Legislators Meet Access Washington D.C. Delegation.Delegates representing more than 26 Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. area businesses traveled to Washington Washington, town, England Washington, town (1991 pop. 48,856), Sunderland metropolitan district, NE England. Washington was designated one of the new towns in 1964 to alleviate overpopulation in the Tyneside-Wearside area. D.C. in May for the Chamber's annual federal lobbying trip. Issues discussed over the three-day trip included transportation, water, energy and electricity challenges. Representatives from the Central City Association (CCA (1) (Common Cryptographic Architecture) Cryptography software from IBM for MVS and DOS applications. (2) (Compatible Communications A ) and Valley Industry and Commerce Association (VICA VICA Vocational Industrial Clubs of America VICA Video Conferencing Alliance (UK) VICA Vocational Industrial Chapters of America VICA Vision Counsel of America ) joined the delegation during some of the meetings, including a White House briefing with the Department of Energy's Michael Watley. "There is no plan in the world that will stop blackouts," Watley said. He told the delegation that the Administration opposes price caps on energy fees, believing that caps would be a disincentive dis·in·cen·tive n. Something that prevents or discourages action; a deterrent. disincentive Noun something that discourages someone from behaving or acting in a particular way Noun 1. for conservation and investments in new energy plants. "The energy crisis was high on our agenda," Chamber Chairman Charles Woo said. "Given the release date of the President's energy plan, timing our travel to Washington and providing the business community's input was very significant." |
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