Energy and Environment

Lisa Murkowski, Maria Cantwell renew push for big energy bill

By Josh Siegel
Published March 14, 2018 4:50pm ET
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Lisa Murkowski, Maria Cantwell renew push for big energy bill
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chair Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, right, speaks as committee's ranking member Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., looks on, during a hearing on Capitol Hill. The duo is seeking to soon advance a comprehensive energy bill they co-authored that would be the first update to the country’s energy policies from Congress in a decade.

The Senate’s energy leaders pressured their House colleagues Wednesday to support legislation to boost renewable energy and bolster cybersecurity.

Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Maria Cantwell, the chairwoman and top Democrat of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, respectively, described themselves as partners in supporting clean energy and power grid modernization, as they gave separate addresses to the American Council on Renewable Energy’s annual policy forum in Washington.

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