Forceful testimony taken from, among others, former Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger , is expected shortly to result in further legislative recommendations for corrective action.

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The May 31 editorial expresses concern that translating these recommendations into legislative bills, and getting them passed during the next 30 days, looks doubtful.

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Jeff, as you pointed out, some of the recommendations contained in the Job Council require legislative action.

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In an obvious grab for new legislative authority, the Foreign Relations Committee makes findings and recommendations and imposes reporting requirements concerning export controls, an area which has traditionally been under the exclusive purview of the Banking Committee in the Senate.

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While one looks to government to move things forward from a fuels and technology perspective and the other looks to strong regulatory and societal changes, both recommendations indicate that we need intelligent strategies with some legislative teeth to stop doing what has become a suicidal free market drift with the winds of global changes.

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The remainder of the government's responses to the recommendations are expected to be published when the Bill comes before Parliament, probably in the new legislative year this autumn.

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