Ashley Hinson consistently opposed President Biden’s 2021 bipartisan infrastructure bill, citing insufficient focus on Iowa’s priorities, but later advocated for and claimed credit for specific projects funded by the law—including Mississippi River lock and dam upgrades—drawing criticism for this stance (Telegraph Herald, Gazette).
Hinson champions an “all-of-the-above” energy approach—supporting biofuels, fossil fuels (including the Keystone XL pipeline), and some renewable innovation—while expressing skepticism or opposition to federal mandates and funding for electric vehicles and green energy (Des Moines Register, Globe Gazette).
She is a strong advocate for Iowa’s biofuels and agriculture, introducing and supporting legislation like the Defend the Blend Act, calling for expanded ethanol production, maintaining the Renewable Fuel Standard, and supporting tax credits for carbon capture innovation (Gazette, Daily Nonpareil).
Hinson frequently blames Biden administration policies for high energy costs, opposes tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and calls for increased domestic oil production and permitting reform while warning against rapid transitions away from liquid fuels (Des Moines Register, Muscatine Journal).
Hinson expresses strong support for infrastructure investments such as flood control, clean water, and river navigation projects, regularly requesting earmarked federal funds for Iowa’s community needs (Globe Gazette, Gazette).
Potential vulnerability: Hinson routinely faces criticism and charges of inconsistency for opposing major federal infrastructure and clean energy bills, then seeking and publicizing investments those laws provide to Iowa (Telegraph Herald, Globe Gazette).
2021: Letter Writer Claimed Ashley Hinson Voted Against Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan According to a letter to the editor published in Courier, "Hinson voted against President Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure plan to fix Iowa’s crumbling roads and bridges." [Letter to the Editor - Courier, 8/24/21]
Ashley Hinson Opposed The 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Package According to Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), "Hinson said Thursday she remains opposed to the bipartisan infrastructure package, in part because it's tied to Democrats' $3.5 trillion budget proposal." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 10/7/21]
Ashley Hinson Criticized Package For Lacking Iowa Priorities In 2021 According to Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 'Unfortunately, I don't think there was enough for the priorities that Iowans want — that's the hard infrastructure, the roads and bridges, locks and dams and broadband,' she said. [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 10/7/21]
Ashley Hinson Highlighted Need For Flood Control According to Gazette, "Hinson talks a lot about the need for flood control. The infrastructure bill includes $50 billion to help communities become more resilient in the face of climate change, including flood protection." [Gazette, 11/14/21]
December 2021: Rep. Hinson Promoted Legislation To Require Administration Reporting On Energy Increases According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "promoted a bill in the House of Representatives she said would require the Biden administration to produce a report on energy increases and an 'assessment of federal actions that have contributed to the energy crisis.'" [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 12/17/21]
December 2021: Hinson Promoted House Bill On Energy Price Reporting According to Waterloo Courier, "She mentioned gasoline prices as well as natural gas have gone up, and promoted a bill in the House of Representatives she said would require the Biden administration to produce a report on energy increases and an 'assessment of federal actions that have contributed to the energy crisis.'" [Waterloo Courier (Iowa), 12/17/21]
2022: Telegraph Herald Editorial Board Criticized Ashley Hinson For Touting Infrastructure Funds After Voting Against Bill According to an editorial published in Telegraph Herald, "it's disingenuous to see U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson touting the 'game-changing' investment when she voted against the infrastructure bill from which the funding comes." [Editorial - Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), 1/26/22]
2022: Ashley Hinson Opposed And Voted Against Infrastructure Bill That Funded Lock And Dam Project According to an editorial published in Telegraph Herald, "Hinson was, in fact, vehement in her vocal opposition to the infrastructure bill, describing it as 'tossing trillions of hard-working Americans' money up in the air like Monopoly money. That's Washington gamesmanship at its absolute worst and the very definition of chaos and dysfunction that Iowans sent me here to fight against.'" [Editorial - Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), 1/26/22]
2022: Dave Loebsack Stated Ashley Hinson Took Credit For Infrastructure Project She Opposed According to an opinion piece by Dave Loebsack in Mitchell County Press-News, "I was disheartened to see freshman Congresswoman Ashley Hinson take credit for a project that will be funded by the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that she not only voted against but slammed calling the bill 'Washington Gamesmanship and Spending at Its Worst.'" [Dave Loebsack - Mitchell County Press-News, 1/27/22]
2022: Dave Loebsack Criticized Ashley Hinson For Voting Against Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill According to an opinion piece by Dave Loebsack in Mitchell County Press-News, "This bipartisan infrastructure bill that Congresswomen Hinson voted against will bring an historic investment into Iowa [...] That is a solid bill that is reinvesting Iowa taxpayer funds directly into projects here; all for the greater good of Iowans." [Dave Loebsack - Mitchell County Press-News, 1/27/22]
2022: Dave Loebsack Noted Ashley Hinson Publicly Opposed Infrastructure Bill As 'Gamesmanship' According to an opinion piece by Dave Loebsack in Mitchell County Press-News, Ashley Hinson called the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act "Washington Gamesmanship and Spending at Its Worst." [Dave Loebsack - Mitchell County Press-News, 1/27/22]
2022: Dave Loebsack Highlighted Ashley Hinson's Vote Against Infrastructure Bill According to an opinion piece by Dave Loebsack in Mitchell County Press-News, "Ashley Hinson voted against the infrastructure bill, and she has to own that." [Dave Loebsack - Mitchell County Press-News, 1/27/22]
2022: Dave Loebsack Claimed Ashley Hinson Took Credit For Infrastructure Projects She Voted Against According to an opinion piece by Dave Loebsack in Globe Gazette, "I was disheartened to see freshman Congresswoman Ashley Hinson take credit for a project that will be funded by the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that she not only voted against but slammed calling the bill ‘Washington Gamesmanship and Spending at Its Worst.’" [Dave Loebsack - Globe Gazette, 1/27/22]
2022: Dave Loebsack Said Ashley Hinson Voted Against Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill According to an opinion piece by Dave Loebsack in Globe Gazette, "This bipartisan infrastructure bill that Congresswomen Hinson voted against will bring an historic investment into Iowa that will not only create thousands of jobs, but will help us retain talent and attract new business to the state." [Dave Loebsack - Globe Gazette, 1/27/22]
2022: Dave Loebsack Stated Ashley Hinson Had To 'Own' Her Vote Against The Infrastructure Bill According to an opinion piece by Dave Loebsack in Globe Gazette, "Ashley Hinson voted against the infrastructure bill, and she has to own that." [Dave Loebsack - Globe Gazette, 1/27/22]
