By CFDC Member, Doug Sombke, President, South Dakota Farmers Union, The Hill
As a card-carrying Democrat, I resent the broad brush generalization of the Hill’s March 8 headline, “Dem Bill Would Overhaul Ethanol Mandate.” To imply to readers that the measure by Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) is some type of party-wide position is misleading. A congressman from tiny Vermont and a senator from oil country like New Mexico does not a party make. That aside, the basic premise of their legislation, as well as the headline, is flawed. It is not the first time it has been brought to the attention of The Hill that there is no such thing as an ethanol mandate. (Read the full article here)