Nussle: House Leadership to Keep Ethanol Tariff in Place

Nussle: House Leadership to Keep Ethanol Tariff in Place

In a big win for Iowa farmers and ethanol producers, Congressman Jim Nussle today praised the decision by House Leadership to not push for eliminating the Brazilian Ethanol Tariff.

Just last week, Nussle and Iowa Congressmen Jim Leach, Tom Latham, and Steve King wrote a letter to Speaker Dennis Hastert urging him to keep the Brazilian Ethanol Tariff in place to foster continued domestic development of environmentally-friendly renewable fuels, create jobs, grow the economy, and make America more energy independent.

"I am pleased that House Leadership has decided to protect Iowa farmers and our nation's ethanol industry by keeping the Brazilian Ethanol Tariff in place," Nussle said. "Removing the tariff would not ease the burden of high gas prices on Iowans and working families, but it would undercut current efforts to reduce our dependence on foreign sources of energy. The long-term solution to our energy needs is growing a domestic supply of clean-burning, environmentally-friendly renewable fuels, such as ethanol and biodiesel, being produced by farmers in Iowa and across the country. The last thing our government should do is add a new addiction to foreign ethanol on top of our current dependence on foreign oil."

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http://www.house.gov/list/speech/ia01_nussle/tariff.html