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1 CIS H 401103
TITLE: Rising Fuel
Prices and the Appropriate Federal Response
CIS-NO:
2001-H401-103
SOURCE: Committee on Government Reform. House
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DATE: June 28, 2000
LENGTH:
iii+293 p. il.
CONG-SESS: 106-2
ITEM-NO: 1016-A; 1016-B
CIS DOCUMENT ON DEMAND: 1-800-227-2477 (Full Text Reproductions)
GPO-STOCK-NO: 552-070-27244-5.
SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. 106-240. Hearing to examine recent increases in
gasoline prices in the Midwest and elsewhere, and to review the
impact of EPA reformulated gasoline (RFG) motor vehicle emissions reduction
program on consumer gasoline prices.
Supplementary material (p. 185-219 and throughout) includes exhibits,
articles, memos, and:
a. Kumins, Lawrence C. (CRS),
"Midwest Gasoline Prices: A Review of Recent Market
Developments" June 28, 2000 (p. 11-22).
b. Idaho Attorney
General's Office, "Report of the Attorney General's Advisory Committee on
Gasoline Pricing" Dec. 15, 1999 (p. 185-219).
c. Kumins,
Lawrence C. (CRS), "Midwest Gasoline Price Increases" June 16,
2000 (p. 283-288).
CONTENT-NOTATION: Gas
price increases, issues review
DESCRIPTORS:
KUMINS, LAWRENCE C.; ENERGY
PRICES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL
REGULATION; ENERGY REGULATION; AIR POLLUTION; CONSUMERS; CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH
SERVICE; GASOLINE
01-H401-103 TESTIMONY NO: 1 June
28, 2000 p. 47-130
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
SCHNEIDER, SCOTT M. (Vice President, Sales and Marketing,
Mister Ice of Indianapolis, Inc)
HROBUCHAK, MARK P. (CEO
and President, MPH Transportation and Logistics)
BAILEY,
CHARLES R. (electrician)
OBERWEIS, ELAINE (President and
CEO, Oberweis Dairy)
WILSON, DOUG (immediate past
President, Illinois Corn Growers Association; representing National Corn Growers
Association)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Perspectives on increases in gasoline
prices in the Midwest and elsewhere, with recommendations;
adverse impact of gasoline price increases on business and
industry, including trucking and farming industries (related material, p.
88-123); issues related to increases in gasoline prices,
including RFG program impact on gasoline prices.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Gas
price increases, issues review
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
MPH TRANSPORTATION AND
LOGISTICS; TRUCKS AND TRUCKING INDUSTRY; FARMS AND FARMERS
01-H401-103 TESTIMONY NO: 2 June 28, 2000 p. 131-184,
220-228, 237-245
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
RICHARDSON, BILL (Secretary, DOE)
BROWNER, CAROL M. (Administrator, EPA)
PITOFSKY, ROBERT (Chairman, FTC)
STATEMENTS
AND DISCUSSION:
Overview of Administration response to
rising gasoline prices; refutation of arguments claiming RFG
program adverse impact on gasoline prices; details on FTC
investigation of gasoline price increases in the Midwest;
elaboration on gasoline price issues.
CONTENT
NOTATION:
Gas price increases, issues
review
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
DEPARTMENT OF
ENERGY; FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION; GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATIONS
01-H401-103 TESTIMONY NO: 3 June 28, 2000 p.
246-267
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
CAVANEY, RED (President and CEO, American Petroleum
Institute)
VAUGHN, ERIC (President and CEO, Renewable
Fuels Association)
STATEMENTS:
Perspectives
on recent gasoline price increases in the Midwest and
elsewhere, with recommendations.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Gas price increases, issues review
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
AMERICAN PETROLEUM
INSTITUTE
LOAD-DATE: September 25, 2001
