Just say no to EV mandates!
Fox News (9/20/24) reports: "The Biden administration's attempt to set new emissions standards on electric vehicles was blocked by a bipartisan group of lawmakers on Friday. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a final rule in March under the Clean Air Act to set new emissions standards that would require up to two-thirds of new cars sold to be electric vehicles by 2032. The new standards would affect 'light-duty vehicle manufacturers, independent commercial importers, alternative fuel converters, and manufacturers and converters of medium-duty vehicles,' according to the EPA's final rule. The House passed the Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution on Friday, introduced by Rep. John James, R-Mich., to block the 'out-of-touch regulation' from being enacted. The amendment was passed with bipartisan support, with eight Democrats voting for the bill. Democrats who opposed the bill argued that the EPA's rule was 'very important' in reducing emissions, but James, speaking on the House floor ahead of the vote, called the Biden administration's new standards 'catastrophic.' The bill's passing comes just one day after the American Energy Alliance and over two dozen energy groups sent a letter to members of Congress urging them to pass the CRA. 'This rule on tailpipe emissions standards is a massive overreach, using a novel application of EPA motor vehicle authorities in an attempt to force a transition in the motor vehicles market to products that align with the ideological preferences of the Biden administration,' the groups wrote in a letter to lawmakers on Thursday."
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"It took an angry public reaction against proposed federal restrictions on gas stoves to get the Biden-Harris administration regulators to reconsider. But that was last year, and in the meantime, Washington bureaucrats have quietly continued their meddling over many other home appliances, with potentially negative consequences for consumers in the years ahead."
– Ben Lieberman, CEI
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