Natural gas pipeline construction was streamlined and accelerated (resulting in 3 million miles built quickly) because there was no significant organized opposition and projects were put under federal jurisdiction (FERC), showing that when government streamlines process and opposition is absent, infrastructure builds at scale.

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Speaker

Sohrab Shahid-Sarkis

Evidence Quote

we streamlined all that, right? We put permitting under FK. We made it happen super fast. We have three million miles of natural gas pipeline in this country right now. we build it super fast because there wasn't really an opposing uh a big enough opposing interest group

Source

Three Visions of Where Democrats Went Wrong | The Ezra Klein ShowThe Ezra Klein Show
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:03:02 AM

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