Those projects would just fall to the end of the line during the approval process.

We want to wait until the approval process is complete.

But the approval process could take more than a year.

The project, which has a budget of about $500,000, is in the approval process now.

The approval process in that case took almost two years.

The approval process is likely to take months, the officials said.

By the time the approval process is complete, the market may have changed.

But the approval process has been known to take up to three years.

Today's action was the most important step in the approval process.

I don't think people understand what that approval process is.

Bush Administration officials have also complained about delays in the confirmation process.

The hearing that ended today showed how much the confirmation process has changed over the years.

Maybe so, but the television hit did nothing to upgrade the confirmation process.

"I have to get through the confirmation process first," he said.

But the confirmation process has been bogged down since then.

Experts fear that the confirmation process will be prolonged until next year.

I plan to continue to oversee a fair confirmation process.

All that said, I think there is no reason to make major changes in the confirmation process.

Unfortunately, sometimes politics enters into the confirmation process, I understand that and so does he.

In addition, each nominee has a team of six people who will guide them through the confirmation process.