The first bill passed by the new Republican-controlled Congress and signed by our new Republican president since Inauguration Day: Squashing a transparency law that required American oil companies to disclose the payments they make to foreign governments.
This was their top priority? One of the biggest lobbies to get rid of the disclosure rule was Exxon Mobil, whose former CEO Rex Tillerson is now our Secretary of State. <http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/319488-trump-signs-repeal-of-transparency-rule-for-oil-companies> Trump signs repeal of transparency rule for oil companies <https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fthehill.com%2Fpolicy%2Fenergy-environment%2F319488-trump-signs-repeal-of-transparency-rule-for-oil-companies&h=ATM30ryzep6Vn8C4oT1_D326RSUkGJx29lWJOQghx23haAShVA-nM_bdEGw_LS9rqc6fLdd0bZ6YF583YP5WfkN86CyUX3MD9jUCgPQp0AnAQ7hLca_Y3XQcY9OvRaaf6sKP_9_5O_0Z&enc=AZNXZZ0cvvaSMYHzHo1Rz8kC6n33s4Yc0pfKE7zPbsDPJvcXqEwCx2wECXPmoABwtjAkfdTaH7S7Wh3zoX2gI1CQwkX0BMl_Kg7A469ElmI07bEyNyG5r7drEglNsmTt-2gYmM1y4O1NFT4GiuPLQNE8IcXPK15i61iXjEZagvL4eGWqtAXoul6T00LLi0-I37UKbRDmMWlARylHnW2PY-jF&s=1> The regulation would have required energy companies to disclose their payments to foreign governments. THEHILL.COM -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
