Sen. Whitehouse threatens to blow up permitting talks

October 23, 2025

A Senate Democrat key to a bipartisan permitting accord Wednesday decried the Trump administration’s sustained attacks against wind and solar power as “gangster ‘Gong Show’ stuff” that was destroying any glimmer of trust on Capitol Hill.

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