Congressman Andy Harris (MD-01) announced that his amendment has been included in the Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery (SPEED) Act. The amendment, co-sponsored by Congressman Jeff Van Drew (NJ-02) and Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04), aims to protect legal actions taken by the Trump Administration against the Biden Administration’s offshore wind initiatives, including those affecting the Maryland Offshore Wind Project.
Harris stated, “I am happy to have worked to deliver a real conservative permitting reform bill that, rather than making concessions to Democrats interested in preserving Biden’s Green New Scam by handcuffing the Trump Administration, preserves the Trump Administration’s fight to Stop Offshore Wind. I was engaged in deliberations with the House Natural Resources Committee for months to ensure the inclusion of this language, guided by a single principle: my constituents in Ocean City and communities across the Atlantic Coastline are not for sale.”
Andy Harris has represented Maryland’s 1st district in Congress since 2011 after succeeding Frank Kratovil. Before serving in Congress, he was a member of both the Maryland House of Representatives and the Maryland Senate from 1999 to 2011. Harris was born in New York City in 1957 and currently resides in Cambridge. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1977.
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