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Rep. Peter Welch said he first heard complaints about ethanol additives to gasoline and the $6 billion subsidies that support them from small-business owners in Vermont.
By Bob Kinzel
(Host) Congressman Peter Welch is calling for an end to all federal subsidies for the ethanol industry.
Welch says a federal mandate that requires gasoline to contain 10 percent ethanol is driving up grain costs to farmers and is undermining the recreational boat industry.
VPR's Bob Kinzel reports:
Rep. Peter Welch said he first heard complaints about ethanol additives to gasoline and the $6 billion subsidies that support them from small-business owners in Vermont.
By Bob Kinzel
(Host) Congressman Peter Welch is calling for an end to all federal subsidies for the ethanol industry.
Welch says a federal mandate that requires gasoline to contain 10 percent ethanol is driving up grain costs to farmers and is undermining the recreational boat industry.
VPR's Bob Kinzel reports:
In Washington, "delay" is too often code for "derail." Wink, wink. Consumers should not be fooled: The Senate bill is nothing short of a polite way of killing consumer-friendly swipe-fee reforms.
In Washington, "delay" is too often code for "derail." Wink, wink. Consumers should not be fooled: The Senate bill is nothing short of a polite way of killing consumer-friendly swipe-fee reforms.
Vermont Democratic Rep. Peter Welch and Utah Republican Jason Chaffetz brought their case for ending the war in Afghanistan directly to Vermonters Tuesday in a statewide telephone conference call.