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@T Todd Elvins
We had a meeting Tuesday with a House staffer, who seemed to have no awareness of EPRA. We gave him some basics, and he thought the Senate will include it in the package or not; the House won't have much involvement. He wondered who in the House supported it, and we said some members of the Conservative Climate Caucus (based on Curtis's talk at our conference), but that we couldn't be more specific.
Also: as this is the last chance for a LOT of bills, everyone is jostling to get their bill included in one of the big must-pass bills. So EPRA will have a lot of company in whatever package it goes into.
@Henry Slack Like you, the EPRA was not on one of our Republican MOC House office’s radar when we lobbied on Monday. They had not looked into it at all. However, they are now showing great positive interest after our meeting.
I was listening to the Political Climate podcast yesterday where they were discussing permitting reform. By coincidence one of the commentators said the Senate needs to talk to the House about it, and now, to get something done. (Paraphrasing)
CCL is making it happen! So glad we are able to play such an important role.
Thank you for making your Rep aware of the EPRA. From my perspective, one ideal would be for every Rep to urge the Speaker of the House to make this Senate bill a high priority. Tagging @Mindy Ahler to get her guidance.
@T Todd Elvins Yes that's a good suggestion Todd. There is joint negotiation going on between the House and Senate. If your MOC needs something specific, please message me directly. We don't have things we can share publicly, but we have some information that can be shared directly from one office to another.
THANK YOU for all your work on this. Our CCL lobby week is having a big impact!
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