Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), organizer of ongoing "forums" on Clean Air Act reform, says legislative changes to overhaul the air law are unlikely without a consensus between EPA and states on statutory changes - an apparent effort to temper expectations Congress will act on the politically contentious issue of amending the decades-old law. Whitfield, chair of the House Energy & Commerce Committee's power panel, noted the need for state-EPA agreement in remarks to reporters July 31, following the first of the forums that are highlighting the political and substantive challenges to air law reform.
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