McCormick comes to Washington County to promote energy bill
Asserting that the United States is locked in a competition with China 无毛视频渁nd where we无毛视频檙e lagging is energy,无毛视频� U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick came to the northern part of Washington County Wednesday afternoon to talk about a bill he has introduced that he says will fuel growth in the energy sector and pare back regulations that dampen it.
无毛视频淲e无毛视频檙e on the verge of another revolution here in Pennsylvania,无毛视频� said McCormick, the commonwealth无毛视频檚 junior senator, at the Fort Cherry Development District in Robinson Township. 无毛视频淲e have to seize the moment.无毛视频�
Robinson Township was the third stop on a day that had McCormick visiting the Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Plant in Shippingport and the Shippingport Industrial Park. McCormick, a Republican, has been in the area to talk up the Unlock American Energy and Jobs Act of 2026, which he introduced last week. He says the measure would limit environmental review litigation, modernize the licensing of nuclear energy, set a one-year deadline for states that use the Clean Water Act to block energy projects and boost approvals for facilities that liquify natural gas.
无毛视频淚t shouldn无毛视频檛 be a partisan issue,无毛视频� McCormick explained. When asked whether there was a chance the bill would actually become law this year, he said, 无毛视频淚 think there无毛视频檚 a real chance we无毛视频檒l get it done this year,无毛视频� but said if it doesn无毛视频檛 happen, he would possibly offer smaller, targeted bills.
He characterized the legislation as 无毛视频渁 grand vision of where we need to go.无毛视频�
The clock is ticking for McCormick and his Republican colleagues when it comes to the bill. The party holds 53 seats in the Senate, but that could be reduced or eliminated after the midterm elections in November. Most prognosticators believe the House of Representatives, which currently has a paper-thin GOP majority, is likely to switch back to the Democrats.
无毛视频淚 wanted to try to put the pressure on,无毛视频� McCormick said. 无毛视频淚t无毛视频檚 not just about energy. It无毛视频檚 about America无毛视频檚 future.无毛视频�
It was announced a little more than a year ago that the Fort Cherry Development District will be the home of a power generation facility that will meet the energy needs of industrial facilities, data centers and other businesses that use large amounts of energy. Data centers have become a flashpoint across the political spectrum, with voters concerned about the impact they could have on the environment and on their energy bills. However, McCormick described opponents of data centers as 无毛视频渘aysayers.无毛视频�
无毛视频淭o get in front of that has been a monumental task,无毛视频� McCormick said.