FROM THE DESK OF ALEX EPSTEIN Vote NO on a backdoor expansion of the ethanol mandate Advocates of government-dictated ethanol are trying to circumvent House procedures to sneak an expanded ethanol mandate into the Farm Bill. The House Rules Committee should not allow this.Alex Epstein On Monday, the House Rules Committee decides whether to allow two E15 amendments onto the House floor as part of the forthcoming Farm Bill. The Sorensen amendment expands government-dictated ethanol by exempting E15 from air quality limits that currently restrain the ethanol mandate. The Fischbach amendment does the same thing AND it also punishes small refiners by making it much harder for small refineries to obtain exemptions from the mandate. The House Rules Committee should block both amendments for two reasons: 1) Moral: The amendments entrench and expand the destructive and immoral ethanol mandate, which no one seriously supports on its merits. 2) Procedural: The amendments have nothing to do with farming policy and instead change air quality law, so they should be disqualified as “non-germane” per the Committee’s own rules. The post Vote NO on expansion of ethanol mandate appeared first on Bikernet.com - Online Biker Magazine.