Derrick Van Orden: “The only committee I asked to be on when I got elected to Congress was the Agriculture Committee. I came here to fight…”

“The only committee I asked to be on when I got elected to Congress was the Agriculture Committee. I came here to fight for my farmers, and that is exactly what we are doing here today. For the last 5 years in a row, the EPA issued an emergency waiver for E15 year-round. I would argue that if you do the exact same thing 5 years in a row, it is no longer an emergency. For the people who claim to be all-of-the-above for energy, well, guess what. E15 is a source of energy. It is domestically produced. For the people who bemoan the accountability, it is rightfully so. This is a way to save up to 30 cents a gallon of gasoline. Mr. Speaker, this is critically important for farmers. It is critically important for consumers. I stand in very strong support of this legislation.”