do you have more to say, senator ernst? thank you. mr. president, i just want to for the record talk about this legislation and how important it is. i'm extremely grateful for the work of senator graham over the last five years in writing this bill. and i'm very grateful to the majority leader for meeting with senator ernst and senator graham yesterday to make the final decisions on this bill and to close the deal. senator schumer is one of the greatest listeners and has the ability to bring legislation to fruition and that's exactly what he did yesterday. i'm very grateful. this bill represents one of the most significant workplace reforms in american history. it will help us fix a broken system that protects perpetrators and corporations and end the days of silencing survivors. too often when survivors of sexual assault or harassment in the workplace come forward they are told that they are legally forbidden to sue their employer because somewhere buried in their employment contract was a forced arbitration clause. often accompanied by

you have more to say senator ernst? thank you. mr. president i want for the record to talk about this legislation and how important it is. i'm extremely grateful for the work of senator grimm over the last five years and i'm very grateful to the majority leader for meeting with senator ernst and senatorer grimm yesterday to make a final decision on this bill and to close the bill. senator schumer is one of the greatest listeners and has the ability to bring legislation to version and that's exactly what he did yesterday and i'm very grateful. this bill represents one of the most significant work place roles in history. he will protect perpetrators and corporations and in the days of silencing survivors. often survivors of sexual assault and harassment they are told they are legally pursuant to sue their employer. often accompany by a non-disclosure agreement. instead they are day in court the survivors are pushed into seek information that could prove their case and left in the hands of anud arbitrator collecd by her employer and does

ernst: thank you madam president. madam president, protecting survivors of sexual assault and harassment has been one of my top priorities here in the senate. in fact, yesterday i introduced the bipartisan violence against women act authorization act of 2022 which now has the support of ten of my republican colleagues. today we're here to talk about another issue that is impacting too many in our nation's workforce -- the ending forced arbitration and sexual harassment act of 2022 provides survivors of sexual assault and sexual harassment with a choice between litigation and arbitration so their voices will not be silenced. earlier this congress i was glad to see progress in the senate judiciary committee as they moved forward on this bill. the committee took action that i supported. they removed the provision on collective bargaining agreements. just this week i was even more encouraged when the house made further changes to the bill that improved the definition of sexual harassment. and while these changes are impor

we'll ask joni ernst about that. welcome. i'm sandra smith in for neil cavuto, this is "your world." first, more on what we just heard. jennifer griffin at the pentagon on russia's military build-up on the ukraine border. we'll get to jennifer in just a moment. but the news we just heard, it was something. the first couple of questions the president took about that pipeline carrying very essential natural gas from russia to germany, he was asked about germany's need to win back trust. he says that they have complete trust of the united states. there's no doubt about germany's partnership with the united states, none. he went on and this is making headlines to say there will no longer be nord stream 2 if russia invades ukraine. the conditions are that he said if tanks and troops cross the border. he was asked how since that is in germany's control. he said we will do it. mark? >> good afternoon. it was a short news conference but it was packed with a lot of information. let's start with the headline there. president biden sayi

he was able to meet with senator graham and ernst to meet the needs of this moment and i sure everyoned this is what it says it is and that was important senator ernst and i have been in this space for a long time but it was leader schumer's presence and commitment that the bill is what it says it is and it made the difference to move forward unanimous consent so thank you. it doesn't get them about you and your leadership and without this moment. i want to thank senator graham because lindsay and i have been in this race together now almost 13, 14 years. were working on employment agreement space and lindsay, the issues as a man who's been in the midst of these issues for a long time he has a very decisive view of justice, he knows when something isn't right and he will stand against the mountain to talk people it isn't right. he's been working with the business community, we were able to get somebody this is leaders to support this legislation the last five years because of his advocacy and determination and because of his commitment to this space thank you for reading this and never

we are nontribal republicans are for my what member the senate armed service committee, joni ernst. you for being here for. >> thank you bret. bret: how do you see it day by day watching the ukrainians push back against russian forces? >> this is heartbreaking, bret. as i've asked point to many viewers before i spent some time in ukraine as part of the soviet union in 1989. what i learned from the ukrainians at that point what they wanted to be free. that remains true today, ukrainians want to be free. what we see this aggression shown by a arete shot, by vladimir putin is absolutely unacceptable and unacceptable across the world stage. we have to do more to provide a lethal of the ukrainians. we need to cut off russian energy sources we need to become energy independent and we need to make sure we are doing absolutely everything we can to allow the ukrainians freedom and democracy. the night this moment about high alert for nuclear deterrent forces in russia getting word that putin has put them on that alert. the foreign minister of ukraine weighed in on that early this morning, ta

