WASHINGTON (AP) — Texas Gov. Rick Perry, supported by livestock producers concerned about rising feed prices, stepped up his effort Tuesday to pressure the federal government to cut ethanol production requirements in half.
The Republican governor told a roomful of mostly supporters at the National Press Club that requiring increases in ethanol production and uses of it as motor fuel is "no longer a good idea. It's hurting America. It's hurting our families."
Perry is one of a number of politicians and others who have been calling for a reversal of the Renewable Fuel Standard that Congress approved last year. Opponents of the standard say the push to turn more corn into ethanol is raising food prices and the cost of feed for livestock.
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