Senators Seek RFS Freeze
By Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
Amid the politics in the Midwest over ethanol, a group of 15 Republican senators on Wednesday wrote EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler calling for an overall freeze of the Renewable Fuels Standard obligations for 2021.
The senators, largely from oil-producing states, advocate for a freeze in the RFS while one of their GOP colleagues, Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa, is locked in a tight campaign battle in which her Democratic opponent has claimed Ernst's support for Wheeler's confirmation has greatly damaged the RFS.