I wish there was no question over the management of the RFS or the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to implement the RFS as Congress intended.
Heidi Heitkamp
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Heidi Heitkamp is an American politician and attorney who served as the United States Senator from North Dakota from 2013 to 2019. A member of the Democratic-NPL Party, she was the first woman elected to the Senate from North Dakota. During her tenure, Heitkamp focused on issues such as agriculture, energy, and rural development, advocating for policies that benefited her state's economy and communities.
I think if you looked at the chart that Senator Ernst just showed you, you would see is a partnership with State Governments.
So, we are not just talking about blender pumps and all of those issues, the infrastructure issues and what that means.
I think it is really important that we understand a little bit better on how you consider imports in the equation when you are developing RVOs.
I think that when we are trying to create a program that meets the goals established by Congress, whether people on this panel agree with the program or not...
This uncertainty and lack of predictability is costing us investments. It is costing us environmentally and it is costing us jobs.
you cannot bootstrap the domestic supply language to deal with refueling infrastructure.
At a time when we are shutting down domestic supply of biodiesel, we are importing from Argentina, and that makes no sense to us.
I think it is worth noting that it is likely because three commercial scale refineries came online in 2014 and one more is slated for the end of this year.
you should look to the legislative history. That is what lawyers do. That is what judges do.
I want to just for a moment talk a little bit about the process that you went through, and I was, quite honestly, shocked when you came to my office.
Without having a broad scan, it is very hard to kind of figure out where the low-hanging fruit is.





