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Senator Ted Cruz listens to Iowa farmers, supports Renewable Fuel Standard (Ethanol) through 2022
AmericasRenewableFuture ^

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 ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa; US: Texas
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To: TADSLOS
"Brought to FR by this maggot troll. "

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.

101 posted on 01/06/2016 12:09:08 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
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To: Starstruck

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.


102 posted on 01/06/2016 12:09:46 PM PST by Lagmeister ( false prophets shall rise, and shall show signs and wonders Mark 13:22)
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To: traderrob6
It isn’t and shame on FR mods for for allowing this “spin” to make it into “breaking news”.

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.

103 posted on 01/06/2016 12:09:52 PM PST by Starstruck (I'm usually sarcastic. Deal with it.)
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To: springwater13

Do. Not. Like.


104 posted on 01/06/2016 12:10:35 PM PST by mykroar ("Never believe anything until it has been officially denied." - Otto von Bismarck)
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To: CA Conservative

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...


105 posted on 01/06/2016 12:10:50 PM PST by HarleyLady27 (.."THE FORCE AWAKENS"!!! TRUMP; TRUMP;TRUMP;TRUMP 100%....)
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To: thackney

See post #95. Is the state Director, quoted at article link, misinformed?


106 posted on 01/06/2016 12:11:05 PM PST by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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To: dalereed
"Feed it to cattle and hogs so we can good meat again and egt rid of the grass fed garbage!!!"

It's well known that eliminating the RFS will reduce the price of meat, eggs, poultry and dairy by a dollar a pound. Minimum.

107 posted on 01/06/2016 12:12:04 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
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To: springwater13; All
Thank you for referencing that article springwater13. Please bear in mind that the following critique is directed at the article and not at you.

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.

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.

108 posted on 01/06/2016 12:12:23 PM PST by Amendment10
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To: FreeReign
Cruz sponsored legislation last winter that would phase out the RFS over five years.

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.

In Iowa, Cruz and Perry Won't Pledge to Biofuels

Texas Tribune, March 2015

Cruz caught being consistent, AGAIN.

Meanwhile, Trump continues to support ethanol mandates.

109 posted on 01/06/2016 12:12:27 PM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: usafa92
"one would hope Levin would be intellectually honest in hammering Cruz"

He will not. Levin has chosen his candidate.

And that's his business.

110 posted on 01/06/2016 12:13:36 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
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To: djstex
Problem is, Trump said it first and got grief as he did and about the WALL.

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

111 posted on 01/06/2016 12:13:36 PM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: springwater13

Just WRONG, Ted.

Principled Conservatism always opposes Corporate Welfare.


112 posted on 01/06/2016 12:14:17 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (Rubio not voting on OmniSpend is RINO for 'smart'.)
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To: TADSLOS

Brought to FR by this maggot troll.


Rude. Why not debate the issue and leave the personal attack out of it?


113 posted on 01/06/2016 12:14:46 PM PST by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

“Cruz caught being consistent, AGAIN.”

I remember when FR used to applaud such behavior.


114 posted on 01/06/2016 12:14:48 PM PST by Norm Lenhart (Existential Cage Theory - An idea whose time has come)
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To: traderrob6
"It isn’t and shame on FR mods for for allowing this “spin” to make it into “breaking news”."

I'm pretty sure Jim does most of the admin work during the day.

115 posted on 01/06/2016 12:15:32 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
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To: Mariner
It will look that way to millions, as the minutia to explain the difference goes beyond a one sentence statement. It's even sufficiently plausible enough to make the accusation in an ad

No not at all.

There is NO difference in what Cruz said last March to what he is saying now.

116 posted on 01/06/2016 12:16:09 PM PST by FreeReign
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE
This report is substantially different from earlier positions.

No it's not.

117 posted on 01/06/2016 12:17:50 PM PST by FreeReign
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

What Trump said was:

Trump was asked: “You’re on record supporting the ethanol mandate 100 percent. Is that still true?”

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.”

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/


118 posted on 01/06/2016 12:17:50 PM PST by HarleyLady27 (.."THE FORCE AWAKENS"!!! TRUMP; TRUMP;TRUMP;TRUMP 100%....)
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To: FourtySeven

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.


119 posted on 01/06/2016 12:18:25 PM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: HarleyLady27

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.


120 posted on 01/06/2016 12:19:05 PM PST by FerociousRabbit
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