I appreciate the EPA's recent action on E15 for this year and look forward to a permanent solution.
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Instead of focusing on only one solution, EVs, EPA should focus on a level playing field for all types of fuels and vehicles that can reduce emissions.
For our lenders that are here, in my home State of Iowa, our turkey and our egg producers have been hit hard by avian influenza.
I never heard those dire consequences stated when we all agreed and worked with the industry to phase out the tax credit.
It's interesting how we only hear about brinksmanship when it's Republicans who want to negotiate a debt ceiling.
For our lenders that are here, in my home State of Iowa, our turkey and our egg producers have been hit hard by avian influenza.
I think it is important that folks out there in non-ag country understand how difficult it is to really get into farming and to be able to thrive in farming.
I have heard from Iowans about the challenges finding in-network providers, including mental health services.
I am a strong supporter of telehealth, and when I was Finance Committee chairman, I helped make it permanent in Medicare.
Mental telehealth is an important tool to improve access, especially in rural America.
The Biden EPA recently proposed a new emission standard for light and medium duty vehicles.
Conveniently, they ignore the devastating impact that their policies would have on working class Americans and small businesses, including family farmers.
According to President Biden's own budget, repealing all specific oil and gas related tax preferences would raise only $45 billion over 10 years, a far cry from the $660 billion.
Moreover, we all know that the Communist Party of China has a monopoly on critical mineral mining and refining required to build EV batteries.
We get 60 percent of our electricity from wind. And in 4 years, we will get about 80 percent.
So not only is this administration pushing policies that drive up the price of gasoline, but their policies would make us even more dependent on a supply chain that runs directly through China.