'CONGRESS ENACTS MERCURY EXPORT BAN'
October 02, 2008
October 02, 2008
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Rep. Thomas H. Allen, D-Maine (1st CD), issued the following column:
By U.S. Representative Tom Allen
1st Congressional District of Maine
On September 29th, Congress sent the Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008 (S.906), to the White House for the President's signature. The bill, which I introduced in March, 2007 with U.S. Senators Barack Obama (D-IL) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), had passed the House and Senate by overwhelming margins.
By U.S. Representative Tom Allen
1st Congressional District of Maine
On September 29th, Congress sent the Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008 (S.906), to the White House for the President's signature. The bill, which I introduced in March, 2007 with U.S. Senators Barack Obama (D-IL) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), had passed the House and Senate by overwhelming margins.