It’s Time for America to Start Building Again—Permitting Reform Is the Engine

It’s Time for America to Start Building Again—Permitting Reform Is the Engine
Miners place explosives and prepare for a blast outside of Angels Camp, Calif., on Feb. 5, 2026. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
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So many of the challenges the United States now faces, from supply chain security to energy and housing affordability, require the same solution: We must start building again. And doing so demands making it far easier to build. We need policy that unlocks American ingenuity, that enables problem-solving, and that puts people to work instead of placing self-imposed barriers in the way.

Rich Nolan is president and CEO of the National Mining Association and a member of the Board of the U.S. Energy Association.
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