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Do you believe that the definition of renewable biomass in the 2008 Farm Bill strikes the right balance between meeting our energy needs and also ensuring that we are managing our forests in a responsible manner?

Do you believe that the EPA, if the EPA were to approve E15 that lenders would be more likely to participate in the program to provide financing to some of these cellulosic ethanol plants?

We thought the Farm Bill struck the balance and would like to see that applied more generally and obviously applied to the RFS.

As you know, the EPA is delaying that decision--I mentioned this to Secretary Vilsack when he was in a couple of weeks back, and what is USDA's role in that decision and how actively are you all advocating for getting the higher blends…

The last Farm Bill, I think, was really good in terms of looking at energy issues, and the energy title in there has helped us advance in a lot of respects.

The problem they have is that 1.6 million people are employed by the British national health system, a huge employer in their country, so the economic impact, the political impact of making changes in that system is very difficult. That…

We cannot lose sight that not only is this an economic and an environmental tragedy, but it's a human tragedy, first and foremost.

It's critical that they be held to account for the environmental/economic damages caused by the ongoing oilspill in the Gulf.

You've noted that state authorities have primary responsibility over gas distribution pipelines and that many states have chosen to adopt regulatory standards that are more stringent than Federal ones.

I think pipelines are going to play an important role in America's energy future, too.

I think one of the greatest threats to pipeline safety and integrity--and it has been talked about at some length today--comes from accidental damage due to digging and excavation.

What role do you see new technologies playing to improve the safety of pipelines?

Moving ethanol by pipeline would be cheaper, more efficient, and safer than moving the product by truck or rail.

I don't know how you deal with the USF issue, which, by the way, is an issue I care deeply about.

It seems, to me at least, that what we're talking about here is whether or not we're going to depart from the light-touch Title I information services approach.

Can the USF proposals in the National Broadband Plan be carried out without reclassifying broadband under Title II?

Why would we rather take the $50 to $60 billion in private investment, put that in jeopardy, and try and shoehorn that around this issue?

I think we have a responsibility to be fiscally responsible in Washington, DC. As I said before, we have people all over the country making hard decisions with regard to their personal and family budgets, with regard to their small…