{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-lummis-working-to-undo-bidens-green-tax-on-truckers/", "Barrasso, Lummis Working to Undo Biden\u2019s \u2018Green Tax\u2019 on Truckers", "2023-04-27", "2023", "2023-04", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis (both R-WY) voted in support of a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn the Biden administration\u2019s egregious rule regarding emission standards for heavy-duty trucks. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates the cost to install the new required technology will be up to $8,304 per vehicle, which would be detrimental to the trucking industry people in Wyoming rely on for everyday goods and services.\n\n\u201cThe Senate voted to stop more of the Biden administration\u2019s federal government overreach,\u201d said Senator Barrasso. \u201cThe president wants to continue choking hardworking Americans with Washington red-tape. Now, he\u2019s coming after the trucking industry and small business owners that move our economy. Families across Wyoming cannot afford higher food prices and more supply chain delays in exchange for Biden\u2019s green dream. The president needs to stop trying to impose this misguided rule on America\u2019s truckers and small businesses.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe government\u2019s top priority right now needs to be finding ways to lower costs and a massive Green New Deal tax on truckers is going to do the exact opposite,\u201d said Senator Lummis. \u201cHow on earth is an independent trucker in Wyoming supposed to afford an $8,304 surprise bill from President Biden? This tax is especially brutal for people in rural Wyoming who rely on trucks to bring them groceries, gas and supplies because a price hike on truckers means a price hike on consumers.\u201d\n\nIn February, Barrasso and Lummis cosponsored this CRA resolution led by Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE). Last November, the senators also signed a letter pushing the EPA to avoid implementing such harsh emissions regulations to preserve Wyoming\u2019s crucial trucking industry and keep our supply chain intact.\n\nBackground:\n\n\u2022 The rule\u2019s new standards cover nitrogen oxides (NOx) and other air pollutants including particulate matter (PM), hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide (CO).\n\n\u2022 The rule also would change requirements regarding emission control systems and emission-related warranties.\n\n\u2022 The EPA estimated the technology required to meet the new rule\u2019s standards will cost between $2,568 and $8,304 per vehicle.\n\n\u2022 Existing regulations on trucks have already resulted in a decrease in NOx emissions between 98% and 99% compared to models from the late 1990s.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T23:44:29Z"]], "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://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-lummis-working-to-undo-bidens-green-tax-on-truckers/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8004838600754738, "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"}