Senate Republicans Threaten Wheeler's Confirmation Over Biofuel
- Senators press Wheeler to lower burden on oil refineries
- Move mimics strategy employed by Farm Belt senators in 2017
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Five Republican senators have issued a veiled threat against President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the EPA, suggesting that their votes to confirm Andrew Wheeler hinge on whether he will take steps to help oil refiners forced to blend biofuel into gasoline.
“Without an adequate proposal to meaningfully lower the regulatory burden,” the senators said in a letter to Wheeler, “we will have serious concerns with your nomination.”