2022: Letter Writer Claimed Ashley Hinson Took Credit For Infrastructure Project She Opposed According to a letter to the editor published in Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "I was disheartened to see freshman Congresswoman Ashley Hinson take credit for a project that will be funded by the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that she not only voted against but slammed calling the bill 'Washington Gamesmanship and Spending at Its Worst.'" [Letter to the Editor - Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 1/30/22]
2022: Sue Dinsdale and Matt Sinovic Reported Ashley Hinson Celebrated Mississippi River Locks Funding Despite Opposing Infrastructure Deal According to an opinion piece by Sue Dinsdale and Matt Sinovic in Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), "And just a few months ago, Rep. Hinson celebrated the allocation of more than $800 million from President Biden's $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Deal for modernization of locks and dams on the Mississippi River, despite voting against the Infrastructure deal." [Sue Dinsdale and Matt Sinovic - Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 4/15/22]
Ashley Hinson Voted Against The Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill But Later Advocated For Allocations To Mississippi River Projects According to Sioux City Journal, 'Hinson spoke out against the infrastructure bill and voted against it, but later was included in a bipartisan letter to the Army Corps of Engineers to request that funds be allocated for use on the river.' [Sioux City Journal, 7/10/22]
Hinson Voted Against Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill But Supported Funding Allocation According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "Hinson spoke out against the infrastructure bill and voted against it, but later was included in a bipartisan letter to the Army Corps of Engineers to request that funds be allocated for use on the river." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 7/10/22]
Ashley Hinson Opposed Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill But Later Sought Funds For Mississippi River According to The Gazette, "Hinson spoke out against the infrastructure bill and voted against it, but later was included in a bipartisan letter to the Army Corps of Engineers to request that funds be allocated for use on the river." [The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 7/10/22]
Ashley Hinson Voted Against Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill But Requested Funds for Projects According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 'Hinson spoke out against the infrastructure bill and voted against it, but later was included in a bipartisan letter to the Army Corps of Engineers to request that funds be allocated for use on the river.' [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 7/25/22]
2021: Mathis And Democrats Criticized Hinson For Celebrating Infrastructure Funding She Voted Against According to Quad-City Times, "Mathis said Hinson took credit for a project funded by the infrastructure law after voting against it. After being criticized by Mathis and Democrats for celebrating a $829 million project to upgrade locks and dams on the Mississippi river in 2021, Hinson told reporters that while she opposed the act, she wanted to secure money for Iowa once it was passed, according to PolitiFact." [Quad-City Times (Davenport, Iowa), 8/20/22]
2021: Ashley Hinson Celebrated Funding For Mississippi River Locks And Dams After Voting Against Infrastructure Law According to Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), "After being criticized by Mathis and Democrats for celebrating a $829 million project to upgrade locks and dams on the Mississippi River in 2021, Hinson told reporters that while she opposed the act, she wanted to secure money for Iowa once it was passed, according to PolitiFact." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 8/21/22]
2022: Hinson Opposed Infrastructure Law, Citing Its Ties To Build Back Better According to Des Moines Register, "Hinson said she opposed the infrastructure law because Democrats were trying to tie its passage to a larger health care, climate and social spending bill known as Build Back Better. But once the law was passed, she said she pushed for money to come to Iowa." [Des Moines Register, 9/7/22]
2022: Hinson Criticized For Taking Credit For Project Funded By Infrastructure Law She Opposed According to Des Moines Register, "Mathis criticized Hinson for voting against the law. 'She voted no - now remember that - but also took credit, about two weeks later, for a project that was funded by infrastructure money,' Mathis said." [Des Moines Register, 9/7/22]
November 2022: Hinson Criticized Democrats’ Messaging On Electric Vehicles And Energy Infrastructure According to Waterloo Courier, "We've been saying, 'Hey, it's not right to say our solution is to buy a really expensive electric vehicle,' and then 'Oh by the way,' just a few short days later, say 'Oh wait, but you can't charge said electric vehicles.' Our grid can't do it," Hinson said. [Waterloo Courier (Iowa), 11/4/22]
Hinson Supported The 2022 Water Resources Development Act Reauthorization But Opposed American Rescue Plan Act According to Gazette, "While she voted against bills such as the American Rescue Plan Act, Hinson did support the 2022 reauthorization of the Water Resources Development Act and she sits on the House Appropriations Committee." [Gazette, 4/11/23]
Ashley Hinson Advocated For Targeted Infrastructure Investments In 2021 According to Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 'Instead, Hinson said, she's "continuing to advocate for those targeted investments and resources wherever possible, while working to make sure taxpayers get the best deal throughout this entire process."' [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 10/7/21]
Ashley Hinson Cited Funding For Dubuque Port And Lock & Dam Upgrades In 2021 According to Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 'As examples, the Marion Republican referred to securing $5 million dollars to upgrade the Port of Dubuque and $2.9 million for upgrades of Lock & Dam No. 11 at Guttenberg.' [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 10/7/21]
2022: Ashley Hinson Claimed To Advocate For Lock And Dam Upgrades Despite Voting No On Funding Bill According to an editorial published in Telegraph Herald, "Hinson noted in a press release that she 'helped lead a bipartisan group of my colleagues in urging the administration to prioritize funding for these essential upgrades.' But the $829 million came from the infrastructure bill - on which Hinson voted no." [Editorial - Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), 1/26/22]
2022: Dave Loebsack Asserted Ashley Hinson Claimed Credit For Parts Of Bill She Opposed According to an opinion piece by Dave Loebsack in Mitchell County Press-News, "The infrastructure bill, like other bills the freshman Congresswoman will need to review and vote either for or against, may have aspects she likes and other aspects she dislikes. But voting no and sending out a statement claiming credit for only the parts she likes is dishonest." [Dave Loebsack - Mitchell County Press-News, 1/27/22]
2022: Dave Loebsack Criticized Ashley Hinson For Claiming Credit For Aspects Of The Infrastructure Bill She Opposed According to an opinion piece by Dave Loebsack in Globe Gazette, "But voting no and sending out a statement claiming credit for only the parts she likes is dishonest." [Dave Loebsack - Globe Gazette, 1/27/22]
2024: Ashley Hinson Requested $4 Million For The Belle Plaine Drinking Water Resiliency Project According to Globe Gazette, 'Hinson requested the funding to support upgrades to the city of Belle Plaine's drinking water infrastructure. The community frequently faces water supply challenges due to drought, and the city recently implemented water restrictions, according to the request.' [Globe Gazette, 6/6/24]
2024: Ashley Hinson Requested $4 Million For Independence Wastewater Treatment Plant Replacement According to Globe Gazette, 'Hinson requested the funds to help the city of Independence modernize its wastewater treatment plant constructed in the 1970s. This project would include upgrades in the treatment process, including advanced biological treatment to remove nutrients and a new anaerobic digestion process to reduce sludge volume.' [Globe Gazette, 6/6/24]
