WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito issued the following op-ed:
Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, applauded the Trump administration's overturning of the Biden-era Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards for American cars. The Biden CAFE Standards mandated a shift toward electric vehicles by model year 2031.
"The CAFE Standards-like the tailpipe rule that the Trump EPA has reversed and the California EV waiver that I worked hard to overturn-placed unnecessary burdens and higher prices on consumers. Democrats have used many different avenues, from blue state legislation to regulations at the EPA and Department of Transportation, to re...