Joe Barton: “A lot of times at these kind of hearings we have to ask political questions and sometimes we have to ask 'got you'…”

If we did that and went to a pure market for ethanol, it would work.

The allegation that we made, the Republicans, is that you're discriminatory against us--against the Republicans.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I want to thank you, sir, for appearing voluntarily without subpoena and standing or sitting there all by yourself.

That's hard to stomach. We wouldn't be having this discussion if there wasn't a general agreement that your company has discriminated against conservatives, most of whom happen to be Republican.