WASHINGTON - JULY 22: Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) (C) talks about the Open Fuel Standard Act during a news conference with Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO) (R) and Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) on Capitol Hill July 22, 2008 in Washington, DC. The act would require that starting in 2012, 50% of new automobiles, and starting in 2015, 80% of new automobiles, be flex-fuel vehicles warranted to operate on gasoline, ethanol, and methanol, or be warranted to operate on biodiesel.
WASHINGTON - JULY 22: Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO) (C) talks about the Open Fuel Standard Act during a news conference with Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) (R) and Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) on Capitol Hill July 22, 2008 in Washington, DC. The act would require that starting in 2012, 50% of new automobiles, and starting in 2015, 80% of new automobiles, be flex-fuel vehicles warranted to operate on gasoline, ethanol, and methanol, or be warranted to operate on biodiesel.
WASHINGTON - JULY 22: Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) (R) talks about the Open Fuel Standard Act during a news conference with Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO) and Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) on Capitol Hill July 22, 2008 in Washington, DC. The act would require that starting in 2012, 50% of new automobiles, and starting in 2015, 80% of new automobiles, be flex-fuel vehicles warranted to operate on gasoline, ethanol, and methanol, or be warranted to operate on biodiesel.
WASHINGTON - JULY 22: Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) (R) talks about the Open Fuel Standard Act during a news conference with Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO) and Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) on Capitol Hill July 22, 2008 in Washington, DC. The act would require that starting in 2012, 50% of new automobiles, and starting in 2015, 80% of new automobiles, be flex-fuel vehicles warranted to operate on gasoline, ethanol, and methanol, or be warranted to operate on biodiesel.
NORFOLK, VA - FEBRUARY 8: Senator John Warner (R) and Senator Sam Brownback (L) listen to comments from former Secretary of the Navy, John Lehman, (not shown), during a National Security Roundtable discussion attended by Republican presidential hopeful, Senator John McCain (R-AZ) at the Half Moon Cruise Terminal located next to the Nauticus Museum February 8, 2008 in Norfolk, Virginia. Included in the discussion are former Secretary of the Navy, William Ball, former governor Frank Keating, and former Secretary of the Navy, John Lehman.
Republican presidential hopeful Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., left, talks with Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., during a luncheon prior to a joint campaign event to outline their plan for Iraq, Friday, Oct. 12, 2007, in Des Moines, Iowa. The plan to create three states inside Iraq, along with a united federal capital in Baghdad was first proposeed by Biden.
Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., second from left, jokes with Sen. Sam Brownback R-Kan., left, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., right, before the GOP Presidential candidates debate at Ford Community and Performing Arts Center Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2007, in Dearborn, Mich. The debate was sponsored by CNBC/MSNBC and The Wall Street Journal.
Republican presidential candidate Texas Representative Ron Paul (L) shakes hands with Kansas Senator Sam Brownback (R) at the conclusion of the "All-American Presidential Forums on PBS" at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland, 27 September 2007. Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, Arizona Senator John McCain, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, and former Tennessee senator Fred Thompson declined to attend the event, moderated by PBS television host Tavis Smiley, citing scheduling conflicts
Republican presidential candidates Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., left, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, center, and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., converse prior to the ABC News Republican presidential debate at Sheslow Auditorium on the campus of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2007.
US Senator Sam Brownback (L) listens as Son Jong Hoon addresses reporters 12 July, 2007 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Brownback spoke in support of Son Jong Hoon, who is in the US to make a plea to put world pressure on North Korea to release his brother Son Jong Nam (Photo-L), who is in prison awaiting public execution for the crime of being a Christian