Major energy and environment policy battles will likely be a big focus for the House Energy and Commerce Committee in the next Congress, and the race to be the next top Republican on that panel is coming into focus.
Reps. Bob Latta (R-Ohio) and Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.), the two members currently vying to lead their party on the influential committee, are both longtime Energy and Commerce members who take a cautious, mainstream GOP approach to energy policy.
In recent, separate interviews with POLITICO’s E&E News, each subscribed to an “all of the above” philosophy that acknowledges a role for renewables alongside oil, gas and coal.
They expressed support for permitting overhaul legislation that would speed up approval for energy projects and limit avenues for slowing down the process with extended judicial reviews and litigation.
