WASHINGTON -- A House Republican task force looking into short-term answers to high natural gas prices won't have any recommendations until the end of September, its leaders said Monday.
"We're already running out of time," Rep. Billy Tauzin, the group's co-chairman, acknowledged at an initial meeting.
But he said he's not ready to agree with Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, who told lawmakers recently there is little government can do in the short-run to ease the supply crunch and avert high natural gas prices this summer and into next winter.
"Let me not be overly optimistic," Tauzin added, "Our options could be very limited."
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