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Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins addressed participants at the USDA’s Ag Outlook Forum, emphasizing that legislative action is required to enable nationwide E15 ethanol fuel availability throughout the year.<\/p>

“While the Trump administration has gone as far as we possibly can on E15, we are asking Congress to step up, answer the call and to finally get nationwide, year-round E15,” Rollins stated during her remarks to forum attendees.<\/p>

The secretary’s comments highlight the administration’s position that executive measures have reached their limit regarding E15 authorization, and that lawmakers must now take the lead to advance the ethanol fuel initiative on a national scale.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins addressed the USDA’s Ag Outlook Forum, stating that legislative action is needed to permit nationwide E15 ethanol fuel sales throughout the year. She indicated the Trump administration has exhausted its executive authority on the issue and now needs Congressional support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[862],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agriculture"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/news-1771621329827.jpg?fit=600%2C410&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-6ih","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":42449,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/federal-agency-clears-way-for-more-e15-gas-sales-nationwide-starting-may-1\/","url_meta":{"origin":24197,"position":0},"title":"Federal Agency Clears Way for More E15 Gas Sales Nationwide Starting May 1","author":"Admin","date":"March 25, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The Environmental Protection Agency issued an emergency waiver allowing E15 ethanol-blend gasoline to be sold across the United States starting May 1, 2026. 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