Josh Harder
DAmerica spends more on healthcare than any other country, all despite families not being able to find or afford quality care. The Build More Agenda is fixing that: https://t.co/h8RvJPfuEa
America has gotten way too bad at building the things Americans need. @RepMaloyUtah and I just announced a bipartisan plan to fix that. https://t.co/J3sEFBV1FY
We know that this vision for American life depends on a government that can actually deliver. So we’re going to get new talent hired, cut out bureaucratic waste, and ensure that government can be agile and proactive to your kitchen-table concerns.
But to actually change any of this, we need a new politics of action focused on making government work better, not two more years of bitter partisan fights. That’s the case that Co-Chair @RepMaloyUtah and I made in @Politico today. https://t.co/ZbyeF0OIsK
We also helped negotiate and pass the biggest policy win of this Congress and the strongest pro-supply housing package in half a century. The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act is going to lower costs, jumpstart new construction, and cut costly red tape - it faced a ton of hurdles, but we’re incredibly excited to see it finally become law.
Take housing - one-third of young adults under 30 still live with their parents because they can’t afford to go anywhere else. Solving that means getting more homes built by fully implementing the recent federal housing law, and going a step further on financing, construction costs, and innovative supply solutions.
🚨HUGE NEWS: The Build America Caucus is launching an ambitious, bipartisan agenda focused on improving Americans’ lives by making it easier to build the things we need. It just went live on our website for you to read. Here’s why you should: 🧵 https://t.co/zT1pzVBYes
The problem is the federal government hasn’t gotten onboard enough. And the truth is we need federal action to do big things like build more homes, make it easier to get new energy projects connected to the grid, and keep American innovation competitive with China.
But fixing the government failures you face every day remains top of mind. Every pothole and construction delay reminds us how hard it is to build in America. We’re changing that by fast-tracking approvals for more projects and ensuring they’re finished on time.
We’re going to double the pace of American science within a decade. How? Permanently authorizing the Genesis Mission to connect the nation’s science infrastructure under one discovery-focused platform.
The fastest way to restore faith in government and the promise of life in America is to build something real that people can feel, and that’s what this agenda is all about. We invite you to join us in bringing both sides together and making life better! https://t.co/ysZSqsUFaH
We know that this agenda won’t fix everything. What we are prioritizing is a home you can afford, care when you need it, cheaper power, faster cures and breakthroughs, infrastructure that actually gets built, and more opportunity from every age.
And we’ve had some real successes over the past year. We’ve grown to over 40 members and added conservatives and progressives alike to our ranks, united around frustration at how difficult it's become to not just pass solutions but see those impacts materialize back home.
The good news is that pro-growth mentality has been bubbling in cities and states across the country for years. Places like Austin and Jacksonville have proven that prices stabilize when housing supply expands. Utah is leading the West in a “Superabundance” strategy to develop widely available and affordable energy.
Government’s ability to solve kitchen-table issues is broken. We all know this. Mortgages, rents, and power bills are too high, and good doctors, great daycares, and high-paying jobs are all too hard to find.
From childcare to the classroom to finding a career, Americans should find opportunity at every step. But too often government gets in the way. Our plan cuts red tape that limits childcare, invests in effective teaching, and removes barriers that keep skilled people out of work.
On energy, we must pass the permitting certainty deal, invest smarter in our energy grid, and build out the next-generation power portfolio America deserves. That’s going to ensure prices come down and stay down for the long haul.
Healthcare provider shortages are another huge concern. We’re going to close those gaps by changing how Medicare invests in physician training to prioritize the communities with the greatest need, and we’re going to make sure their time is spent on patient care, not paperwork.
What we need now is acceleration, especially at this critical moment in time. We’ve become a nation that struggles to build, and we have a responsibility to cut the red tape and waste standing in the way of our ability to grow again. That’s where this agenda comes in.
And we succeeded in spurring a deal on tech-neutral permitting certainty that will get more projects built, reduce foreign dependence, and drive down costs for our families. That permitting deal still needs to be passed, and it should if we're serious about lowering costs.
The Build America Caucus was founded last year to bring both parties together to clear away the red tape and waste that’s standing in the way of accomplishing these goals. We may not agree on everything, but we believe that America works best when we can build the things we need.
When an energy project gets federal support, it has to go through environmental review under NEPA. That process can take months at best and years at worst. For some energy projects, it takes longer to clear environmental review than it does to build the project itself.
🚨🚨We finally have the bipartisan permitting deal that the Build America Caucus has been fighting for over the last 18 months. Now Congress needs to pass it. Here’s why we should:
Add to that a host of other laws that can slow down the process and an aging grid system that can’t keep up with the energy we want to bring online. If you want to transition to a clean energy economy, you should want to fix these problems ASAP.
We’re in a yearslong crisis of spiking demand and energy prices. Over the last five years, they’re up almost 33%. To keep up, we need more energy supply - but America cannot build the energy it needs, all because of red tape and political vendettas.