The AARP asked Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., to hold hearings on the climate change bill proposed by Sens. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, E&E News PM reported.
David Sloane, Senior VP of government relations and advocacy at the AARP, said his group believed the cap and dividend proposal was "the best policy construct for reducing carbon emissions from the standpoint of consumers."
Sloane added that because the bill "was referred exclusively to the Finance Committee, it would be both appropriate and helpful to consumers for the committee to examine the key features of this important proposal."
Several environmental and public health groups had already asked Baucus to hold hearing on the bill. However, Baucus said the Senate had "a big, heavy schedule" for other legislation that may keep it from fully considering climate legislation.
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