2024: Hinson Requested $1.6 Million For Cedar Rapids Flood Control According to The Gazette, "Iowa U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson has requested $1.6 million in earmarked funding be included in next year's appropriations bills to help the city of Cedar Rapids' flood control work." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 6/7/24]
2024: Hinson Requested $4 Million For Belle Plaine Drinking Water Resiliency According to The Gazette, "Hinson requested the funding to support upgrades to the city of Belle Plaine's drinking water infrastructure. The community frequently faces water supply challenges due to drought, and the city recently implemented water restrictions, according to the request." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 6/7/24]
2024: Hinson Requested $4 Million For Independence Wastewater Treatment Plant Replacement According to The Gazette, "Hinson requested the funds to help the city of Independence modernize its wastewater treatment plant constructed in the 1970s. This project would include upgrades in the treatment process, including advanced biological treatment to remove nutrients and a new anaerobic digestion process to reduce sludge volume." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 6/7/24]
2024: Hinson And Nunn Requested $500,000 For Iowa Advanced Drought Information System According to The Gazette, "Hinson and Nunn requested the funding to expand Iowa's hydrologic monitoring network to provide Iowans with reliable, timely and accurate drought information." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 6/7/24]
2024: Hinson Cited CO2 Pipelines As Important For Ethanol Production According to Charles City Press (Iowa), "Hinson also cited CO2 pipelines as a tool to support ethanol productions as Iowa lacks the geography needed to sequester the carbon dioxide produced in the process. 'Obviously the pipeline is a huge issue for plants to continue to maintain their viability,' said Hinson." [Charles City Press (Iowa), 8/22/24]
Ashley Hinson Requested $22.5 Million As Down Payment On $1 Billion In Corps Maintenance Backlogs According to Daily Nonpareil, "The $22.5 million requested represents a down payment on the $1 billion in maintenance backlogs faced by the Corps, which recently received about $2.9 million for essential infrastructure upgrades at Lock & Dam No. 10 in Guttenberg." [Daily Nonpareil (Council Bluffs,Iowa), 6/8/21]
2021: Ashley Hinson Called $22.5 Million Lock And Dam Funding Request A 'Huge Win' For Iowa And Midwest According to Gazette, '"This is a huge win" for Iowa, the Midwest and the entire country, Republican 1st District U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson said about a $22.5 million funding request she and Illinois Democratic U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos got included in the House Appropriations Committee funding bill for Energy and Water Development.' [Gazette, 7/16/21]
2021: Ashley Hinson Described Lock And Dam 25 As An Economic Engine For The Region According to Gazette, 'Although Lock and Dam 25 is not in Iowa — it's between Missouri and Illinois north of St. Louis — corn growers consider it critical to the agriculture export economy "and is an economic engine for the entire region," Hinson said.' [Gazette, 7/16/21]
2021: Ashley Hinson Supported Funding for Mississippi River Locks and Dams Upgrades According to an editorial published in Telegraph Herald, "U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Chuck Grassley and U.S. Reps. Cheri Bustos and Ashley Hinson join[ed] forces in Washington to back a project ... [to prioritize] the construction of the long-planned Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program with the $2.5 billion for inland waterways provided in the recently passed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act." [Editorial - Telegraph Herald, 12/17/21]
Ashley Hinson Collaborated With Rep. Cheri Bustos On Mississippi River Project Request In 2021 According to Sioux City Journal, 'Hinson said, she and Illinois Democratic Rep. Cheri Bustos are asking that the Army Corps of Engineers "prioritize the already-authorized Mississippi River locks and dams improvement project within its plans for the next fiscal year" [...] "This project is of critical economic importance to both of our district's economies."' [Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 6/6/21]
June 2021: Ashley Hinson Advocated For Mississippi River Locks And Dams Improvements With Rep. Cheri Bustos According to Daily Nonpareil, "For example, Hinson said, she and Illinois Democratic Rep. Cheri Bustos are asking that the Army Corps of Engineers 'prioritize the already-authorized Mississippi River locks and dams improvement project within its plans for the next fiscal year, instead of allowing that critical project to sit on the back burner any longer.'" [Daily Nonpareil (Council Bluffs,Iowa), 6/8/21]
2022: Hinson Directed Funding To Mississippi River Locks And Dams Upgrades According to Globe Gazette, Hinson "directed funding to upgrade and modernize locks and dams on the Upper Mississippi River and supported legislation boosting ethanol sales that support the state's biofuels industry." [Globe Gazette (Mason City, Iowa), 10/9/22]
2023: Ashley Hinson Opposed Prioritizing Green Energy Policies According to OnTheIssues.org, "[Anti-renewable energy], according to PVS survey." [OnTheIssues.org, 2/6/23, 2/6/23]
2020: Ashley Hinson Opposed Government Funding For Renewable Energy According To PVS Survey According to OnTheIssues.org, "Hinson opposes the PVS survey question on renewable energy [...] 'Energy and Environment: Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)?'" [OnTheIssues.org, 9/9/20]
2021: Ashley Hinson Highlighted Ethanol as a Carbon-Reducing Fuel and Supported E15 Adoption According to an opinion piece by Ashley Hinson in Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), "Ethanol cuts carbon emissions by 46 percent compared to gasoline alone [...] If we switched our nation's fuel standard from E10 to E15, we would begin cutting carbon emissions at a level equivalent to taking almost 4 million vehicles off the road each year." [Ashley Hinson - Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 11/20/21]
December 2021: Rep. Hinson Advocated Biofuels As A Solution To High Energy Prices According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, 'Biofuels are a solution' to higher prices, Hinson said. 'I would like to see President Biden follow through on his promises he made to biofuel producers in Iowa. Hopefully, we'll be able to get that one across the finish line.'" [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 12/17/21]
December 2021: Hinson Advocated For Biofuels As Energy Solution According to Waterloo Courier, 'Biofuels are a solution' to higher prices, Hinson said. 'I would like to see President Biden follow through on his promises he made to biofuel producers in Iowa. Hopefully, we'll be able to get that one across the finish line.' [Waterloo Courier (Iowa), 12/17/21]
2022: Ashley Hinson Called For Innovation In Wind And Solar Energy While Maintaining Fossil Fuels According to Telegraph Herald, Hinson said, "And we should continue developing wind and solar. We need to continue to look at more ways to innovate in these spaces, to be more efficient and environmentally friendly. Those are long-term discussions we need to have. But we can't pull the rug out from people." [Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), 10/10/22]
Ashley Hinson Promoted Use Of Iowa Corn And Soybeans For Biofuels In October 2022 According to Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 'We have awesome corn ready to go into ethanol and biofuels; awesome soy(beans) ready to go into biofuels and biodiesel as well,' Hinson said. 'And these products are ready and available, and they are able to ramp up overnight. So we have options that this administration continues to turn a blind eye to.' [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 10/21/22]
