The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry held its hearing to consider the nomination of Brooke Rollins to serve as the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture today. American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) CEO Brian Jennings issued the following statement thanking senate champions for raising biofuel issues during the hearing:
“We are grateful for the bipartisan leadership demonstrated by Ag Committee Senators Amy Klobuchar (MN), Tina Smith (MN), Joni Ernst (IA), Deb Fischer (NE), Roger Marshall (KS), and Jerry Moran (KS) as they raised important biofuel questions during the nomination hearing. ACE looks forward to working with Rollins to ‘defend and elevate all sources of fuel,’ including biofuels, and continue making progress on our USDA RCPP projects designed to unlock new market opportunities for farmers and renewable fuel producers. We’re also encouraged she expressed that she’ll work with her counterparts at EPA and the Treasury Department on cross-agency issues, like year-round access to E15 nationwide, the Renewable Fuel Standard, and the 45Z Clean Fuel Production Tax Credit.”