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Manish Bapna

Manish Bapna

President and CEO, Natural Resources Defense Council

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House passes SPEED Act: a hard turn toward faster permits—and a new fight over who gets to build

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Leading opposition messaging that frames SPEED as a protection rollback

Washington keeps saying it wants to “build faster.” On December 18, 2025, the House put that promise into a blunt instrument: it passed the SPEED Act, a bill designed to squeeze environmental reviews into tighter boxes and make lawsuits harder to use as a brake.

Updated Dec 19, 2025