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Sen. Cramer Statement on Federal Highway Administration's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Performance Measure Proposed Rule

Statement

Date: July 7, 2022
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Transportation

U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ranking Member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, issued the following statement in response to the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) proposed rule to impose greenhouse gas emissions performance measures on state departments of transportation and metropolitan planning organizations without any new authority from Congress:

"The Biden Administration's Federal Highway Administration is veering off course once again. First, they issued guidance aiming to upend the funding flexibility given to states and now they want to saddle state transportation departments with emission reduction requirements. In both instances, Congress expressly excluded these authorities in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and now the Administration is attempting an end-run based on their wishes, not the law.

"This proposed rule needs to be fully rescinded. It is dumb policy and the Biden Administration should take a hint from the recent West Virginia v. EPA decision which reminded agencies to stay within the confines Congress gave them."


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