"I would caution that we don't try to put all these proverbial eggs in that one basket."
"If we are not going to use ethanol as E-85, then we have a serious problem."
"It is going to take a mix."
"I think that the Congress really needs to start looking very hard at some kind of time out that would put the renewable fuels standard on hold."
"We should revisit the tax code to try to put things on parity, so that these fuels all come out on an even playing field."
"We have to be very careful on what we call a low-carbon fuel standard, what it really means, and what impact it is going to have on infrastructure and on the ability of Americans to get from point A t..."
"For me that's just like the 800-pound gorilla in the room."
"But I suspect that the drop in the cost of oil is a reprieve, but probably not going to be with us forever."
"I hate the fact that we have these huge trade deficits, a lot of which is attributable to imported oil."
"Mr. Strickland, welcome. I think I have seen you before. It is nice to see you here today, especially sitting with Mark Udall."
"The President came and spoke with us, by the way, at our caucus and talked about his budget."
"I suggested some ways we could save money. It is easy to come up with the ways to spend money."