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12/02/2022 Tweet - "By making E15 available year-round, the Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act will help Illinois drivers save money at the pump by choosing low-carbon & home-grown ethanol, support Illinois farmers, and reduce our dependence on OPEC."
10/11/2022 Tweet - "The NOPEC Act passed in the Judiciary Committee w/ a bipartisan vote in May. Saudi Arabia's collusion w/ Putin to fix prices will increase gas prices for Americans at a time when inflation is high. The Senate must take action against price fixing by OPEC & pass this legislation."
07/27/2022 Tweet - "@ENERGY chose Illinois as one of five states to participate in this initiative to connect low-income customers to community solar programs. It has the potential to save Illinoisans nearly $300 million in electric bills and move our state one step closer to a clean energy future."
03/10/2022 Tweet - "As the U.S. looks to move away from dependence on foreign oil, @SenDuckworth , @SenJohnThune , and I are calling on the Biden Administration to help lower the cost of fuel by permitting the year-round sale of E15 (ethanol)."
03/08/2022 Tweet - "I applaud @POTUS 's choice to ban Russian oil imports. We cannot continue to purchase millions of barrels of oil to help fund Putin's war. This is another important step in tightening economic pressure on Putin and his cowardly enablers and helping the brave Ukrainian people."
03/06/2022 Tweet - "I am cosponsoring a bipartisan Senate bill to ban Russian energy imports in the United States. We cannot subsidize Putin's unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine."
03/06/2022 Tweet - "Stop Russian oil exports to the United States. They represent only 4% of our oil needs but 14% of Russian world exports. We cannot let U.S. dollars fund Putin's devastating invasion of Ukraine."
01/07/2022 Tweet: Proud to join @SenMarkey this week in calling on the FERC to protect Illinoisans from outrageous energy bills. Keeping the heat on during colder winters shouldn't be a luxury.
12/01/2021 Tweet - "Climate action cannot wait. #BuildBackBetter means taking bold steps to address the climate crisis and prepare the United States for a clean energy future. This is how we meet the challenges of the 21st century and build a livable planet for our children and grandchildren."
10/14/2021 Tweet - "I was in Urbana today as the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District unveiled their new solar-powered hydrogen bus fueling station. Their new fleet will be better for the environment, and provide cleaner air for the folks living in Champaign-Urbana."
05/20/2021 Tweet - "The Arctic Wildlife Refuge's purpose should be conservation, not oil & gas development. Great conversation with environmental leaders yesterday about how Congress could protect the land for generations to come."
03/10/2021 Tweet - "If we want to pass a livable planet on to our kids & grandkids, we need to act urgently. That's why I am introducing the America's Clean Future Fund Act today to invest in a clean energy economy. We can create jobs & help our environment at the same time."
02/25/2021 Tweet - "Congratulation, @JenGranholm. Clean energy and scientific research is our future and I can't wait to see all the good things you will do as Secretary of Energy."
02/17/2021 Tweet - "With arctic temperatures sweeping across Illinois & the U.S., @SenDuckworth & I are concerned that Illinois residents who rely on natural gas will be stuck with massive, unaffordable energy bills. We're asking the Biden Admin. to step in & provide them with support."
12/21/2020 Tweet - "Trump's Department of the Interior has proposed hundreds of oil & gas leases across Utah, threatening the fragile landscape and ecosystem. I'm leading a group of @SenateDems in calling on @Interior to cancel these leases immediately."
11/02/2020 Tweet - "Deeply concerned by reports that Nicor Gas may have illegally polluted groundwater near its storage facilities. Because of the severity of these claims, I will be looking into this situation further."
09/16/2020 Tweet - "I spoke with @GrowthEnergy today & heard about how the President's trade policy with China & refinery waivers that have harmed the biofuels industry. Biofuel producers need allies in the Senate & I'm proud to keep fighting on their behalf."
09/16/2020 Tweet - "Yesterday, IL Farmers Union members shared with me their concerns about financial difficulties they're facing during the #COVID19 crisis & with the President's decisions to harm ethanol production & overseas markets. I'll keep fighting for greater certainty in farming policies."
08/27/2020 Tweet - "The closure of these plants will have significant impacts on local economy & workers. In days & months ahead, I'm committed to fighting for these jobs & helping create additional good paying jobs, as well as creating a clean energy econ w/ policies like my Clean Future Fund Act."
08/12/2020 Tweet - "Glad to see @BLMNational is no longer planning to lease land in Grand & San Juan County, Utah, for oil & gas development following my request last week. This will go a long way towards protecting these special places. #ProtectMoab"
08/07/2020 Tweet - "We can address climate change & spur economic growth in our communities at the same time--and that's exactly what my America's Clean Future Fund Act would do. You can read more about my bill to invest in a clean energy economy here:"
08/07/2020 Tweet - ". @SecBernhardt 's upcoming oil & gas lease sale on UT's #PublicLands is bad business. The past 3 UT lease sales had low returns, with over half the land sold for just $2/acre, so I & 14 of my @SenateDems colleagues just asked him & #Pendley to cancel the sales & #ProtectMoab:"
07/15/2020 Tweet - "Disappointed, but not surprised that President Trump has decided to weaken the National Environmental Policy Act. This will silence the concerns of communities most affected by the power plants & pipelines the President is eager to build in their backyards."
04/23/2020 Tweet - "Why is @SecretarySonny saying that ethanol is "not our jurisdiction" and therefore excluded from $19B of @USDA CARES Act funding? Under President Obama, USDA helped ethanol. What changed? Those in charge."
03/11/2020 Tweet - "Corn growers, like @ilcorn , are integral to the IL economy & the federal gov't must offer certainty to farmers this planting season. It's time the President stops offering breaks to oil companies & instead supports the biofuel industry that so many of our corn growers depend on."
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