WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Tom Cotton issued the following press release:
Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urging a temporary suspension on federal penalties for on-road use of red diesel fuel. Arkansas farmers are required to buy taxed highway diesel when using public roads, costing an extra 24 cents per gallon on every highway mile.
In part, Senator Cotton wrote:
"I write to urge the administration to implement a temporary moratorium on federal penalties for on-road use of red diesel fuel. American farmers continue to face a cost crisis that threatens the survival of family farms across the country. A penalty waiver for the duration of the current disruption to global energy mark...