John Sarbanes: “Frankly, my perspective is that the industry is moving faster than is prudent in this region right now.”

The goal was not to federalize elections across the country; the goal was to set some uniform standards.

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.

Congress gave EPA this role more than 50 years ago under the Clean Air Act and reaffirmed that responsibility in 2005 under the Energy Policy Act.

We would like to thank Rep. Sarbanes for introducing this important piece of bipartisan legislation