Roxanne Conlin on Energy & Oil

Grassley voted against extending biodiesel tax credit

"There's not controversy about biodiesel," Grassley said, saying that nearly everyone sees its value, unlike ethanol.

Conlin mentioned that Grassley voted against bills that would have provided for an extended tax credit. The credit was attached to a bill for unemployment workers. "So concerned was Sen. Grassley about not helping those out of work that he voted against the biodiesel tax credit," she said.

Grassley said a number of provisions regarding the tax issues [extending the biodiesel credit] would pass easily, perhaps even unanimously, if they were standalone bills. However, attaching them to other bills makes them bad pieces of legislation.

Invest in homegrown alternatives to foreign oil

Focus on the sun, the wind, and biomass

Moving toward energy independence serves three important goals:
1. It creates new and permanent American jobs.
2. It protects our environment.
3. It enhances our national security by decreasing the amount of money that we send to nations that train and harbor terrorists.

Supports renewable energy tax credits.

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