House Proceeding on Feb 8th, 2007 :: 2:17:02 to 2:37:02
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Speech By: Jerry Weller

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Jerry Weller: environmental capacity in the ukraine. mr. blunt mentioned those are more important and might not be a way to redirect money. i heard him make the comment rob peter to pay paul. i thought that

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was the m.o. of the majority party. i guess peter has to be rich and paul has to be poor. this is something that i think -- and i applaud the gentleman for bringing this up, if we are going

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to be good stewards of the money, we have got to prioritize our spending. i yield back the balance of my time to the gentleman from georgia. mr. price: i want to commend the gentleman from

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Charles W. Dent: illinois for bringing this issue forward. all of us when we were out talking to our constituents up to the last election all of us heard we need to be responsible with the taxpayers' money.

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Speech By: Charles W. Dent

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Charles W. Dent: i applaud him for bringing this bill forward so we make sure we prioritize in an appropriate way on something that is as important as this piece of legislation. i yield back the balance of my

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Charles W. Dent: time. the chairman: the question is on the roskam amendment. so many as in favor, say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. amendment is agreed to. who yields

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Charles W. Dent: time. >> mr. chairman -- the chairman: the gentleman from iowa. mr. king: i move to strike the last word. the chairman: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. king: i appreciate the process

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Charles W. Dent: on the floor, it is a healthy process and designed to perfect legislation or allow that perfect election to have an opportunity to be visited and rise as a perfect piece. and as i look at this

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Charles W. Dent: overall proposal to authorize $10 million to develop an additive so we can put renewable fuels and particularly ethanol through the pipeline, mr. chairman, i can't help but reflect back to

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Nick Lampson: the beginnings of renewable fuels in the united states of america. as most people know i represent the fifth congressional district of iowa. there we rank tooth of all the 435 -- we rank todd of

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Speech By: Nick Lampson

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Nick Lampson: all the 4'/435 districts we are number two in ethanol production. we are number one in biodiesel production. 'renewable energy we are today tied for fourth and will be tied for second and

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Nick Lampson: perhaps first in the electronic generation by wind. that puts us, mr. chairman, wp the grassle' of winning the re-- the grasp of winning the triple crown, ethanol, biodiesel and tpwhind the

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Nick Lampson: same district. i have grown up and developed my business and my life and experience in the epicenter of renewable fuels. that perspective is so utterly valuable, at least for me, when i go

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Charles W. Dent: back to iowa and visit the iowa senate where i formerly served, i am grateful to shake the hand of the man who pumped the first gallon of ethanol in 1978. from that first gallon we are here

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Speech By: Charles W. Dent

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Charles W. Dent: today talking about a problem of how to transport the billions of gallons of ethanol we are producing. it is a fantastic transformation we have taken from 1978 to today. it hasn't been without work,

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Charles W. Dent: risk and failures along the way. but it is a glorious surfing. i appreciate the gentleman from illinois coming forward. iowa is the number one ethanol-producing state in the union as well.

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Nick Lampson: producing 26% of the ethanol in the country and it is important to know that the united states has surpassed brazil in overall ethanol production. so we have an industry here that is growing,

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Nick Lampson: we have an infrastructure that is being established and founded and to this point now where we have so much fuel we are producing, not nearly enough, we have to find a transportation way to resolve

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Charles W. Dent: that issue. i want to point out also, mr. chairman, that of these difficulties in the past, we put tax credits in place and the private sector has been magnificent in finding solutions. for

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Speech By: Charles W. Dent

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Charles W. Dent: example the increase in the production of ethanol out of every gallon of corn has come from industry-driven solutions. and transportation problem can come from industry-drinch solutions. so i want to

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watch this authorization as it moves through. the private sector has been very, very effective, yet we will be producing more and more ethanol as the years go by and blending it back. this

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becomes more and more important. . one thing that's important is ultra low sulfur fuels. the problem that puts on the discontributors, they will have one truck and hall low sulfur fuel and then turn

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William D. Delahunt: around and load up ultra low sulfur fuel. they will be vulnerable to regulations without a means to determine whether their load actually meets that very tight standard on ultra low sulfur

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Speech By: William D. Delahunt

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William D. Delahunt: fuel. so as this process moves forward, i would remind this body and ask the department of energy and the e.p.a. to pay very close attention to finding a way to develop an economic

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William D. Delahunt: testing system that will allow these jobbers to be in compliance. so overall we have gone by leaps and bounds from that first gallon of ethanol that was pumped back in 1978. here we are the

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William D. Delahunt: number one ethanol-producing country in the world. our technology is far ahead of brazil. the intellectual property that grows from having done this, we have the science down and we have the

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William D. Delahunt: research and development in place, and that is growing and is multiplying. as that happens we build more and more expertise. that expertise grows from the epicenter of this renewable fuels

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out into the region of the country. so i would say we will see ethanol flow out to the limits of the cornbelt, biodiesels to the limits of the soybean area. we'll see the markets drive

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this and the tax structure be supportive of it. i'm supportive of the legislation before this. i'd yield back the balance of my time. the chairman: the gentleman's time has expired. any further

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Mike Rogers: amendments to section 6? for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk, the amendment that was recorded earlier. the chairman:

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Speech By: Mike Rogers

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Mike Rogers: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: an amendment offered by mr. rogers of michigan after section 6, insert the following -- section 7, energy security fund and alternative fuel

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Mike Rogers: grant program. a, establishment a fund. one, in general, there is established in the treasury the energy security fund referred to in this section as the fund consisting of, a, amounts transferred

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Mike Rogers: to the fund under paragraph 2 and, b, amounts credited to the fund under paragraph 3-c. two, transfers to fund. for fiscal year 2008 -- the chairman: without objection, the reading is

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Mike Rogers: dispensed with. the gentleman from north carolina. mr. butterfield: mr. speaker, i reserve a point of order against the amendment. the chairman: point of order is heard. the gentleman from michigan

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is recognized for five minutes. mr. rogers: we tried to get this worked out. making america energy independent. as part of that goal, as part of that goal, we must have energy conservation.