ernst: it's cold upstairs, that's where the bedrooms are.ight into bed and then it's okay. reporter: the company that employs heating engineer nils and his colleagues, koch und mies, was also badly hit by the suer flood disaster. nils: if we step back you can see it went up to 1.8 meters on the first floor. you can still see the waterline right at the top. the company koch und mies was swamped, pretty much up to the rooftop. reporter: a trauma for nils gÖrres. more than 130 people died in the ahr valley disaster. thousands of houses were destroyed and are still uninhabitable. like so many other houses, this one was flooded almost to the roof. living here is out of the questi. nonetheless, gerd gasper and his wife elfriede come here every day to keep an eye on things. gerd: every time you come in here and see the state of it, it's just awful. reporter: an electric fan heater has been drying the brickwork for months. but it's not yet clear if they will ever be able to move in here again. elfriede: if it were spring now, everything would probab

the legacy ernst of the situation is very serious. and that's why it's so important that we're being very clear on what we say and what we prepare it to threatening the territorial sovereignty and integrity of ukraine and attacking it militarily would have a very high price guy from and that price would include a potential stop to the controversial gas pipeline not stream to 4 months, the german government called it a purely economic not a political project. but now all options are on the table, says charles, and that implicitly includes not stream to the biggest opposition party in germany's parliament. meanwhile, considered chances, trip to moscow long overdue. the c d. u welcomes the decision by american president joe biden, to send further trips to europe, saying the escalation was not driven by nature. after all, know we should ask russia why they deploy more than 100000 troops. and by the end of february, more than $150000.00 troops about 60 percent of their ramp lent forces. this is as color, tory, and it's quite clear that we

chairman, i'll yield back and yield back to my friend from iowa, senator ernst. >> senator, patience is rewarded. >> thank you, i appreciate that, thank you, mr. chair and i ask for unanimous consents to put this in. >> i think we're setting a record for unanimous consent. >> and for members of the committee as well, just looking back, the average closing price of crude oil in 2020, it was $39.68 a barrel. and the average closing price in 2022, so far, is $85.72 a barrel. and today, it was 95.46 per barrel of crude oil. is that due to the rfs, to our witnesses, emily? >> i'll go ahead and take that one. absolutely not. the primary factor in terms of the cost of fuel at the pump is the cost of crude oil. it's nothing to do with the rfs. >> thank you, a point, i think that members are trying to make today is the cost of fuel is, because of the rfs, it's not, it's about the price of oil. so i respect that and i hope that our folks out there listening are paying attention to that, the price of our fuel is the price of the oil. so we've had rsf around for a number of years, and congress a

lawmakers like iowa republican senator joni ernst say it's time to bring it back for 3 years have beenking diligently on modernizing and strengthening the violence against women act. celebrity advocate angelina jolie voiced her support. this is one of the most important votes you cast this year. senate most want to acknowledge the children. terrified. >> and suffering at this and many people. for whom this legislation comes too late. the legislation looks to strengthen rape prevention, provide support for legal services, improve how law enforcement investigate violence. illinois democratic senator durbin once the rest of the lawmakers to join their effort. we agreed that we had to introduce a bill that would both deliver the critical assistance survivors across america need. >> and achieve the necessary bipartisan support. new york democratic senator kirsten gillibrand supports the bill and says it's a long time coming. it's common sense. bipartisan. >> and a priority for everybody. so it's the kind of bill that i think can pass the senate right now. jill abram believes there shouldn't

lawmakers like iowa republican senator joni ernst say it's time to bring it back for 3 years have been working diligently on modernizing and strengthening the violence against women act. celebrity advocate angelina jolie voiced her support. this is one of the most important votes you look past this year. the senate most want to acknowledge the children. terrified. >> and suffering at this moment and many people. for whom this legislation comes too late. the legislation looks to strengthen rape prevention. >> provide support for legal services, improve how law enforcement investigates violence. illinois democratic senator durbin once the rest of the lawmakers to join their effort. we agreed that we had to introduce a bill that would both deliver the critical assistance survivors across america need. >> and achieve the necessary bipartisan support. new york democratic senator kirsten gillibrand supports the bill and says it's a long time coming. it's common sense. bipartisan. >> and a priority for everybody. so it's the kind of bill that i think can pass the senate right now. jill abram

