Three U.S. Representatives from Iowa want to push back efforts in Congress to slash crop insurance and gut renewable energy programs that encourage the harvesting of agriculture energy inputs and help rural gas stations to purchase ethanol blend pumps. In a letter to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Representatives Braley, Boswell and Loebsack urged Senators to take a second look at the House’s cuts to crop insurance, renewable energy programs, and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Representative Braley says – Washington politicians are trying to undercut the alternative fuel industry that helps lower gas prices and creates thousands of jobs. It makes absolutely no sense.

Boswell says – it is outrageous to pull funding from renewable energy programs, especially while still paying out subsidies to oil giants like BP and ExxonMobil.

Loebsack says – renewable fuels have shown to be a critical component in our efforts to reduce our dependence on foreign oil.