U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, delivered closing remarks supporting the advancement of clean energy technology at a briefing on cellulosic biofuels in Washington on January 30, 2012. The briefing, "Cellulosic Biofuels' Economic and Technological Challenges: Speed Bumps or Detours?" was hosted by the American Chemical Society's Science & the Congress Project and was also co-hosted by Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.).