Mr. President, I understand there is a bill at the desk, and I ask for its first reading. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the title of the bill for the first time. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 1057) to repeal the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit.
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