ICYMI: Build America Caucus Member Rep. Celeste Maloy on Bipartisan Support for Pro-Growth Policies

WASHINGTON – In case you missed it, Build America Caucus member Rep. Celeste Maloy (R-UT) spoke with The Deseret News about how the new bipartisan Caucus is focused on “removing government obstacles to housing, energy and infrastructure.”

KEY POINTS:

• Maloy, who represents Utah’s 2nd Congressional District, became one of the first 30 lawmakers to join the Build America Caucus with the goal of removing government obstacles to housing, energy and infrastructure.
   
• The burden bureaucratic rules place on local leaders is what first drove Maloy to enter Republican politics. So when she received a phone call to launch an initiative to roll back federal overregulation — coming from a Democratic colleague — she said she “almost drove off the road.”
   
• “We were speaking the same language,” Maloy told the Deseret News. “That’s the kind of political alignment that doesn’t always come along. And when it does, you’ve got to take advantage of it.”
   
• Around two-thirds of the Beehive State is managed by Washington, D.C., — more than any other state except Nevada. This has made many Utah projects subject to intense delays caused by federal review.
   
• Making these moves at the federal level will do more than speed up projects — it will begin rebuilding Americans’ confidence that they live in a country that can actually get things done, according to Chris Koopman, CEO of the Utah-based Abundance Institute.
   
• “That’s where I think the bipartisan Build America Caucus is really going to play a key role here is being a voice within the halls saying, ‘It’s time to build again,’” Koopman said.

Read the full article here.

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