Congressional Hearing Winners and Losers A House Energy and Commerce subcommittee is the scene this week for what is being called a slugfest amongst all the disparate parties involved in U.S. biofuel policy. The record promises to be filled with contradictory information intended to sway whether the policy is continued or altered. What would make the two days of testimony more beneficial, and certainly more entertaining, is if the members of Congress listening to industry representatives and their opponents were able to pointedly challenge the veracity of each of the witnesses. It would not be a difficult task given the overblown rhetoric on both sides of this issue, but it is not generally the qualitative result of most Congressional...

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