A Republican-led House bill is seeking to prevent President Joe Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from greenlighting California’s push to limit or even ban the sale of gas-powered vehicles by the year 2035.
As it currently stands, the Clean Air Act authorizes the EPA to issue a waiver to California that would give them permission to pursue vehicle emissions standards beyond what the federal government implements. California requested this waiver in May to move full steam ahead with banning the sale of new gas cars by 2035.
In response, Republicans are touting the Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act, introduced earlier this year by Pennsylvania Republican Congressman John Joyce. The bill would “amend the Clean Air Act to prevent the elimination of the sale of internal combustion engines.”
In a Thursday hearing titled “Preserving Americans’ Freedom to Buy Affordable Vehicles,” Subcommittee Chairman Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, discussed the importance of the bill to […]
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