House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Brett Guthrie is pushing a sweeping legislative package that would streamline approvals for pipelines, power plants, and transmission lines, a move Republicans say is overdue as electricity demand surges and red tape stalls new projects. Guthrie, a Kentucky Republican, introduced the Permitting Our Way to an Energy Resurgence Act, […] The post House Republicans unveil 96-page energy permitting overhaul to cut costs and speed construction appeared first on American Almanac .
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Brett Guthrie is pushing a sweeping legislative package that would streamline approvals for pipelines, power plants, and transmission lines, a move Republicans say is overdue as electricity demand surges and red tape stalls new projects. Guthrie, a Kentucky Republican, introduced the Permitting Our Way to an Energy Resurgence Act, dubbed the POWER Act, as a discussion draft on Wednesday. The 96-page bill bundles nearly 20 GOP proposals into a single package aimed at overhauling the federal permitting process, strengthening grid reliability, and shielding ratepayers from rising electricity costs driven by data center construction. The bill lands with fewer than two dozen legislative days left…Open
Republican Kentucky Rep. Brett Guthrie insinuated that Republican Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell — absent from public for weeks following a medical emergency — isn’t even in Washington, D.C. A spokesperson for Guthrie told the Daily Caller that’s not what he meant. In a video posted to X by Courier Journal state politics reporter Keely Doll, Guthrie said he has contacted people on Mitch McConnell’s staff and exchanged text messages with the senator, but has not spoken with him directly by phone. (RELATED: Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear Demands Mitch McConnell Publicly Disclose Health Status) Guthrie added that he understood McConnell had spoken with John Thune “yesterday, or the day before,” as well as John Barrasso and…Open
The House on Monday passed the KIDS Act , but key senators say the legislation has little chance of advancing in its current form. Why it matters: The vote sets up a showdown over kids' online safety as the White House works to align Congress behind legislation that would preempt some state AI laws. Driving the news: After garnering broad bipartisan support, House lawmakers fast-tracked a package of kids' online safety measures, including a version of the Kids Online Safety Act, and sent it to the Senate. - The bill passed in a 267-117 vote. - The House version of KOSA does not include "duty of care" language — which would require platforms to take reasonable steps to mitigate harms stemming from design features like endless scroll…
The House on Monday passed the KIDS Act , but key senators say the legislation has little chance of advancing in its current form. Why it matters: The vote sets up a showdown over kids' online safety as the White House works to align Congress behind legislation that would preempt some state AI laws. Driving the news: After garnering broad bipartisan support, House lawmakers fast-tracked a package of kids' online safety measures, including a version of the Kids Online Safety Act, and sent it to the Senate. - The bill passed in a 267-117 vote. - The House version of KOSA does not include "duty of care" language — which would require platforms to take reasonable steps to mitigate harms stemming from design features like endless scroll…Open
Electricity use by data centers, including facilities to support AI, continues to increase rapidly. At a hearing of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) and Energy Subcommittee Ranking Member Kathy Castor (D-FL) both asserted that U.S. households shouldn't bear the cost of growth in tech companies' energy consumption.
The White House is expected to send Congress its ideas for regulating AI on Friday, sources familiar with the matter told Axios, but policy disagreements on the Hill are far from resolved. Why it matters: Republicans are looking to the White House for direction on AI, but its plan is likely to run into the same sticking points that have stalled action for years. - Those include how to protect children online and whether to preempt state laws that conflict with the federal standards they're trying to set. - Pressure is mounting for Congress to act as states move ahead with laws that AI companies are increasingly comfortable living with. What's inside: The White House is eyeing Friday to announce a legislative framework for federal AI…
The White House is expected to send Congress its ideas for regulating AI on Friday, sources familiar with the matter told Axios, but policy disagreements on the Hill are far from resolved. Why it matters: Republicans are looking to the White House for direction on AI, but its plan is likely to run into the same sticking points that have stalled action for years. - Those include how to protect children online and whether to preempt state laws that conflict with the federal standards they're trying to set. - Pressure is mounting for Congress to act as states move ahead with laws that AI companies are increasingly comfortable living with. What's inside: The White House is eyeing Friday to announce a legislative framework for federal AI…Open
