Iowa, Midwest senators sign letter of support for ethanol

By: Kadin Luhmann

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: June 3, 2026

Words: 323

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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Five Midwest senators defended ethanol production and year-round E15 sales Wednesday in a letter to the Wall Street Journal.

U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst from Iowa, Deb Fischer and Pete Ricketts from Nebraska and Roger Marshall from Kansas submitted the letter to the newspaper in response to a column that criticized the ethanol industry. Specifically, the columnist accused ethanol lobbyists of delaying the “Farm Bill” in the U.S. House of …

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