Oversight Committee Investigates FTC Dealer Rule; Congress Avoids Government Shutdown, Adjourns
This week the House Oversight Committee announced it would investigate new rules regulating car dealerships by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Committee Chairman Jamers Comer (R-Ky.) has requested the FTC turn over documents and answer questions by Nov. 30.
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In April, the EPA proposed its strictest ever tailpipe emission standards which would require that two-thirds of all light vehicles sold in the U.S. be electric by 2032. Currently, that number hovers around seven percent.
House Subcommittee Advances Right to Repair Legislation
Yesterday the House Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee passed the Right to Equitable and Professional Auto Industry Repair (REPAIR) Act which purports "to ensure consumers have access to data relating to their motor vehicles, critical repair information, and tools, and to provide them choices for maintenance, service, and repair of their motor vehicles."
House Elects New Speaker
The U.S. House of Representatives elected a new Speaker of the House on Wednesday, following three weeks of paralysis since the ouster of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).
House Remains Paralyzed Without Speaker; Senators Introduce Bill to Block EPA Emissions Rule
After several unsuccessful attempts to elect a new Speaker of the House, the U.S. House of Representatives remains without a Speaker more than two weeks after the ousting of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif) on Oct. 3.
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