Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 2984) to amend the Federal Power Act to provide that any inaction by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that allows a rate change to go into effect shall be treated as an order by the Commission for purposes of rehearing and court review. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 2984 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Ratepayer Accountability, Transparency, and Efficiency Standards Act'' or the ``Fair RATES Act''. SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE FEDERAL POWER ACT. Subsection (d) of section 205 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824d(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Any absence of action by the Commission that allows a change to take effect under this section, including the Commission allowing the sixty days' notice herein provided to expire without Commission action, shall be treated as an order issued by the Commission accepting such change for purposes of section 313.''. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Whitfield) and the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) each will control 20 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Kentucky. General Leave”