Advanced Fuels Infrastructure Research and Development Act

ADVANCED FUELS INFRASTRUCTURE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACT

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Mr. McNERNEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the Advanced Fuel Infrastructure Research and Development Act, and I also thank my colleague from Vermont for his leadership on this open rule.

I have dedicated my entire career to developing new sources of energy, and I am pleased that we are making it easier to incorporate biofuels into our everyday lives. Current practices have taken us where we are today, but we need to expand our options to fight clean fuels and viable alternatives to conventional fuels. Diversification of our energy supply is the only way to rein in our country's increasing need to import oil from foreign countries.

The bill we are voting on today is a good step toward making biofuels, such as E-85 ethanol and biodiesel, easier and less expensive to access and use. This is a very good first step toward energy diversification, but we are on a long haul to sustainability.

Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support the rule and the underlying bill.

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