Governor (Rod) Blagojevich is committed to working to reduce gas prices by supporting ethanol as a practical alternative. It's a cleaner burning, cheaper alternative (than gasoline) and creates jobs in Illinois.

The president is very concerned about (gas prices) and is committed to doing everything he can to reduce the high price of gasoline. Unfortunately, as the president said a number of times, it took us a long time to get into this situation and it's going to take us a long time to get out.

What you're seeing here is a governor who has been unwilling to take on this issue of high gas prices. We know that the governor, we know that the leadership in the state legislature can take concrete steps to reduce that right now.

I'd love to fly, especially with the gas prices right now.

We think gas prices had something to do with it.

It's like having your own car, without the gas prices.