We all acknowledge that processing time is just dismal.

I rise today to remember a fallen hero, U.S. Army SPC Joseph Cemper. Specialist Cemper was based in eastern Afghanistan, in the area east of Kabul bordering Pakistan. This area is one of the areas where the fighting in the Afghan war has…

I think at the end of the day, really what Congress was attempting to do was to send a stable signal to the marketplace.

What happens if the rug is just pulled out and all of a sudden it ends tomorrow, no blenders' credit...

Agriculture is a part of the solution, not only for the short-term, but for the long-term domestic energy needs.

I believe America's energy supply should be stable, clean, diverse, and affordable.

Ethanol production boosts rural economies.

We have to take steps to become less reliant on these nations for our energy needs and more reliant on domestic sources.

Agriculture is part of the solution not only for the short-term but for our long-term domestic energy needs.

I have long been a supporter of renewable energy sources, including ethanol.

Renewable fuel production increases our energy security and decreases our dependence on foreign oil.

Mr. Secretary, remembering the days when you and I were both Governors, the year 2000, tough, tough time in our States, we had a situation where agriculture was really, really struggling.

The production and use of 10.6 billion gallons of ethanol in 2010 displaced about 445 million barrels of oil.

I rise to speak on the budget issues we are facing, the continuing resolution--all the issues that have been talked about over the last week or so. Oftentimes when I speak on the Senate floor, I talk about what it is like back home in…

One of our tribes in Nebraska, the Winnebago Tribe, literally was experiencing unemployment at a 70 percent rate.

I ask unanimous consent to speak for 10 minutes as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Pesticide Regulation

I rise today to talk about another example of an EPA that, I believe, is out of step with American agriculture. EPA continues to pursue regulations that would require farmers to file for an additional permit if they want to apply…

They decided they didn't want the world to be that way, and so they went to work.

Just leave us alone and we will be okay.

I think we are all convinced that there were some needed changes to bring some sunshine and better regulation to what was happening here.

I wish to start today by thanking the distinguished Senator from Utah for his courtesy. I appreciate it immensely. It has been a bit of a long and tortured process to get here today. I appreciate the opportunity to speak first. All of us…

again with all due respect to my colleague from New Jersey, there have been over 200 business groups that have expressed opposition to the Menendez amendment, and that would include the NFIB, the National Association of Manufacturers, the…

The more I have rolled that over in my mind it seems to me to be a wise policy to try to build that marketplace instead of relying on the credit.

I can see the difference it has made in my State in Nebraska. It really has transformed the rural economy in many areas.

I hope you will work with us, the ranking member and the chair. That they have some possibilities.