Political Quotes

“I rise in support of the Feinstein amendment that would eliminate at long last the subsidies for ethanol, corn-based ethanol in America. In a little while, we are going to have a chance to vote, and I would ask my colleagues to support the Feinstein amendment. I thank the leader for making time on the calendar so we can vote on this issue, and I hope a majority will support this amendment. I know we have a 60-vote threshold, and I hope we would be able to express, at long last, that it is time to eliminate this subsidy. This is an issue that has brought together an unusual and broad-based support among those who are seeking to eliminate this subsidy. We have taxpayer advocates who understand this is a subsidy that taxpayers should not be underwriting. We have hunger and development organizations which recognize the impact on ethanol on the corn crop is affecting the affordability of food not only here, but it is having a major impact around our entire country. We have agricultural groups, including the Maryland poultry growers and integrators, who support the repeal of the subsidy for ethanol. That is because the poultry industry understands the impact the ethanol subsidies are having on the poultry industry. I will talk a little bit more about that. We have free market groups that say: Look, let the market work. There is no need for us to interfere with the free market. We have religious organizations.…”