[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 20063]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              BIOFUEL ACT

  (Mr. ETHERIDGE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ETHERIDGE. Mr. Speaker, I rise to call on this House to pass 
legislation to end America's dependency on foreign oil.
  Earlier this week, I attended the opening of Piedmont Biofuels in 
Pittsboro, North Carolina. This plant is already producing thousands of 
gallons of B-100 biodiesel made from soybeans grown in my home State. 
This plant is a model for the future of our energy independence.
  The technology exists today that can turn our crops into biofuels. 
What we don't have is the infrastructure to facilitate the use of these 
fuels.
  My colleagues and I have introduced H.R. 5372, the BIOFUEL Act, to 
ramp up this infrastructure immediately. The legislation will 
facilitate the increased production of vehicles that run on biofuels 
and provide tax credits and incentives to gas station owners who update 
their equipment to be able to sell these fuels.
  The legislation also increases research and development into 
biofuels, investing in cutting-edge technology that will utilize energy 
from sources such as agricultural waste and byproducts.
  Now is the time to end America's dependency on foreign oil. The 
answer to our energy needs is growing in our fields.

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