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Representative John James (R-MI) sponsored H.J. Res. 136, a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval, which would repeal the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final rule establishing critical limits on climate- and health-harming pollution from cars and light trucks and block any substantially similar regulations in the future. 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. The EPA’s cleaner vehicles rule is vital in reducing emissions, safeguarding the environment, saving consumers money, and protecting public health. The transportation sector is the largest source of climate pollution – accounting for 29% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. The EPA’s cleaner cars standards will help to reduce such climate pollution. The EPA’s rule also protects the air that we breathe by reducing health-harming pollutants like soot or particulate pollution and nitrogen oxides, a component of smog pollution. Cleaner vehicles are especially important in communities of low wealth and communities of color that are disproportionately impacted by tailpipe pollution. On September 20, the House approved H.J. Res. 136 by a vote of 215-191 (House roll call vote 438). NO IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE. The Senate took no action on this resolution.
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