Iowa’s two senators, Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst, are hosting a field hearing this coming week in western Iowa to discuss the devastating floods that have hit the Midwest. You can see the lesser effects of this flood without traveling to the banks of the Missouri River just by driving down to your nearest gas station, where prices are skyrocketing.

How could flooding in Missouri affect the price of gasoline in Los Angeles, you may wonder? Through the magic of the ethanol mandate, an indefensible corporate welfare boondoggle beloved by Republican and Democratic politicians.