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Bobby Rush: “The title of this bill is the Energy Consumers Relief Act, but yet the majority prevented me from offering an amendment…”

On the recordJuly 31, 2013
The title of this bill is the Energy Consumers Relief Act, but yet the majority prevented me from offering an amendment that simply stated that the EPA rules could not be blocked if they resulted in consumers saving money at the gas pump. So, if the purpose of this bill were truly to provide relief to consumers, then allowing my amendment would have been, simply, a no-brainer. Madam Chairman, you can fool some of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time. Enough is enough. Let us get back to considering real legislation.
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Bobby Rush
Democratic · Illinois
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Jul 31, 2013

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