added 07/22/2025 at 02:15 PM
  • Testimony Herrgott [PDF] Added 07/23/2025 at 02:04 PM
  • Witness Slide #1 Herrgott [PDF] Added 07/22/2025 at 02:15 PM
  • Witness Slide #2 Herrgott [PDF] Added 07/22/2025 at 02:15 PM
  • Disclosure Herrgott [PDF] Added 07/22/2025 at 02:15 PM
  • Bio Herrgott [PDF] Added 07/22/2025 at 02:15 PM

Mr. Andrew C. Mergen
Faculty Director, Emmett Visiting Assistant Clinical Professor of Law, Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA

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  • Testimony Mergen [PDF] Added 07/22/2025 at 02:15 PM
  • Disclosure Mergen [PDF] Added 07/22/2025 at 02:15 PM
  • Bio Mergen [PDF] Added 07/22/2025 at 02:15 PM

Support Documents

  • Hearing Notice [PDF]
  • Hearing Memo [PDF] Added 07/21/2025 at 09:49 AM
  • Rep. Ansari FTR "What Passage of the 'One Big Beautiful Bill' Means for US Energy and the Economy" [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 02:07 PM
  • Rep. Elfreth FTR Ember Energy Report June 2025 [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 02:07 PM
  • Rep. Hageman FTR National Hispanic Energy Council Letter of Support [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 02:07 PM
  • Rep. Hoyle FTR Center for Biological Diversity, Climate Justice Alliance, Defenders of Wildlife, Earthjustice, Food and Water Watch, Great Old Broads For Wilderness, League of Conservation Voters, Project Eleven Hundred, Sierra Club, Silvix Resources, Southern Environmental Law Center, Union of Concerned Scientists, WE ACT for Environmental Justice, The Wilderness Society Letter of Support [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 02:07 PM
  • Rep. Hoyle FTR Western Environmental Law Center Letter of Support [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 02:07 PM
  • Ranking Member Huffman FTR FRA Amendment [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 02:07 PM
  • Ranking Member Huffman FTR Wall Street Journal Article [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 02:07 PM
  • Rep. McClintock FTR Smokey Wire Article [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 02:07 PM
  • Chairman Westerman and Rep. Stauber FTR Fervo Energy Letter of Support [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 02:07 PM
  • Chairman Westerman & Rep. Stauber FTR Signal Peak Energy Letter of Support [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 02:07 PM
  • Rep. Stauber FTR Breakthrough Institute Report "Understanding NEPA Litigation" [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 02:07 PM
  • Rep. Stauber FTR CEQ Categorical Exclusion List May 2024 [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 02:07 PM
  • Rep. Stauber FTR Jan 2021 Secretarial Order of the Secretary of the Department of the Interior under the Biden Administration [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 02:07 PM
  • Rep. Stauber FTR Niskanen Center Report [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 02:07 PM
  • Rep. Stauber FTR Spokesman-Review Article [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 02:07 PM
  • Rep. Stauber FTR Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis Statement [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 02:07 PM
  • Rep. Tiffany FTR Breakthrough Institute The Procedural Hangover [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 02:07 PM
  • Chairman Westerman FTR American Action Forum 2021 Analysis [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 02:07 PM
  • Chairman Westerman FTR American Clean Power Letter of Support [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 02:07 PM
  • Chairman Westerman FTR American Conservation Coalition Action Letter of Support [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 02:07 PM
  • Chairman Westerman FTR Bipartisan Policy Center Letter of Support [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 02:07 PM
  • Chairman Westerman FTR California Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Association Letter of Support/Fact Sheet [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 02:07 PM
  • Chairman Westerman FTR Center for Grid Security, SAFE Letter of Support [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 02:07 PM
  • Chairman Westerman FTR Center for Growth and Opportunity 2022 Analysis [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 02:07 PM
  • Chairman Westerman FTR Center of the American Experiment Letter of Support [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 02:07 PM
  • Chairman Westerman FTR Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions Letter of Support [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 02:07 PM
  • Chairman Westerman FTR ClearPath Action Letter of Support [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 02:07 PM
  • Chairman Westerman FTR Common Good Report [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 02:07 PM
  • Chairman Westerman FTR Consumer Energy Alliance Letter of Support [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 02:07 PM
  • Chairman Westerman FTR Green Tape Post [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 02:07 PM
  • Chairman Westerman FTR Institute for Progress Letter of Support [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 02:07 PM
  • Chairman FTR Geothermal Rising Action Letter of Support [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 02:07 PM
  • Chairman Westerman FTR Micron Letter of Support [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 02:07 PM
  • Chairman Westerman FTR National Mining Association Letter of Support [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 02:07 PM
  • Chairman Westerman FTR Ormat Letter of Support [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 02:07 PM
  • Chairman Westerman FTR R Street Institute Letter of Support [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 02:07 PM
  • Chairman Westerman FTR Surface Transportation Board EIS pt. 1 [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 02:07 PM
  • Chairman Westerman FTR Surface Transportation Board EIS pt. 2 [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 02:07 PM
  • Chairman Westerman FTR Surface Transportation Board EIS pt. 3 [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 02:07 PM
  • Chairman Westerman FTR Turn Forward Letter of Support [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 02:07 PM
  • Chairman Westerman FTR Energy Workforce & Technology Council, International Association of Drilling Contractors, Independent Petroleum Association of America, Gulf Energy Alliance, National Ocean Industries Association, Texas Alliance of Energy Producers, U.S. Oil & Gas Association, and Western Energy Alliance Letter of Support [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 02:07 PM
  • Chairman Westerman FTR Women's Mining Coalition Letter of Support [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 02:07 PM
  • Attendance [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 03:37 PM

First Published: July 15, 2025 at 09:40 AM
Last Updated: July 24, 2025 at 03:40 PM


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