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WASHINGTON (KELO.com) U.S. Sens. John Thune and Mike Rounds and eight of their Senate colleagues sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack.
They are urging the department to assist biofuel producers hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Senators want to make it clear that ethanol and similar producers are considered included in funds from the CARES Act.
Read the release about the letter and see the link to the letter below.
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WASHINGTON U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and eight of their Senate colleagues this week sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack urging the department to assist biofuel producers hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic. The letter was led by Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)
A bipartisan group of 10 senators on March 8 sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack urging him to provide targeted COVID-19 relief to U.S. biofuel producers through the USDA’s Commodity Credit Corp.