NEW VIDEO: Sen. Armstrong Makes the Case for Permitting Reform, Expresses Commitment to Getting it Done
WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Alan Armstrong (R-OK) today released a new video outlining his agenda to reform America’s broken permitting system and get the nation building again. Drawing on decades of experience in the energy industry, Armstrong explains how regulatory delays and litigation are holding back economic growth, energy development, critical infrastructure, and America’s ability […]
IN THE NEWS: Why Sen. Alan Armstrong is “optimistic” about permitting reform this Congress
By: Matthew Foldi, Editor-in-Chief, Washington Reporter Read the story on the Washington Reporter site here. Sen. Alan Armstrong (R., Okla.) is the Upper Chamber’s newest member, but he told the Washington Reporter in a lengthy interview focused on his permitting reform work that becoming a senator wasn’t exactly in his long term plans. “Never in my career” […]
IN THE NEWS: A Simple Way To Cure America’s Self-Inflicted Infrastructure Paralysis
By: Josh T. Smith and John Nagle for the Washington Examiner Read it online here. Today, building the infrastructure necessary to maintain America’s prosperity often requires navigating a maze of permits, lawsuits, and regulatory delays. The power to block has systematically triumphed over the freedom to build. Yet our infrastructure paralysis is self-inflicted. Whether it […]
IN THE NEWS: U.S. Sen. Alan Armstrong has one job, and he’s doing it
By Randy Krehbiel, the Tulsa World Read it online here. Alan Armstrong went to Washington as Oklahoma’s temporary U.S. senator with one task. Indications are, he’s trying to do everything he can to complete that during his eight months in Congress. Armstrong on Thursday introduced legislation to revamp federal permitting procedures for pipelines, electric transmission […]
Senators Armstrong, Lummis, Scott, Britt, Lankford Introduce the American Energy and Mineral Infrastructure Act to Fix America’s Broken Permitting Process
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:June 25, 2026 Contact:Chrissy Harbin, Miranda Dabney WASHINGTON, D.C. — America is entering an era of rapidly rising energy demand driven by artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing, and industrial reshoring, yet the federal permitting system remains one of the nation’s biggest obstacles to building the infrastructure needed to compete. Today, Senator Alan Armstrong (R-OK), […]
Armstrong Hosts Industry Leaders, Elected Officials to Discuss Bipartisan, Bicameral Solutions to Fix America’s Broken Permitting Process
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Senator Alan Armstrong today convened a bipartisan, bicameral coalition of federal and state leaders alongside industry executives representing America’s energy, manufacturing, mining, and industrial sectors. The engagement, Getting America Building Again: Permitting Reform and America’s Competitive Future, which brought together more than 150 business leaders and policy experts to advance a shared blueprint […]
Global energy security hangs in the balance. Here’s how America can restore it
By: Senator Alan Armstrong for the Washington Examiner Read it online here. The world is currently entering a volatile new era of energy insecurity. As Russia continues to weaponize its energy resources against its neighbors and conflicts in the Middle East threaten vital shipping routes, nations across Europe and Asia are searching for stable, reliable […]
OK has become one of the best places to build in US. Here’s how
By: Senator Alan Armstrong for the Tulsa World Read it online here. Why is Meta building a billion-dollar AI data center in Oklahoma? Why will the largest aluminum smelter ever constructed in the United States be going up just outside Tulsa? And why are drone and advanced aviation companies increasingly choosing Oklahoma as a place […]
The Same Permit Snare that Stops Pipelines Will Stop the Grid Buildout Too
By: Senator Alan Armstrong for the Washington Reporter Read it online here. As artificial intelligence takes flight, cloud-based data management continue to grow, manufacturing returns to our shores, and technology in general demands more and more 24/7 power, the demands on our strained grid is surging. Meeting that demand while maintaining grid reliability and energy […]
Armstrong on the American Potential Podcast: “We really do need to get something done”
Senator Alan Armstrong (R-OK) joined host David From on the American Potential Podcast for a conversation on his experience in the energy industry and how that informed his mission in the United States Senate to help American producers build and grow our energy supply. The American Potential Podcast features the real-life stories of Americans who […]