TIMELINE: Every Time Randy Feenstra Claimed He Was “Close” to an E15 Deal

Feenstra in January: “In the next four weeks this gets done.”

DES MOINES – Randy Feenstra, the co-chair of the E15 Council, keeps claiming he’s “close” to a deal on the year-round sale of E15 — moving the goalpost and making empty promises after he missed his self-imposed February 25 deadline for a vote on E15, failed to prioritize E15 in January’s government funding bill, and didn’t include E15 in the long-delayed Farm Bill.

Feenstra’s E15 council only exists because he caved to his D.C. party bosses and refused to stop them from stripping year-round E15 from January’s government funding bill. Do-nothing Feenstra keeps proving he’s too weak to deliver for Iowa corn growers, who are struggling to break even under the weight of reckless tariffs and chaotic trade policy from D.C.

Here’s every time do-nothing Randy Feenstra claimed he was “close” to a deal on E15:

January 13: “In the next four weeks this gets done.”

January 23: “He said he expects the task force will have an E15 package that the House can approve by Feb. 25.”

February 18: “Randy Feenstra says a deal is near that would allow fuel with a blend of up to 15% ethanol and 85% gasoline to be sold year round … ‘We believe we’ve got something that works for all farmers.’”

February 24: “Feenstra told Agri-Pulse on Tuesday that lawmakers are ‘close’ to getting an E15 bill on the House floor … ‘We want to get [it] released and get it to the floor, hopefully here very, very shortly.’”

February 26: “Maybe this week or next week … We’re very involved and engaged in having a vote here very shortly on E15 and hopefully getting it out of the U.S. House.”

March 5: “A long-awaited draft bill aimed at expanding the U.S. ethanol market is expected to be finalized as soon as Friday, Rep. Randy Feenstra tells Agri-Pulse.”

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