NEW LEGISLATION

"Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R-TX) introduced a bill that would freeze the mandated fivefold increase in ethanol production by 2022. The mandate was part of last year’s energy bill and, according to Hutchinson, was 'well-intentioned... but it was also impractical.' She pointed to a 240-percent rise in the price of corn, wheat and soybeans in the last two years."

--PATRIOT POST