Senator Padilla blocks EPA nominees to protect California's higher vehicle emissions requirements | News Channel 3-12

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : " In February, EPA Administrator Zeldin explained the more stringent emissions standards would increase the cost of vehicles and announced his "Powering the Great American Comeback" initiative that seeks to balance the statutory mission of the EPA with plans to energize the nation's economy.
54% : Waivers for vehicle emissions standards must be submitted and approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) before state-specific standards can be enforced.
53% : Senator Padilla's block now puts the nominations of Deputy Administrator nominee David Fotouhi, Chief Financial Officer nominee Catherine Hanson, and Assistant Administrator nominees Jessica Kramer and Aaron Szabo to the Environmental Protection Agency in limbo.
51% : "Congress put California's ability to set vehicle emissions standards in the Clean Air Act, which has already protected generations of Americans from fossil fuel emissions," explained Senator Whitehouse of Rhode Island, the Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee in April of this year.
50% : Senator Padilla has vowed to hold up four pending nominees for the Environmental Protection Agency until Congressional Republicans stop their attempts to overrule the Senate Parliamentarian's decision over California's waivers for more stringent air quality standards.
50% : The lie about 'cooperative federalism' as the model for EPA to follow is laid bare when environmental regulatory and enforcement authority of the states is stronger than federal requirements.
46% : Earlier this year, the Senate Parliamentarian affirmed that California's waiver requests were not entitled to the expedited process after the Environmental Protection Agency submitted three California waiver requests as rules in an attempt to subject those waivers to a lower 51-vote threshold.

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