ms. klobuchar: mr. president? if i could continue, i thank senator thune for his work and one point i think he made that is inyeb incredibly important, t think all of our colleagues understand that this vtec that has been in place to make sure we have an alternative to oil in this country ends at the end of this year. the one piece of it that continues for another year is the cellulosic research, the cellulosic credit, but the rest of it ends at the end of this year. so instead of looking at a glued path, as suggested in our bill, where you could take $1 billion, put it into deficit reduction, take another $1 billion or so and put that which would be going right now as a credit, put that into the infrastructure, the alternative here that's suggested by our colleague from oklahoma's amendment is just to cut it off today basically, with a few days' notice. what i've heard time and time again from businesses, whether in the energy or medical device area, they want certainty. they don't want washington coming in with

ms. klobuchar: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. ms. klobuchar: mr. president, speaking on this amendment, i oppose this amendment and urge my colleagues to do the same. there is going to be a change with biofuels in this country. we're going to see phasing out of the support for biofuels in terms of federal policy, but the time to do it is not in the middle of the year, after seven years of federal support, with five days' notice. senator thune and i have an alternative bill that actually takes the rest of the year -- the last six months of this year -- the funding and puts $1 billion into deficit reduction, and then allows the industry to keep its footing so it can actually compete with oil. i would remind my colleagues that this is now 10% of our fuel supply. there have been studies done that shows the price of gasoline would escalate up to $1 more a gallon, if the rug was slid pulled out from under this industry. and it is the only competition with oil. so while this industry, unlike the oil industry, has acknowledged that there is change ahead an

ms. klobuchar: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. ms. klobuchar: i see i'm joined by the senator from iowa, who i know will speak shortly and has been a leader in biofuels and in energy for many, many years. madam president, i rise today to speak about the votes we will be having later today on the amendments that would immediately cut off support for our homegrown energy industry, with i guess a few days' notice. i don't think there's precedent for this. -- a decision, if this were to ultimately pass, i'm not certain this is the vehicle that would allow it to go into law, but if it would pass, we would have made a decision that is different than the decision made in january affect an industry that affects nearly 500,000 people. i would say if we were voting twice on an amendment in a few days, it would be something that creates jobs or decreases our dependence on foreign oil, but that is not the case here. we're talking about pulling the rug out from an industry that provides 10% of the nation's fuel supply and supports nearly 500,000 jo

ms. klobuchar for questions, if she has question. >> that's very kind of you. i would have if i'd had the time. >> very good. thank you. i do appreciate that. thank you, all of you, for being here for this important hearing, and thank you, chair, for having this thing. i think it's incredibly important. we are very focus obviously on air safety, but i think as the chairman knows, we have to always, always be very diligent with our rail system. it's so critical with goods in the flow of people across our nation, and an attack could cause not only high casualties but also severe disruption to interstate commerce. i appreciate hearing from you on this today. i have a question, first of all, i used to be a prosecutor, director pistol, so i'm very direct with local law enforcement. i know you discusses several of initiatives tsa has undertaken to streamline coordination with local enforcement. and could you expand on that and discuss some more in detail and to what extent is tsa not just direct local law-enforcement but also integrate their expertise into its own ov

ms. klobuchar for questions and she has any. disconnect thank you. i appreciate that. thank you all of you for being here for this hearing and mr. chair for having this hearing. i think it's incredibly important. we are jury focused on air safety but i think as the chairman knows we have to be very diligent with our system it's so critical of goods and the flow of people across the nation and an attack could cause not only high casualties but also severe disruption to the interstate commerce so i appreciate hearing from you on this today. i have a question for us to police to be a prosecutor, director pistole, very focused on coordination with local law enforcement, and i know you discussed several of the initiatives pistole has taken to streamline the coordination of local law enforcement and could you expand on that and discuss more in detail to what extent does pistole not direct local enforcement and to greet their expertise to its own oversight and assistance programs. >> thank you, senator klobuchar pbr i would describe it in three ways. one is on information sha

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