Joe Barton: “I just can't agree with you. I believe that we need to do more to make things predictable.”

It is voluntary on a State basis.

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

It is always good to have hearings like this to try to, through bipartisan basis, get facts on the table.

As dean of the Texas delegation, I ask unanimous consent that the gentleman from Texas, the Honorable Michael Cloud, be permitted to take the oath of office today. His certificate of election has not arrived, but there is no contest and no…