Little Apple Times

U.S. Representative Tracey Mann (KS-01) has voted to disapprove the Biden-Harris Administration’s U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) tailpipe emissions rule. This rule mandates automobile manufacturers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants by nearly 50% in vehicle fleets modeled from 2027 through 2032. According to the EPA, this would require two-thirds of new cars in the United States to be electric by 2032. The resolution, H.J. Res 136, passed in the U.S. House of Representatives with a vote of 215-191.

Rep. Mann, who is a cosponsor of the legislation, commented after the vote: “No matter how much the Biden-Harris Administration tries to deny its electric vehicle mandate, the archaic, bureaucratic rules and regulations speak for themselves,” said Rep. Mann. “Under EPA’s rules, automobile manufacturers will be bullied into producing more electric vehicles for the sake of meeting arbitrary quotas and standards set by the federal government. Rather than focus on reducing the record-high energy costs facing American families, the Biden-Harris Administration has again chosen to ignore the facts and focus on its radical climate agenda. Businesses should make production decisions that best meet the demand of consumers, business needs, and objectives, not the demands of Uncle Sam. Kansans who want to buy electric vehicles should be able to buy them because they want to, not because Vice President Harris and President Biden think it’s best.”

Last week, Rep. Mann rejected EV tax subsidies that could benefit China’s Communist Party. In June 2024, he questioned U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg about how this mandate would affect U.S roads and highways.

For more information about Representative Mann, visit: www.mann.house.gov.