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Sen. ROBERT STAFFORD (R-VT), says he expects he expects a reformed CLEAN AIR ACT to proceed without rush or delay through the Senate. ROBERTS v.o.-STAFFORD made it clear that he wouldn't be rushed into any reforms on CLEAN AIR, and after a year and a half, STAFFORD'S committee reported a CLEAN AIR ACT that was more stringent than the old one. Shots of SENATE COMMITTEE session. Shots of HOUSE COMMITTEE meeting with JOHN DINGELL (D-MI) chairing. Shot of DINGELL seated in office, says there are a lot of conflicting industrial interests, says ENVIRONMENTALISTS are not concerned with JOBS.
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Shot of Rep. HENRY WAXMAN (D-CA) in House Committee, in office. WAXMAN says that the CLEAN AIR ACT needs to be fine-tuned, but not gutted, so he delayed consideration of the new Act. ROBERTS v.o.-WAXMAN hoped that delaying until an ELECTION YEAR would make it hard for Congress to vote in favor of pollution and give ENVIRONMENTAL LOBBYISTS time to mount a campaign, but this failed. Shot of PHIL GRAMM (D-TX) in office, discussing the DINGELL/GUT THE ACT coalition's breakdown. Shots of Committee hearing. ROBERTS v.o.-the DINGELL plan fell apart over provisions to loosen pollution restrictions in areas that have clean air [brilliant idea-let's make sure that every part of the U.S. gets equally polluted by encouraging industries to move into clean places]. Rep. TIM WIRTH (D-CO) in office, says that the gutting interests made their bill too broad, and ultimately the proponents of a tough CLEAN AIR ACT were able to frame the issue as a vote for or against clean air.
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shot of news releases by environmental lobbying groups. DINGELL in office, dismisses POLLS on CLEAN AIR ACT, says polls can be manipulated to prove anything. Shots of workers in an ENVIRONMENTALIST LOBBYING office, working on mailings, on telephones. WAXMAN in office, says the NATIONAL CLEAN AIR COALITION tries to get the voters to contact their congressmen and make sure the Congressmen will answer to the voters and not the suits. DINGELL decided to drop the legislation. DINGELL in office, says it's no victory for ENVIRONMENTALISM but a loss for everyone.