Sioux City Times

On September 20, 2024, U.S. Representative Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) voted for and the U.S. House of Representatives passed a congressional resolution disapproving an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule titled “Multi-Pollutant Emissions Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later Light-Duty and Medium-Duty Vehicles.”

The rule mandates that approximately 67% of new light-duty vehicles and 46% of medium-duty vehicles be electric by 2032.

“Electric vehicles are more expensive and perform far worse in cold weather than their gas-powered counterparts, and the necessary components to build EVs are mainly sourced from China. These facts should serve as a warning to the Biden-Harris administration, but instead, along with the EPA, they have recklessly pushed forward with EV mandates on our families,” said Rep. Feenstra. “The EPA has no business telling Iowans what type of car or truck they can drive or what manufacturers can produce. That’s why I voted to overturn the Biden-Harris administration’s EV mandates and restore consumer choice in vehicle purchases.”

In February, Feenstra and U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID) led over 140 colleagues in a bipartisan, bicameral letter to President Joe Biden and Director of the Office of Management and Budget Shalanda Young urging the withdrawal of the EPA’s then-proposed rule entitled “Multi-Pollutant Emissions Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later Light-Duty and Medium-Duty Vehicles.”

In July, Feenstra and Senator Crapo also led over 150 colleagues in a letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan urging the overturning of another rule titled “Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles – Phase 3,” published on April 22, 2024.