Choice in Automobile Retail Sales Act of 2023

Floor Speech

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Ms. STEVENS. Madam Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to H.R. 4468, a bill that would undermine the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to prohibit the EPA from implementing emissions regulations and their ability to protect our air quality and our climate.

I thank our ranking member, Mr. Pallone, and, of course, my great colleague, Congresswoman Dingell, from the State of Michigan.

The auto industry relies on the EPA and their emissions standards to successfully compete. When the GOP shut down the Federal Government in 2018, our automakers could not roll new automobiles off the line because they needed the EPA to do the emissions testing.

This is dangerous legislation, particularly because the EPA serves as a critical partner to our automakers during this very transformative time.

No fear-mongering. People will have a choice. They will continue to have a choice, and they will work with their dealers. People do not have the choice of the air they breathe.

The United States is poised, through our manufacturing base, to lead the world in innovation, safety, and clean technology. Not only does H.R. 4468 jeopardize public health and the environment, it hurts our economy and global competitiveness.

Let us not cede technology to China. Let us create, develop and manufacture it here in the United States of America.

For this reason, at the appropriate time, I will offer a motion to recommit this bill back to committee. If the House rules permitted it, I would have offered the motion with an important amendment to this bill. My amendment would strike the language that blocks EPA regulations based on the limited availability of new motor vehicles. This amendment would restore the EPA's authority and responsibility to set science-based standards that protect our health and climate while supporting American innovation and leadership in the automotive and manufacturing sector.

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Ms. STEVENS. Madam Speaker, my amendment would ensure the EPA can continue to drive progress in reducing vehicle emissions and advancing clean transportation technology.

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Ms. STEVENS. Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on the motion to recommit.

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