David Hobson: “I have not agreed totally with my ranking member, and I understand the chairman's point of order, but we have carried…”

Let me say this: as the gentleman spoke, this came about when I was chairman of the committee. We relooked at what we were doing for HBCU. I happen to have two in my district. These institutions are generally underfunded and generally…

In reply, yes, we will make that request. And should the subcommittee find the DOE's response unacceptable or not receive a response by the deadline stipulated, I commit to working in conference to direct the DOE to support university…

We will work with you. But I want you to understand that this was part of an amendment we accepted because we do want to encourage more E-85 use, and we were getting some complaints that there was not enough money out there. But I…

Thank you. I appreciate working with you, too, sir. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time, and I move that the Committee do now rise. The motion was agreed to. Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr…