Cotton Introduces Bill to Eliminate Challenges to Countering China

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact:Caroline TablerorPatrick McCann(202) 224-2353July 9, 2025
Cotton Introduces Bill to Eliminate Challenges to Countering China
Washington, D.C.— Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, today introduced the Necessary Environmental Exemptions for Defense Act, legislation that would establish environmental waivers for commercial projects deemed necessary to counter the Chinese Communist Party by the Secretary of Defense.
“Current environmental laws put our readiness to counter Communist China at risk and waste taxpayer dollars on projects that stall out and die on the vine. This bill will create jobs, better arm and prepare our soldiers, and spend taxpayer dollars more efficiently,”said Senator Cotton.
Text of the Necessary Environmental Exemptions for Defense Act may be foundhere.
The Necessary Environmental Exemptions for Defense Act would:
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Cotton Introduces Bill to Eliminate Challenges to Countering China

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