SCOOP: "When America builds, America wins": American Petroleum Institute's message to Congress

With Congress coming back from recess, the American Petroleum Institute (API) rolled out an ad campaign reminding lawmakers of the bipartisan support about “the growing urgency to modernize decades-old rules to meet the nation’s growing energy infrastructure needs.”

The ad, which is running on television, digital, and on podcasts in the D.C. area, reminds Congress about the need to pass comprehensive permitting reform as quickly as possible.

API’s ad features clips of every president, from Jimmy Carter to Donald Trump, talking about the need to secure American energy independence.

“They all said it,” the ad notes. “Every party. For fifty years. Now it’s time to do it. Pass permitting reform now.”

“America has the energy to meet demand, but red tape is blocking the infrastructure to deliver it while China races ahead,” API’s president a CEO Mike Sommers said. “As Congress returns, it’s time to act on permitting reform to lower costs for families, strengthen reliability, and secure America’s energy future, because when America builds, America wins.”