joni ernst of iowa, insecurity in europe affects the lives of the american people at home. we need to provide ukraine resources like intel sharon cannot ramp up energy production here in the u.s.. a democratic senator saying nato allies told putin he would pay a hefty price for further invading ukraine. i applaud germany for halting the certification of nord stream 2, it will that would enable putin to manipulate the energy supply and security of europe. and a republican congress meant saying before joe biden's tweet about putin fearing joe biden becoming president, putin and x crimea while biden was vp. -- annexed crimea well biden was vp. now russia is invading ukraine. you are not going toe to tell with putin, mr. president. you are kowtowing to him. kathleen at of new york, good morning. you say the response so far has been about right. caller: yes. biden has worked and done more -- tried to do more for we the people than the person -- that guy that was in office before him. everybody wants to fight against him, what he wants to do and help us. he is doing right. if som

ernst: mr. president, when the biden administration ordered the evacuation of families, of u.s. diplomats from ukraine last month due to the increased threats of russian military action and crime, a ukrainian official clapped back, quite frankly, these americans are safer in kiev than they are in los angeles or any other crime-ridden city in the u.s. yes, that's what a ukrainian official said. and the comment really struck a nerve because it may not be so far from the truth. in fact, an l.a. police department detective says the out-of-control crime in the city is, quote, so violent, we're telling people don't visit, because we don't think we can keep you safe right now. end quote. the city was surrendered to criminals by the l.a. district attorney on his first day on the job in 2020 when he banned bail and prohibited prosecuting even the most serious crimes, like murder and rape, to the fullest extent of the law. the consequences of giving get out of jail free cards to criminals shouldn't surprise anyone. flash mobs of thieves breaking into local businesses are giving new meanin

lawmakers like iowa republican senator joni ernst say it's time to bring it back for 3 years have been working diligently on modernizing and strengthening the violence against women act. celebrity advocate angelina jolie voiced her support. this is one of the most important votes you cast this year. most want to acknowledge the children. terrified. >>and suffering at this and many people. for whom this legislation comes too late. the legislation looks to strengthen rape prevention, provide support for legal services, improve how law enforcement investigates violence. illinois democratic senator dick durbin once the rest of the lawmakers to join their effort. we agreed that we had to introduce a bill that would both deliver the critical assistance survivors across america need. >>and achieve the necessary bipartisan support. new york democratic senator kirsten gillibrand supports the bill and says it's a long time coming. it's common sense. bipartisan. >>and a priority for everybody. so it's the kind of bill that i think can pass the senate right now. jill abram believes there shouldn't

senator ernst? >> thank you, mr. chair. general, thank you so much for being here today and for your many, many years of service and to mary paige and to your powers daughters as well. thank you to the love and support you have given. i am coming from a unique perspective here in that, general, i have had the opportunity to know you better than 25 years. closer to 30. and have had annen opportunity to watch your career, and i'm extremely impressed with the path you have chosen and has been chosen for you. i'm very excited about your opportunity to serve as our commander. while you can't assume confirmation, i absolutely can because i will be supporting. we have talked about a number of issues today, and i'll associate myself with so many of my colleagues in the threats that we are seeing around the globe. china's influence, iran, and then you also have all of the violent extremist organizations on your plate as well. senator blumenthal's point as far as those that we have left behind in afghanistan, that remains heavy on my

senator joni if ernst, i do appreciate that. >>> just the realistic view of this despite those insidewho are begging and imploring to help in terms of soldiers, military aid of any sort, the reality is it is extremely unlikely. now, that could change, there could be a global wave of consternation and protests about how vladimir putin is operating here. we've already gotten indications that they're ostracizing him faster than we can keep up with it. for example, the u.s., canada bars are tossing out russian vodka, the world cup skiing events in russia have been can canceled, poland will not play russia in a world cup qualifier and on and on it goes. but as you heard from someone who is beg for help from of something more substantive, that part is unlikely, and that is the reality that for many holed up in ukraine and hoping against hope that something, anything can turn this tide, it is a tall wall. we'll have more after this. ♪ baby got back by sir mix-a-lot ♪ unlimited cashback match... only from discover. this isn't just freight. these aren't just shipments. they're promises. big pr

