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The Senate considered Representative John Joyce’s (R-PA) H.J.Res. 88, an illegitimate Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval which repeals the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) state preemption waiver for California’s Advanced Clean Cars II rule. The CRA is an extreme and blunt tool that is being used by anti-environmental members of Congress who want to permanently strip away protections for our environment, communities, wildlife, and natural heritage. Further, both the non-partisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) and Senate parliamentarian ruled that the CRA cannot be used to revoke this waiver because it is an agency order specifically issued for one state, is not a rule, and is not broadly applicable. Eliminating this waiver issued under the Clean Air Act blocks California and other states from implementing these pollution cleaner cars standards that drive down fuel costs, safeguard clean air, protect public health, and reduce climate pollution. The elimination of this waiver would stymie the marketplace for fuel-efficient and tailpipe pollution-free vehicles that provide crucial benefits to clean air and the climate. On May 22, the Senate approved H.J.Res. 88 by a vote of 51-44 (Senate roll call vote 277). NO IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE. The president signed it on June 12.
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