David McKinley: “I know all those corn growers, as you might imagine, very well.”

But it appears to me the policies that have been put forth in the last ten months are doing diametrically opposite.

Unfortunately, instead of promoting innovation and supporting the chemical industry, as the Act intended, it seems like EPA is stifling innovation and creating barriers to commerce for new and existing materials.

I think what you are doing by your memo is you are only going to make it worse.

With all due respect, Chairman Rush--and we have been friends for years--this hearing seems to be taking on an air of distraction from what Americans are really dealing with across this country.