Chuck Schumer: “So 100 days into Donald Trump's Presidency, America is plagued with deep problems. Donald Trump's trade war is sending…”

“So 100 days into Donald Trump's Presidency, America is plagued with deep problems. Donald Trump's trade war is sending prices up and up. Republicans are on the brink of taking away people's Medicaid. Trust in American leadership is in decline on the world stage. But what are Senate Republicans focusing on today? Today, Republicans are going nuclear to appease the fossil fuel industry and, at the same time, erode away the institution they profess to care about. First, the facts: This week, Senate Republicans want to use a measure known as the Congressional Review Act--CRA for short--to repeal three vehicle emission waivers from California. These waivers have been used for decades and are vital for helping keep our air cleaner, our kids healthier, and to lessen our reliance on Big Oil. Republicans have tried to get rid of California's emission waivers for a very long time. The fossil fuel industry--which knows it is in decline, which knows that clean energy is not only the cleaner wave of the future but the less costly wave of the future--but the fossil fuel industry hates them, hates that industry. So Donald Trump's EPA tried to rescind the last iteration of one of these waivers during his first administration, but that effort fell short in the courts. The courts rejected it. Now Republicans want to try again. This time by using the CRA to repeal these emissions waiver at a simple majority threshold.”