senator ernst please. >> thank you. michael kurilla, thank you for being here and for your many years of service and to marry page and your daughters as well. thank you for the love and support you've given to michael kurilla. i'm coming from a unique perspective. i had the opportunity to know you better the 5 years and had the opportunity to watch your career and i'm extremely impressed with the path you have chosen a been chosen for you. i'm very excited about your opportunity to serve as our centcom commander and while you can't assume confirmation i absolutely can because i will be supporting. we talked about a number of issues today and i will associate myself with so many of my colleagues, the threats we are seeing around the globe. china's influence incident, iran and all the violent extremist organizations on your plate as well. senator blumenthal's point as far as as we left behind in afghanistan remains heavy on my heart as well. so many of us are working to find opportunities to bring these folks out of afgha

our friend from iowa, senator ernst, is an unshakable advocate for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. and she's led the efforts on this side of the aisle to reauthorize the violence against women act. she's worked with a bipartisan group of senators to come up with something that's acceptable to both sides, but they were never able to move past the controversial sticking points -- until now. and apparently the tides have shifted, and i'm grateful for that. after three years of waiting, we've seen real progress on efforts to reauthorize the violence against women act. last week a bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation to extend and modernize that legislation, and i'm proud to be a cosponsor of that. senators ernst from iowa and senator murkowski, our alaska colleague, have led this effort on the republican side, and i want to commend our colleagues for their leadership. they put in countless hours over the last few years to reach this compromise and obviously it was not easy. the fact that this bill already has more than 20 bipartisan cosponsors speaks volumes abo

republican joanie ernst said that it's, quote, probably too late.t's holding things up? where does the disagreement lie? could there still be a deal on sanctions? >> well, what we had over the last week or two was a disagreement largely but not entirely down party lines here about whether it would be appropriate to sanction russia now for the destabilizing effect that this troop buildup that is had thought it was a provocative step. wouldn't be necessary. better to hold the massive sanctions package back and wait for russian act. and what you eluded to is from both sides saying it's an academic debate now. it would be too late to finalize and pass it and get it in place, even if the parties could agree it was necessary to do preinvasion sanctions. the posture is keep working on the big package of sanctions and wait to see what vladimir putin does. >> this is a very high stakes. maybe not the same argument or disagreement we've seen over other legislation. we know both sides want to hold russia accountable. why can't they get this done? >> at this po

. >> ainsley: let's bring in iowa senator joni ernst. good morning to you. >> yes.appen. these are democrats, joe biden's secretary of state blinken said putin planned all along to invade. james clapper said we should have taken action sooner. listen to some of these soundbites and get your reaction on the other side. >> now that we have heard it directly from president putin himself, it confirm what is we have been saying. that he did not send more than 150,000 troops to the ukrainian border because of the denying military exercises or threaten ukraine. or stop fabricated genocide by ukraine or any other manufactured reason. his plan all along has been to invade ukraine to control ukraine and its people. destroy ukraine's democracy which offers a stark contrast to the auto to come crazy that he leads reclaim ukraine as a part of russia. >> do you wish that obama had done harsher, stricter sanctions in 2014. >> yes, i wish we had been more aggressive in 2014. >> ainsley: senator, if biden knew, if obama knew, why didn't they do something sooner? >> exactly, that's t

i've introduced legislation with senator joni ernst from iowa, the so-called clean slate act that wasically sealed low-level, nonviolent federal offenses after the individual completes the sentence, so here's the question when you considerse this issue in your experience how can criminal records impact the ability to obtain education and training or access high-quality employment even after they've completed their sentence. >> we know in some instances people don't even know they have a criminal record. they work on helping to understand whether they had something on the record and how they can get that appealed or expunged as necessary. one of the biggest area we have used often these types will screen the people out if we are even getting a shot to screen what happened but folks often forget the skills and abilities are what we need to be paying attention to and not necessarily what happened in their past. personally i believe that would be a help to many new yorkers and i know our state legislature has taken strides to think about ways to do that as well, so thank you for that. >>

