House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Subcommittee
Examining EPA’s Tailpipe Emissions Rules and a Rapid Electric Vehicle Transition
Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Pat Fallon (R-Texas) will hold a hearing titled “Driving Bad Policy: Examining EPA’s Tailpipe Emissions Rules and the Realities of a Rapid Electric Vehicle Transition.” The subcommittee hearing will examine the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new proposed vehicle emissions standards rules.
Witnesses:- Steve Bradbury, Heritage Foundation
- Doug Kantor, General Counsel, National Association of Convenience Stores
“The Biden Administration’s pursuit of radical Green New Deal policies has continued in the form of the EPA’s new vehicle emissions standards rules. The impact this would have on American consumers cannot be overstated. This is the largest attempt at green regulation of U.S. cars, trucks, and locomotives that we’ve ever seen and could require that 67 percent of all new cars sold are EVs by 2032. The EPA has even declined to appear before the subcommittee to defend the Biden Administration’s policies on this issue. A shift of this magnitude towards the progressive utopia of exclusively electric vehicles could have untold national security implications as well as trigger nationwide blackouts if fossil fuel power plants are taken offline before the grid is stabilized. As long as the Biden Administration continues pursuing radical green regulations that will drive up costs on American consumers and create turmoil in the U.S. energy sector, Committee Republicans will swiftly push back and exercise forceful oversight,” said Subcommittee Chairman Fallon.