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Alan Armstrong

Former Executive Chairman of the Board, Williams Companies

Search every verified Alan Armstrong interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Alan Armstrong, a former executive chairman of Williams Companies who was appointed to the U.S. Senate in March 2026 to fill a vacant Oklahoma seat, has focused his recent public appearances on advocating for permitting reform. In interviews and events, he has described delays in approving energy infrastructure projects as a central problem, citing a McKinsey study that he said identified $1.5 trillion in projects held up by permitting issues. He has also discussed the impact of litigation on projects, recounting instances where courts vacated permits for pipelines, and has argued that such outcomes add costs for consumers. Armstrong has stated that his primary goal as a senator is to pass permitting reform legislation, and he has expressed confidence that a bipartisan deal could advance, while noting that he has no other political ambitions beyond his current term. Armstrong has also addressed related energy topics, including diesel prices and market dynamics. He has opposed proposals for a diesel export ban, arguing that such measures could have unintended consequences on gasoline production. He has attributed price differences between states like Oklahoma and California to infrastructure constraints and state policies, and has advocated for building redundant infrastructure to reduce dependence on foreign energy sources. In discussing the Senate, he has said there is too much focus on partisan wins and losses rather than long-term national interests.

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“I saw there's a study that McKenzie did that says there's one and a half trillion dollars right now of projects between pipelines, transmission lines, power plants that are held up right now waiting on permitting. That's a big number. And and what you know I like to communicate with people is let the floodgates open. You talk about lowering prices. If you overbuild pipeline capacity, when I started in the space, the ”

“I think first and foremost is judicial reform under NEPA and you know hate to get super technical and boring on for people on that but today the litigation environment that exists is not constructive for everybody. I always tell people you think you know you that if you go beat a big bad pipeline company or you stop a transmission line or you stop a mine that you've beat up on that big bad corporation. in reality is ”

“Yeah, that's actually a great question. So, today, well, just to just to explain Constitution pipeline, Constitution was a pipeline that was started to being permitted back in 2013 or 14. Um, and it was a gas pipeline that would take gas from some of the lowest cost natural gas, not in the nation, but in the world in northeastern Pennsylvania, and move it to places like New England, where during the wintertime that's”

“Well, you know, first of all, this is one of those things when you start messing with markets, you know, there's always unintended consequences. I mean, these refiners are very finely tuned for a specific grade of crude. And so, you can't just say, 'Oh, I want to make more diesel today and less gasoline.' It's not the way it works. So, if you cut the diesel, you're going to cut gasoline production with it. And so ins”

“If you think about what that does to it, now I'm not asking for your sympathy for a big, multi-billion dollar company. I'm not begging for your sympathy for that corporation. But if you think that that's where the pain stops, you're dead wrong. The pain of that actually goes directly to the consumer. Because it just means constrained supplies. And it means if you ever do get infrastructure built, don't think that all”

“What this sounds like in a boardroom today is take Williams journey on this. Williams just had the now third project in the northeast have a certificate vacated by a court that was issued by a federal agency that had the jurisdiction to issue it. Now what does that mean? That's a lot of like jargon. It means you spent a lot of money and you don't have the right to operate your facility any longer because your certifi”

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