Murkowski Says Energy Panel Deserves Role In Crafting Climate Legislative Provisions

摘要

A proposal by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to meld energy and climate change legislation into a single package for a vote on the Senate floor is likely to run into opposition from Energy and Natural Resources Committee members who want a key role in such legislation, the ranking Republican on the committee said March 16.rn"I am a little concerned about the committee being hijacked" by talk of combining the two broad packages, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) told reporters at a Platts Energy Forum.rn"I would rather not have energy policy wrapped up in the complexity of a climate change bill" because the en-rnergy committee then "loses control of our ability to advance a good bipartisan product" on a range of climate and energy-related policies, from more stringent appliance efficiency to a federal renewable electricity mandate.