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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