Republican Governors Issue Joint Letter to Senate Leadership Supporting Repeal of California’s Radical Electric Vehicles Rules

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Republican governors sent a joint letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune thanking him for his support of the Senate’s work to roll back burdensome regulations through the Congressional Review Act (CRA) and to encourage the use of the CRA to stop the radical unelected bureaucrats in California from dictating rules that negatively affect the quality of life, jobs, and commerce in states across the nation.

In part, the governors wrote:

“Toward the end of the Biden administration, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a rule approving California’s ban on gas-powered cars by 2035. This approval impacts all our states as the EPA has historically acknowledged the nationwide effect of California’s regulations.

“However, our nation’s capital is in Washington, D.C., not Sacramento, California. Our states have enough regulatory pressure coming from Washington. We do not need California to regulate us as well.

“Thankfully, the House of Representatives voted in early May to withdraw California’s waiver and stop the ban on gasoline-only vehicles. In a bipartisan vote, with 35 Democrats joining 211 Republicans, the House used the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to block California’s plan.”

Read the full letter here.

Signatories to the letter include: Governor Kay Ivey (AL), Governor Sarah Sanders (AR), Governor Brian Kemp (GA), Governor Brad Little (ID), Governor Mike Braun (IN), Governor Kim Reynolds (IA), Governor Jeff Landry (LA), Governor Mike Kehoe (MO), Governor Greg Gianforte (MT), Governor Jim Pillen (NE), Governor Joe Lombardo (NV), Governor Kelly Armstrong (ND), Governor Henry McMaster (SC), Governor Bill Lee (TN), Governor Greg Abbott (TX), Governor Spencer Cox (UT), Governor Glenn Youngkin (VA), Governor Patrick Morrisey (WV), Governor Mark Gordon (WY), and Governor Jenniffer González-Colón (PR).

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