Ed Whitfield: “It is almost unprecedented of the way that they are moving over at EPA.”

It is critically important that the Federal Government maintains its leadership role of promoting, encouraging, and enticing interested stakeholders.

We have no further speakers on our side of the aisle except for myself, and I think I have the right to close. I don't know if the gentleman from Illinois has additional speakers or if he would like to go at this time.

As I see it, the RFS was enacted largely for three reasons--to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil, to lower greenhouse gas emissions, and to strengthen rural economies.

In order to reach Congress' statutory volumes there needs to be more ethanol in the system than can be absorbed just through E10.