Legions of lobbyists flew the big gas message to Capitol Hill
In the closing flurry of lobbying for gas deregulation last week, the opposing sides could agree on one thing: they had never seen anything like it. Said the American Gas Association's vice president for Government relations, Nick L. Laird: "It is one of the most intensive, all-out efforts I've ever witnessed." Added James Plug, director of Energy Action Committee, a consumers' lobbying group: "From my experience on the Hill, I don't remember anything like it. Maybe the exception is the antiwar movement."
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