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Below is a letter from Bob Stallman, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, in opposition to the Louderkmilk amendment and addressed to members of Congress, urging them to reject any proposed changes or to repeal the RFS.

July 6, 2015

Dear Full House:

As the House prepares to debate the Fiscal Year 2016 Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, Farm Bureau urges you to reject any proposals that amend, repeal, defund or otherwise modify or interfere with the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).

We specifically ask you to oppose the potential amendment by Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) that would defund implementation of the RFS.

The EPA is currently in an open rulemaking process that would set the volumetric targets for biofuel for the years 2014, 2015 and 2016; that process would be derailed by this amendment.

Destabilization of the current regulatory and policy environment would impede further investment that drives innovation in the biofuels space and would have detrimental impacts to the rural economy.

Renewable fuels have been a tremendous success story for the nation as a whole and to our rural economy in particular.

The RFS has reduced our country’s dependence on foreign oil, reduced air pollution, increased farm incomes and has provided good paying jobs within rural America.

Farm Bureau members, comprised of hard working farmers and ranchers, have clearly enunciated in our policy that they support the RFS2 as adopted in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.

Dismantling the RFS will stifle innovation, discourage diversification of our fuel supplies and lead to economic harm to rural America.

Farm Bureau respectfully requests that you reject the Loudermilk amendment and any other proposed legislative changes to the RFS.

Sincerely,

Bob Stallman

President

American Farm Bureau Federation

For more information, please contact Brooke Bainum at 202-609-8874 or [email protected]

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