Zaun says he made a mistake on biofuels policy

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Congressman Leonard Boswell is accusing his Republican opponent of being a flip-flopper, while Brad Zaun – the Republican who’s challenging Boswell this November — says he did a “poor job” of answering a question about his views on farm subsidies.

Democrats point to this Zaun statement, made during a debate this spring. ”I just went up to Grundy Center here not too long ago and a farmer said to me, ‘What are you going to do for me and the biofuels industry?’” Zaun said during the debate. “And I said, ‘Nothing.’”

The questioner at the Tea Party debate didn’t mention the tax breaks for biofuels. The questioner had asked Zaun and several of his opponents in the primary whether they would cut farm subsidies and Zaun replied that he’s a “market-oriented” person willing to make “tough decisions” as an elected official.

http://www.radioiowa.com/2010/08/23/zaun-says-he-made-a-mistake-on-biofuels-policy/