Bipartisan Bill Permanently Reauthorizes the Land and Water Conservation Fund, Increases Energy Efficiency, Modernizes Energy Infrastructure
Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, advanced bipartisan energy legislation along with Chairman Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) in an 18-4 vote in committee. The committee held bipartisan listening sessions starting in the beginning of the Congress, a series of legislative hearings on 114 bills and three business meetings to amend and vote on the final product, the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015. Senators Cantwell and Murkowski met frequently over breakfast over the last several months to discuss legislative priorities and progress on the bill.
