We know we’re always in a competitive situation when we seek to attract production facilities to Indiana, so this was a huge win for our state.

Our goal of course is to ultimately produce one billion gallons of bio diesel and ethanol by the year 2008.

I am pleased to see that LaPorte is on the cutting edge.

It helps us preserve the environment.

Most of Indiana fared well in terms of weather and crop yields, but we knew that the lack of rain last summer was going to create problems in pockets of our state. These disaster designations...

We’re very pleased with the potential beyond this one production facility. Indiana now can be ahead of the curve in reducing our country’s dependence on foreign oil.

In one year’s time, we’ve moved from nowhere to national leadership.