California lawmakers block emissions ban
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[{'start': '0.160', 'end': '4.400', 'text': "All right, California's ban on the sale"}, {'start': '1.839', 'end': '6.240', 'text': 'of new gas powered vehicles by 2035 just'}, {'start': '4.400', 'end': '8.320', 'text': 'hit a red light. The House of'}, {'start': '6.240', 'end': '10.559', 'text': 'Representatives voted today to undo a'}, {'start': '8.320', 'end': '13.200', 'text': 'waiver from the EPA that helped pave the'}, {'start': '10.559', 'end': '14.799', 'text': "way for the ban. ABC's Becca Hobgger is"}, {'start': '13.200', 'end': '16.560', 'text': 'in studio to drive this home for us. And'}, {'start': '14.799', 'end': '18.640', 'text': 'Becca, I feel like we just talked about'}, {'start': '16.560', 'end': '20.480', 'text': 'this not too long ago, actually. Yeah,'}, {'start': '18.640', 'end': '22.320', 'text': 'you know, Alex, I I stood right here in'}, {'start': '20.480', 'end': '24.880', 'text': 'this studio back in December reporting'}, {'start': '22.320', 'end': '26.800', 'text': 'on two waiverss newly granted by the US'}, {'start': '24.880', 'end': '28.880', 'text': 'Environmental Protection Agency that'}, {'start': '26.800', 'end': '30.560', 'text': 'would allow the California Air Resources'}, {'start': '28.880', 'end': '32.480', 'text': 'Board to move forward with that'}, {'start': '30.560', 'end': '34.719', 'text': 'statewide ban. Now, at the time,'}, {'start': '32.480', 'end': '37.680', 'text': 'Republican Congressman Kevin Kylie vowed'}, {'start': '34.719', 'end': '39.520', 'text': 'to fight it. And fight he did. In'}, {'start': '37.680', 'end': '41.360', 'text': 'September of 2020, Governor Gavin'}, {'start': '39.520', 'end': '44.399', 'text': 'Newsome signed an executive order'}, {'start': '41.360', 'end': '46.399', 'text': 'establishing a goal that 100% of instate'}, {'start': '44.399', 'end': '49.200', 'text': 'sales of new passenger cars and trucks'}, {'start': '46.399', 'end': '51.039', 'text': 'will be zero emission by 2035 and all'}, {'start': '49.200', 'end': '53.680', 'text': 'medium and heavy duty vehicles in the'}, {'start': '51.039', 'end': '56.719', 'text': 'state be zero emission by 2045. We will'}, {'start': '53.680', 'end': '60.079', 'text': 'be the first jurisdiction in the world'}, {'start': '56.719', 'end': '62.480', 'text': 'to require all new cars to be sold to be'}, {'start': '60.079', 'end': '64.479', 'text': 'alternative fuel cars. The goal was to'}, {'start': '62.480', 'end': '66.720', 'text': 'fight climate change, reduce pollutants'}, {'start': '64.479', 'end': '68.240', 'text': "that lead to smog and damage people's"}, {'start': '66.720', 'end': '70.479', 'text': "health, and reduce the state's"}, {'start': '68.240', 'end': '72.320', 'text': 'dependence on fossil fuels in favor of'}, {'start': '70.479', 'end': '74.240', 'text': "clean renewable fuels. I don't think"}, {'start': '72.320', 'end': '76.240', 'text': "that's an appropriate policy. Critics,"}, {'start': '74.240', 'end': '78.240', 'text': 'including Republican US Representative'}, {'start': '76.240', 'end': '79.920', 'text': 'Kevin Kylie of Rockland, have opposed'}, {'start': '78.240', 'end': '81.200', 'text': "the ban this whole time. I don't think"}, {'start': '79.920', 'end': '84.439', 'text': "it's the right thing for the government"}, {'start': '81.200', 'end': '86.720', 'text': 'to do uh to order uh millions of'}, {'start': '84.439', 'end': '88.159', 'text': 'Californians uh what car they should'}, {'start': '86.720', 'end': '89.920', 'text': 'drive. I think it should be up to'}, {'start': '88.159', 'end': '92.640', 'text': 'individuals to drive the car of their'}, {'start': '89.920', 'end': '94.320', 'text': 'choice. But in order to enact this ban,'}, {'start': '92.640', 'end': '96.240', 'text': 'California would need to impose'}, {'start': '94.320', 'end': '99.360', 'text': 'standards that are stricter than