Earlier this month, I testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee on the urgent need for durable permitting reform and the importance of legislation like the bipartisan Securing Permitting for Energy and Essential Development (SPEED) Act, H.R. 4776 and the Mining Regulatory... Read More
September 29, 2025
America's potential to ramp up domestic mining has been hamstrung by a bureaucratic quagmire. A recently released report from S&P Global highlights a critical issue: the United States has the world’s second-longest lead time for bringing mines online, averaging a staggering 29 years. This is an obvious... Read More
August 1, 2024
Our near-complete reliance on imported uranium has long been a glaring strategic vulnerability — exposing us to geopolitical risks and seriously undermining our national and energy security. It doesn’t have to be this way.
I don’t use the phrase “golden opportunity” lightly, but this moment is about... Read More
March 1, 2024