{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://bost.house.gov/2022/9/bost-lamalfa-act-to-prevent-states-from-requiring-zero-emission-vehicles", "BOST, LAMALFA FIGHT TO CURB GAS-POWERED VEHICLE BANS", "2022-09-06", "2022", "2022-09", "Republican", "House", "IL", "Mike Bost", "B001295", "bost.house.gov", "bost", "https://bost.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Representatives Mike Bost (R-IL) and Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) today introduced a pair of bills to discourage states from banning gas-powered vehicles. Bost\u2019s bill, the Options for Ownership Act, would require the U.S. Secretary of Transportation to withhold 15% of a state\u2019s Highway Trust Fund dollars if the state prohibits the sale of non-zero emission vehicles. LaMalfa\u2019s bill, the Revoking Engine and Vehicle (REV) Requirements Act, would repeal California\u2019s Clean Air Act waiver the state uses to set its own emissions standards.\n\n\"With inflation already sky-high, drivers should not be forced to purchase a car they cannot afford simply to appease the liberals\u2019 Green New Deal dreams,\u201d said Bost. \u201cIf states choose to force drivers to purchase cars that don\u2019t use gasoline, then they shouldn\u2019t be able to reap the benefits of the federal fuel tax. It\u2019s that simple.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe government should not have the authority to force consumers to purchase something if they don\u2019t want to,\u201d said LaMalfa. \u201cGiven their price and limited range, electric vehicles aren\u2019t a realistic option for many Americans. California has nowhere near the ability to handle the wholesale forced adoption of electric vehicles. Look at California, when merely days after CARB announced their mandate, the Governor had to plead with residents to not charge their EVs. Our grid would have to be completely rebuilt. Consumers need to be protected from the whims of governmental overreach. We must rescind the power to make these regulations from power-hungry bureaucrats.\u201d\n\nCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order in September 2020 that would establish new emissions standards in the State of California. Last month, the California Resources Board approved a new rule to require all new cars and light trucks sold in the State of California to be zero-emission vehicles by 2035, effectively banning all new gas-powered cars. Days later, Newsom also asked Californians to limit the number of hours they charge their electric vehicles.\n\nFollowing Newsom\u2019s executive order, 17 other states have adopted some of California\u2019s standards, including New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Washington, Oregon, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Colorado, Minnesota, Nevada, Virginia, and New Mexico.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:08:33Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://bost.house.gov/2022/9/bost-lamalfa-act-to-prevent-states-from-requiring-zero-emission-vehicles"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9271660819649696, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}