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  • In 2008, Joe Biden voted to override President George W. Bush's veto of H R 6124 - Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008. According to Scientific American in April 2012, this farm bill gave "some $4.9 billion a year in automatic payments to growers of such commodity crops [as corn and soy], thus driving down prices for corn, corn-based products and corn-fed meats."[1][2][3]
  • In an August 2007 interview with Grist, an environmental news magazine, Biden recommended reducing reliance on corn-based ethanol to more climate-friendly fuels. Biden said, "Right out here in Iowa...you already have producers and cattlemen and the rest saying, this is not such a good deal for us having this corn-based ethanol orgy that’s going on here, because long-term it’s not sustainable. Corn ethanol will always be a part of the alternative fuel mix, but it is not long-term sustainable as the only feedstock for ethanol because we can only produce around 12 billion to 17 billion gallons of ethanol from corn grown in this country. But we can produce 86 billion gallons of ethanol from cellulosic feedstocks, which could replace more than half the gas consumed by this country. An awful lot of these farmers are already looking for the next step, and they know it is cellulosics."[4]
  • In 2006, Biden voted against an amendment to H R 4939 - Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006, which would have removed $6 million in subsidies for the sugarcane industry in Hawaii.[5][6]
  • In 2005, Biden cosponsored S 273, a bill which would have extended and increased subsidies to the dairy industry through national dairy market loss payments.[7]
  • In 1999, Biden voted in favor of an amendment to S 1233 - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000, which sought to "provide emergency and income loss assistance" to the farming industry.[8][9]

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  1. ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.6124 - Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008," accessed May 29, 2015
  2. ↑ Senate.gov, "On Overriding the Veto (Upon Reconsideration Shall H.R. 6124 Pass, the Objections of the President to the Contrary Notwithstanding?)," accessed May 29, 2015
  3. ↑ Scientific American, "For a Healthier Country, Overhaul Farm Subsidies," May 1, 2012
  4. ↑ Grist, "An interview with Joe Biden about energy and the environment," August 30, 2007
  5. ↑ Congress.gov, "S.Amdt.3617 to H.R.4939," accessed May 29, 2015
  6. ↑ Senate.gov, "On the Amendment (McCain Amdt. No. 3617)," accessed May 29, 2015
  7. ↑ Congress.gov, "S.273 - A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend and improve national dairy market loss payments.," accessed May 29, 2015
  8. ↑ Congress.gov, "S.Amdt.1499 to S.1233," accessed May 29, 2015
  9. ↑ Senate.gov, "On the Amendment (Amdt. No. 1499 as amended)," accessed May 29, 2015
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