      for the Southern District of Texas
                     USDC No. M-97-CR-267-1
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                            June 16, 1999

Before EMILIO M. GARZA, BENAVIDES, and PARKER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     Eduardo Guzman Resendez, also known as Juan Garcia Gonzalez,

appeals his guilty-plea conviction for illegal reentry into the

United Statesa statement Friday morning she met with him several months ago, emphasizing the need for a strong Renewable Fuel Standard.

The RFS requires businesses to mix more renewable fuel with transportation fuel every year, with goals of reaching 36 billion mixed gallons by 2022.

Heitkamp was one of two Democratic senators who voted for Pruitt last year, and she was one of 10 who signed a bipartisan letter to Pruitt in March, urging him not to undermine the RFS. "The RFS is an effective driver of economic development," the letter said. "It has strengthened markets and created hundreds of thousands of jobs in the new energy economy, and driven economic growth in rural communities across the country."

Heitkamp signed another letter to Pruitt in April, talking about what she said was