WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: Today U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) applauded the administration's announcement to expand ethanol blending beginning in 2020. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will partner to improve the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and implement it as intended. "Today's announcement is a win for South Dakota farmers, ethanol producers and anyone that  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following statement after the Trump administration announced that it has reached a deal to restore integrity to the renewable fuel standard by accounting for the issuance of small refinery exemptions when setting future ethanol blending targets: Thune has openly criticized the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) unprecedented and unnecessary use of small refinery exemptions, which have waived billions of gallons of biofuel   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 3 -- The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee issued the following testimony by Emilia DiMenco, president and CEO of the Women's Business Development Center, at a field hearing entitled "Barriers to Entry in the Tech Industry for Diverse Entrepreneurs": "My name is Emilia DiMenco, I am President and CEO of the Women's Business Development Center, the WBDC. The WBDC serves women, minority and veteran business owners in Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa,  more