House Energy Committee passes energy legislation

Washington (Platts)--14Apr2005

Energy legislation cleared the House Energy & Commerce Committee late 
April 13. The 39-16 voice vote came after three days of debate in which 
Republicans rejected an attempt by committee Democrats to remove 
controversial language shielding producers of the gasoline additive MTBE 
from defective-product lawsuits. That language stymied Senate action on the 
bill last year, killing it. Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.), chairman of the 
Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee, today praised House Energy 
Committee Chairman Joe Barton (R-Texas) for his leadership and bipartisan 
effort on the bill. Domenici said he was particularly pleased to see that 
the bill passed the House committee "by such a wide, bipartisan margin." He 
said he would try to build on Barton's success when the Senate Energy 
Committee takes up the bill this spring. The bill is expected to move to 
the House floor for a vote next week.

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