October 2022: Hinson Urged Use Of Biofuels And Ethanol Producers To Meet Demand According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 'When OPEC announced production cuts last week, President Biden's first call should have been to American producers, particularly to our biofuels producers who stand ready to meet the demand right now,' Hinson told reporters Friday during a weekly conference call. [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 10/21/22]
November 2022: Hinson Advocated For 'All-Of-The-Above' Energy Strategy Including Renewables And Biofuels According to Waterloo Courier, "An 'all-of-the-above energy strategy' should be supported, she said, with a 'great renewable energy story to tell here in Iowa' and a 'great bio-fuels industry that we need to be leaning on even more.'" [Waterloo Courier (Iowa), 11/4/22]
May 2024: Ashley Hinson Championed Lowering Costs And Energy Independence As Domestic Policy Priorities According to Des Moines Register, "Hinson: Lowering costs, supporting working families, and standing up for Iowa taxpayers is my mission. The fastest way to reduce the inflation burden on Iowans is to embrace an all-of-the-above energy strategy: expanding biofuels, reopening the Keystone XL pipeline, and reforming the permitting process to restore American energy independence." [Des Moines Register (Iowa), 5/12/24]
2021: Ashley Hinson Advocated for Increased Biofuel Blending and Preserving Renewable Fuel Standard According to an opinion piece by Ashley Hinson in Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), "The Biden Administration should turn to Iowa's biofuel industry and embrace higher ethanol blends, to reduce carbon emissions, help bring down energy costs, create well-paying jobs in rural America, and bolster our national security. [...] At the bare minimum, the administration should respect current law and uphold the integrity of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), as they have promised." [Ashley Hinson - Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 11/20/21]
November 2021: Rep. Hinson Introduced The Defend The Blend Act In The House According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "The House bill she thinks stands the best chance of passing through the Democratically-controlled chamber and solving part of the issue is the bipartisan Defend the Blend Act, which Hinson introduced in late November. The bill would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from retroactively reducing the amount of biofuel, like ethanol, that must be blended into gasoline after the EPA proposed cutting a portion of the mandate retroactively." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 12/17/21]
November 2021: Hinson Introduced Defend the Blend Act On Biofuels According to Waterloo Courier, "The House bill she thinks stands the best chance of passing through the Democratically-controlled chamber and solving part of the issue is the bipartisan Defend the Blend Act, which Hinson introduced in late November. The bill would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from retroactively reducing the amount of biofuel, like ethanol, that must be blended into gasoline after the EPA proposed cutting a portion of the mandate retroactively. It has been referred to the House's energy and commerce committee." [Waterloo Courier (Iowa), 12/17/21]
2024: Hinson Reported Congressional Awaiting Of Guidance On Conservation Tax Credits According to Charles City Press (Iowa), "On the Washington side of the ethanol industry, Hinson said that Congress is waiting for guidance some of the tax credits designed to reward farmers that implement conservation practices. 'That goes to the bottom line of all these products,' said Hinson." [Charles City Press (Iowa), 8/22/24]
July 2020: Hinson Criticized Finkenauer For Supporting Biden's Clean Energy Plan, Claiming It Would Destroy The Ethanol Industry According to Gazette, "In July, Republican 1st District congressional candidate Ashley Hinson tweeted criticism of Democratic U.S. Rep. Abby Finkenauer for supporting Biden's plan for carbon-free electricity and transit 'which would DESTROY the ethanol industry.'" [Gazette, 9/17/20]
2020: Hinson Expressed Support for RFS Transparency and Opposed Abusive Small Refinery Waivers In an interview with Mitchell County Press-News, Ashley Hinson said, "We also need to signal our continued support for the RFS (Renewable Fuel Standard). I've done that through policies I've supported in Des Moines. [...] But also, I think we need to be continuing to advocate for fair application of the RFS in D.C. through the EPA. [...] I look forward to being a partner for her and continuing to press that we need more transparency on the small refinery waiver program. I'd like to see those go away. But if we do have them, we need to have a more transparent process so that we can make sure that those waivers are going to people who need them and not just subsidiaries of bigger refineries." [Interview - Ashley Hinson with Mitchell County Press-News, 10/28/20]
January 2021: Hinson Urged Biden Administration To Maintain Renewable Fuel Standard Integrity According to Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 'She also wants to see the Biden administration "maintain the integrity of the Renewable Fuel Standard" to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, expand the renewable fuels sector and reduce reliance on imported oil.' [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 1/22/21]
January 2021: Hinson Supported Maintaining Renewable Fuel Standard Integrity According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Hinson also wants to see the Biden administration "maintain the integrity of the Renewable Fuel Standard" to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, expand the renewable fuels sector and reduce reliance on imported oil. [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, 1/23/21]
2021: Hinson Co-Sponsored Biofuel Registration And Emission Reduction Legislation According to Gazette, "H.R. 1637: Approves advanced biofuel registrations, requires consideration of advanced biofuel pathways and reduces greenhouse gas emissions." [Gazette, 4/16/21]
Hinson Supported Redirecting Electric Vehicle Subsidies To Clean Water Infrastructure In 2021 According to Telegraph Herald, 'She introduced or supported amendments [...] to redirect funding for electric vehicle subsidies toward clean water resources - both of which failed.' [Telegraph Herald, 7/4/21]
November 2021: Hinson Introduced Defend The Blend Act On Biofuels According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, 'But she also touted some bipartisan legislation, including the Defend the Blend Act, which would prevent the EPA from retroactively reducing biofuels going into gasoline. It was introduced by Hinson in November along with 15 Midwestern representatives of both parties, but has not yet moved beyond the environment and public works committee.' [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 2/17/22]
2022: Hinson Stated Defend The Blend Act Would Provide Certainty For Farmers And Biofuel Industry According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, '"That would give our family farmers and our biofuel industry more certainty long-term," Hinson said.' [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 2/17/22]
March 2022: Hinson Urged EPA To Grant Nationwide Ethanol Waiver According to Telegraph Herald, Hinson called on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to grant a nationwide waiver allowing higher blends of ethanol in fuel. The agency historically has granted these locally in times of fuel supply shortages, such as after natural disasters. [Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), 3/13/22]
May 2022: Hinson Supported Increasing Use Of Biofuels And Reducing Oil Drilling Regulations According to Telegraph Herald, "Hinson said she is calling for an increase in the use of biofuels in Iowa, along with stripping away regulations imposed by the Biden administration regarding the domestic drilling of oil." [Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), 5/24/22]
