Representative John Shimkus, (R-IL)
“Tell me what we have done to reduce our imports of foreign fuel. One thing is ethanol.”

Senator Richard Lugar, (R-IN)
“An energy policy to end the over-reliance on oil imports is not optional, it is a national security imperative.” “Cutting ethanol production now would strangle in the cradle our nascent energy security efforts, leaving us more vulnerable to high oil prices that are hurting the economy and to the political whims of governments that control 80 percent of our world oil reserves.”

U.S. Senator John Thune, (R-SD)
“Higher blends of ethanol can help solve two of the challenges facing our nation: our overdependence on imported oil and the need to expand the use of renewable fuels. Renewable fuels production continues to be an important economic engine for rural America, and moving to higher blends of ethanol is absolutely necessary to keep this industry growing and moving toward advanced biofuels such as cellulosic ethanol.”

Congresswoman Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, (D-SD)
“Allowing higher blends of ethanol will allow this industry to continue to grow, add thousands of jobs, stimulate economic development, and reduce foreign oil imports - all through the production of homegrown, clean-burning renewable fuels.”

U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan, (D-ND)
“We’ve been using E10 for 20 years now, and we need to move to higher blends if we are to grow our renewable fuels industry and move our country away from dependence on foreign oil.”