WASHINGTON,
D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today spoke on her concerns
with current biofuels policies during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Committee hearing.
“I’m
hopeful that today will mark the start of a larger conversation between all of
the stakeholders affected by biofuels policy,” Murkowski said. “I believe that
biofuels have a definite and ongoing place in our fuel supply, but it is
important to realize that we face a range of problems, related to
infrastructure, liability and other issues.”
Murkowski,
ranking member of the committee, made the comments during a hearing to review
the Department of Energy’s biofuel programs and biofuel infrastructure issues, and
to consider the Biofuels Market Expansion Act (S. 187). She also
questioned the witnesses about the continued need for production subsidies for
first generation fuels and the tariff on imports.
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