2022: Hinson Supported Legislation For Year-Round Sale Of E15 Ethanol Blend According to Gazette, "She noted her support of legislation that passed the House last month to allow for the year-round sale nationwide of E15 ethanol blend, similar to provisions included in an executive order recently signed by Biden." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 7/25/22]
June 2022: Ashley Hinson Supported Year-round E15 Ethanol Sales Legislation According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 'She noted her support of legislation that passed the House last month to allow for the year-round sale nationwide of E15 ethanol blend, similar to provisions included in an executive order recently signed by Biden.' [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 7/25/22]
Ashley Hinson Described Her Advocacy For An 'All-Of-The-Above' Energy Strategy In 2022 According to Des Moines Register, "I am championing an all-of-the-above energy strategy that prioritizes Iowa biofuels to bring down the cost of gas and restore our energy independence while boosting Iowa's agriculture economy. This strategy will lower transportation and energy costs by allowing the sale of E15 year-round, ramping up domestic production, finishing the Keystone XL pipeline, and prohibiting President Biden from sending U.S. oil to China." [Des Moines Register (Iowa), 10/7/22]
2022: Ashley Hinson Supported Year-Round E-15 Ethanol Legislation In House According to Telegraph Herald, "We passed legislation out of the House - that I was one of seven Republicans to support - that allowed E-15 (15% ethanol gas) year-round and providing that access across the country," she said. [Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), 10/10/22]
Ashley Hinson Urged Biden To Call On U.S. Biofuels Producers After OPEC Cuts In October 2022 According to Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 'When OPEC announced production cuts last week, President Biden's first call should have been to American producers, particularly to our biofuels producers who stand ready to meet the demand right now,' Hinson told reporters Friday during a weekly conference call. [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 10/21/22]
2022: Ashley Hinson Advocated For An 'All-Of-The-Above' Energy Strategy According to Gazette, "The quickest way to reduce inflation, Hinson said, is to reduce energy costs with an 'all-of-the-above energy strategy' that prioritizes Iowa biofuels to help restore American energy independence and lower costs." [Gazette, 10/27/22]
Ashley Hinson Advocated For All-Of-The-Above Energy Strategy In 2022 According to Muscatine Journal, "The quickest way to reduce inflation, Hinson said, is to reduce energy costs with an 'all-of-the-above energy strategy' that prioritizes Iowa biofuels to help restore American energy independence and lower costs." [Muscatine Journal (Iowa), 10/27/22]
Ashley Hinson Supported Tax Credits For Carbon Capture Innovation In August 2023 According to Gazette, '"The most important thing when I look at carbon capture is: How do we innovate to make sure our industry can stay alive long term?" Hinson said in response to a question. " … In D.C., I want to make sure that we're supporting tax credits that do help with innovation."' [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 8/22/23]
August 2023: Hinson Advocated For Increased Domestic Energy Production And Year-Round Ethanol Sales According to Daily Nonpareil, "increase domestic energy production and support the year-round sale of higher ethanol blends." [Daily Nonpareil, 8/22/23]
August 2023: Hinson Expressed Support For Carbon Capture Innovation And Tax Credits According to Daily Nonpareil, 'The most important thing when I look at carbon capture is: How do we innovate to make sure our industry can stay alive long term?' Hinson said in response to a question. ' … In D.C., I want to make sure that we're supporting tax credits that do help with innovation.' [Daily Nonpareil, 8/24/23]
2021: Ashley Hinson Argued E15 Would Lower Consumer Fuel Costs According to an opinion piece by Ashley Hinson in Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), "In addition to the clear and immediate environmental benefits, switching to E15 would save consumers $12.2 billion on fuel costs annually. With gas prices steadily increasing and showing no signs of reprieve, the Administration should be pursuing common sense solutions to reduce the price and pain Americans are facing at the pump." [Ashley Hinson - Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 11/20/21]
March 2022: Hinson Promoted Biofuels As Solution To Rising Gas Prices According to Telegraph Herald, "We'll continue to push for them to look to ethanol and our biofuels as a solution," Hinson told the Telegraph Herald during her weekly call with Iowa reporters. "We shouldn't be turning to dictators, people like Venezuela and Iran, to produce more oil. We have cleaner solutions. They're domestic. This is a time when we can turn to our Iowa biofuels producers to not only bolster our fuel supplies, but also stabilize prices." [Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), 3/13/22]
August 2023: Hinson Supported Tax Credits For Carbon Capture Innovation According to Globe Gazette, 'The most important thing when I look at carbon capture is: How do we innovate to make sure our industry can stay alive long term?' Hinson said in response to a question. ' ... In D.C., I want to make sure that we're supporting tax credits that do help with innovation.' [Globe Gazette, 8/22/23]
August 2023: Hinson Pushed For Increased Domestic Energy Production And Year-round Sale Of Ethanol Blends According to Globe Gazette, "[Hinson's priorities include] increase domestic energy production and support the yearround sale of higher ethanol blends." [Globe Gazette, 8/24/23]
2024: Ashley Hinson Supported Expanding Biofuels And Keystone XL Pipeline According to Des Moines Register, "'Another way to reduce inflation is to embrace an all-of-the-above energy strategy: expanding biofuels, reopening the Keystone XL pipeline, and permitting reform to restore American energy independence and bring back good-paying energy jobs,' she said." [Des Moines Register, 11/5/24]
2021: Ashley Hinson Opposed EPA Retroactive Reduction of Renewable Volume Obligations According to an opinion piece by Ashley Hinson in Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), "Additionally, we are anticipating an announcement from the EPA that will retroactively reduce the Renewable Volume Obligations (RVO) from 2020. This move will remove the last shred of stability or confidence for those involved in ethanol and corn production in the US." [Ashley Hinson - Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 11/20/21]
December 2021: Rep. Ashley Hinson Criticized Biden's Energy Policies For Increased Costs According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson railed against energy prices she ties directly to President Joe Biden's policies and executive orders, and said she hopes a bipartisan bill that would mandate biofuel blending would help to ease that." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 12/17/21]
December 2021: Rep. Hinson Disagreed With Revoking Keystone XL Pipeline Permit And Oil Reserve Release According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "Hinson said she didn't agree with the administration's decision to revoke the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline earlier this year, nor Biden's recent decision to release 50 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the largest such release in U.S. history." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 12/17/21]
December 2021: Ashley Hinson Criticized Biden Administration For High Energy Prices According to Waterloo Courier, "U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson railed against energy prices she ties directly to President Joe Biden's policies and executive orders, and said she hopes a bipartisan bill that would mandate biofuel blending would help to ease that." [Waterloo Courier (Iowa), 12/17/21]
