Influential lawmakers on energy and environment policy spoke Tuesday at POLITICO’s Energy Summit about the Republicans’ megabill and the fate of renewable energy credits.
They also addressed the prospects for a deal on permitting and Elon Musk’s role in Washington. Here are some of the major congressional takeaways from the summit.
Lawmakers in both parties expressed optimism that Congress can come to an agreement on overhauling federal permitting policies, after failing to do so in the last Congress.
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Sen. Martin Heinrich of New Mexico, the top Democrat on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said that legislation, negotiated by then-Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) and Republicans, is proof that an agreement is in reach.
