{"id":1984691,"date":"2023-07-27T22:25:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T02:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-push-legislation-to-block-californias-gas-vehicle-ban\/"},"modified":"2023-07-27T22:26:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T02:26:02","slug":"republicans-push-legislation-to-block-californias-gas-vehicle-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-push-legislation-to-block-californias-gas-vehicle-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP pushes bill to halt California&#8217;s gas vehicle ban."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Frepublicans-push-legislation-to-block-californias-gas-vehicle-ban%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=1984691&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>House Republicans Fight \u2062Against California&#8217;s Ban on Gas-Powered Cars<\/h2>\n<p>House \u2063Republicans are \u2062taking a stand against California&#8217;s ban on the sale \u200dof new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/3-recent-failures-of-green-energy-policies\/\" title=\"3 Recent Failures of Green Energy Policies\">gas-powered cars<\/a> and smaller trucks, which is part of the state&#8217;s push for electric vehicles. Led by Rep. John Joyce (R-PA), four GOP members introduced\u2064 a bill earlier this year to\u2063 block vehicle \u2064purchase \u200brequirements. The bill successfully passed through the Energy and \u200cCommerce \u2064Committee\u2063 with a vote \u200cof \u206226-22 and will now be considered by the entire House.<\/p>\n<h3>A Burning Issue: Biden and Democrats Combat Extreme\u2063 Heat Across the US<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;California regulators shouldn&#8217;t \u2063have the \u200dpower \u200bto determine what vehicles are sold to families\u200c in Pennsylvania,&#8221; stated Rep.\u2062 Joyce \u200bin an interview\u200b with the\u2064 Washington Examiner. \u2062&#8221;One state should not be able\u2063 to set national policy, and Americans should not be forced into making purchases they\u200c are unable to afford.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Preserving Choice for Vehicle Purchases Act aims to\u2062 prevent the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from \u2062issuing bans on new vehicles with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-behemoth-build-back-better-act\/\" title=\"House Passes Behemoth Build Back Better Act\">internal combustion engines<\/a>. In April, the\u2064 EPA released new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-dems-force-state-to-adopt-californias-crackdown-on-gas-cars\/\" title=\"Virginia Dems Force State to Adopt California\u2019s Crackdown on Gas Cars\">tailpipe emission standards<\/a>, which were less stringent than California&#8217;s plans. However,\u2064 some manufacturers have expressed concerns and urged\u200c the Biden administration to reverse \u2063the \u2064change.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The federal government should not be picking winners and losers when \u200dit comes to the type of cars Americans drive, whether it&#8217;s \u200bgas and diesel or electric vehicles,&#8221; said Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH),\u2062 a bill sponsor\u2062 and senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. &#8220;If the EPA grants California&#8217;s waiver request to \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-push-legislation-to-block-californias-gas-vehicle-ban\/\" title=\"GOP pushes bill to halt California's gas vehicle ban.\">ban internal combustion engine vehicles<\/a>, \u2063Americans across the country will lose \u2064the\u200c ability to choose the \u200dvehicle\u2062 that works best for them and their families.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to read more from the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>California&#8217;s mandate requires \u200dall \u200bnew cars sold to have zero emissions by 2035. Since the introduction of these \u2064regulations last year, over a dozen states \u200dhave followed suit, with Connecticut being \u200cthe most recent state \u2062to join the transition \u2064to electric vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Given that forty percent of the national market\u2062 would \u200dbe\u2062 directly impacted \u200bby this \u2063proposal, we need to preserve the freedom all Americans have to \u2062choose which vehicle\u2062 makes the most sense for their particular circumstances and budgets,&#8221; said Rep. Gus Bilirakis\u200d (R-FL), another bill sponsor. &#8220;The Californian \u200celite should not be able \u2064to set a precedent that could have negative impacts on\u200b all Americans.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republicans paved the way to counter California&#8217;s ban on new gas-powered vehicles. Led by Rep. John Joyce (R-PA), four GOP members introduced a bill to halt vehicle purchase mandates, supporting the state&#8217;s electric vehicle drive. 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