Slade Gorton - Works for You.
Gas prices continue to rise - it's time to give consumers a break at the gas pump.
This measure will help improve fuel efficiency of our automobiles, make our cars cleaner, save consumers money and reduce our dependency on foreign sources of oil. In June, Gorton brokered a bipartisan compromise that calls for the Transportation Department and the National Academy of Sciences to study fuel efficiency standards and issues such as vehicle safety and recommend the findings to Congress by July 1, 2001. Congress will take a vote on the final version of the 2001 fiscal year Transportation Appropriations bill this week and then send the bill to the President to be signed into law.