Democratic senators query Icahn on RFS role

March 29, 2017
Democratic senators are stepping up their probe into President Donald Trump's special adviser Carl Icahn's role in the administration, questioning Icahn directly on his alleged conflict of interests over EPA's renewable fuel standard (RFS) and other policies after similar inquiries to the White House went unanswered. In a March 27 letter to Icahn, Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) press Icahn to define...


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