Providing for Congressional Disapproval of the Rule Submitted By the Environmental Protection Agency Relating to ``Control of Air Pollution From New Motor Vehicles: Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle Standards''

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Mr. ALLEN. Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairman for yielding the time.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of this resolution which would overturn the Biden administration's reckless and aggressive emission standard for heavy-duty vehicles.

As a businessman, I came to Congress to reduce the size and scope of the government, and this administration's obsessive pursuit of their rush-to-green priorities would simply devastate the U.S. economy at a time when Americans can least afford it.

Democrats' radical spending spree has resulted in three in five Americans saying rising prices are a financial hardship. Our people are hurting, yet the Biden EPA is moving forward with a top-down regulation that will significantly raise the cost of vehicles and any product transported by truck, including food, clothing, building materials, and other commodities essential to life.

In my district, I have many farmers who use heavy-duty trucks. If implemented, this rule would dramatically increase the price of goods and food. We are already hearing that from folks at the grocery store.

Last year, the Environmental Protection Agency put in place emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles sold after 2027. By their own estimates, the new standards would cause vehicle prices to skyrocket.

We are not talking about a small price hike here. It would be an increase more than $2,500 for a Ford F-250 and an increase more than $8,300 for new equipment on semitrucks.

The EPA projects the associated costs of the new regulation could reach $55 billion over the lifetime of the program. I repeat, $55 billion. It would also force many commercial truck drivers out of business. This regulation's cost of compliance is so high that owners and operators of trucks would be forced to leave the market or keep less safe trucks on the road.

Mr. Speaker, America simply cannot afford the wildly out-of-control and out-of-touch priorities from this administration. I strongly encourage a ``yes'' vote on today's resolution to overturn the Biden administration's emission standard for heavy-duty vehicles.

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