This story was updated on July 12 at 12:34 p.m. EDT.
A Senate hearing Wednesday was the perfect setting for one Republican to air grievances over the building of a transmission line through his state. Such complaints are at the center of a long-standing congressional fight over a permitting overhaul package.
In the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) laid into President Joe Biden’s Permitting Council Executive Director Eric Beightel.
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Hawley’s complaint centered on an 800-mile high-voltage transmission line that he noted was being fast-tracked by the federal government. He claimed the project was hurting Missouri farmers while benefiting a huge corporation.
