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Issues: Ethanol“[Senator Nelson] has been a leader on renewable fuels for many years - long before he came to the Senate.”
Senator Nelson brings considerable experience to the discussion of renewable fuels. During his tenure as Nebraska's governor, Ben Nelson moved Nebraska to the forefront in ethanol production. From 1990 to 1997 Nebraska tripled its ethanol production to 300 million gallons, ranking third in the nation. Ben Nelson also formed the Governors' Ethanol Coalition in 1991 to promote increased ethanol use. Since its formation, the Governors' Ethanol Coalition has worked to expand national and international markets for biofuels. Renewable fuels & ethanol are essential because they:
Senator Nelson is also a national co-chair of Ethanol Across America, a non-partisan, non-profit organization that is committed to advancing the production and use of renewable fuel ethanol by implementing a comprehensive education and outreach program. Ethanol links CRS Renewable Fuels Documents>>> The Congressional Research Service (CRS) is the non-partisan analytical, research, and reference arm for Congress. It is a department of the Library of Congress and part of the legislative branch of the federal government. The following documents are in PDF format. In order to view these materials, you will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your PC. It can be downloaded for free here.
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Nebraska’s Senator Ben Nelson has been a faithful advocate for renewable fuels and specifically ethanol. He cosponsored the bipartisan Renewable Fuels Act of 2001 (S. 670) that boosts the production of domestic ethanol from 3 billion gallons per year in 2004 to more than 7.5 billion gallons in 2012, providing ethanol plants and farmers with a steady growth schedule that encourages investment in this domestic industry. This RFS would create over 214,000 jobs, increase farm income by $1.3 billion annually, and save the U.S. $4 billion in imported oil each year.