Posted on 01/06/2016 11:23:15 AM PST by springwater13
SIOUX CENTER - During a bus tour stop in Sioux Center, Iowa last night, Senator Ted Cruz expressed support for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) through 2022.
Responding to a question from an ethanol investor from Iowa about whether he would allow the landmark energy program to continue through its current expiration in 2022, Sen. Cruz responded by expressing support for the RFS through 2022.
Senator Cruz also expressed passionate support for breaking through the so-called "blendwall." That "blendwall" makes it illegal for ethanol to expand its market penetration, and I intend to eliminate the EPA blendwall to get rid of that barrier, which will enable ethanol to expand in the marketplace to a much larger penetration to sell more ethanol…."
The comments were substantially repeated at another stop in Cherokee, Iowa the same evening. You can listen to audio of the remarks here. and below.
(Excerpt) Read more at americasrenewablefuture.com ...
Is that how you were welcomed to FR?
Why not attack the content of the article rather than the messenger?
For all you know the OP could be the most conservative and principled person on the planet.
That name calling is unworthy of FR.
I have on my “armor of God” to attack the Philistines of Big Corn. The column has stopped and we’re bumping into each other. Tell me again which way we are marching.
I think it's a shame that the Democrats are doing what the Republicans have done in past elections and are going to nominate the person who's turn it is. It never seems to work. I think we have a legitimate chance in Cruz to get a almost true conservative candidate elected and we have turned to a populist. I saddened not by the support Trump is getting out there (because Romney & McCain got support out there) but what he is getting at FR.
Do. Not. Like.
You really need to stop misrepresenting his positions, or do a better job of research. ********************
Please show us the research you have done on Cruz and the ethanol situation....we would love to read it...
See post #95. Is the state Director, quoted at article link, misinformed?
It's well known that eliminating the RFS will reduce the price of meat, eggs, poultry and dairy by a dollar a pound. Minimum.
Is Cruz simply telling whoever is listening to him what he perceives that they want to hear?
The problem that I have with Cruzs stance on federal ethanol policy is this. Previous generations of state sovereignty-respecting justices had not only clarified that the states have never delegated to the feds, expressly via the Constitution, the specific power to regulate INTRAstate commerce, but have also used agricultural production as an example of powers that Congress does not have with respect to intrastate issues. This is evidenced by the following excerpts.
”State inspection laws, health laws, and laws for regulating the internal commerce of a State, and those which respect turnpike roads, ferries, &c. are not within the power granted to Congress [emphases added].” - Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.
”From the accepted doctrine that the United States is a government of delegated powers, it follows that those not expressly granted, or reasonably to be implied from such as are conferred, are reserved to the states, or to the people. To forestall any suggestion to the contrary, the Tenth Amendment was adopted. The same proposition, otherwise stated, is that powers not granted are prohibited. None to regulate agricultural production is given, and therefore legislation by Congress for that purpose is forbidden [emphasis added].” - United States v. Butler, 1936.
So even if federal lawmakers are right about the good points and bad points about things like ethanol, it remains that unless the states delegate to the feds, expressly via the Constitution, the specific power to legislatively address such issues, such issues remain hands-off to the feds.
I let constitutionally low-information Trump pass with respect to his evident lack of understanding of the federal governments constitutionally limited power on some issues because I regard Trump as a quick study who can quickly get up to speed on the issues.
Harvard Law School-indoctrinated Cruz, on the other hand, should know better about those limited powers imo, regardless who he is talking to.
What do you know? I googled it, and you're right.
But Cruz, who has called for phasing out the RFS program over five years, said Americans are fed up with "career politicians" who pander to voters, especially in places like Iowa, with its outsized role in the presidential nominating process.Cruz caught being consistent, AGAIN.In Iowa, Cruz and Perry Won't Pledge to Biofuels
Texas Tribune, March 2015
Meanwhile, Trump continues to support ethanol mandates.
He will not. Levin has chosen his candidate.
And that's his business.
Can you show me where Trump was pushing for the WALL in 2012? Back when Ted Cruz was?
Cruz said he would be willing to see federal taxpayers absorb a $7 billion hit to pay for building an 1,100-mile-long border wall from Brownsville to El Paso.
“I don't know the specific cost, but I can guarantee you it's far less than the cost of illegal immigration,” he said.
In final debate, Cruz, Dewhurst trade jabs on conservative credentials, taxes
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/headlines/20120717-cruz-dewhurst-clash-on-taxes-border-personal-issues-in-final-debate.ece
Just WRONG, Ted.
Principled Conservatism always opposes Corporate Welfare.
Brought to FR by this maggot troll.
Rude. Why not debate the issue and leave the personal attack out of it?
“Cruz caught being consistent, AGAIN.”
I remember when FR used to applaud such behavior.
I'm pretty sure Jim does most of the admin work during the day.
No not at all.
There is NO difference in what Cruz said last March to what he is saying now.
No it's not.
What Trump said was:
Trump was asked: “You’re on record supporting the ethanol mandate 100 percent. Is that still true?â€
Trump answered: “What I’m going to do, is we’re doing actually a report on this. You know, you have different parts of the country that feel very differently about it. But we’re doing a report on this over the next three, four weeks. And I’m going to see you. I’m going give you a copy of it. It will be very interesting to you. . It’s going to be very revealing.â€
Where does this say he supports it??? He’s looking into it and will get back to people on his decision and as far as anything that has been posted, he hasn’t yet....did Trump personally write you that he had?
http://centerforregulatorysolutions.org/
The subsidies ended Jan 1, 2012 for ethanol, the 46 cent per gallon paid for blending with gasoline.
What remains is the mandate requiring certain amount of ethanol to be included in the gasoline supply. Recently the escalating amount was lowered because the gasoline consumption didn’t grow as much as expected back in 2005.
From an article on the Iowa Ag Summit back in March 2015 as reported in Politico:
“Cruz is the sponsor of a Senate bill to repeal the RFS standard over a period of five years, so it’s no surprise where he stands.”
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/the-iowa-ag-summit-10-takeaways-115863
Seems fairly clear cut to me. He hasn’t changed positions at all. It is the same position he has held the entire primary season. It is just being reported that he has.
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