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On the recordMarch 16, 2009
the corn ethanol scam is one of the longest-running robberies of American taxpayers in this country's history.
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Jeff Bingaman
Democratic · New Mexico

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Bingaman criticizes corn ethanol as a harmful subsidy rather than an effective energy program.

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