Tell your senators: Don’t break Senate procedure to roll back vehicle emissions standards

CHINA IS PROMOTING CHEAP CLEAN ENERY & LEADING THE WORLD!

CHINA HAS INVESTED IN HIGH SPEED RAIL... 

THEIR ECONOMY IS PROSPEERING AS THEY BUILD ROADS & MAKE FRIENDS.

LET'S NOT ALLOW REPUBLICANS TO TURN BACK THE CLOCK & ALLOW INCREASED POLLUTION AT A TIME WE SHOULD BE INVESTING IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION & 

CLEAN ENERGY!

Some Republicans, like Sen. Barrasso (WY) and Sen. Capito (WV), want to misuse a tool called the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overturn the ability for states to set stronger vehicle emissions standards than the federal government’s. Twelve states and the District of Columbia have received waivers through the Clean Air Act that allow stronger standards than those written by the federal government (with more states likely to adopt the standards if the waivers aren’t overturned). Both the Government Accountability Office and the Senate Parliamentarian — neutral observers with no stake in clean vehicles — have ruled that the Senate does not have the authority to use the CRA to repeal the Clean Air Act waivers. But Senate Republicans are ignoring them and intend to move for a vote to roll back the standards next week. Misusing the CRA in this way weakens state authority, threatening not just vehicle emission standards but any state-specific protections that follow a similar waiver process. So even if you’re not in one of the twelve states (CA, MA, NY, OR, CO, DE, NM, VT, WA, MD, NJ, RI) or DC whose standards could be ripped away, this vote still matters for you. Tell your senators: Don’t ignore Senate rules and the rule of law in order to repeal stronger vehicle emission standards. The House already voted to repeal the Clean Air Act waivers, so the Senate is our last chance to stop severe health, economic, and environmental consequences including: Hurting consumers at the pump. Blocking these standards will cost consumers more than $89 billion in fuel savings through 2040. Harming air quality and health. Preventing enforcement of these rules would allow more pollution, which means more children suffering asthma attacks and missing school, more grandparents dying prematurely, and more death and destruction from extreme weather. Ceding America's leadership to other countries. Businesses require certainty for investments in clean transportation. These CRAs will kneecap U.S. based companies that are investing billions of public and private sector dollars in new job-creating factories here at home. Senate Republicans should follow the rules and listen to the Senate Parliamentarian. And your senators should vote against this effort because repealing the Clean Air Act waivers would hurt your state. Send a message to your senators. Tell them: Congress shouldn’t interfere if states want to create stronger vehicle emissions standards than the federal government. Vote NO on using the CRA to repeal the Clean Air Act waivers! Thanks for taking action, Will Anderson Senior EV Policy Advocate Public Citizen

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