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Ohio Port: 22-Jul-08 12:49 pm House Republican leader urges support for CTL bill



House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) recently urged House members to support a petition being circulated by Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) that would force a House vote on bipartisan legislation designed to accelerate the domestic production of coal-to-liquid (CTL) transportation fuels.



Roskam’s petition is seeking a floor vote on the “Coal-to-Liquid Fuel Act” (H.R. 2208), introduced by House Energy and Air Quality Subcommittee Chairman Rick Boucher (D-Va.) and Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.). The bill authorizes the secretary of energy to set ceiling and floor prices to protect domestic CTL developers from price manipulation by foreign energy cartels.



In a July 9 statement, Boehner said Roskam’s petition gives House members “the opportunity to support a common sense, bipartisan plan to promote clean alternative fuels technology that will help bring down the price of gasoline on behalf of American families and small businesses.” Boehner said a vote on H.R. 2208 would “send a clear signal that Congress is committed to utilizing clean American energy in an environmentally-safe way while reducing our nation’s costly dependence on unstable foreign sources of energy.”



Should Roskam’s petition garner the support of 218 House members, the House would be required to vote on the bill.



A copy of Boehner’s statement is available here.

https://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=96701