[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 22]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 30448-30449]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 6, ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 2003

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                               speech of

                        HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 18, 2003

  Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to this 
conference report. H.R. 6 contains several harmful provisions including 
exempting the producers of MTBE from product liability claims and 
repealing the Public Utility Holding Company Act, which limits

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mergers between utilities companies. Additionally, the conference 
report does not prioritize the use of renewable resources by large 
utilities to generate power. H.R. 6 rolls back important safeguards in 
the Clean Water Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act which are critical 
in keeping the nation's waterways safe for people and wildlife. The 
country needs an energy policy that reduces pollution, protects 
consumers, and reduces the burden on the nation's electricity grid. 
This bill fails to meet those standards. I regret that we were not 
given the opportunity to vote on legislation that would reduce our 
dependence on foreign sources of oil.

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