Barrasso Votes to Overturn Nationwide Electric Vehicle Mandate

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator John Barrasso, Senate Majority Whip, today issued the following statement after he voted with all Senate Republicans to overturn a series of California rules that would have established a nationwide electric vehicle mandate.
“Washington bureaucrats will not dictate the vehicles we can drive in Wyoming or across America. Republicans rejected the Democrats’ delusional dream of banning gas-powered vehicles forever. We rejected their effort to force-feed electric vehicles to every single American. The electric vehicle mandate was a pillar of the Democrats’ Green New Deal. Today, Republicans toppled that pillar. The American people are back in the driver’s seat, exactly where they belong.”
Background:
On May 6, Senator Barrasso in theWall Street Journalargued the case for the Senate utilizing the Congressional Review Act to overturn the California rules.
On May 8, Senator Barrasso spoke on the Senate Floor about how economically damaging California’s electric vehicle mandates would be for America.
On May 21, Senator Barrasso spoke again on the Senate Floor about the importance of using the Congressional Review Act to block the California rules.
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