Cathy McMorris Rodgers

I appreciate the gentleman yielding, and I appreciate the former chairman... for just acknowledging the importance of keeping regular order.

Automakers have been clear from the beginning that we support a re-evaluation of the standards that were envisioned back in 2012, because market conditions have changed.

I am always amazed with American ingenuity and the entrepreneurial spirit, and we time and time again lead the world in new innovation.

Newer cars are safer. Newer cars are cleaner than older cars. Consumers are more likely to drive newer, safer, cleaner cars if regulations don't increase the prices beyond consumers' means.

We must be clear-eyed about the impacts on all Americans of a policy, because that is what Article I of the Constitution requires us to do.

Finally, we should not have one State or region using official actions to exert market power in a way that reverberates outside of their own State lines.

We should not have a fractured marketplace driven by policies that cater to urban customers at the expense of customers and what they need in rural areas.

We pride ourselves in going back to the Constitution and one of the few committees that goes back to the Founders.

Unfortunately, several forces have created the opposite effect: multiple conflicting programs undercutting the goals of the original program.

I look forward to the productive conversation this morning about the current situation and what the path looks like forward.

The uncertainty in this space is hurting the market, threatening jobs and affordable prices for workers and families.

There must be a new and better way forward.

In my district, 83 percent of the vehicles sold in 2018 were crossovers, SUVs, trucks, and vans.

The assumptions they made haven't held up the test of time; assumptions like gas prices rising to $3, $4, and $5 per gallon.

These mandates require automakers to produce a certain number of these vehicles, regardless of consumer demand, new technology, or the free market.

Unfortunately, several forces have created an opposite effect--multiple conflicting programs undercutting the goals of the original program.

The goal of this program was to improve fuel economy, our vehicle fuel economy, reduce oil consumption, and secure the Nation's energy independence.

I want to say thank you, especially to the parents, for the courage and the advocacy, taking what is unimaginable grief and becoming advocates.

Being a parent is the best thing that has happened and also the hardest thing that has happened.

Thank you, Madam Chair. And I want to say thanks for holding this hearing today so that we can learn and dig into these issues more deeply.

I want to thank Chair Schakowsky for her leadership to keep the lines of communication open.

A bipartisan approach moving forward not only gives our solutions their best chance to become law, it also gives the public the best chance of seeing results that keep them safe.

I was a bit bewildered when yesterday the Health Subcommittee did just that with the No Surprise Act.

Those are two brothers who died. And we want to prevent that.

I want to thank Annie Kuster, who has waived onto the subcommittee today.