U.S. House Plans Hearings on Federal Ethanol Mandate This Year
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A U.S. House committee plans hearings this summer on the federal government’s Renewable Fuels Standard, the 2007 law that mandates ethanol use.
Lawmakers including Representative Fred Upton, the Michigan Republican who chairs the Energy and Commerce Committee, and Henry Waxman of California, the panel’s ranking Democrat, are issuing white papers reviewing the law to determine its effectiveness, Karen Lightfoot, a spokeswoman for Waxman, said in a telephone interview.