the energy sector including the renewable sector is going to get the nepa permit. contradictory to where the administration w wants to go to come forth and say we are going to pull back the nepa reforms from the trump era that would really facilitate all the innovation and growth. a final point, for a first rate country we should be able to build things in a reasonable manner, it's google to remember nepa all it is is a procedural statute to make certain agencies informed of i his decisions. it does not change anything about the environmental quality standards or air quality standards, has nothing to do with the substantive law in thie area. the fact that there may be back procedurally, fortunately i think the only real winner are going to be the litigators who litigate these cases and the real losers will be the private sector who decide they do what we 7 - 8 years to find out whether or not there projects when to be approved. larry: it's ironic in a sense ss you reminded me the hardhat unions, the trade unions, they want to go to work. but the lack of permitting

according to its six pages of statute, nepa -- nepa's purpose includes -- and i'm going to quote -- efforts which will prevent or eliminate damage to the environment, bias, fear, our stimulus lat the health and welfare of man -- and i would add woman. nepa enshrines democracy by giving the american people a voice to help ensure the fate of federal decisions. for 50 years nepa has sought to ensure environmental protection, public health, and the notion that the american people should have a say in the federal decision-making process that affects their lives. like our constitution, nepa is one of our nation's most ensuring and replicated laws. the same principles of democracy and citizen participation that are enshrined in our constitution are also enshrined in nepa. sadly you the trump administration's c.e.q. largely walked away from the tenets of this 50-year-old law. issuing drastic roll p backs -- rollbacks. instead of advancing c.e.q.'s objectives -- a more productive economy, a healthier society and a cleaner environment, the previous administration sadly repeatly compromised public hea

and that's all the goal when you're sitting on -- suing on nepa grounds.a real-life impact on communities around the country, putting major products on hold. here's two examples. according to the unlock american investment group, environment permitting reviews have stalled $25 million in airport improvements in new mexico. it's been delay for over two decades. and in michigan a two-way road and bridge project that would open up travel for an additional 20,000 cars daily has been delayed for 16 years. but, neil, it's not just those types of projects that have been caught up in red tape. in massachusetts there's an offshore wind farm that's been delayed for two years as part of a nepa lawsuit. neil? neil: hillary vaughn, thank you very much. hillary following all of this in washington d.c. and you know when in the infrastructure plan, a big push will be on electric vehicles. but there's been a wave of expanded production of electric vehicles for quite some time, long before joe biden came to office. so it's not just tesla that's a beneficiary here as we're s

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one that i pick out -- >> nepa open to the decision-making process to the public.oresters and engineers and begin to hire people from the field. >> you have to have a multidisciplinary approach. whole other kinds of ologists involved. >> i was in the camp of the quote we call them ologists. they were not from the same mindset. they came from different backgrounds. ♪ >> until the late 1960's, the forest service was characterized by a palpable uniformity in gender, and ethnicity, background, and profession. >> they were of one mind. and you could not turn to the person at the next desk, and say, what do you think of this and get a different answer? >> they began to diversify the workforce in many ways. >> and so, there was this double whammy of trying to fit into the workforce the new technical specialists and the females and minorities that were coming at the same time. so, there were some social adjustments that had to be made. >> the focus was on hiring of women and minority persons and that was a time when we were just starting to bring on women firefighters. >>

funding sources so there's a lot of moving parts here but we feel good about being on track with the nepa dimensions and we will keep you updated with all these other players at the project elements take shape. >> i know my time has expired but i want to say that between your predicted budget and the dump program, the help we've been seeing and praying for is finally here and i'mcertainly glad you are a part of that . thank you, i you back mister chairman. >> thank you, mister rutherford. >> thank you mister chairman. mister secretary, thank you for being with us today. i look forward to working with you in the coming years here. as i mentioned the other day, work in florida is a logistics of of the south eastern seaboard with airports, rail, federal highways, seaports and a robust transit system. as you can imagine my district is very supportive of investments in infrastructure. and it's an area i hope to work with you and the biden administration on in the coming months but i do have a couple concerns with the initial priorities of the presidents infrastructure plan as unveiled this mon

abouted information incentivizing people by government benefits third biden administration violating nepaeality is that we are hoping the judge rules our way, but, you know, i heard a long time ago not to predict what a federal judge is going to do i think important whether filing lawsuits, whether me sending letters, or our governor urged him declare emergency deploy guard dog everything with tools in my toolbox to bring attention to ranchers farmers sheriffs people overwhelmed by this crisis part of the toolbox is court. >> you know i was talking with a rancher the other day he told me that his land has bohn totally hijacked this is private land that the ranchers says you smugglers go on say i am going to steal your he grandkids if you don't get the heck out of here, cordened off area use it for smuggle human trafficking a picture kevin mccarthy tweeted has so many people on this rancher's private land because they need that area to cross the border, so, tell me about people in arizona who are actually businesspeople, and how their rights have been completely trampled on. . >> maria i w

we are saying that by stopping the wall construction, they are violating nepa because it's allowing moree all sorts of impacts down the road. so, by not doing environmental impact study the biden administration is violating virn law. steve: that's a unique way to do it. what happens next with the courts? what happens when somebody files a lawsuit like this, generally they do stop stuff for a little while, don't they? >> they literally do sometimes as you guys know for years. this is a lawsuit that the sierra club should love. and i say that because in the past the ninth circuit has stopped airport expansions, they have stopped highways being built because they have said it's had an impact on population growth and the impact it's had on the environment. i want to say one thing that's so important to put it in context for folks. every migrant that crosses our dessert is bringing 6 to 8 pounds of plastic bags, dug paraphernalia, backpacks that's left in our dessert. think about this, anywhere else if someone said there is 170,000 people leaving each 7 pounds of trash i'm not a math wiz a mi