Des Moines, Iowa (RI) — During a visit to the Iowa Beef Expo this weekend, Republican Randy Feenstra repeated his promise to make Iowa the most ag-friendly state in the country if he’s elected governor.
Feenstra was at the Beef Expo to visit with junior high student Colton Griffin from Moville. Feenstra first met Colton five years ago after one of the boy’s eight-year-old classmates died. Colton led the entire second grade class in showing the girl’s calf at the Woodbury County Fair.
Feenstra said he’ll start showing details of his own policy proposals for state government soon.
Feenstra said as governor he would sign a bill to shield the makers of Roundup from lawsuits over the product’s safety if the label follows EPA guidelines.
President Trump issued an executive order last week that seeks to provide some legal immunity to Bayer, Roundup’s manufacturer, under the Defense Production Act and ensure an adequate U.S. supply of Roundup’s main ingredient, glyphosate. That’s sparked criticism from the Make America Healthy Again movement within the president’s Make America Great Again coalition.
Feenstra says the focus should be on the facts about glyphosate.
Feenstra, who will remain a member of the U.S. House for the rest of the year, also responded to President Trump’s latest plan to impose 15 percent tariffs globally.
Feenstra also indicated a bill that would resolve the dispute between the oil and ethanol industries will be released later today that would allow E15 to be sold year-round.
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