Randy Feenstra, Too Weak to Deliver for Iowa Farmers, Hit With E15 Bailout from D.C.
DES MOINES – Randy Feenstra was hit with a temporary E15 bailout from the EPA today after spending months claiming he was “close” to a deal on year-round E15. It’s the latest example of how Feenstra is too weak to secure a long-term sustainable solution for Iowa farmers after breaking his promise to advance an E15 bill, missing his self-imposed February 25 deadline for a vote on E15, and overlooking E15 in the long-delayed Farm Bill.
Feenstra, the chair of a useless E15 council in Congress, claimed yesterday that an E15 bill would pass “in the next couple weeks,” despite his failure to put a bill on the floor since January. 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.
Feenstra’s latest fail on E15 means that Iowa farmers, already dealing with a four-year downturn and filing for bankruptcy at the highest rate in the nation, still don’t have a permanent guarantee on selling fuel nationwide and don’t have consistent access to markets they need. Feenstra keeps proving he’s too weak to deliver for Iowa corn growers, who are also struggling to break even under the weight of reckless tariffs and chaotic trade policy from D.C.
From Iowa Democratic Party spokesperson Terra Hernandez:
“Once again, Randy Feenstra proves he’s too weak to get things done for Iowans — and it’s our farmers who are paying the price. Iowa farmers’ livelihoods are on the line, they still don’t have a deal on E15, and it’s thanks to Feenstra’s failed leadership. If this is any indication of how he’d lead as governor, Iowa voters will steer clear from Feenstra’s continued flops this fall.”
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