On the recordDecember 15, 2009
Can you identify any use for presidential rescission authority if the President cannot get a vote in Congress?
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congress.govCan you identify any use for presidential rescission authority if the President cannot get a vote in Congress?
Senator Carper questions the effectiveness of rescission authority without Congressional support.
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I think the greatest way that the Commission can have an impact on that is probably through our rate-making authority.
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Given how important this obviously is, my only regret is that we didn't have an opportunity to talk about it 24 hours ago.
We will do it again. Maybe the next time we will actually make it to Columbia.