My top three priorities right now are E15, E15, and E15.
What it does.
Year-round E15 means Kansas corn growers get a real federal demand signal instead of another year of broken promises at the pump. The Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act locks the year-round summer-season sale of E15 gasoline into federal law. E15 was historically restricted in summer months under Reid vapor pressure rules; the Trump executive-order pathway opened year-round sales administratively, but only a statutory change makes that durable.
Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) leads the bill; Doc is among 20 Senate cosponsors. It is in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.
Doc has estimated that statutory year-round E15 would boost national corn demand by roughly 2.5 billion bushels per year. Kansas is a top-10 corn state and a top-3 sorghum state. Sorghum-to-ethanol is also covered by the 45Z biofuel credit, which Doc has separately worked to protect from Chinese-feedstock subsidy capture.
Year-round E15 is the single biggest demand-signal boost Kansas corn growers can get out of federal policy. It pairs with the 45Z biofuel tax credit and the Farmer First Fuel Incentives Act to keep margin routed to Kansas growers.