This conversation, recorded a few days before the Nov. 3, 2026 midterm elections, focuses on the need to reform and modernize the U.S. permitting system to address challenges in the process that hinder infrastructure development.
Liz Bowman, from the midstream company Williams, joins hosts Stuart Saulters and Bryan Nix to analyze the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026, difficulties faced by companies trying to build energy infrastructure, and economic impacts of permitting delays.
The discussion touches on evolving views of policymakers and the public on the need for natural gas infrastructure in light of increasing demand and geopolitical turmoil.
About Liz Bowman
Liz Bowman is Vice President of Government Affairs at The Williams Companies, a Tulsa, Oklahoma-based midstream company. Williams is a Fortune 500 company with operations spanning the natural gas value chain, including gathering, processing, transportation, storage, and wholesale marketing of natural gas and natural gas liquids.
Bowman has more than 20 years experience in public affairs and has developed and implemented campaigns that meet organizational and coalition policy, regulatory, and legislative goals.
She joined Williams from the American Exploration and Production Council, a trade association representing America’s independent oil and natural gas producers. She served as associate administrator for public affairs at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency during the first Trump administration, and as communications director for Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA).
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