December 2021: Hinson Opposed Revoking Keystone XL Permit And Oil Reserve Release According to Waterloo Courier, "Hinson said she didn't agree with the administration's decision to revoke the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline earlier this year, nor Biden's recent decision to release 50 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the largest such release in U.S. history. 'It's a Band-aid for a much bigger problem,' she said of the oil release, noting he should instead open drilling on U.S. oil fields. 'The way I see it, the Strategic Reserve should only be tapped as a last resort.'" [Waterloo Courier (Iowa), 12/17/21]
2021: Hinson Expressed Concerns Over Carbon Sequestration Pipeline Land Use According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 'Hinson said she sat in on a presentation on carbon sequestration technology, and "my understanding is it's safe." But she's also heard from landowners worried about companies exercising eminent domain.\n"Obviously, I'm concerned about private property rights," she said. "Many of the property owners calling our office are fighting it, and it's their right to do that."' [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 12/20/21]
2021: Hinson Addressed Constituent Concerns About Carbon Pipelines According to Waterloo Courier (Iowa), 'Hinson said she sat in on a presentation on carbon sequestration technology, and "my understanding is it's safe." But she's also heard from landowners worried about companies exercising eminent domain. "Obviously, I'm concerned about private property rights," she said.' [Waterloo Courier (Iowa), 12/20/21]
Ashley Hinson Opposed Electric Vehicle Mandate In 2024 According to Globe Gazette, "Hinson said she's recently joined legislation to overturn the electric vehicle mandate, saying it's 'hurting rural America' and is unsustainable." [Globe Gazette, 6/1/24]
2024: Hinson Opposed Biden Administration Pollution Standards For Automakers According to Charles City Press (Iowa), "At the same time, Hinson spoke against new pollution standards set by the Biden Administration that encourage automakers to increase the production of electric and low-carbon vehicles at the expense of the liquid fuel market. 'I think it's irresponsible, I think it's unattainable, and I think it rewards our adversaries,' said Hinson. 'I'm an all-of-the-above, all-of-the-below energy kind of person and when it comes to our automobiles I think that consumer choice should be driving that.'" [Charles City Press (Iowa), 8/22/24]
November 2024: Hinson Pointed To Permitting Reform And Domestic Production For Energy Policy According to Telegraph Herald: Web Edition Articles, 'Energy is one of the first places I think we should focus, (specifically) permitting reform and domestic production,' she said. [Telegraph Herald: Web Edition Articles (Dubuque, Iowa), 11/2/24]
Ashley Hinson Endorsed An 'All-Of-The-Above' Energy Strategy In 2024 According to Des Moines Register, "Another way to reduce inflation is to embrace an all-of-the-above energy strategy: expanding biofuels, reopening the Keystone XL pipeline, and permitting reform to restore American energy independence and bring back good-paying energy jobs," she said. [Des Moines Register, 11/7/24]
January 2021: Hinson Called For Reversal Of Trump Administration's Small Refinery Waivers According to Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 'Hinson called on Biden to reverse the Trump administration's approval — on its way out the door — of small refinery waivers that were a "slap in the face to biofuels producers here in Iowa."' [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 1/22/21]
January 2021: Hinson Called On Biden To Reverse Trump-Era Biofuel Waivers According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Hinson called on Biden to reverse the Trump administration's approval — on its way out the door — of small refinery waivers that were a "slap in the face to biofuels producers here in Iowa." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, 1/23/21]
January 2021: Hinson Urged Biden To Revoke Last-Minute Small Oil Refinery Waivers According to Telegraph Herald, "U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, last week sent a letter to Biden urging him to revoke small oil refinery exemption waivers issued in the last days of the Trump administration." [Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), 1/24/21]
2021: Hinson Criticized Small Refinery Waivers As Harmful To Iowa Biofuel Producers According to Telegraph Herald, 'Granting small oil refinery exemption waivers at the last minute was a slap in the face to biofuel producers in Iowa,' Hinson said in a statement. 'The Biden Administration should revoke these waivers immediately and ensure the integrity of the Renewable Fuel Standard is maintained going forward.' [Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), 1/24/21]
May 2021: Hinson Opposed Including Electric Vehicle Investments In Infrastructure Bill According to Telegraph Herald, 'Hinson said she would want that investment out as well but that does not necessarily mean it would die. "I'm not opposed to infrastructure for electric vehicles," she said. "I just think it's a separate conversation and takes away the resources for a state like Iowa, where we need a lot of infrastructure investment in our bridges, for example."' [Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), 5/9/21]
May 2021: Hinson Stated Opposition To Infrastructure Funding For Electric Vehicles According to Telegraph Herald, "Hinson said she would want that investment out as well but that does not necessarily mean it would die. 'I'm not opposed to infrastructure for electric vehicles,' she said. 'I just think it's a separate conversation and takes away the resources for a state like Iowa, where we need a lot of infrastructure investment in our bridges, for example.'" [Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), 5/9/21]
June 2021: Hinson Opposed Supreme Court Decision On Biofuel Mandates According to Telegraph Herald, "'Today's Supreme Court decision would allow some oil refineries to have expired SRE waivers from biofuel blend mandates reinstated,' she said. 'This is a devastating blow to farmers in Iowa and across the nation.'" [Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), 6/27/21]
June 2021: Hinson Urged EPA To Stop Granting SRE Exemptions According to Telegraph Herald, "Hinson then sent a letter to EPA Secretary Michael Regan urging him to no longer grant exemptions." [Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), 6/27/21]
Ashley Hinson Opposed The Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act In May 2022 According to Sioux City Journal, 'In May, the House passed the Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act to give Biden the power to crack down on oil and gas price gouging. Republicans, including Hinson, unanimously opposed the bill, along with four Democrats.' [Sioux City Journal, 7/10/22]
2022: Ashley Hinson Opposed Using Oil Reserves To Lower Prices According to Telegraph Herald, "Hinson opposes dipping into the nation's oil reserves, as President Joe Biden has done to reduce oil prices, and said renewable energy has a place, but not at the current pace at which it is replacing fossil fuels." [Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), 10/10/22]
Ashley Hinson Called For A New Offshore Drilling Plan In October 2022 According to Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 'Hinson also called on the administration to issue a new five-year offshore drilling plan, "as a step to regaining our energy independence."' [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 10/21/22]
October 2022: Hinson Advocated Issuing New Five-Year Offshore Drilling Plan According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 'Hinson also called on the administration to issue a new five-year offshore drilling plan, "as a step to regaining our energy independence."' [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 10/21/22]