what'}, {'start': '96.240', 'end': '101.840', 'text': 'federal regulations allow. In 2023, the'}, {'start': '99.360', 'end': '104.320', 'text': 'EPA granted California a waiver,'}, {'start': '101.840', 'end': '106.560', 'text': 'followed by two more last December. In'}, {'start': '104.320', 'end': '109.040', 'text': 'response, Kylie posted on X, "We will'}, {'start': '106.560', 'end': '111.200', 'text': "promptly reverse Nuome's insane mandate"}, {'start': '109.040', 'end': '113.360', 'text': 'in the new year." And that\'s just what'}, {'start': '111.200', 'end': '115.520', 'text': "he worked to do. Today's action really"}, {'start': '113.360', 'end': '116.880', 'text': 'just restores common sense and says that'}, {'start': '115.520', 'end': '118.640', 'text': 'you should be able to drive the car of'}, {'start': '116.880', 'end': '121.040', 'text': 'your choice. And it passed with'}, {'start': '118.640', 'end': '123.439', 'text': 'bipartisan support. Kylie spoke with ABC'}, {'start': '121.040', 'end': '126.079', 'text': '10 on Thursday, the day a majority of US'}, {'start': '123.439', 'end': '128.319', 'text': 'representatives, 200 Republicans and 35'}, {'start': '126.079', 'end': '130.399', 'text': 'Democrats, voted to withdraw one of'}, {'start': '128.319', 'end': '132.239', 'text': 'those waivers. The day before, the House'}, {'start': '130.399', 'end': '134.560', 'text': 'had already voted to withdraw the other'}, {'start': '132.239', 'end': '136.720', 'text': 'two. Kylie is among the representatives'}, {'start': '134.560', 'end': '138.640', 'text': 'who introduced the resolutions that'}, {'start': '136.720', 'end': '140.800', 'text': 'using something called the Congressional'}, {'start': '138.640', 'end': '142.560', 'text': 'Review Act would withdraw the waiverss,'}, {'start': '140.800', 'end': '144.160', 'text': 'though they still need the approval of'}, {'start': '142.560', 'end': '145.760', 'text': "the Senate. I believe it'll pass in the"}, {'start': '144.160', 'end': '147.840', 'text': 'Senate. In response to the votes,'}, {'start': '145.760', 'end': '149.920', 'text': 'Governor Nuome said in part, "Trump'}, {'start': '147.840', 'end': '152.319', 'text': 'Republicans are hellbent on making'}, {'start': '149.920', 'end': '153.920', 'text': 'California smoggy again. Clean air'}, {'start': '152.319', 'end': '156.080', 'text': "didn't used to be political. Our"}, {'start': '153.920', 'end': '157.920', 'text': 'vehicles program helps clean the air for'}, {'start': '156.080', 'end': '160.160', 'text': 'all Californians and will continue'}, {'start': '157.920', 'end': '162.640', 'text': 'defending it." He and State Attorney'}, {'start': '160.160', 'end': '164.959', 'text': 'General Rob Ba pointed out both the'}, {'start': '162.640', 'end': '167.519', 'text': 'nonpartisan US Government Accountability'}, {'start': '164.959', 'end': '169.599', 'text': 'Office and Senate Parliamentarian have'}, {'start': '167.519', 'end': '172.160', 'text': 'said the Congressional Review Act does'}, {'start': '169.599', 'end': '174.239', 'text': 'not apply to these waiverss. Bont said'}, {'start': '172.160', 'end': '176.640', 'text': 'in part, "Not only would the misuse of'}, {'start': '174.239', 'end': '178.800', 'text': 'the CRA undermine the integrity of our'}, {'start': '176.640', 'end': '180.879', 'text': 'democratic process, but it would also be'}, {'start': '178.800', 'end': '182.879', 'text': 'unlawful," adding his office is'}, {'start': '180.879', 'end': '185.239', 'text': 'monitoring the situation closely,'}, {'start': '182.879', 'end': '188.080', 'text': 'including what happens next in the'}, {'start': '185.239', 'end': '189.920', 'text': 'Senate. I asked the offices of Governor'}, {'start': '188.080', 'end': '191.280', 'text': 'Nuomo and Attorney General Bont for'}, {'start': '189.920', 'end': '194.879', 'text': 'interviews today. They were not'}, {'start': '191.280', 'end': '194.879', 'text': 'available to speak with me.'}]