Honorable John McCain
United States Senator, Arizona, Republican
Senator McCain was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1982 to 1986. He is the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee and also sits on the following committees: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; Homeland Security and Government Affairs; and Indian Affairs. The following is from the June 15, 2011, Senate floor debate on amendments to S. 782, the Economic Development Revitalization Act, relating to ethanol subsidies. For ethanol supporters, this debate has been about where and how to prop up the industry in the future — not whether…
