[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 13084-13085]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      THE RENEWABLE FUEL STANDARD

  (Mr. BRALEY of Iowa asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BRALEY of Iowa. Madam Speaker, I rise to speak out against the 
misguided efforts to reduce or repeal the Renewable Fuel Standard. The 
RFS was enacted in 2005 to improve our economy, our environment, and 
our energy independence.
  However, it is currently threatened by an EPA draft proposal that 
would

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roll it back, and as highlighted in a recent op-ed by Senators Chuck 
Grassley and Amy Klobuchar, by Big Oil's attempt to protect its market 
share and profits at the expense of American consumers.
  As they wrote, ``The Federal law has helped to displace oil imports, 
increase domestic energy security, create jobs in rural America, curb 
pollution with cleaner-burning fuel, and lower prices at the pump for 
consumers.''
  In Iowa, biofuels have created 73,400 jobs, pumping $5 billion of 
wages annually into our economy, and $19.3 billion of economic activity 
annually. In the United States, it has created 852,000 jobs, $46.2 
billion in wages, and $185 billion in economic activity.
  Why would we push back and go backwards, instead of moving forward 
into the future?

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