The House on Wednesday passed legislation that seeks to block an Environmental Protection Agency rule that critics say amounts to a backdoor mandate designed to force Americans to buy electric vehicles.
The 221-197 vote to approve the Choice in Automobile Retail Sales Act saw five Democrats side with 216 Republicans, according to Fox News.
If you drive a gas-powered vehicle, the Biden Administration is coming for your car keys.
Today, House Republicans will pass the CARS Act to protect American consumers from the EPA’s woke EV mandate. pic.twitter.com/oeksw9gUiv
— Rep. Andrew Clyde (@Rep_Clyde) December 6, 2023
The legislation came in response to an EPA regulation that the White House has said could lead to a vehicle market in which — to comply with the tailpipe emission rules — 67 percent of new sedan, crossover, SUV and light truck purchases would be electric by 2032. The Biden administration estimated that by 2032, half of new bus and garbage truck purchases could be electric in order to achieve compliance.
Republican Rep. Tim Walberg of Michigan, who drafted the CARS Act along with Republican Rep. Andrew Clyde of Georgia, said the EPA rule “is unattainable, it’s unaffordable and, in fact, it’s unrealistic,” according to The Hill.
“It takes away what we’ve always thought of as one of the most important principles of Americanism, and that’s choice,” he said.
“The passage of the CARS Act is a massive victory for every consumer and the entire American auto industry. Biden’s mandate has always been unrealistic and a textbook study on how central planning and Bidenomics simply do not work. Mandating EVs has never been a responsible or affordable solution,” Walberg told Fox News.
“Americans should always have the option to buy whatever car suits them the best and the House has taken a massive step toward ensuring that opportunity still exists,” he said.
Walberg said car dealers know the rule is a mistake.
“Just last week, nearly 4,000 car dealers sent a letter to the Biden administration asking them to reconsider their EV mandate, citing a lack of demand from consumers. Today, with the passage of the CARS Act, the House showed we’re listening,” Walberg said in a statement on his website.
Walberg said there’s nothing wrong with consumers having the option to buy an electric vehicle, but said government should not be “tying the hands of American car manufacturers and forcing families to purchase vehicles not conducive to their lifestyle and pricing many families out of the market.”
Fox News noted that even supporters of electric vehicles thought the rule was a mistake.
“Auto Innovators does not believe [the proposed standards] can be met without substantially increasing the cost of vehicles, reducing consumer choice, and disadvantaging major portions of the United States population,” said John Bozzella, the CEO of Alliance for Automotive Innovation.
“Taken together, the proposed GHG (greenhouse gas) and criteria pollutant standards are so stringent as to set a de facto BEV (battery electric vehicle) mandate,” he said.
“Heavy-handed, carrot-and-stick government intervention in the U.S. automobile industry and consumer markets to advance unproven technology remains an egregious use of regulatory power. We encourage members to support the CARS Act and reign in the runaway EPA.” – @Protectaxpayers
— Tom Emmer (@GOPMajorityWhip) December 6, 2023
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers Vice President of Government Relations Aaron Ringel said the EPA rules helps China more than America.
“Banning vehicle and fuel technologies based on just one category of emissions is unlawful, illogical and bad for consumers, families and our national security,” Ringel said. “It would trade our hard-earned energy security for dependence on China.”
The CARS Act now moves to the Democrat-controlled Senate.
The White House has said that if the Senate passes the legislation, President Joe Biden will veto it.
The EPA is a corporation that does not have the authority to put any regulations or mandates on the American people. Any such regulations and mandates that they produce are voluntary and cannot be enforced by any agency, federal, state, or local. Only Congress and the legislatures of the individual states can pass laws for the American people to comply with. We are funding the very EPA that is usurping power over the American people that it does not have. Every employee of the EPA should be arrested and tried for treason. What the EPA is doing is called “subversion.” The real question is, “Why isn’t Congress defunding this fascist corporation that does not answer to the American people?” Why does Congress and everyone in a position of authority act like these three letter agencies have the authority to pass regulations and mandates and treat them like they were legislative instruments that government agents can enforce? The American people believe a lie about what these three letter agencies, like the EPA, have the authority to do. What these three letter agencies are engaged in is an attack on the life, liberty, and economic lifeblood of our Nation. Everyone can see that these agencies are acting in a way that conflicts with the Constitution on every conceivable level. We can stop this by defunding the tyranny of these agencies, imprisoning their officers, and clawing back our money.
Did Jeffries just lose control of five of his orderlies
To me, the most amazing thing here is, they actually found 5 D’s with common sense.