RGA News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Republican governors sent a joint letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune thanking him for his support of the Senate’s work to roll back burdensome regulations through the Congressional Review Act (CRA) and to encourage the use of the CRA to stop the radical unelected bureaucrats in California from dictating rules that negatively affect the quality of life, jobs, and commerce in states across the nation. 

In part, the governors wrote:

“Toward the end of the Biden administration, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a rule approving California’s ban on gas-powered cars by 2035. This approval impacts all our states as the EPA has historically acknowledged the nationwide effect of California’s regulations.

“However, our nation’s capital is in Washington, D.C., not Sacramento, California. Our states have enough regulatory pressure coming from Washington. We do not need California to regulate us as well.

“Thankfully, the House of Representatives voted in early May to withdraw California’s waiver and stop the ban on gasoline-only vehicles. In a bipartisan vote, with 35 Democrats joining 211 Republicans, the House used the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to block California’s plan.”

Read the full letter here.

Signatories to the letter include: Gov. Kay Ivey (AL), Gov. Sarah Sanders (AR), Gov. Brian Kemp (GA), Gov. Brad Little (ID), Gov. Mike Braun (IN), Gov. Kim Reynolds (IA), Gov. Jeff Landry (LA), Gov. Mike Kehoe (MO), Gov. Greg Gianforte (MT), Gov. Jim Pillen (NE), Gov. Joe Lombardo (NV), Gov. Kelly Armstrong (ND), Gov. Henry McMaster (SC), Gov. Bill Lee (TN), Gov. Greg Abbott (TX), Gov. Spencer Cox (UT), Gov. Glenn Youngkin (VA), Gov. Patrick Morrisey (WV), Gov. Mark Gordon (WY), and Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón (PR).