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Bill Clinton: Well, as you know, I'm a strong supporter of that program. We prevailed by one vote because the Vice President had to go…

On the recordJune 1, 1995
Well, as you know, I'm a strong supporter of that program. We prevailed by one vote because the Vice President had to go over to the Senate and vote for it. Remember that? One of Al Gore's best lines is, every time he votes we win. [Laughter] But we won that day. And then they took us to court, and we lost. We're looking at the case now, reviewing it, to see whether or not we think we've got any chance at all to prevail on appeal. And if we think we've got any chance at all, we're going to appeal the thing. But we're reading it now and trying to reach a judgment about that. And I would be interested in knowing from you whether there are some other things we can do to increase the use of ethanol, because I think that's good environmental policy as well as good farm policy. And again, it adds to the value of the farm dollar in America. And to whatever extent we can add to the value of the farm dollar in America, we are thereby less vulnerable to the vagaries of the global economy, to what happens in the weather or the politics or the finances of some other country. We'll be a lot better off. So if you have any specific ideas or you or any of your organizations want to give me any more ideas about what else I can do to promote ethanol use, I will, because I'm strongly in favor of it. I think it's good economics. It's good environmental policy. And it helps us to become more independent. Mary Schuler. There is legislation, isn't there, that the Government vehicles are to use ethanol? Is that being----
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Bill Clinton
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