It has the fewest proposed number of lease sales ever submitted by an administration, going back to President Carter.

There is really no reason we should have a recession currently if we release our energy companies to explore, identify, and recover our energy resources.

On June 6, 2012, I offered an amendment to the Energy and Water appropriations bill to do the final scientific study to certify Yucca Mountain as the repository for high-level nuclear waste in this country, and I was joined by a large…

I think it is by far the majority bipartisan consensus that we move forward at least finishing the study.

I come to the floor once again to reiterate Federal law, a law that was passed in 1982, called the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, and the amendments offered in 1987, which said that Yucca Mountain would be the long-term geological repository…

That is not good budgeting processes, is it?

Medicare, by the actuary, says it is going to go broke 2024.

the $500 billion also was supposed to go to help pay for the Affordable Care Act.

I love fossil fuels, so I am not anti-fossil fuels.

There is no current technology for carbon capture and sequestration. I don't believe there ever will be, economically feasible.

I come back on the floor as I have almost weekly throughout this entire Congress for 2 years to talk about the issue of high-level nuclear waste and what are we to do about it. And I really applaud my colleagues who joined me on June 6…

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

Without objection, so ordered.

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

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

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.

Would these come down if we moved on a public policy and there was a possibility of the economies of scale? Would you imagine that would happen?

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

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

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

We want to thank the second panel.

Ethanol has been a great success at this time.

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

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

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