#shorts Hawley: In my few remaining minutes here, seconds rather, but Chairman already, I’ve hardly been on this committee, and already I have a bad reputation with the chairman.

Yes, all right, all right. I’m gonna try to stay within my bounds, Mr. Graham. Let me just ask you about the Grain Belt Express. Are you familiar with this transmission project called The Grain Belt Express?

Witness: Yeah
Hawley: a company called Invariant, as you know, has been trying to build it. It’s a wind energy transmission project that runs across my state, Missouri, Kansas, and Illinois. It has been subject to multiple steps of the approval process in the state of Missouri, and I’m sure in the neighboring states, but I’m more familiar with Missouri. These are state-level agencies. My question to you is, do you think that states ought to have the authority in transmission projects like this to review and grant approval or not?

Witness: So now, I’m not going to get you in trouble by answering your question, right, Mr. Chairman?

On 5/11/2023, Sen. Hawley Talks Critical Mining, Transmission Line Projects In Energy Committee Hearing. The witnesses in this video are Ms. Elizabeth H. Shuler, President American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations and Mr. Jason Grumet, CEO, American Clean Power Association

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/Zp7WwBv3NIU
Should States have the authority in transmission projects to review & grant approval or not?