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On the recordMarch 16, 2009
If Congress is truly serious about energy policy, it will kill this special-interest boondoggle immediately and apologize to the American people for the harm it has caused.
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Jeff Bingaman
Democratic · New Mexico

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Bingaman urges Congress to end the corn ethanol program due to its negative impacts.

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