2022: Ashley Hinson Called For A New Five-Year Offshore Drilling Plan According to Gazette, "She said she has called on the administration to issue a new five-year offshore drilling plan, and she continued to criticize Biden's decision to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve." [Gazette, 10/27/22]
2022: Ashley Hinson Opposed Tapping The Strategic Petroleum Reserve Instead Of Drilling On Federal Land According to Gazette, "So if you're not going to be drilling on federal land, we certainly shouldn't be dipping into our strategic reserves,' Hinson said. 'And I have introduced policies to counter that.'" [Gazette, 10/27/22]
Ashley Hinson Called For New Offshore Drilling Plan And Criticized Use Of Strategic Petroleum Reserve In 2022 According to Muscatine Journal, "She said she has called on the administration to issue a new five-year offshore drilling plan, and she continued to criticize Biden's decision to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. [...] 'So if you're not going to be drilling on federal land, we certainly shouldn't be dipping into our strategic reserves,' Hinson said. 'And I have introduced policies to counter that.'" [Muscatine Journal (Iowa), 10/27/22]
November 2022: Hinson Criticized Biden Administration For Energy Policy Actions According to Waterloo Courier, "This administration has put up every single road block on that on-ramp, and then they want to fine people for sitting there with their turn signal." [Waterloo Courier (Iowa), 11/4/22]
January 2023: Ashley Hinson Opposed Sale Of U.S. Oil Reserves To China According to Telegraph Herald, "Hinson also said she would vote to stop the sale of oil from the U.S.' petroleum reserves to China." [Telegraph Herald: Web Edition Articles (Dubuque, Iowa), 1/15/23]
Ashley Hinson Expressed Wariness Of Eminent Domain For Carbon Pipelines In August 2023 According to Gazette, 'Hinson said Iowa must strike a balance of protecting landowners' property rights and the future of the ag economy, and is "always leery" of the use of eminent domain. "We do need to have robust laws in place to protect property owners and landowners," she said.' [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 8/22/23]
August 2023: Hinson Expressed Wariness Of Eminent Domain Use On Pipeline Projects According to Daily Nonpareil, 'Hinson said Iowa must strike a balance of protecting landowners' property rights and the future of the ag economy, and is "always leery" of the use of eminent domain. "We do need to have robust laws in place to protect property owners and landowners," she said. " … What I don't want to see happen is a complete end to liquid fuels in this country. It would be devastating to our state and our economy."' [Daily Nonpareil, 8/22/23]
August 2023: Hinson Expressed Caution On Eminent Domain For CO2 Pipelines According to Muscatine Journal (Iowa), "Hinson said Iowa must strike a balance of protecting landowners' property rights and the future of the ag economy, and is 'always leery' of the use of eminent domain. 'We do need to have robust laws in place to protect property owners and landowners,' she said. ' … What I don't want to see happen is a complete end to liquid fuels in this country. It would be devastating to our state and our economy.'" [Muscatine Journal (Iowa), 8/22/23]
August 2023: Hinson Cautioned Against Use Of Eminent Domain For CO2 Pipelines According to Sioux City Journal, "Hinson said Iowa must strike a balance of protecting landowners' property rights and the future of the ag economy, and is 'always leery' of the use of eminent domain." [Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 8/22/23]
August 2023: Hinson Called For Robust Laws To Protect Property Owners According to Sioux City Journal, 'We do need to have robust laws in place to protect property owners and landowners,' she said. '… What I don't want to see happen is a complete end to liquid fuels in this country. It would be devastating to our state and our economy.' [Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 8/22/23]
August 2023: Hinson Expressed Concern About Use Of Eminent Domain For CO2 Pipelines According to Globe Gazette, 'Hinson said Iowa must strike a balance of protecting landowners' property rights and the future of the ag economy, and is "always leery" of the use of eminent domain. "We do need to have robust laws in place to protect property owners and landowners," she said.' [Globe Gazette, 8/24/23]
August 2023: Hinson Expressed Caution Regarding Eminent Domain For Iowa Carbon Pipelines According to Daily Nonpareil, "Hinson said Iowa must strike a balance of protecting landowners' property rights and the future of the ag economy, and is 'always leery' of the use of eminent domain." [Daily Nonpareil, 8/24/23]
August 2023: Ashley Hinson Expressed Concern Over Eminent Domain In Carbon Capture Pipeline Debate According to Manchester Press (Iowa), "Hinson discussed the carbon capture pipeline issue in Iowa, acknowledging her concern with eminent domain. 'I'm very leery of eminent domain across the board. I think it's why we need to have very strong property protection laws on the books.'" [Manchester Press (Iowa), 8/30/23]
March 2024: Ashley Hinson Repeated Claim That Biden Sought To Ban Gas-Powered Cars According to Daily Nonpareil, "Rep. Ashley Hinson accused Biden of trying to ban gas-powered cars, repeating a statement that independent factcheckers have said is false. 'This out-of-touch mandate will hurt American autoworkers and drag down our economy while giving a boost to Communist China, and I will do everything in my power to fight it and ensure Biden cannot achieve his ultimate goal of banning gas powered cars,' Hinson said in a news release." [Daily Nonpareil, 3/26/24]
2021: Ashley Hinson Criticized Biden Administration for Seeking Foreign Oil Over Domestic Biofuels According to an opinion piece by Ashley Hinson in Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), "But President Joe Biden recently asked foreign nations to increase oil production rather than using domestic energy solutions — like biofuels — to meet our current fuel challenges and bring down gas prices. [...] We should be reinforcing our American energy independence, not risking our national security by increasing our reliance on adversaries for fuel." [Ashley Hinson - Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 11/20/21]
June 2020: Hinson Claimed Green New Deal Would Put Farmers Out Of Business According to Gazette, "Claim 2: 'Does she (Finkenauer) know that the Green New Deal puts farmers OUT of business?' Hinson's source for this statement comes from an April 12, 2019, story in the Washington Examiner, a right-leaning news outlet that quotes Quad County Corn Processors Chief Executive Officer Delayne Johnson, in Sioux City, as saying the Green New Deal would be 'devastating to rural America.'" [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 7/20/20]
July 2020: Gazette Graded Hinson's Claim That Green New Deal Would Put Farmers Out Of Business A D According to Gazette, "Conclusion: We give Hinson a D for this claim. While a move to zero emission vehicles could, in the long run, be bad for ethanol, there isn't evidence it would put farmers 'out of business.'" [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 7/20/20]
2020: Hinson Campaigned On 'Change' While Highlighting Ethanol As A Local Priority According to Gazette, "Hinson is running on the need for 'change.' But screaming ethanol at a burning planet isn't change. It's more of the same. From the climate to the pandemic, the Trumpian Republican strategy is deny, misinform, downplay and shift blame to socialists, governors, trees, leaves, etc." [Gazette, 9/17/20]
April 2021: Ashley Hinson Criticized Biden Administration's Spending On Electric Vehicle Subsidies Versus Infrastructure According to Valley News Today, 'When you have more money going to subsidies for electric vehicles than you do actual physical infrastructure, your marketing plan is really messed up,' Hinson said. [Valley News Today, 4/30/21]
