Declaring FERC a 'Rubber Stamp for Industry,' Campaigners Disrupt Senate Hearing

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Published by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 26/05/2017 - 6:01am

Lauren McCauley, staff writer

Decrying the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) as nothing but a "rubber stamp" for industry, a number of activists disrupted a Senate energy committee hearing Thursday on President Donald Trump's FERC nominees.

"FERC'in nuts" was how E&E News reporter Hannah Northey described the scene on Capitol Hill Thursday morning, as an estimated five people were removed from the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing.