January 24, 2017
"It is a longstanding tradition that the children of
Presidents are afforded the opportunity to grow up outside of the political
spotlight. The White House fully expects this tradition to continue. We
appreciate your cooperation in this matter."
January 24, 2017
January 24, 2017
January 24, 2017
Under Trump's order, any governor or Cabinet secretary can ask for a project to be designated as high-priority. If the chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality approves, the project will go to the front of the line for any agency required to review and approve the project.
"If it’s a no, we'll give them a quick no, and if it’s a yes, it's like 'Let's start building,' " he said."The regulatory process in this country has become a tangled-up mess, and very unfair to people."
January 24, 2017
January 24, 2017
A proposed 1,179-mile cross-border pipeline from Alberta to Nebraska. In unusual language referring to a specific private company in a presidential directive, Trump invited pipeline company, Transcanada, "to promptly resubmit its application." He also ordered the secretary of State to make a decision within 60 days, fast-tracking existing procedural requirements.
January 24, 2017
Directing the secretary of the Army to "review and approve in an expedited manner" the Dakota Access Pipeline , a 1,172-mile pipeline from North Dakota to Illinois that has been the subject of heated protests by American Indian groups and environmentalists. Because the pipeline crosses waterways, it needs approval from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.Trump once owned stock in Energy Transfer Partners , the company building the pipeline, although his campaign said he sold off all individual stock holdings last August. Trump has not yet filed a financial disclosure report to confirm the sale.
January 23, 2017
January 23, 2017
January 23, 2017
A memorandum
requiring the secretary of Commerce to come up with a plan to mandate
American-made steel for all new, expanded or retrofitted pipelines in the
United States. The plan is due in six months. "Going to put a lot of
workers, a lot of steelworkers, back to work," Trump said.
A memorandum to
all federal agencies to review manufacturing regulations. The
secretary of Commerce is required to seek input from the public on how to
streamline those rules for 60 days, with a report to Trump containing proposals
60 days after that.
