House panel looks at Clear Skies but future hazy

摘要

Members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee met this week to discuss the President Bush's Clear Skies initiative for the first time since 2003, but gave no indication that lawmakers are any closer to passing the bill than they were two years ago. The Energy and Air Quality Subcommittee heard from two of the administration's top lobbyists on the issue: EPA Assistant Administrator Jeffrey Holmstead and Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton.