Matsui Condemns Trump Administration's Illegal Challenge to California Clean Air

WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-6), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and author of the Clean and Efficient Cars Act, condemns the Trump Administration for illegally challenging California's authority under the Clean Air Act to regulate its own air quality and fuel economy standards.

"From day one, this Administration made it clear that California's waiver authority granted under the Clean Air Act was enemy number one, and they have spitefully acted to do everything in their power to end this critical protection for California, twelve other states, and the District of Columbia. We all deserve clean air to breathe, but unfortunately the Trump White House would rather lower air standards and increase rates of sickness in all fifty states," said Congresswoman Matsui, Sacramento's Representative in Congress. "Make no mistake; the California waiver creates jobs, saves consumers money at the pump, and keeps families healthier. Revoking our waiver erodes those goals and cedes U.S. leadership in auto manufacturing, and I believe we are better than that. I am currently exploring all options, including legislation, to block the EPA's rule and I will work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to protect California and ensure the United States is a leader on climate change and in auto manufacturing for decades to come."

Congresswoman Matsui is also the author of H.R. 978, the Clean and Efficient Cars Act of 2019, which reverses the Trump Administration efforts to roll back the Obama-era Clean Cars Rule and protects California's Clean Air Act waiver authority. For a fact sheet on the bill, click here.

States that have adopted and current benefit from California air quality and fuel economy standards:

• Colorado
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• Maine
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• New Jersey
• New York
• Oregon
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• Vermont
• Washington
• Washington, D.C.

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