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The Senate considered Representative Jay Obernolte’s (R-CA) H.J.Res. 89, an illegitimate Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval which repeals the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) state preemption waiver for California’s Heavy-Duty Vehicle Omnibus pollution 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 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 cleaner trucks and buses standards that safeguard clean air, protect public health, and reduce climate pollution. On May 22, the Senate approved H.J.Res. 89 by a vote of 49-46 (Senate roll call vote 281). NO IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE. The president signed it on June 12.
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