{"id":1933053,"date":"2023-05-18T04:10:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T08:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/epas-absence-from-house-ev-hearing-raises-eyebrows\/"},"modified":"2023-05-18T04:13:20","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T08:13:20","slug":"epas-absence-from-house-ev-hearing-raises-eyebrows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/epas-absence-from-house-ev-hearing-raises-eyebrows\/","title":{"rendered":"EPA&#8217;s no-show at EV hearing raises concerns."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fepas-absence-from-house-ev-hearing-raises-eyebrows%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1933053&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former DOT General Counsel Questions EPA\u2019s Absence from House Hearing on New Tailpipe Emissions Standards<\/h2>\n<p>A former Department of Transportation general counsel under Donald Trump has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-jim-jordan-gives-ultimatum-on-the-upcoming-electoral-college-showdown-video\/\" title=\"WATCH: Jim Jordan Gives Ultimatum On The Upcoming Electoral College Showdown (VIDEO)\">raised concerns<\/a> about the Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s (EPA) absence from a House hearing on the agency\u2019s expansive new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-unveils-toughest-ever-car-emissions-rules-to-try-to-force-electric-vehicle-purchases\/\" title=\"Biden Unveils Toughest-Ever Car Emissions Rules to Try to Force Electric Vehicle Purchases\">tailpipe emissions standards<\/a>. Steve Bradbury, now a distinguished fellow at The Heritage Foundation, stated that he expected the EPA to brief Congress on the rules, given that the agency had published close to 2,000 pages of detailed explanation and analysis. The EPA\u2019s rules could drive the mass adoption of electric cars over the next decade, with projections suggesting that by 2032, two-thirds of new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/epas-absence-from-house-ev-hearing-raises-eyebrows\/\" title=\"EPA's no-show at EV hearing raises concerns.\">light-body vehicles sold<\/a> in the United States will be electric.<\/p>\n<h3>Experts and Lawmakers Divided<\/h3>\n<p>Bradbury spoke at a May 17 hearing of the House Oversight Committee\u2019s economic growth subcommittee. The EPA explained its absence by citing that \u201cthe proposed rules identified as the subjects of the hearing are currently open for public comment,\u201d according to Reuters. Rep. Pat Fallon (R-Texas), who chairs the economic growth subcommittee, expressed concern that executive-branch bureaucracies were \u201ccompelling\u201d consumers to go electric. Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) argued that talk of consumer compulsion from Republicans was disingenuous before stating that the electrification of U.S. transportation was inevitable.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bradbury argued that the EPA\u2019s rules impinge on the territory of Congress and the Department of Transportation.<\/li>\n<li>Baker-Branstetter of the Center for American Progress praised the EPA\u2019s technology-neutral standards.<\/li>\n<li>The International Council on Clean Transportation predicts that two-thirds of cars bought in 2032 will be electric.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Despite the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rochelle-walensky-stepping-down-as-cdc-director\/\" title=\"CDC Director Rochelle Walensky Resigns\">divided opinions<\/a> of experts and lawmakers, the electrification of U.S. transportation appears to be an unstoppable trend. As Rep. Stansbury stated, \u201cwhether or not you want to drive an electric vehicle, I guarantee you that you are very likely to be driving [one] in the next several decades, whether you want to or not, because that is just where the industry is going.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former Trump-era Department of Transportation general counsel criticized the Environmental Protection Agency&#8217;s (EPA) absence from a House hearing on new tailpipe emissions standards. 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