US House votes to block California's 2035 ban on sale of new gas-powered cars
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[{'start': '0.480', 'end': '4.400', 'text': 'Today, the US House voted to override'}, {'start': '2.480', 'end': '7.200', 'text': "California's plan to end the sale of"}, {'start': '4.400', 'end': '9.360', 'text': 'gasoline only vehicles by the year 2035.'}, {'start': '7.200', 'end': '11.280', 'text': 'ABC7 News political reporter Monica'}, {'start': '9.360', 'end': '13.040', 'text': 'Madden is following this story for us.'}, {'start': '11.280', 'end': '15.440', 'text': 'Monica, the Environmental Protection'}, {'start': '13.040', 'end': '17.680', 'text': 'Agency previously granted California'}, {'start': '15.440', 'end': '19.199', 'text': "waiverss to allow this mandate. That's"}, {'start': '17.680', 'end': '22.000', 'text': "right, Kristen. And there's a tool that"}, {'start': '19.199', 'end': '23.920', 'text': 'allows lawmakers to reverse regulations'}, {'start': '22.000', 'end': '25.680', 'text': 'like these if passed using the'}, {'start': '23.920', 'end': '28.240', 'text': 'Congressional Review Act, also called'}, {'start': '25.680', 'end': '31.279', 'text': "the CRA. So, in February, Trump's EPA"}, {'start': '28.240', 'end': '34.160', 'text': 'administration director Lee Zeldon asked'}, {'start': '31.279', 'end': '36.239', 'text': 'Congress to use the CRA for this. Two'}, {'start': '34.160', 'end': '37.840', 'text': 'nonpartisan legal watchdogs, the Senate'}, {'start': '36.239', 'end': '39.440', 'text': 'Parliamentarian and the Government'}, {'start': '37.840', 'end': '41.120', 'text': 'Accountability Office, found that'}, {'start': '39.440', 'end': '43.440', 'text': 'Congress does not have the power to'}, {'start': '41.120', 'end': '45.440', 'text': "block California's climate policy. But"}, {'start': '43.440', 'end': '47.600', 'text': 'this vote shows that House Republicans'}, {'start': '45.440', 'end': '49.600', 'text': 'are willing to defy the rules in order'}, {'start': '47.600', 'end': '52.800', 'text': 'to help President Trump roll back'}, {'start': '49.600', 'end': '55.520', 'text': 'environmental policies.'}, {'start': '52.800', 'end': '58.000', 'text': "California's plan to ban future sales of"}, {'start': '55.520', 'end': '60.719', 'text': 'gas only vehicles is under threat. The'}, {'start': '58.000', 'end': '62.879', 'text': 'Clean Air Act is clear. California has'}, {'start': '60.719', 'end': '64.559', 'text': 'the fundamental right to adopt vehicle'}, {'start': '62.879', 'end': '67.040', 'text': 'emission standards that support our'}, {'start': '64.559', 'end': '69.200', 'text': "community's unique needs better than"}, {'start': '67.040', 'end': '71.600', 'text': 'federal standards. Last December, the'}, {'start': '69.200', 'end': '73.840', 'text': 'EPA granted California a waiver allowing'}, {'start': '71.600', 'end': '76.880', 'text': 'the state to phase out new gas powered'}, {'start': '73.840', 'end': '78.799', 'text': 'car sales by 2035. 11 other states have'}, {'start': '76.880', 'end': '80.479', 'text': "followed suit in what's considered one"}, {'start': '78.799', 'end': '82.640', 'text': 'of the most ambitious policies for'}, {'start': '80.479', 'end': '85.200', 'text': 'combating climate change. We have a'}, {'start': '82.640', 'end': '87.759', 'text': 'moral duty to protect our residents from'}, {'start': '85.200', 'end': '90.240', 'text': 'unnecessary toxic air pollution and'}, {'start': '87.759', 'end': '92.840', 'text': 'environmental harm. But Republicans say'}, {'start': '90.240', 'end': '95.600', 'text': 'the policy is an overreach. The my'}, {'start': '92.840', 'end': '98.320', 'text': 'constituents ought to have the ability'}, {'start': '95.600', 'end': '100.000', 'text': 'to buy for themselves the vehicle that'}, {'start': '98.320', 'end': '101.920', 'text': 'will best meet their needs. And for some'}, {'start': '100.000', 'end': '105.200', 'text': 'of them that is an electric vehicle, but'}, {'start': '101.920', 'end': '107.759', 'text': 'for some it is not. The GOP also arguing'}, {'start': '105.200', 'end': '109.600', 'text': 'it hurts American car makers. It puts'}, {'start': '107.759', 'end': '111.600', 'text': 'manufacturers in a dilemma if they have'}, {'start': '109.600', 'end': '113.200', 'text': 'to manufacture one truck for one state'}, {'start': '111.600', 'end': '116.159', 'text': 'and another truck for another state.'}, {'start': '113.200', 'end': '120.399', 'text': 'Environmental experts refute that. when'}, {'start': '116.159', 'end': '123.600', 'text': 'China and Europe and other uh countries'}, {'start': '120.399', 'end': '126.399', 'text': 'are so deeply invested in in an all'}, {'start': '123.600', 'end': '129.679', 'text': 'electric future puts the United States'}, {'start': '126.399', 'end': '131.360', 'text': 'economy at risk of a car industry that'}, {'start': '129.679', 'end': '134.160', 'text': 'will no longer be successful in the'}, {'start': '131.360', 'end': '135.920', 'text': 'future. Saying disrupting EV car and'}, {'start': '134.160', 'end': '139.040', 'text': 'truck incentives will have broad'}, {'start': '135.920', 'end': '140.959', 'text': "consequences. We're in the midst of a"}, {'start': '139.040', 'end': '143.120', 'text': 'transition to an all-electric future.'}, {'start': '140.959', 'end': '144.879', 'text': 'Anything that slows down that transition'}, {'start': '143.120', 'end': '147.040', 'text': 'and disrupts it and makes it less'}, {'start': '144.879', 'end': '149.200', 'text': 'predictable makes it more expensive for'}, {'start': '147.040', 'end': '151.120', 'text': 'us to think through and more disruptive'}, {'start': '149.200', 'end': '152.959', 'text': 'for us to think through. In a statement,'}, {'start': '151.120', 'end': '154.959', 'text': 'Governor Gavin Newsome says clean air'}, {'start': '152.959', 'end': '156.959', 'text': 'should not be political and that Trump'}, {'start': '154.959', 'end': '159.000', 'text': 'Republicans are hellbent on making'}, {'start': '156.959', 'end': '161.519', 'text': 'California smoggy'}, {'start': '159.000', 'end': '163.519', 'text': "again. It's unclear if the Senate will"}, {'start': '161.519', 'end': '165.760', 'text': 'sign off on this as well. A spokesperson'}, {'start': '163.519', 'end': '167.440', 'text': 'for Senator Adam Schiff tells me if they'}, {'start': '165.760', 'end': '169.680', 'text': 'do, Republicans will be going against'}, {'start': '167.440', 'end': '172.080', 'text': 'the rulings from the parliamentarian and'}, {'start': '169.680', 'end': '174.319', 'text': 'nearly 60 years of US environmental'}, {'start': '172.080', 'end': '174.319', 'text': 'policy.'}]