WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Illinois, issued the following statement on Feb. 22, 2024: * * * Today, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) released the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency's newly finalized rule that will allow eight midwestern states to sell E15 year-round beginning in 2025. The rule applies to Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin. "We know that higher blends of biofuels help to save consumer  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following statement on Feb. 22, 2024: * * * U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) released the statement below after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it will approve a request to allow summer month sales of E15 gasoline with high blends of ethanol. The expansion will have an effective date of April 28, 2025. The request was made in 2022 by the governors of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Sout  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following commentary on Feb. 23, 2024: * * * IRS Needs to Do More to Protect Taxpayer Data In 2022, Congress passed the No TikTok on Government Devices Act. As its name suggests, this law bans TikTok on government devices due to the significant security risks that the app poses. This was an important step to protect sensitive data and government networks, but a recent report indicates that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) ha  more