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. FULCHER. Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairman for yielding.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to support S.J. Res. 11, disapproving the EPA's proposed rule on new emission standards on heavy-duty trucks. The Biden administration is proposing new regulations on heavy-duty trucks that would dramatically raise costs on businesses and consumers.

These rules would require trucks to be equipped with expensive emissions control technology beginning in 2027. The EPA estimates the cost of the technology would be somewhere around $8,300 per truck, but independent estimates say it could be more than $40,000 per truck.

This is a huge cost on businesses, especially small businesses who rely on trucking to transport their goods. It will force them to raise their prices or go out of business because they will have to pay more for the supplies and inventories they need. In other words, it is more inflation.

Consumers will have to pay more for everything from food to clothing to building materials at a time when inflation is already at a 40-year high.

Republicans in Energy and Commerce are calling on Congress to reject these regulations. We simply can't afford them. The EPA claims they need to address nitrogen oxide and other pollutants, yet NOX pollutants have been reduced by 98 percent since 1988.

This is more of the blind drive to this green ideology, which is both intellectually and environmental bankrupt. Cleaner air today is due to advancements in engine and fuel technologies, better filtration, and higher efficiencies.

The Senate passed this resolution to overturn this heavy-handed, job- killing rule. I urge the House to do the same.

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