Joe Barton: “In my opinion, the Administration decided to ignore the science and circumvent the law.”

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

I think it's good to have this and I think it's very good that we try to work to tighten up and, as the gentlelady just said, let's determine what the real intent is and then legislate accordingly.

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

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