Volume 160, No. 9 covering the 2nd Session of the 113th Congress (2013 - 2014) was published by the Congressional Record.
The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.
“BIOFUELS SHOULD BE A NATIONAL PRIORITY” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H243-H244 on Jan. 15, 2014.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
BIOFUELS SHOULD BE A NATIONAL PRIORITY
(Mrs. BUSTOS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute.)
Mrs. BUSTOS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to speak out against the Environmental Protection Agency's recent proposal to lower the number of biofuels in our gasoline. Every year, the EPA is required to provide guidelines to oil refineries on the number of biofuels to blend into the fuel we pump into our vehicles. While the EPA has the authority to reduce the number of biofuels, it never has before.
Lowering the number of biofuels simply defies common sense. This isn't just a proposal that will hurt Illinois' rural farmers or our communities in the rural areas, but the economy at large in my home State. It also builds a brick wall in the middle of our Nation's path toward energy independence. It threatens to drive up prices at the gasoline pump, and it risks jobs in an industry that really offers real promise.
The administration's proposal doesn't even maintain the status quo--
it moves us backward--and I see that as unacceptable. I am proud to lead a bipartisan effort with Congresswoman Kristi Noem in urging the EPA to revise its proposal because if energy independence is a national priority, then so, too, should be biofuels.
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