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Elissa Slotkin: “The only explanation I have is that the oil and gas…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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Slotkin to Trump official: When it comes to our farmers, I need facts

Published | Video Starts at 03:32

But there's a good coalition of us in the middle. And I think that it means letting our farmers have more opportunities to sell their product, corn farmers, ethanol, if this doesn't get done. The only explanation I have is that the oil and gas community has such sway over members of Congress on the Republican side and that others, maybe in the environmental side, have so much sway over Democrats that we can't do a rational policy on E15. We have all the pieces in place to get it done. I would just say your personal engagement on this issue. We keep hitting a logjam for a rational policy. (03:32–03:51)

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Asserts that influence from oil, gas, and environmental groups is preventing E15 policy.

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