CEI leads coalition backing Senate votes to rescind waivers allowing California to reshape car, truck industry

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The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) today sent a letter to the Senate signed by a coalition of over 50 free market and conservative policy groups supporting Congressional Review Act (CRA) votes to rescind three unwarranted EPA waivers granted to California. Under one waiver, the agency has empowered the state to ban the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035.

The House of Representatives passed its own versions of the CRA resolutions earlier this month. For the resolution rescinding the gas car ban, 35 Democrats crossed the aisle to vote “yes” with their GOP colleagues. If the Senate passes the CRA resolutions, they will go to President Trump to be signed into law.

The letter states, in part:

“Americans, not state and federal bureaucrats, should be able to choose what kind of vehicles best meet their needs. This push for electrification will limit consumer choice, drive up prices, and make it more difficult for Americans to go to work, see their doctor, and visit family members, among other things.

“To its credit, the Senate has passed CRA resolutions this year. None though come even close to the importance of these resolutions. In fact, these are some of the most important regulatory-related votes in recent memory, and likely ever. Our organizations urge you to take advantage of this unique opportunity to protect individual freedom and consumer choice, and to put a stop to this shocking agency overreach.”