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Jackson, Ryan[jackson.ryan@epa.gov] POLITICO Pro Wed 11/15/2017 2:57:37 PM White House ignores Cruz request for biofuels meeting
By Eric Wolff
11/15/2017 09:55 AM EDT
The White House appears to have spumed a request from Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and eight other senators to set up a meeting with seven Midwestern senators to discuss the Renewable Fuel Standard.
"We won't have such a meeting," Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) told reporters today. "The White House would have to be interested in such a meeting. I've not heard from the White House."
Cruz has been blocking Iowan Bill Northey from becoming an undersecretary at the Department of Agriculture in an effort to force com-state senators to discuss changes to the program. Last month he led a letter to President Donald Trump asking for a meeting within three weeks. That period ends today. Cruz has said he would lift the hold when he gets a meeting.
The White House did not respond to questions about setting up a meeting, nor did Cruz's office. Cmz sent a letter on Tuesday to Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds explaining his desire to come to a compromise on the RFS to protect "liquid fuels."
Trump has consistently backed the RFS and the Midwestern senators in policy disputes, rejecting repeated efforts to change the program by a small group of refiners and EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt.
WHAT'S NEXT: The final rule setting RFS requirements for 2018 and 2019 is due by Nov. 30.
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