The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) today filed a petition for review with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of itself, four individuals, and the Domestic Energy Producers Alliance challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) December 2021 vehicle emissions rule. For the last twelve years, EPA has jointly issued automobile rules with the National Highway Transit … Continue reading CEI Files Court Petition Challenging EPA Vehicle Emissions Rule
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U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Boozman (R-Ark.), Ranking Member, announced the creation of the bipartisan Senate FFA Caucus. This caucus will work to support teachers and parents preparing the next generation of leaders through agricultural education. FFA chapters in Michigan and Arkansas … Continue reading Senate Ag Committee Leadership Creates FFA Caucus
House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-AR) released the following statement on the one-year anniversary of President Joe Biden’s Executive Order on America’s Supply Chains. “President Joe Biden spoke this week about the importance of securing America’s critical minerals’ supply chains. Unfortunately, actions … Continue reading Biden supply chain green dictates force Americans to kneel before Russia and China
U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, led her Republican colleagues on the committee in a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan and Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Michael Connor. The letter specifically requests that the Biden administration immediately halt … Continue reading Senators Tell Biden Administration to Halt New WOTUS Attack on Americans, Await SCOTUS Decision
U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), released the following statement on the United States Geological Survey’s (USGS) release of its critical minerals list for 2022. Unlike USGS’ critical minerals list for 2018, this year’s list excludes uranium, helium, and other minerals. “The day after Russia … Continue reading Biden’s Critical Minerals List Will Make America More Vulnerable to Russia
Rep. Barry Moore (AL-02), a member of the Congressional Future Farmers of America (FFA) Caucus, cosponsored a House Resolution designating this week as National FFA Week. In addition to designating National FFA Week, the resolution also recognizes the important role of the National FFA Organization in developing the next generation of leaders who will change … Continue reading Barry Moore cosponsors resolution celebrating 2022 National FFA Week
U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and ten other Senate Republicans sent a letter to U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Grandholm about the now outstanding Keystone XL Pipeline job loss report that was due to Congress on February 13, 2022. Of the letter, Senator Lummis said, “When President Biden revoked the permit for construction of the … Continue reading Lummis, Colleagues Call for Energy Department to Release Keystone XL Pipeline Job Loss Report
The Senate passed a resolution to honor the National Future Farmers of America (FFA) Organization with support from Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), who joined Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.) in introducing the resolution. The resolution designates Feb. 19-26, 2022, as “National FFA Week.” “Farmers are part of America’s economic and cultural backbone. The National FFA does … Continue reading Senate passes Kennedy, Young resolution honoring National Future Farmers of America
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sens. Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), Mike Braun (R-Ind.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) in calling on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan to redirect the EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs away from their current propensity for overly cautious blanket bans and severe restrictions of necessary crop protection tools back towards … Continue reading Grassley Joins Marshall, Braun, Ernst To Stop EPA Attack On Crop Protection Tools
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) sent a formal request on behalf of itself and four individuals to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan today, requesting the agency reconsider its final rule increasing fuel economy standards in the wake of a recent court ruling that a key metric relied upon in the vehicle emissions rule … Continue reading CEI Requests EPA Reconsider Vehicle Emissions Rule After Federal Court Rules Social Cost of Carbon Likely Unlawful