April 2021: Ashley Hinson Criticized Biden For Prioritizing Subsidies For Electric Vehicles Over Physical Infrastructure According to Globe Gazette, "When you have more money going to subsidies for electric vehicles than you do actual physical infrastructure, your marketing plan is really messed up," Hinson said. [Globe Gazette, 4/30/21]
April 2021: Ashley Hinson Criticized COVID-19 Relief And Infrastructure Spending As Inadequately Focused On Key Needs According to Denison Bulletin & Review (Iowa), "When you have more money going to subsidies for electric vehicles than you do actual physical infrastructure, your marketing plan is really messed up," Hinson said. [Denison Bulletin & Review (Iowa), 4/30/21]
Ashley Hinson Criticized Biden's Infrastructure Spending Priorities In 2021 According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, '"(Biden's infrastructure bill) spends more on electric vehicle subsidies than it does on locks and dams and broadband combined," Hinson said.' [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 5/2/21]
May 2021: Rep. Hinson Highlighted Differences In Electric Vehicle And Infrastructure Spending According to Waterloo Courier (Iowa), '"His spends more on electric vehicle subsidies than it does on locks and dams and broadband combined," Hinson said. [...] Biden's plan would allocate $174 billion to help build a network of electric vehicle chargers across the country by 2030, retool U.S. factories to build electric vehicles and provide tax incentives to electric vehicle buyers. By contrast, $17 billion was proposed for ports and waterways, including locks and dams, and $100 billion to connect every American to high-speed internet, which an estimated 30 million people lack.' [Waterloo Courier (Iowa), 5/2/21]
March 2022: Hinson Criticized Biden For Delayed Russian Oil Ban According to Telegraph Herald, "Not only did President Biden drag his feet on banning Russian oil, his White House actively lobbied against bipartisan Congressional efforts to do so," U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, said in a release. [Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), 3/13/22]
Ashley Hinson Attributed High Energy Costs To Biden Administration's Policies In 2022 According to Des Moines Register, "High energy costs – caused by the Biden administration's disastrous sidelining of domestic resources – are one of the biggest budget burdens on Iowans." [Des Moines Register (Iowa), 10/7/22]
2022: Ashley Hinson Advocated For All-Of-The-Above Energy Policy To Address Inflation According to Telegraph Herald, "One way she hopes to change that course is through Congress pursuing an 'all-of-the-above' energy policy - which would mean focusing on domestic oil and biofuels production just as much as renewable energy, the last of which has been a focus for Democrats." [Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), 10/10/22]
Ashley Hinson Criticized Biden For Tapping Strategic Petroleum Reserve In October 2022 According to Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), "Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson criticized Democratic President Joe Biden's decision to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve instead of ramping up domestic energy production to tame gas prices." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 10/21/22]
Ashley Hinson Stated U.S. Oil Producers Could Increase Supply In October 2022 According to Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), "Hinson argued the strategic reserve should only be used in emergencies, when domestic production can't keep up with demand, and that U.S. oil producers 'stand ready to increase that supply.'" [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 10/21/22]
October 2022: Ashley Hinson Criticized Biden For Tapping Strategic Petroleum Reserve Instead Of Increasing Domestic Production According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), "Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson criticized Democratic President Joe Biden's decision to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve instead of ramping up domestic energy production to tame gas prices." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 10/21/22]
October 2022: Hinson Stated Strategic Reserves Should Be Used Only In Emergencies According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 'Hinson argued the strategic reserve should only be used in emergencies, when domestic production can't keep up with demand, and that U.S. oil producers "stand ready to increase that supply."' [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 10/21/22]
November 2022: Ashley Hinson Held Town Hall In Waterloo Focused On Gas Prices And Energy Independence According to Waterloo Courier, "Congresswoman Ashley Hinson spoke at a Waterloo gas station Thursday afternoon about high energy costs and how she'd like the country to become energy independent." [Waterloo Courier (Iowa), 11/4/22]
January 2023: Ashley Hinson Said She Would Vote To Stop Sale Of U.S. Petroleum Reserves To China According to Telegraph Herald, "Hinson also said she would vote to stop the sale of oil from the U.S.' petroleum reserves to China." [Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), 1/15/23]
August 2023: Hinson Opposed Biden Administration's Energy And Electric Vehicle Policies According to New Hampton Tribune, "She called President Biden’s energy policy a disaster. 'We need to unleash American energy. We have so many options here at home,' she said. We've had a rush to green energy [yet] we're still having energy shortages and rolling blackouts.' She also took a shot at Biden’s push for electric vehicles [...]. 'I think the obsession that this administration has with electric vehicles and switching the switch on that overnight,' she said, 'is frankly unacceptable and unobtainable.'" [New Hampton Tribune (Iowa), 8/3/23]
Ashley Hinson Warned Against Ending Liquid Fuels In August 2023 According to Gazette, '"What I don't want to see happen is a complete end to liquid fuels in this country. It would be devastating to our state and our economy."' [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 8/22/23]
August 2023: Hinson Opposed Ending Liquid Fuels In U.S. According to Globe Gazette, '"What I don't want to see happen is a complete end to liquid fuels in this country. It would be devastating to our state and our economy."' [Globe Gazette, 8/24/23]
August 2023: Hinson Warned Against Ending Liquid Fuels According to Daily Nonpareil, 'What I don't want to see happen is a complete end to liquid fuels in this country. It would be devastating to our state and our economy.' [Daily Nonpareil, 8/24/23]
May 2022: Hinson Opposed Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act In The House According to Gazette, "Republicans, including Hinson, unanimously opposed the bill, along with four Democrats." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 7/25/22]
August 2023: Hinson Opposed Complete End To Liquid Fuels In U.S. According to Globe Gazette, 'What I don't want to see happen is a complete end to liquid fuels in this country. It would be devastating to our state and our economy.' [Globe Gazette, 8/22/23]
August 2023: Hinson Promoted Increasing Domestic Energy Production And Year-Round Ethanol Sales According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), "increase domestic energy production and support the year-round sale of higher ethanol blends." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 8/22/23]
August 2023: Hinson Expressed Concerns About Eminent Domain In Relation To Carbon Pipelines According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 'Hinson said Iowa must strike a balance of protecting landowners' property rights and the future of the ag economy, and is "always leery" of the use of eminent domain.' [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 8/22/23]
August 2023: Hinson Opposed Ending Liquid Fuels Usage Nationwide According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), '"What I don't want to see happen is a complete end to liquid fuels in this country. It would be devastating to our state and our economy."' [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 8/22/23]