Political Quotes

“America's farmers are hurting. They need every bit of help Congress can deliver. So do truckers and working families paying more for groceries and at the pump just to haul goods, get to work, and move around their communities. Prices are going up, not just in America's heartland, but across our great country. Republican leadership today had a chance to authorize year-round E15, a commonsense blend of ethanol and gasoline, but guess what. They walked away from it again. Instead, half their income comes from raising grains that go into fuels. Without that market, they wouldn't exist. This is serious business for agricultural America, and instead, Speaker Johnson has set up another delay, a council set to report back within another month on next steps. We want to make E15 year-round. That is not too complicated. Farmers want E15 year-round. They can't keep punting our farmers up field. The time to act is now. The solution is within their hands. Why did they delay? Let's hope this process the Speaker has now set up for another month or 6 weeks is not just another fig leaf for more delay. Year-round E15 sales protect our small refineries, too.”