Thomas Daschle: “But we know this. We know that oftentimes these columns are written with a built-in bias, with a built-in point of view…”

“But we know this. We know that oftentimes these columns are written with a built-in bias, with a built-in point of view, and I doubt that she would argue that all articles are written with an objective analysis as their motivation. But you have to think that the Department of Energy in California would be objective. They certainly aren't there touting ethanol as their goal for anything other than what they think is best for California. I am going to quote. She quoted an article. I will quote the report from California, page III-3, the report of March 28 of 2003, just a couple of months ago. Since the price of ethanol to refiners is currently at modest levels relative to gasoline, the recent increase in California's gasoline prices cannot-- Let me emphasize ``cannot''-- --be attributable to availability or cost of ethanol. That is from the California Energy Department report. That isn't the only one. That was corroborated by the Energy Information Administration here in Washington.”