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Waivers. in the last 12 months our company has lost over $150 million making ethanol under this epa policy. so that's where we are working with the administration to say, hey, this has gone too far. this is not just hurting us. the we just happen to be a corporate entity that can withstand this. but there are a lot of ethanol refineries that are closing that are owned by farmers. >> reporter: why have you guys lost money? >> we have lost money because, number one, our demand has been destroyed by these smaller refinery exemptions. and you have got to fix this. your epa went too far. >> reporte...

Attorney general pruitt and potential conflicts of interest and they say if the office of government ethics has transmitted a certified financial disclosure report and an ethics agreement to the senate, which they have, it means the office of government ethics is satisfied that all financial conflicts of interest have been identified and resolved. senator ernst. >> thank you, mr. chair. thank you attorney general pruitt for appearing in front of us today. i enjoyed our conversation both one on one and then in a group setting as well. and i would like to go back n revisit our decision on the rf...

No, we can't. we're committed to ethanol. look at the regions with ethanol refineries. here they are. whoa, look at all of them right there around chicago, illinois. isn't that weird? there are 204 refineries operating. another nine under construction. oil refineries, no. ethanol? sure. last year our country produced 13 billion-gallons of ethanol, that is up 800% over a decade. so, here is how our corn usage breaks down. we are expected this year to produce 13.5 billion-bushels of corn this year alone. total ethanol, 5 billion-bushels. 37% of the total. the total use for food, 1.1 billion. 8.3...