The Senate
full committee markup of the CJS bill is at 10:30 in 192 Dirksen.
U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D - LA) introduced an amendment during
the full committee markup that would ban horse slaughter, calling it both a health and a budget issue.
Not exact matches
At the House
markup yesterday, Representative Nita Lowey (D — NY), the top Democrat on the
full appropriations
committee, decried the proposed cut, arguing that clean energy sources are needed to help avoid the build - up of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
The House
markup is «a strong bill» that «smartly utilizes and improves the way we use the energy sources we have now and that works to develop new technologies that will make energy production in this country safer and more efficient,» said Representative Harold Rogers (R — KY), chair of the
full committee.
Edwards said on Tuesday that she was trying to talk to subcommittee chairman Steve Palazzo (R - MS), the lead sponsor of the bill, and
full committee chairman Lamar Smith (R - TX) to see if they can reach common ground on the cuts to earth science prior to
markup.
The
full Senate Appropriations
Committee will
markup that bill tomorrow morning also.
Declaring «We've thrown a pitchfork in the sand,» Peterson wants «wants a
full markup to alter what he and other [ag]
committee Democrats think are inadequate provisions on everything from fuel standards to renewable energy definitions to regulations governing the trading of carbon derivatives created through a cap - and - trade system,» The Hill reports.