HRC Hits A Nerve
Check out this explanatory paragraph and statement from Sen. Chuck Grassley, (R-IA), responding to Sen. Hillary Clinton's ethanol-based energy independence proposals.
Grassley has been a leading advocate for renewable energy, including ethanol, biodiesel, wind, and biomass. Last year, as Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, he authored the tax title of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which included an extension of the excise tax credit for blenders, and extension and expansion of the small ethanol producers’ tax credit and the infrastructure tax credit. In addition, Sen. Grassley was a leading proponent of the Renewable Fuels Standard that is in the 2005 energy bill. This standard requires the use of 7.5 billion gallons annually of ethanol or biodiesel by 2012. Sen. Clinton voted against the Renewable Fuels Standard being included in the 2005 energy bill.Here is Sen. Grassley's comment.
"I say to Senator Clinton, 'welcome to the club.' We'll be happy to update her on the pro-ethanol laws we've enacted without her vote. If Senator Clinton is a born-again ethanol supporter, let's hope she has the zeal of a convert as she begins promoting ethanol and other renewable fuels."
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