Senators are working on separate bills to aggressively reduce the amount of corn-based ethanol required under the renewable-fuel standard. Sens. Ben Cardin, D-Md., and Senate Environment and Public Works Committee ranking member David Vitter, R-La., touted legislation they have been working on together to amend the mandate, which requires blenders to mix ethanol with gasoline, during a joint Environment and Public Works Committee and Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety hearing on the mandate held Wednesday. Neither senator spelled out the details of the bill, which has...
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