WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, joined Senators John Thune (R-SD) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) in urging President Biden to permit the year-round sale of E15 fuel, which would provide consumers and petroleum marketers greater regulatory consistency. The senators emphasized American biofuels are a clean, reliable energy solution and can help lower costs for consumers.
“Uniformity across the nation's fuel supply chain, resulting from your administration acting again, would provide consumer benefits and regulatory certainty nationwide,” wrote the Senators. “This is why biofuel, oil and gas, agriculture, fuel retailer, and transportation stakeholders have come to Congress in support of a permanent legislative solution that will finally remove outdated and unnecessary barriers to full market access for E15 while respecting states’ authority under the CAA.”
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Joining Senators Cramer, Thune, and Durbin are Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Josh Hawley (R-MO), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Tina Smith (D-MN), and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI).
Background:
Last Congress, Senator Cramer joined bipartisan colleagues in sending a related letter to President Biden. Later in the year, the Senator helped introduce the Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act to allow the year-round, nationwide sale of ethanol blends higher than 10%.