environmentcommittee

=House of Representatives= = = =Committee on the Environment and Energy=

Committee Chair: Rep. Young Ranking Minority Member: Rep. Smith

Committee Members: Rep. Kock

“Water Tapping Act 2008” “Let No Bridge Crumble Act of 2008” ·  Change bill into just creating a board for inspecting bridges—make a different bill for extending license qualifications ·  Set regulations and guidelines to get loans for re-building bridges “Tax Less, Spend Less Bill”
 * Bills for Mark-Up**
 * Good—benefits all not just a single person
 * Clarify how to obtain permit for drilling
 * Not passed
 * Only helps a certain margin of American public--the people who need government money do not get it
 * Takes away money from federal government to help other projects
 * In order to be a member of society you nee to pay taxes
 * Flip side--even though you are spending less money going to the federal government, you are not getting as much assistance from them because they do not have enough funds
 * Opposing View of not passing
 * Benefits small businesses--will get more money from tax cuts


 * H.R. "Water Tapping Act of 2008"**
 * Read the text of the bill here.


 * H.R. "Chance for America's Future Act of 2008"**
 * Read the text of the bill here.