Florida Democrats say an amendment shot down by the U.S. House Rules Committee could have protected the Everglades from energy exploration.

U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz , a Weston Democrat, pushed for a change in language in the Improving Interagency Coordination for Pipeline Reviews Act ( HR 3668 ) during Committee proceedings . That bill, filed by U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson , a North Carolina Republican, would expedite review of natural gas or liquified gas pipelines by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ( FERC ).

Wasserman Schultz’s amendment to the bill would have excluded the Everglades and other Florida navigable waters from that change, still requiring extensive review to put a pipeline through Florida’s largest national park . However, the R

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