On the recordApril 6, 2011
OK. I thank the Chair very much. Let me go first. In deference to my good friend, Senator Boxer, I said I would go first and she can go last. Let me mention, this is only on the Baucus amendment. Yes, the Senator is right in presenting his amendment that it does exempt farmers and some small businesses from the higher costs and all that. But here is the problem with that: All we have to do is read the statement by the American Farm Bureau where they say: Look, all of our farmers across America--even if this only affects the refiners and the manufacturers, that increases the cost of fuel and the cost of fuel is going to go higher and we do not get anything for it. For that reason, they oppose the Baucus amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from California.
