U-S senators Joni Ernst of Iowa and John Thune of South Dakota, both members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, reintroduced a bill that would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from monitoring methane emissions from livestock. Specifically, the bill would prohibit the EPA from using any of the new methane monitoring funding provided in the so-called “Inflation Reduction Act” to surveil farmers’ and ranchers’ livestock methane emissions in Iowa, South Dakota, or anywhere else in the country.
Ernst says, “It’s no surprise that Biden’s radical EPA wants to regulate every aspect of our agriculture industry, from the waters on our farmlands to the emissions of our cows. Americans can’t afford burdensome and baseless regulations that drive up costs for livestock producers and consumers.” Ernst says she will keep pushing back against the Biden administration’s hot air.”
Senator Thune says “Farmers and ranchers work tirelessly to help feed and fuel the world. The last thing they need are more government regulations from out-of-touch bureaucrats in Washington, many of whom have clearly never stepped foot on a farm or ranch in America. South Dakota producers should not be subject to government surveillance as part of the Biden administration’s attempt to force its far-left climate policies on family farm and ranch operations, which would ultimately threaten their ability to operate.” Thune says he is proud to introduce this common-sense bill that would protect South Dakota livestock producers from government snooping.
