A group of more than 30 House Republicans is introducing a resolution Friday that would overturn President Biden’s actions targeting gas-powered vehicles as part of his climate push.
The nearly three dozen GOP lawmakers, led by Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., are introducing the bill under the Congressional Review Act, a law dating back nearly three decades that allows Congress to revoke federal regulations. The resolution would block the stringent, multipollutant emission standards governing gas cars finalized last month by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
“Despite persistent pleas to keep his hands off our car keys, President Biden is doubling down on his radical EPA rule to institute a de facto EV mandate on our country,” Clyde said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “Hardworking Americans already battling inflation simply cannot afford the President’s illegitimate power grab – nor should they be forced to bear this burden.”
“American consumers always deserve the freedom to decide what car they purchase and drive,” he continued. “Congress must prevent the Biden administration’s dangerous overreach from encumbering auto manufacturers, enriching Communist China, and crushing the American people.”
Clyde’s resolution earned endorsements from various pro-energy and conservative groups, including the American Energy Alliance, Americans for Prosperity, Eagle Forum and Heritage Action for America. Additionally, it represents the first formal congressional action taken in response to Biden’s finalized emissions standards.
Under EPA’s regulations, automakers will be forced to rapidly curb the emissions of greenhouse gases, hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides and particulate matter from new passenger cars, light trucks, and larger pickups and vans beginning with model year 2027 vehicles. Overall, the rules are by far the most stringent of their kind ever finalized at the federal level.
