It's very important that as a Congress and as leaders that we emphasize the importance for us to get our dependence on foreign oil as minimum as possible and diversify to the maximum extent the sources of energy in this Country.

the recent high prices, although they have come down some in Georgia, that people are paying at the gas pumps reflect our dependence on oil.

the economy of our State is growing, but we risk losing all that with the high price of energy.

To carry this country much farther down the road that we need to travel, I joined with Senators Bayh, Brownback, Coleman, and others last November to introduce S. 2025, the Vehicle and Fuel Choices for American Security Act.

In my view, these incentives and mandates in the Energy Policy Act represent a positive and necessary step toward ending this country's destructive oil addiction and curbing global warming.

I want to thank our witnesses for their testimony, and we look forward to discussing further...

I will wait until I have a chance to ask questions. I want to thank you for holding the hearing.

The proposed rule change would have a big impact and lead to a lot more efficient operation of dry mill ethanol plants.

I appreciate having the opportunity to work with you, Mr. Chairman, as well as with Senator Clinton, in including provisions that would promote biofuels research.

I just think that this whole debate really is about American energy. It's about getting away from our dependence upon foreign sources of energy.

Mike DeWine voted for the Iraq war, and I voted against the Iraq war.

I voted for the Patriot Act to find and stop the terrorists. It makes a difference.

This is about changing course in Iraq and the president demonstrating to the American people. He understands America cannot stay the course when the present course is taking our country in the wrong direction.

A concentrated market does reduce competition and puts control in the hands of only a few powerful players.

We went to war with the secretary of defense we had. Now, it is time to complete the mission with a new secretary of defense that we need.

They have run this play one too many times. It is the same speeches that they have given before. And all the speeches in the world do not change what's going on, on the ground in Iraq. And, as we have heard here, the ground in Iraq is not…

People feel that, instead of standing up for them, the government has stood up for the special interests. They want new representation. They want change.

Nobody is relaxing until long after the storm has passed.