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John Thune: “We need to get E15 done. And that solves a couple of…”

Featuring: John Thune, Republican | Senate Majority Leader, South Dakota

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Thune Welcomes President of South Dakota Corn at Senate Agriculture Committee Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 01:51

And thank you again for your leadership on this and Senator Klobuchar for taking on this issue. And let me, I'd be remiss if I know this isn't the subject here, but We need to get E15 done. And that solves a couple of important problems, one of which is demand for corn in this country at a time when we're losing some of our export markets. And secondly, increasing the supply of fuel in this country at a time when gas prices are going up. So as an economic matter, it makes all the sense in the world. (01:51–02:04)

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Asserts that implementing E15 would address corn demand issues due to lost export markets.

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