Energy dependence is America's economic, environmental and security Achilles' heel.

Ethanol has reduced our nation's dependence on imported energy, created thousands of jobs, reduced air pollution, and increased energy security. And renewable fuels cost less at the pump. It is a growth fuel that fuels opportunities for millions of Americans.

We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.

This is sort of backdoor politics at its worst, for the worst possible reasons.

We were amazed to hear him voice this commitment. He framed it exactly as we would have.

The process is like making grain alcohol or brewing beer, but on a much bigger scale. The technologies are out there to do this, but we need to convince the public this is real and not just a science project.