In 2025, Randy Feenstra voted to repeal clean energy tax credits and make them harder to access, threatening clean energy jobs in Iowa.
Clean energy advocates warned the “One Big Beautifull Bill’s” provisions to eliminate clean-energy tax credits put Iowa’s job growth and utility costs at risk.
Prior to voting for the repeal of clean energy tax credits in 2025, Feenstra was aware of the importance of biofuel tax credits for Iowa’s farmers and economy. In 2023, Feenstra voted for the Limit, Save, Grow Act only after proposed cuts to biofuel tax credits were removed from the legislation.
July 2025: Randy Feenstra Voted For The Senate FY 2025 Budget Reconciliation Bill, The “One Big Beautiful Bill,” Which Extended $4 Trillion In Expiring Tax Cuts, Added New Tax Breaks, Appropriated $448 Billion In Defense, Border, And Immigration Enforcement Funding, Increased The SALT Deduction To $40,000, And Cut Medicaid And Other Social Programs To Offset The Costs. In July 2025, Randy Feenstra voted for, according to Congressional Quarterly, the “motion to concur in the Senate amendment to the bill that would permanently extend nearly $4 trillion in expiring individual and business tax cuts, create several new tax breaks and fund border and immigration enforcement and air traffic control upgrades. It would cut Medicaid and other safety net programs to partly offset the cost. Among other provisions, it would raise the statutory debt ceiling by $5 trillion and appropriate more than $448 billion in mandatory funding for Trump administration priorities and other needs, including $153 billion for defense, $89 billion for immigration enforcement, and $89.5 billion for border control and security. It also would increase the state and local tax deduction cap to $40,000 annually for five years for households making up to $500,000 a year until 2030, when it would permanently revert to $10,000.” The House passed the bill by a vote of 218 to 214. The bill was ultimately signed into law. [House Vote 190, 7/3/25; Congressional Quarterly, 7/3/25; Congressional Actions, H.R. 1]
2025: Randy Feenstra Voted For The FY 2025 Budget Reconciliation Bill That Included $3.8 Trillion In Tax Cuts Offset By $1.5 Trillion In Spending Reductions To Programs Like Medicaid And The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. In May 2025, Randy Feenstra voted for, according to Congressional Quarterly, “the bill that would provide for approximately $3.8 trillion in net tax cuts and $321 billion in military, border enforcement and judiciary spending, offset by $1.5 trillion in spending reductions, as instructed in the fiscal 2025 budget resolution (H Con Res 14). It would raise the statutory debt limit by $4 trillion and provide for increased spending on defense and border security, spending cuts on social safety net programs, such as Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. It also includes a mix of tax breaks for businesses and individuals; tax increases on universities and foundations; and a phase-down of clean energy tax credits. […] It would reduce federal spending on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by requiring states to shoulder more of the cost, expand work requirements for SNAP, extend programs authorized under the 2018 farm bill, and prohibit the U.S. Department of Agriculture from increasing the cost of the Thrifty Food Program. As amended, it would cap state and local tax deductions at $40,000 for households with incomes below $500,000.” The House passed the bill by a vote of 215 to 214. [House Vote 145, 5/22/25; Congressional Quarterly, 5/22/25; Congressional Actions, H.R. 1]
June 2025: Clean Energy Advocates Warned Iowa Could Lose Jobs And Face Higher Utility Costs Under The GOP Reconciliation Bill’s Elimination Of Inflation Reduction Act Clean Energy Tax Credits. According to KCRG, “Clean energy advocates said Iowa stands to lose jobs, manufacturing facilities, renewable energy project expansions and face more expensive utility bills if Congress passes the budget reconciliation bill as is. Many of these credits were extended via the Biden-era Inflation Reduction Act, which put them under attack from Republican lawmakers opposed to the green policies. Renewable energy advocates say continued investment into wind, solar and other clean energy sources, regardless of environmental impact, is vital to meeting growing energy demands. Nearly three-fifths of Iowa’s total electricity generation comes from renewable sources, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, which also reports Iowa is one of the top states for solar and wind energy generation. Since 2019, Iowa has generated more electricity via wind than from coal and continues to grow its solar production. […] Per the reconciliation bill text as it passed the House May 22, the bill would terminate clean vehicle credits, residential energy efficiency credits, hydrogen fuel credits and place restrictions on credits for clean electricity production, zero-emission nuclear energy production and other sectors.” [KCRG, 6/6/25]
2023: Feenstra Voted For The Limit, Save, Grow Act Of 2023, Which Was The GOP Debt Limit Package That Sought To Suspend The Federal Debt Limit Through March 14, 2024 Or Until An Additional $1.5 Trillion. In April 2023, according to Congressional Quarterly, Feenstra voted for the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023, which would “suspend the statutory limit on federal debt through March 31, 2024, or until an additional $1.5 trillion has been borrowed — whichever occurs first.” The vote was on passage. The House passed the bill by a vote of 217 to 215, thus the bill was sent to the Senate. [House Vote 199, 4/26/23; Congressional Quarterly, 4/26/23; Congressional Actions, H.R. 2811]
2023: Feenstra And The Iowa Congressional Delegation Agreed To Vote For The Limit, Save, Grow Act After Proposed Cuts To Biofuel Tax Credits Were Removed, Emphasizing The Importance Of The Tax Credits For Iowa’s Farmers And Economy. According to the Des Moines Register, “Iowa's four Republican congressional members who were holding up their leadership's debt-ceiling bill because it stripped out biofuel tax credits agreed to vote for the legislation Wednesday afternoon after those credits were restored. But Iowa's delegation helped provide the vital votes to push it to approval. ‘The biofuels industry drives the Iowa economy and is vital to our nation's energy security. We are proud to deliver a major victory for this industry and our whole state in these negotiations,’ delegation members Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Ashley Hinson, Zach Nunn and Randy Feenstra said in a joint statement. ‘Since this proposal was unveiled, our delegation has stood united for Iowa’s farmers and producers fighting to amend the bill to protect biofuels tax credits. Having successfully amended the bill to protect funding for these tax credits, our delegation will vote for this legislation, which is a starting point to avoid a default and cut wasteful spending.’” [Des Moines Register, 4/26/23]