thousands of jobs that cannot be outsourced. Bottomline: the RFS is working. The cacophony of RFS criticism coming from Big Oil in an effort to preserve their market share focuses on two issues -- that a few incidences of fraud in ... America's biofuel policy is working. In fact, the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), the requirement that the nation use increasing volumes of renewable fuel, is arguably the most successful energy initiative the nation has ever undertaken. I noted these successes in testimony last week before the House Subcommittee on Energy and Power: http://bit.ly/PRSG63 . To wit, the passage and enforcement of the RFS has taken the ethanol from just a few billion gallons of production in 2007 to nearly 14 billion gallons today -- 10% of the nation's gasoline supply. It has helped reduce America's reliance on imported oil from 60% in 2007 to 45% in 2011. Moreover, it has expanded economic opportunity in countless rural communities and helped create hundreds of thousands of jobs that cannot be outsourced. Bottomline: the RFS is working. The cacophony of RFS criticism coming from Big Oil in an effort to preserve their market share focuses on two issues -- that a few incidences of fraud in biodiesel RINs undermines the integrity of the whole program and necessitates reform; and that the failure of the cellulosic ethanol industry to meet their mandate demands repeal. Both of these are red herrings being exploited and overblown for political theatre. Neither requires legislation to address. The