Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue, appearing this morning before a Senate Ag Committee hearing on the state of rural America, was asked about issues surrounding EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and his handling of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
Iowa Senator Joni Ernst thanked Perdue for his defense of the RFS, but expressed her concerns about the so-called “small refinery hardship waivers” Pruitt has been granting to oil refiners.
“Some of these refiners are neither small nor facing hardships—and I’m very, very upset about this action that the administrator has taken that would destroy our demand for biofuels,” Ernst said.
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