CORRECTIVE REPRINT
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 640 PRINTER'S NO. 909
No. 18 Session of 1981
INTRODUCED BY PETRARCA, CLARK, LIVENGOOD, A. K. HUTCHINSON,
KOLTER, VAN HORNE, STEWART, BROWN AND MICOZZIE,
FEBRUARY 18, 1981
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, FEBRUARY 18, 1981
In the House of Representatives, February 18, 1981
1 WHEREAS, The price of natural gas to consumers has risen to a
2 considerable extent in recent years; and
3 WHEREAS, Gas company profits have also increased to a
4 considerable extent; and
5 WHEREAS, The regulation of natural gas prices has apparently
6 not had the detrimental effect on the profitability of the
7 natural gas industry as this industry has claimed; and
8 WHEREAS, The Federal Government is deregulating the price of
9 natural gas over the next several years; therefore be it
10 RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly
11 of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby memorializes the
12 President and the Congress of the United States to immediately
13 desist from natural gas price deregulation until such time as
14 inflation has been brought under control; and be it further
15 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be forwarded
16 immediately to the President of the United States, to the
1 Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate
2 and to each Representative and Senator from Pennsylvania.
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