Washington, D.C. — Last night, Senate Republicans took a radical step in changing Senate procedure and defying the Government Accountability Office, setting up a vote today that makes state vehicle pollution standards illegal. In response, Trevor Higgins, senior vice president of the Energy and Environment department at the Center for American Progress, issued the following statement:
This Congress has shown itself willing to serve the interests of the oil industry, no matter how extreme. That includes ripping up Senate procedure, shredding the rights of states to make their own laws, worsening air pollution, and undercutting America’s manufacturing competitiveness in a world where a quarter of all vehicles sold this year will be electric. The priority for this Congress is making sure households hand over more money to oil companies year after year.
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