DCPD-202500683 - Remarks on Signing Legislation Regarding Congressional Disapproval of Environmental Protection Agency Rules Relating to Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Standards in California and an Exchange With Reporters - DCPD-202500683 | Content Details

DCPD-202500683 - Remarks on Signing Legislation Regarding Congressional Disapproval of Environmental Protection Agency Rules Relating to Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Standards in California and an Exchange With Reporters

Category: Budget and Presidential Materials

Collection: Compilation of Presidential Documents

Publisher: Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration

Event Date: June 12, 2025

President: Donald J. Trump

Document Categories: Bill Signings and Vetoes : Legislation regarding congressional disapproval of Environmental Protection Agency rules relating to vehicle fuel efficiency standards in California, signing remarks

Subjects: 2024 Presidential election
Afghanistan, withdrawal of U.S. military forces
Artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies
Attorney General
Automobile industry, strengthening efforts
Automobiles and automobile parts, tariffs on imports into U.S.
California, Governor
California, political protests in Los Angeles
California, vehicle fuel efficiency standards
California, wildfires in Los Angeles area
Carbon emissions, reduction efforts
China, President
China, trade with U.S.
Electric and hybrid vehicles, promotion efforts
Electricity capacity, expansion efforts
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal Reserve System
Foreign university students, U.S. visa policy
France, President
Hamas political-paramilitary organization
House Majority Leader
Illegal immigration
Immigration enforcement actions
India, plane crash in Ahmedabad
India, Prime Minister
India, relations with Pakistan
India, trade with U.S.
Inflation
Interest rates
Iran, nuclear weapons development
Iran, regional involvement
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist organization
Israel, attacks by Hamas of October 7, 2023
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lebanon, Hizballah political-paramilitary organization
Legislation regarding congressional disapproval of Environmental Protection Agency rules relating to vehicle fuel efficiency standards in California
Manufacturing industry, domestic investment
Medicare and Medicaid programs
Minnesota, Governor
National Guard
Nuclear energy, expansion efforts
Pakistan, Prime Minister
Pakistan, relations with India
Pakistan, trade with U.S.
Qatar, Amir
Russia, conflict in Ukraine
Russia, President
Saudi Arabia, King
Secretary of Energy
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of Transportation
Senate majority leader
Small businesses, promotion efforts
Social Security program
Solar and wind energy
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Tariffs
Tax Code reform
TikTok
U.S. Army, 250th anniversary
U.S. military readiness, improvement efforts
U.S. Steel Corp.
U.S. visa policy
Ukraine, Russian invasion and airstrikes
United Arab Emirates, President
White House Chief of Staff
World War II Victory Day

Names: Balderson, W. Troy; Barrasso, John A.; Bartiromo, Maria; Baumgartner, Michael; Biden, Joseph R., Jr.; Bondi, Pamela J.; Burgum, Douglas J.; Caine, J. Daniel; Capito, Moore; Capito, Shelley Moore; Curtis, John; Duffy, Sean P.; Fain, Shawn; Fischer, Debra S.; Fong, Vince; Griffith, H. Morgan; Grothman, Glenn S.; Guthrie, S. Brett; Hess, John B.; Husted, Jon; Issa, Darrell; James, John; Johnson, Dusty M.; Johnson, J. Michael; Jones, Gina; Joyce, John P.; Kent, William B.; Kernen, Joe; Kiley, Kevin; LaMalfa, Douglas L.; Macron, Emmanuel; Mann, Tracey R.; Marquez, Miguel; McDonnell, Jim; Modi, Narendra; Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan; Moreno, Bernie; Mullin, Markwayne; Musk, Elon R.; Newsom, Gavin C.; O'Brien, Sean; Obama, Barack; Obernolte, Jay; Paul, Randal H.; Powell, Jerome H.; Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich; Ricketts, J. Peter; Rouzer, David C.; Salman bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud, King; Scalise, Stephen J.; Sharif, Shehbaz; Slotkin, Elissa; Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Amir; Tenney, Claudia; Thune, John R.; Walz, Timothy J.; Wilse, Susan; Wright, Christopher A.; Xi Jinping; Yakym, Rudy, III; Zeldin, Lee M.

Locations: Washington, DC

Notes: The President spoke at 11:24 a.m. in the East Room at the White House. In his remarks, he referred to Chairman of the Federal Reserve System Board of Governors Jerome H. Powell; former President's Barack Obama and Joseph R. Biden, Jr.; Maria Bartiromo, host, Fox Business Network's "Mornings With Maria" program; Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee M. Zeldin; Moore Capito, son of Sen. Capito, in his former capacity as a 2024 West Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate; Shawn Fain, president, United Auto Workers; White House Chief of Staff Susan Wiles; White House Senior Adviser Elon Musk; King Salman bin Abd al- Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia; Amir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani of Qatar; President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates; Los Angeles Police Department Chief Jim McDonnell; Gov. Timothy J. Walz of Minnesota; Miguel Marquez, a national correspondent for CNN, who was hit with a projectile and tear-gassed while reporting from protests in Minneapolis, MN, for CNN's "Cuomo Prime Time" program on May 29, 2020; Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. J. Daniel Caine, USAF; Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan; President Emmanuel Macron of France; and Senate Majority Leader John R. Thune. He also referred to H.R. 1; and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist organization. Sen. Barrasso referred to John A. James, father of Rep. James. A reporter referred to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel. H.J. Res. 87, H.J. Res. 88, and H.J. Res. 89, approved June 12, were assigned, respectively, Public Law. No. 119–15, Public Law. No. 119– 16, and Public Law. No. 119–17. The transcript was released by the Office of Communications on June 13.