Jim Inhofe

Local watershed groups and other Good Samaritans want to clean up these sites but are afraid of taking on Superfund and Clean Water Act liability.

I would agree with that.

I will give you the answer: trial lawyers.

Do you see the fact that they have domestic problems there as also contributing to the problem that we are having over there?

I appreciate that. My time has just about expired, but I did want to remind you about our conversation in my office.

What would you do if all of a sudden you had to have those resources there and you do not have adequate resources to carry out the mission as you see it now?

Right now, I can name a lot of places in Africa that I personally looked at and I could see problems coming.

Back when the continent of Africa was in three different commands, I was one of them who felt that we should have an AFRICOM.

What we do not need is for Congress to change a good law.

If I could leave you with one thought, it is this: Congress made a commitment and investors have spent billions in private capital to answer the call to create these fuels.

The Renewable Fuel Standard is not necessarily a partisan issue; it is often a geographic issue, supported and opposed by Republicans and supported and opposed by Democrats all for different reasons.

Could you please explain what happens to the program after 2022?

I don't believe that is going to be very accurate in my State of Oklahoma.

I would like to have you make a note of that so we can hear back from you.

Senators on both sides of the aisle have proposed changes to the RFS, expanding ethanol use, eliminating ethanol use, and eliminating the mandate altogether.

Let's make sure, as we implement this program, that we also give the consumers the opportunity to get the gain.

Well, thank you very much, Mr. Gruenspecht.

Senator Boxer and I are going to try to get this meeting over with before the vote that comes up.

The EPA takes a coercive approach that commandeers the States to implement and enforce the Agency's power choices.

It was January 7 of 2013 that I was there on the DMZ. That is the largest active DMZ that is out there now--160 miles long, 2 miles wide. Even at that time, we were talking about the necessity of immediately getting sanctions in there to…

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