John Shimkus

I think the main focus of the Open Fuels Standard was to be technology and feedstock neutral.

While we are encouraged by this discussion the legislation is helping to create, we are concerned that this mandate on auto makers will not create the level playing field for fuels that is paramount to ANGA.

Oh, I was saying that the technology is EPA certified. The technology can be placed on any light--any car or light truck that is street legal, maintains the warranty.

Thank you. Mr. Althoff, what is the typical cost for you to convert a vehicle to flex fuel?

The Open Fuel Standard Act would ensure that new vehicles on the road are no longer dependent on oil-derived gasoline.

We want energy security. We want to decrease our reliance on imported crude oil.

We are all friends and allies here, even our friend from the far right

Well, and I would also say that we have--we produce so much distillers dry grains that we are exporting distillers dry grains to other countries throughout the world, China, in particular, in their feedstock, so again, addressing the food…

Mandating the use of fuels that do not exist is absurd on its face and is inexcusably bad public policy.

The bipartisan Open Fuel Standards, H.R. 1687, is intended to move this conversation forward.

Ethanol has been a great success at this time.

The Republican position on energy security is 'all of the above.'

Gasoline remains the primary source of fuel, and it will remain that for a long time.

One of the great things we see here, ``In Washington, D.C., both the metropolitan area subway system (Metro) and the new Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center were built with''--you guessed it--fly ash and concrete. ``Other…

If the House is going to act on this issue, we need to understand why this needs to be done, and how best to make it work for Federal and State regulators, the regulated community, and the U.S. taxpayer.

I agree with you. I think people are just itching to move from this to this, away from that.

Great, thank you very much. It sounds like there is much in agreement, and great possibilities forward.

I think it undoubtedly makes sense to modernize to electronic filing.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Illinois will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 28, line 16, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced by $10,000,000)''. Page 49, line 25, after the second dollar…

The information we needed to have was which direction do we need to go in case there is an emergency and a disaster.

As I think was Congresswoman Eshoo said so eloquently, technology mandates choke off innovation.

Wouldn't that disenfranchise those countries that think they are trying to use it for their own regime stability and regime preservation but it would really hurt them in the global economy and developmental process?

We can't run away from the United Nations because it is too important a body for us to ignore.

I really enjoy this discussion because it is when free nations give up their decision-making process to a world organization that is not totally defined to be free, then there should be credible concerns.