The challenge is that more could be blended if there were more pumps and if there were more access to service stations.

I guess the point is, I would just say--and it is important for the record that I make it, so I want to speak to this a minute--is that the purchaser buys the biofuel, they get the credit, there is no cost for that, and then the oil…

Thank you very much.

Tax reform will only be successful, however, if it furthers our effort to make America more competitive in the global economy.

when people across the country flip on the news tonight, they are probably going to see pictures of Detroit. They aren't going to be flattering pictures, and they are not going to tell the whole story. There is no question that the Detroit…

it is my pleasure to ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 136, H.R. 2642; that all after the enacting clause be stricken and the text of S. 954, as passed by the Senate, be printed in lieu…

let me just take a moment to thank my ranking member Senator Cochran and to indicate we are in fact now officially sending back our Senate bill to the House and requesting a conference on the farm bill. This is a very important step this…

We are in a global marketplace where every other country is rushing into this space.

I appreciate my friend from Ohio yielding for a moment. I wanted to make a short statement as it relates to moving forward on the farm bill and congratulate the House for sending their version of the farm bill to us this morning. Tomorrow…

Do you think you have enough authority from a regulatory standpoint... Or do we need to change the law?

We need to get it done, and we need to get it done right.

This is a very important hearing. Let me just start by saying we have given you a massive task.

Let me just say, as my time is up, that also related to interoperability, of course, particularly in rural areas, is tele-health, which has such an important impact.

I am going to leave him in charge of the Committee to ask his questions.

I was very involved in the effort on the language on end users in Dodd-Frank.

Chairwoman, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry

I appreciate that we've had a industry that's dominated, we've incentivized it, talking about picking winners and losers.

I think we could redirect some of that to help some of those folks and it's in our interest to create competition.

I think what we are witnessing today are people who have differences in philosophies and want to solve problems with different approaches. I believe the issue before us at noon is a vote on doing no harm. There is not an agreement on both…

I rise today because tomorrow in the Senate Chamber we will vote on whether to let student interest rates double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent. This should not be controversial. This should have been done before July 1. Now we are trying…

Thank you very much.

if I might respond, this number comes from the Joint Tax Committee. I would be happy to follow up with the Senator on that, but that is where the number comes from.

before my friend from Rhode Island leaves the floor, I wish to thank him for coming to the floor of the Senate every week to give a message that we need to hear all the time about a serious worldwide crisis. I thank him for his passion and…

I thank the Senator. First, in prefacing this in terms of the number the Senator asked me about before, we will check. I do know there are about 300,000 students in Michigan affected, over 500,000 in California. So that is almost 1…

I am confident that the leadership and the role models that we have set in working together will ultimately prevail.