Dianne Feinstein: “I found his comments really quite amazing. On the one hand, he was saying how generous he was being to California; on…”

“I found his comments really quite amazing. On the one hand, he was saying how generous he was being to California; on the other hand, he was saying: Tough, if it spikes your cost of gasoline; tough, if you don't have enough refinery capability, that is your fault. I am for the farmers in the Midwest, and all the rest of you be damned. I don't appreciate that very much. I will tell you something: When the price of gasoline does spike and people are calling, I will refer them to your office, Senator, and be happy to do so. We are being forced to use something we do not need. It would be one thing if we needed it to meet clean air standards. We are being forced to use 2.68 billion gallons of ethanol we do not need in California to meet clean air standards. I resent that. I resent that the policy of the United States Senate mandates that we have to use something we do not need that is going to cost us more, that is going to prevent us from getting highway money and transportation money because it is going to cut the highway trust fund by $7 billion. I resent the fact that I am on the Energy Committee and this bill was not even run by the committee; that there has been no public hearing held on any part of it. I resent that fact. I resent the fact that you don't care whether my State has the refining capacity or not to meet this in time.”