12/02/2009
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"if we do not broaden the base for feedstocks, it is going to be nearly impossible to reach the 36 billion gallons requirement by 2022."
"programs like RMAP are critical to rural America, small businesses that make up 90 percent of all rural businesses."
"I hope we ask very aggressively and assertively, because of the importance of appropriate partnerships in terms of who contributes to the partnership."
"I have a number of concerns about our presence in Iraq at the current time. I don't think that I have a clear understanding of what our mission is there."