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Barbara Boxer: “It is an amazing situation for those of us on the east coast or the west coast. We know we are outnumbered here. But as…”

On the recordApril 25, 2002
It is an amazing situation for those of us on the east coast or the west coast. We know we are outnumbered here. But as my colleague from California has told me many times, we must make the case and the record on this, because I can tell you right now, after living through the crisis we lived through in electricity, where we saw what happens when a supply is manipulated--the story in today's San Francisco Chronicle says: These memos show a disturbing trend of potential market manipulation by ethanol producers. . . . And the ink hasn't dried on this bill as it becomes law. Did you say a witch's brew? Is that what you said?
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California
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Addressing concerns about potential market manipulation by ethanol producers.

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