Trump Pushes To Speed Pipeline, Power Plant Approvals Before Democrats Take Over

President Donald Trump urged senators Sunday to pass a bipartisan bill that would speed permits for pipelines, mines and power plants before Democrats take over Congress.

A procedural vote on the package is set for about 5:30 p.m. ET Monday, according to the Senate Democrats’ floor schedule. The bill would need at least 60 votes to move forward due to the Senate’s filibuster.

“This Landmark Permitting Reform Legislation will codify our America First Energy Agenda, and ensure that we can build Pipelines, Mines, and Power Plants faster than ever before, lowering Energy Costs for American Families, and creating High Paying American Jobs,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Sunday.

The president said the legislation also codifies his “RATEPAYER PROTECTION PLEDGE,” which he described as “ensuring Data Centers build and pay for their own Electricity.”

The revised bill would have the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission write rules meant to make data centers and other large computing users bear the cost of grid infrastructure built to serve them, the text shows.

White House Deputy Press Secretary Taylor Rogers referred the Daily Caller News Foundation to the president’s post.

The four senators who negotiated the bill released the new version Saturday.

Republican West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee led the talks alongside Democratic Sens. Martin Heinrich of New Mexico and Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island.

Capito, who chairs the Environment and Public Works Committee, urged Congress to pass the revised bill in a statement to the DCNF.