Most alarming is that the version of the legislation passed by the House on Wednesday--with the Senate apparently soon to follow--is a 500-page, 11th hour rewrite few lawmakers have read and perhaps none fully understands.
Discussing concerns about a last-minute legislative rewrite.
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The goal was not to federalize elections across the country; the goal was to set some uniform standards.
Each of which--each of which--would hamper EPA's ability to regulate air pollution and, unfortunately, continues this Republican agenda of putting Big Oil interests over the interests of the public.
It's a national environmental treasure. It's a regional economic engine. It's been one of my top priorities since I've come to Congress.
It is important to be clear that EPA's proposed standards are reasonable, performance-based emissions standards and constitute neither a national electric vehicle mandate nor an internal combustion ban.
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