WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), and the Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Vice Chairman Pete Olson (R-TX), has scheduled a joint hearing for Thursday, Sept. 22, at 10 a.m. in HVC-210 of the Capitol Visitor Center. The hearing is entitled, “Midterm Review and Update on the Corporate Average Fuel Economy Program and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Motor Vehicles."
The hearing will examine the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) program and greenhouse gas (GHG) standards set by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Members will examine the impact the CAFE and GHG regulations will have on economic growth, innovation, and job creation. Additionally, members will seek an update on the ongoing Midterm Evaluation process, the status of economic projections and assumptions used to develop CAFE/GHG standards, and the uniformity of these standards under the National Program.
In April, the committee wrote NHTSA and EPA requesting details on the CAFE standards review. In late August, the subcommittees requested that the agencies provide an extension of time for public comment on this review.
“Next week’s hearing will provide our members an opportunity to examine the significant economic impacts these standards could have on consumers," said Burgess and Olson. “We need to know if these standards are impacting vehicle choices, raising prices, and most importantly whether they are pushing low-income consumers out of the car-buying market altogether."
The Majority Memorandum, a witness list, and witness testimony will be available here as they are posted.
