Welcome to the party, pal.
It appears that former Obama chief-of-staff and current Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is embracing President Trump’s rhetoric that environmental regulations are standing in the way of infrastructure spending. From a WSJ hosted panel with Emanuel and DJ Gribbin, Special Assistant to the President for Infrastructure Policy:
https://twitter.com/TMannWSJ/status/852137713004425219
Rahm Emanuel says there may be too many environmental regs: "Sometimes it's regulation for the sake of regulation." #wsjbizofamerica
— Reid J. Epstein (@reidepstein) April 12, 2017
Emanuel & Gribbin agree on need to streamline environmental reviews of infrastructure projects. #wsjbizofamerica
— David Wessel (@davidmwessel) April 12, 2017
Although the two disagree on Keystone XL:
Gribbin says Keystone approval made after environmental study.
Emanuel adds: "It's a bad decision." https://t.co/lY4nDOJq4U #wsjbizofamerica— Capital Journal (@WSJPolitics) April 12, 2017
https://twitter.com/TMannWSJ/status/852138328258473985
And a hike on the gas tax could be on the table:
White House's Gribbin on gas tax hike: "We don't really have a position on that yet." #WSJBizofAmerica
— David Wessel (@davidmwessel) April 12, 2017
Emanuel is on board:
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https://twitter.com/TMannWSJ/status/852141068988624896
More from the panel:
Gribbin "we do need a litle bit of an all of the above approach" to fund Trump infrastructure plan https://t.co/HWvCT2qap0 #wsjbizofamerica
— Capital Journal (@WSJPolitics) April 12, 2017
White House's DJ Gribbin doubles down on Trump $1 trillion infrastructure pledge, says DC needs to incentivize local and private investment
— David Wessel (@davidmwessel) April 12, 2017
https://twitter.com/TMannWSJ/status/852132039461662720
https://twitter.com/TMannWSJ/status/852139424603353097