Gordon Is Talking With Senators on Rare-Earths Bill
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U.S. House Science and Technology Committee Chairman Bart Gordon said today he is talking to senators in an effort to convince them to pass a measure on rare-earth elements shortly after the Nov. 2 election.
Gordon, a Tennessee Democrat, told a conference in Washington that the only way to get legislation this year boosting U.S. mining and production would be if the Senate clears the version that the House passed on Sept. 29. To do that in the short lame-duck session would require that no senator object to sending the bill to the president, he said.