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On the recordDecember 9, 2014
The intent of it wasn't to increase ethanol usage, it was energy independence.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

Editor's note · Context

Lankford questions the EPA's focus on increasing ethanol use despite declining gasoline consumption.

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