BREAKING: The House passed a Republican-led resolution to cancel the EPA's heavy-duty vehicle emissions rule, setting up President JoeBiden's fourth veto.
The 221-203 vote on the measure, known as a Congressional Review Act resolution of disapproval, followed the Senate's passage of the resolution in April and stands in a line of similar measures advanced over the last few months that target the administration's environmental policies and regulations.Four Democrats supported the resolution, and a single Republican opposed it.
Supporters of the resolution argued the final rule, which tightens the regulation of nitrogen oxides and particulate matter from heavy-duty vehicles, is too onerous and will drive up the prices of trucks and the products they transport."EPA's regulatory efforts are just the latest step by the Biden administration to electrify the transportation sector and burden American families in the process," Johnson said.
EPA finalized the rule in December and estimated it would reduce the risk of respiratory and other illnesses from vehicle emissions and result in between 860 and 2,900 fewer premature deaths in 2045.Democrats opposed the resolution, saying it would thwart progress in reducing pollution from the transportation sector.
"For some reason, anytime we have a success that is green, it just makes them see red," Rep. Lloyd Doggett said of Republicans."Democrats are choosing to stand with families that are concerned about real health problems, like bronchitis, childhood asthma, and cardiovascular disease that is caused and accentuated by pollution.
His other two vetoes involve resolutions to cancel the administration's moratorium on solar tariffs and its rule allowing retirement plan managers to weigh environmental and social issues when making investments, a reversal from the Trump administration.
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