economy if we can invest in that, and if you look at all the surveys, whether it is the cbi, deloitte, ernstr, we announced, i think a £3.5 billion increase in the amount we spend on skills, 26% real increase, almost unprecedented for a parliament to spend that much more on skills, but is very important. if you're an aduu is very important. if you're an adult he doesn't have a level three qualification, for example, equivalent to any level, and there are about nine or 10 million adults in a country you don't, for the first time, actually, the government at any age you are, will fully fund you to get one of those qualifications. that cost about £3000, but we know will make an enormous difference to your chance of getting a job, or earning more if you are in work as a result of new skills you acquire, that's just one of the many things we're doing with traineeships, apprenticeships, sector —based work academies, skilled boot camps, all sorts of things, our new interventions that will help people get the skills they need to get higher productivity, higher wagejobs. that's need to get higher pro

joni ernst will be joining me.been a lot of criticism of germany. now the new chancellor that just took over is being accused of being too close to russia. jack keane said that angle merkel moved germany closer to russia and expects scholz to move it closer still. you bring it up, they're tied with the nord stream pipeline and at the flip of a switch, putin could turn off the lights there in germany. the u.s. trying to backstop it with supplies of liquid natural gas and other nations. putin has a big lever over germany right now. >> sandra: if russia cuts off germany, they have to get a source somewhere else. i'm sandra smith. >> john: and i'm john roberts. "the story" with martha starts right now. >> martha: good afternoon, everybody. i'm martha maccallum at fox news headquarters in new york. breaking right now on "the story," we're about to hear from president biden, the pentagon and the state department this hour on the big question of where we are. where do we stand with regard to europe, russia, ukraine, the p

lynn served in a variety of rolls in the private sector including as a director and senior manager at ernst & young. mr. lynn is served in a volunteer capacity at several organizations including respective farming, democracy for america, the 1992 ross perot campaign. was a captain in united states army received an associate off arts degree for military college. we welcome all of our distinguished witnesses and thank them for participating in today's hearing. i'll begin by swearing and our witnesses. i would ask that you each make sure your audio is on and that we can see her face and you're raised right hand but we administer the oath. >> i think doctor you need to unmute as well. great, thank you. do you swear or affirm under temperature and the testimony about to give his true and correct to the best of your knowledge, information beliefs and hope you got? >> i do. >> thank you so much for lett the lacquered show the witnesses answered in the affirmative. and please note that each of your written statements will be entered into the record in its entirety. i will just ask everyone witnesse

director of mimmigration reform previously a variety of the private sector is a senior manager at ernst young with that capacity of several organizations including democracy for america and in 1892 rosson perot campaign of the captain of the united states army with the associate faof arts degree we welcome all of our distinguished witnesses and thank them for participating in today's hearing i asked you make sure your audio is o on. >> do you swear or affirm the testimony you are about to give it is true and correct so help you god? >> thank you so much let the record show they answered in the affirmative. and members of congress to keep them need button on when not speaking and try to minimize chaos and summarize your testimony to stay within the time and there is a timer on your screen. i appreciate it. >>pp and members of the subcommittee. immigration is the bedrock of the united states and because of our diversity in backgrounds and cultures and ideas we have thrived not in spite of it. i have been fortunate to work and healthcare and have seen firsthand the value i immigrants bring

along with senators joni ernst. i commend them for their leadership as well as congressman joe neguse for leading the house companion bill. to meet the critical missions of the american people, the federal government must ensure its procurement practices make use of innovative approaches that maximize the ingenuity and opportunity of american small businesses. these are the backbone of the american economy. and the breeding ground for cutting-enl solutions that can be transformative in government operations. recognizes that the department of homeland security has been a leader in small business utilization, the price act requires its-t to -- publish an annual report. dedicating to improving the acquisition process, the lab is a proving ground for innovative ideas and forum for developing and sharing lessons learned and best practices. under the bill the department would be required to develop guidance and training on innovative procurement techniques for contracting and program management personnel, and make these b

and i also want to salute senators lisa murkowski and joni ernst from alaska and iowa respectively. they've done extraordinary work putting together a bill. you say to yourself how does this fit in, violence against women, to the question of crime in america? i can tell you, mr. president, you know this personally, and it's worth repeating, that when i went to the juvenile facility in cook county years ago and said who are these teenagers who came to the earth in the usual way and then turned to gangs and guns and killing wantonly? what happened to these kids along the way? well, there are plenty of reasons and issues relating to mental health, but one of the things that was compelling was the observation that over 90% of them had been victims of trauma. trauma comes in many forms, not just physical trauma but to witness trauma on another person, to be a victim yourself, to have a home where there's no support, no encouragement, no values being taught. those kids are the ones that end up many times in these predicaments. what can we do about it? well, we can ultimately arrest them a

