30 House Republicans take action to overturn Biden's gas car crackdown

FIRST ON FOX: A radical of much than 30 House Republicans is introducing a solution Friday that would overturn President Biden's actions targeting gas-powered vehicles arsenic portion of his clime push.

The astir 3 twelve GOP lawmakers, led by Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., are introducing the measure nether the Congressional Review Act, a instrumentality dating backmost astir 3 decades that allows Congress to revoke national regulations. The solution would artifact the stringent, multi-pollutant emanation standards governing state cars finalized past period by the Environmental Protection Agency.

"Despite persistent pleas to support his hands disconnected our car keys, President Biden is doubling down connected his extremist EPA regularisation to institute a de facto EV mandate connected our country," Clyde said successful a connection to Fox News Digital. "Hardworking Americans already battling ostentation simply cannot spend the President’s illegitimate powerfulness drawback – nor should they beryllium forced to carnivore this burden."

"American consumers ever merit the state to determine what car they acquisition and drive," helium continued. "Congress indispensable forestall the Biden administration’s unsafe overreach from encumbering car manufacturers, enriching Communist China, and crushing the American people."

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Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., attends a House Appropriations Committee proceeding connected March 24, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Clyde's solution earned endorsements from assorted pro-energy and blimpish groups, including the American Energy Alliance, Americans for Prosperity, Eagle Forum, and Heritage Action for America. And it represents the archetypal ceremonial legislature enactment taken successful effect to Biden's finalized emissions standards.

Under EPA's regulations, automakers volition beryllium forced to rapidly curb the emissions of greenhouse gases, hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides and particulate substance from caller rider cars, airy trucks, and larger pickups and vans opening with exemplary twelvemonth 2027 vehicles. Overall, the rules are by acold the astir stringent of their benignant ever finalized astatine the national level.

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According to the EPA, the regulations volition broadly assistance "tackle the clime crisis" by reducing the proscription sector's c dioxide emissions by a staggering 7.2 cardinal metric tons implicit the people of the program, which volition beryllium successful effect done 2032. The rules volition besides unit automakers to summation accumulation and income of electrical vehicles, plug-in hybrids, accepted hybrids and substance compartment vehicles.

Under 1 alleged "low cost" exemplary EPA outlined successful the rule, officials said automakers would beryllium forced to guarantee 56% of light-duty car income are artillery electrical and different 13% are hybrid by 2032.

President Biden, left, and Environmental Protection Agency head Michael Regan. (Getty Images)

"Three years ago, I acceptable an ambitious target: that fractional of each caller cars and trucks sold successful 2030 would beryllium zero-emission," Biden said successful a connection aft the regulations were finalized connected March 20. 

"I brought unneurotic American automakers. I brought unneurotic American autoworkers," helium added. "Together, we’ve made historical progress. Hundreds of new, expanded factories crossed the country. Hundreds of billions successful backstage concern and thousands of good-paying, national jobs. And we’ll conscionable my extremity for 2030 and contention guardant successful the years ahead."

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EPA's regulations person been heavy criticized by immoderate authorities officials, Republican and Democratic lawmakers, agriculture manufacture groups similar the National Corn Growers Association and vigor associations, specified arsenic the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers and the American Petroleum Institute.

Electric cars are parked astatine a charging presumption successful Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

In 2023, 9.5% of new, light-duty conveyance income were EVs, up from 7% successful 2022 and 4.3% successful 2021, according to data from the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, an manufacture radical that represents large automakers. At the aforesaid time, EVs stay much costly than traditional, gas-powered cars.

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The stock of Americans who said they are considering an EV acquisition has declined from 55% to 44% year-over-year, according to a Gallup poll conducted successful March.

When asked astir the GOP resolution, the EPA didn't instantly respond to a petition for comment.