House Natural Resources ranking member
Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Energy and Commerce ranking member
Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) did not spare the harsh rhetoric when unloading on a Republican energy proposal slated for a House vote this week.
The legislation is a “monstrosity,” a “Trojan horse,” an “all-out assault” on the environment and a “massive giveaway” to the oil industry that would not lower gas prices by “one cent,” the two lawmakers said.
But while the criticisms were aimed squarely at the GOP, the words might also sting for a small group of Democrats who voted for the bills of which the energy package is comprised.
The GOP legislation consists of provisions in several bills that had previously been reported out of either Markey’s or Waxman’s respective committees.
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