Washington Examiner
by Alex Pappas
Jun 9, 2017, 12:17 PM
President Trump held up several massive binders and dropped them to the floor in a Friday speech to demonstrate the "slow, costly and time-consuming" permitting rules that have prevented the U.S. from moving more quickly to build infrastructure projects around the country.
Speaking at the Department of Transportation on Friday, Trump said he had just met with people responsible for their states' economic development and roadways, including a man who showed the president a massive binder containing a costly environmental report that held up road construction.
"And one gentleman from Maryland was talking about an 18-mile road and he brought with him some of the approvals that they've gotten and paid for," Trump said. "They spent $29 million for an environmental report weighing 70 pounds and costing $24,000 per page."
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http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/watch-trump-dumps-environmental-permits-to-highlight-excessive-permitting-rules/article/2625479
