Word: conservationist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Patterson's plans soon ran into powerful opposition from the two rival committee chairmen who had sponsored the two rival energy plans. One was Arizona's lanky Mo Udall, chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment of the Interior and Insular Affairs Committee. A dedicated conservationist, he has fought for safeguards to protect the environment. The other was Michigan's short-tempered John Dingell, chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee. He has strongly favored sweeping away state and federal regulations on energy matters...