Congressional Republicans Take Aim at Biden’s Electric Truck Rule

PJ Media ^ | 05/02/2024 | Chris Queen

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The Biden administration hasn’t hesitated to rule by fiat, especially when it comes to environmental regulations. Separation of powers? Who cares? Why worry about constitutional processes when you can ramrod your agenda through the bureaucracy?

Congressional Republicans are taking on the Environmental Protection Agency’s latest rule that seeks to govern greenhouse gas emissions for heavy-duty trucks. The rule is set to take effect on June 21.

Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Rep. Russ Fulcher (R-Idaho) introduced a resolution in their respective chambers on Wednesday that would invoke the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to allow Congress to vote to nullify the rule.

“If a CRA joint resolution of disapproval passes both houses of Congress and is signed by the president — or if Congress overrides a presidential veto — the rule cannot go into effect,” explains John Gallagher at Freightwaves. “If it has already taken effect, it goes out of effect immediately when the resolution is enacted and ‘shall be treated as though such rule had never taken effect,’ according to the Congressional Research Service.”

In a press release, Fulcher said:

Biden’s latest effort to push electric vehicles is completely out of line and will eliminate consumer choice, grow our reliance on foreign adversaries, directly impact transportation for Idahoans, and have lasting impacts on the U.S. supply chain… These vehicles consume roughly seven times as much electricity on a single charge as a typical home does in a day and charging centers can require as much power from the electrical grid as a small city. Infrastructure aside, electric trucks cost roughly twice as much as diesel trucks, and these vehicles are not able to haul nearly as much.

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I’m sure they’ll write a sternly worded letter. Maybe not even that, but they’ll be sure to pass any budget request biden the senile makes.