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A recently introduced bill could have far-reaching impact on the U.S. sugar industry, including American Crystal Sugar, a farmer-owned cooperative that locked out 1,300 Midwest workers on Aug. 1.
The chairman for Herman Cain’s Iowa effort says the campaign “relied more on the word of farmers than Washington regulators” in deciding to run an ad containing claims the Environmental Protection Agency says are false.
The Iowa Senate will remain under the control of a slim 26-25 Democratic majority when it reconvenes in January 2012.
Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney gave a presentation in Muscatine on Thursday that included a video display with graphs, statistics and bullet points. His event was billed as a talk on his “Strategy for a Stronger America: Strengthening America’s Economy.” He talked and explained slides that gave statistical projections on subjects including taxes, immigration and U.S. oil dependence.
During a question-and-answer period, one man from the audience asked about drilling for oil in domestic territories, particularly in Alaska.
Romney said he thinks drilling in “Alaska is the easiest, the people of the state want us to drill there and the nation wants to drill there. Let’s do it. But in this case the Democrats are listening to extreme environmentalists that say no.”
During his answer Romney said 60 percent of U.S. oil is imported. The Energy Information Administration of the U.S. Department of Energy has predicted that imported oil will rise to 70 percent by 2025.
Romney went on to talk about energy from nuclear power and how the U.S. is “beholden to people like Putin, Ahmadinejad and Chavez,” referring to the current leaders of Russia, Iran and Venezuela.
Romney also took a question from Muscatiner Amanda Gott on “sanctuary” cities in the U.S.
Following his stop in Muscatine, Romney headed to Bettendorf, Iowa, for a press photo opportunity.
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