Colleagues:

This is a scorecard issue.

HF 2692 was introduced on Monday by the Majority and Minority Leaders  
of the Iowa Housed. It includes the issues, from earlier bills, that  
are needed for Iowa to be in compliance for the de-delagation issue.  
In addition the leadership added the Manure Stockpiling Bill that DNR,  
IEC and Sierra Club have been working to get defeated or amended. Lots  
of pressure was placed on the members of the House Agriculture  
Committee.

The following Committee Members voted FOR the Kuhn Amendment, which  
would have removed the Manure Stockpiling issue from HF2692 in House  
Agriculture Committee yesterday:

Dolores Mertz (D, District 8), Chair
Jack Drake (R, District 57), Ranking Member
Mark Davitt (D, District 74)
Betty De Boef (R, District 76)
Cecil Dolecheck (R, District 96)
Elesha Gayman (D, District 84)
Sandy Greiner (R, District 89)
Dan Huseman (R, District 53)
Steven Olson (R, District 83)
Henry Rayhons (R, District 11)
Mike Reasoner (D, District 95)
Nathan Reichert (D, District 80)
Doug Struyk (R, District 99)
Andrew Wenthe (D, District 18)
Gary Worthan (R, District 52)

A vote FOR would represent the Farm Bureau, Pork Producers’ and  
AgriBusiness position.

The following Committee Members voted AGAINST the Kuhn Amendment,  
which would have removed the Manure Stockpiling issue from HF2692 in  
House Agriculture Committee yesterday:

John Whitaker (D, District 90), Vice Chair
Marcella Frevert (D, District 7)
Mark Kuhn (D, District 14)
Helen Miller (D, District 49)
Kurt Swaim (D, District 94)
Ray Zirkelbach (D, District 31)

A vote AGAINST would represent the Sierra Club, Local Control  
Coalition, IFU, DNR and IEC position.

Leadership in the House has made this into a very difficult issue for  
their members, just as with the Odor Control Bill, which is being  
debated as I write this.

Lyle Krewson


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Lyle Krewson
Sierra Club, Iowa Chapter Lobbyist

1725 S. 50th Street #602
West Des Moines, IA 50265

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