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Has Ted Cruz Become More… Refined?

ED CRUZ HAS FINALLY FOUND THE COURAGE TO CALL OUT the Trump administration. He’s demanding that the president and his bureaucrats stop providing cover for the ethanol industry and stand up for fossil fuel rights. Oil companies have long complained that the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), which requires refineries to blend

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