Hoeven on FARM Act

I cosponsored bipartisan legislation that would protect farmers and ranchers from measuring waste emissions from livestock in a pasture. Requiring agriculture producers to report on what amounts to livestock passing gas makes it more difficult for farmers and ranchers to maintain their operations and means higher costs for both producers and consumers. Until recently, EPA had provided exemptions to these rules and our legislation would reinstate the EPA’s exemption and prevent these rules from negatively impacting our producers. Our legislation follows a letter I sent to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt last week urging him to find a permanent solution to the agency’s emissions regulations.