"Few could dispute that Congress erred in pushing too much ethanol too fast."
"These mandates allow no room for error in a fuels industry already constrained by tight credit, dwindling capacity, environmental regulation, and volatile market conditions."
"I hope that the Chair will agree with me that we need to aggressively exercise our jurisdiction over the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) which is in desperate need of a thorough evaluation on a host of ..."
"In my home State of Oklahoma, one convenience store chain experienced a 30 percent drop in fuel sales once they began selling fuel blended at E-10 levels."
"I am looking forward to working with Chairman Cardin and Ranking Member Crapo on the water infrastructure bill."
"Using water more efficiently is one way we can help extend the life of current systems and is important for planning for the future."
"Today we are focusing on a very small piece of a very large issue: water efficiency."
"My only point is this, and I find there's something in my own mind, perhaps my narrow mind, that it is almost un-American that we would have a soldier on the battlefield or in the air or in the water ..."
"I think that you guys are smart and we have a lot of smart generals, and if you're asked what we're going to have to have 10 years from now you're going to come out with some real good answers and you..."
"I think we are quite capable of paying at a level of 4.5 or 5 percent absolutely indefinitely until the end of time."
"I don't want to take that risk. The only way I see to make this happen is to have the best of everything."