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Joe Barton: “Mr. Chairman, the Dingell substitute is not a substitute. It may be well intentioned where it does address, but out of…”

On the recordApril 10, 2003
Mr. Chairman, the Dingell substitute is not a substitute. It may be well intentioned where it does address, but out of 10 titles, it addresses 1½ titles of the electricity title. We should reject it and adopt the compromise bipartisan electricity title that has been worked out over the last 4 years in subcommittee and full committee, and I would hope that we would reject the Dingell substitute.
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas

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Discussing the shortcomings of the Dingell substitute in the electricity bill.

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