NEWS RELEASE
Committee on Energy and Commerce Democrats
Congressman John D. Dingell, Ranking Member

COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE
MARKUP OF ENERGY LEGISLATION:
The Early Returns Are In

Washington, D.C. -- The Committee on Energy and Commerce, which today began a two-day markup of comprehensive energy legislation, has completed consideration of Title II (Oil and Gas). Republican Members rejected Democratic efforts to remove several anti-environmental provisions inserted on behalf of the oil and gas industry, including:

• restrictions on the ability of California and other states to protect their coastal areas;
• expanding loopholes in the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to allow more water pollution; and
• preventing the Environmental Protection Agency from barring the injection of diesel fuel into sources of drinking water.

John D. Dingell, Ranking Democratic Member, Committee on Energy and Commerce, noted that "the Committee is not off to an auspicious start, unless you are in the oil and gas industry."

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