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Jerry McNerney: “Well, they have the flexibility to do that, but last year's drought caused real problems, there were 150 Members of…”

On the recordJuly 22, 2013
Well, they have the flexibility to do that, but last year's drought caused real problems, there were 150 Members of Congress and Governors that asked them to waive the ethanol mandates, and they didn't.
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Jerry McNerney
Democratic · California

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McNerney discusses the EPA's lack of flexibility regarding ethanol mandates during the drought.

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