Tag: Charles Grassley
Iowa Senators Introduce Biofuels Bill – DTN Mar 9, 2022
As the Biden administration banned Russian oil and gas imports into the United States, Iowa Republic Sens. Charles Grassley and Joni Ernst introduced legislation to replace the lost imports with […]
EPA to Propose RFS Reset, Waters of the U.S. Rule Change in 2022 – DTN Dec 15, 2021
While EPA released a broad-reaching Renewable Fuel Standard proposal last week, the agency is planning to propose an expected reset of the RFS for 2023 and beyond by next spring. […]
Senators Tackle U.S. Ag’s Foreign Ownership – DTN Nov 1, 2021
U.S. agriculture and food officials would have permanent representation on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, or CFIUS, if a bill introduced by a group of U.S. […]
Biofuels: Senators Want RFS Meeting With Biden – DTN Oct 28, 2021
With silence coming from the Biden administration for more than a month on the Renewable Fuel Standard, a group of U.S. Republican senators asked the administration for a meeting at […]
U.S. Trade Rep Hearing – Trade Barriers, Opportunities Discussed – DTN Mar 1, 2021
Agricultural trade barriers were frequent areas of discussion with senators asking Katherine Tai on Thursday how the Biden administration would expand trade markets if Tai is confirmed as U.S. trade […]
Vilsack Nomination Moves to Full Senate – DTN Feb 5, 2021
Tom Vilsack’s nomination to U.S. agriculture secretary advanced unanimously out of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry on Tuesday and will now head to the full Senate […]
Senate May Move COVID Relief Bill, Grassley Indicates Nov 15, 2020
There is still a chance Congress could approve new COVID-19 economic relief before the end of the year, Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said during a teleconference with agriculture journalists on […]
Biofuels: EPA Denies All Gap-Year RFS Waivers – DTN Sep 17, 2020
The Trump administration made it official on Monday, announcing in an EPA news release that the agency will deny all pending gap-year small-refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard for […]
U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement in Effect July 1 – DTN Jul 2, 2020
When the sun rises Wednesday, it will bring with it the dawn of a new era as the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement goes into effect. Not a lot will change, and there […]
USMCA: Ag Groups Continue to Call for Congressional Action – DTN Dec 4, 2019
With a little more than two weeks left before Congress adjourns for the holidays, supporters of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement know time is slipping away fast, and the trade deal could […]