yesterday i sat down with my republican colleagues senators lindsey graham and joni ernst who worked out an agreement on a few outstanding issues that will clear the path for the senate to hold a vote very soon on this issue. i want to thank them for their good faith and cooperate in and i especially want to thank my friend and colleague from new york senator gillibrand for being a leader on this important issue for so, so long. and mr. president it's a common practice for employers to cut arbitration clauses into the fine print of employment contracts. these of service preconditions for getting hired for a new job and most employees don't realize that they have signed onto until it's too late. we can no longer ignore that forced arbitration has proven immensely harmful when it comes to sexual harassment and sexual assault and workers almost always women, face abuse or harassment at the hands of their employers. forced arbitration immediately limits their auctions to remedy what's against them from the start in the abusers rarely faced true accountability. i think it's awful and i mu

joni ernst of iowa, insecurity in europe affects the lives of the american people at home. we need to provide ukraine resources like intel sharon cannot ramp up energy production here in the u.s.. a democratic senator saying nato allies told putin he would pay a hefty price for further invading ukraine. i applaud germany for halting the certification of nord stream 2, it will that would enable putin to manipulate the energy supply and security of europe. and a republican congress meant saying before joe biden's tweet about putin fearing joe biden becoming president, putin and x crimea while biden was vp. -- annexed crimea well biden was vp. now russia is invading ukraine. you are not going toe to tell with putin, mr. president. you are kowtowing to him. kathleen at of new york, good morning. you say the response so far has been about right. caller: yes. biden has worked and done more -- tried to do more for we the people than the person -- that guy that was in office before him. everybody wants to fight against him, what he wants to do and help us. he is doing right. if som

he had thune there, joni ernst there. they weren't rebelling. he did it with them.y were so principled and they really believed it was the right thing to do. but not even mike pence has walked back his remarks from last week, which i find fascinating since that's the typical. you say something, you walk it back. we're not seeing it. because republicans want to win. the difference is with kevin mccarthy, he believes he is at the timered -- tethered to donald trump in order to win. he needs that. >> michael steele, we noted the political calculation. mcconnell has space to be able to criticize this. mccarthy does not because he needs trump's backing. the other part of this is, is this, like, the one topic, the very extreme edges of january 6th, where republicans feel like, okay, this is a safe space to criticize donald trump? it would be more noteworthy, wouldn't it, if we see more full-fledged pushback to other parts of the trump persona, the trump record, or efforts for trump to run again? >> yeah, it would. i think the january 6th narrative is one that is so glarin

we were optimistic when a bill was introduced in the senate last year by senators klobuchar and ernst that would've created a flex fuel vehicle credit. unfortunate that was not included in either the infrastructure plan or build back better. we are hoping that can be picked back up this year. >> mr. cooper, finally, i does have a few more seconds but are you aware of any statements or inclinations from the biden administration that they would support the same incentives that use higher blends of biofuel? >> i'm not aware of really the administration's position on ffv at this point. we they're also thinks epa can do through its fuel economy or access to my commission to help incentivize ffv production. that's led to e20 2 million we have on the road today was the epa and nhtsa standards. those credits are no longer available to automakers and so yes epa plays a role in this as well and would love to see those cafe credits restored for flex fuel vehicles. >> thank you mr. cooper. with that i yield back, mr. chair. >> the gentleman from georgia, mr. bishop, is recognized for five minutes

we were optimistic when a bill was introduced in the senate last year by senators klobuchar and ernstthat would have created a flex fuel vehicle credit, but unfortunately it was not included in either of the infrastructure plan or build back better. we are hoping that can be picked back up this year. >> okay. mr. cooper, finally i have a few more seconds, but are you aware of any statements or inclinations from the biden administration that they would support these same incentives be extended to vehicles they use higher amounts of biofuels? >> i'm not aware of really of the administration's positions on biofuels. we know that there are things the epa can do by admission standards to help incentivize the f-every production. that is what led to the productions of ffv. those credits are no longer available to automakers. epa plays a role in this as well and we'd love to see those cafÉ credits for fuel vehicles. >> thank you mister cooper. with that, i yield back to chair. >> the gentleman from georgia, mr. bishop is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you very much mister chairman. i w