WICKER, ARMSTRONG BUILDS SENATE MOMENTUM FOR PERMITTING REFORM AS 12 NEW COSPONSORS JOIN HIS 'AMERICAN ENERGY & MINERAL INFRASTRUCTURE' ACT

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Roger Wicker issued the following press release:

Senator Alan Armstrong (R-OK) is growing momentum behind comprehensive permitting reform, announcing 13 additional Senate cosponsors for S. 4944, the American Energy and Mineral Infrastructure (AEMI) Act: Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), David McCormick (R-PA), Bernie Moreno (R-OH), John Cornyn (R-TX), Tim Sheehy (R-MT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Steve Daines (R-MT), Roger Marshall (R-KS), John Kennedy (R-LA), Ted Budd (R-NC), Roger Wicker (R-MS), and Jon Husted (R-OH).

The newly-added cosponsors join original sponsors Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Rick Scott (R-FL), Katie Britt (R-AL), and James Lankford (R-OK) for a total of 17 cosponsors, e...