Bush Admin Promise Bush Administration Promises Ethanol Support Spencer Abraham President George W. Bush, a former member of the Governors' Ethanol Coalition, expressed his continued strong support for ethanol in a November letter to the Renewable Fuels Association. I support the ethanol tax benefit.
Ethanol is one product that helps America's farmers and aids in making our air cleaner.
I support the current ethanol program and would support its extension beyond the 2007 expiration date. The Bush Administration will include former Michigan Senator Spencer Abraham as Energy Secretary, former California Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman as Agriculture Secretary, and former New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman as the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. During his tenure in the U.S. Senate, Secretary Abraham was a consistent ethanol proponent who recognized the benefits of the ethanol industry to agriculture, energy security and the environment. Whitman was also questioned about MTBE during her confirmation hearing. The new Administrator promised to make resolution of the MTBE controversy a top priority.