Political Quotes

“I too have a good friend from Ohio, but I would say the whole supply and demand equation still works. We are trying to get more supply through oil exploration. We have not built a new refinery in this country in 25, 30 years. Unfortunately, our bill does not help ease some regulatory burdens or have incentives to create new refineries. That is how we would solve their problem. I fly into St. Louis, Missouri and if we fill up with gasoline in St. Louis and I have to drive to Springfield, Illinois, I go through three different fuel blends. There are three different fuel blends. There is a different fuel blend for St. Louis. There is a different fuel blend for Metro East, and there is a different fuel blend for Springfield, Illinois. Mr. Chairman, which fuel blend are we going to use to store and how do we separate it? The intent is good. This cannot be implemented in the country today. So I would ask for defeat of the Brown amendment.”