Angie Craig

I want to thank Congressman Delgado and Congresswoman Van Duyne for their work on this bill and I urge a yes vote.

Given rising fuel prices and energy prices, we know this is impacting the budgets of working families across our nation.

Minnesotans are about to see fuel costs go up if the Administration doesn't act now, and we have an opportunity to act now.

That is why I led a bipartisan letter to the President last week with six bipartisan co-chairs of the Congressional Biofuels Caucus urging him to permit year-round sales using authority outlined in the Clean Air Act.

Corn and soybean farmers in Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District rely on these programs for stability.

I think that the other important piece is really to understand the science of this, and we are deep into the science of what a life cycle analysis of your carbon life cycle is about.

This hearing of the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit entitled, A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Rural Development, will come to order.

We could replace every barrel of Russian oil with biofuels.

I hope to hear more from the Under Secretary about how we can strengthen USDA's role in this important mission area.

It is a critical topic in the farm bill, given the many benefits that the dairy industry provides to folks across the country.

Holding hearings like this one will help us all better understand what worked and what didn't work from the last farm bill, so the reauthorization accurately addresses the needs of our rural communities.

As you prepare the Department's upcoming fiscal budget request, are you considering including any requests for additional funds to better prepare APHIS' veterinary field force to respond to an animal health emergency here in the United…

Mr. Secretary, thank you for considering the following questions, which I was not able to ask during the hearing on January 20, 2022, but which I hope you may still be able to address.

We support the Year-Round Fuel Choice Act of 2021 (H.R. 4410), introduced by Reps. Angie Craig and Adrian Smith.

If we don't pass the bill... what are the consequences of this decision?

We need to see more infrastructure in place that would allow for dispensers and storage tanks.

We thank Reps. Angie Craig (D-MN) and Axne for championing a 10 year authorization and funding of this grant program.

We believe EPA must implement future RFS volume requirements that continue to grow beyond the levels proposed for 2022.

If the goal here is decarbonization, we have to get started now.

The Build Back Better Act follows through on our commitment to expand access to and lower the cost of healthcare for Americans across this country and back home in Minnesota. Included in this bill are the most far-reaching and impactful…

I am leading that Year-Round Fuel Choice Act to make sure that access to E15 for all the reasons that you talked about, to lower the cost at the pump, decrease the carbon intensity of our transportation sector, and support family farmers…

Sadly, my time is expired so I will yield back.

Let me just make sure I make the point that the support we gave to the economy, to small businesses on a bipartisan basis, as well as Americans under the CARES Act, the previous administration, as well as the American Rescue Plan, that is…

With the right policy environment, our industry can continue to de-carbonize our transportation sector from passenger vehicles to our aviation fleet.

Years ago, I began running for Congress because I believed that hardworking Americans shouldn't have to pay three times what people in other countries pay for the same exact medicines. I ran for Congress because I believed that none of our…