House Republicans Appear Split Over EPA's Pending Fracking Study

摘要

House Republicans appear to be split over EPA's pending study on the potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water, with GOP lawmakers on the Science, Space & Technology Committee questioning the need for the study while House Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) is backing the effort. Such divisions may make it difficult for House lawmakers to stymie the agency's study should they seek to do so in the upcoming fiscal year 2012 appropriations cycle.