[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 43 (Monday, March 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S2336]
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                             Infrastructure

  Madam President, on another matter, this week, the Senate will get 
yet another chance to put the emergency brakes on a particularly 
harmful piece of the Biden administration's Federal regulatory state.
  The Federal Highway Administration finalized a rule late last year 
that would force States and local planning agencies to set declining 
greenhouse gas emissions targets and require them to meet those 
targets. The idea is to make the entire country build its 
infrastructure the way the bluest coastal cities, like San Francisco, 
do. Subway stops, electrical vehicle chargers, and bike lanes in rural 
places like North Dakota? It is a one-size-fits-all mandate. In other 
words, it forces Middle America to say goodbye to urgent projects on 
the sort of transportation infrastructure that actually makes sense for 
them.
  What is more, FHWA lacks the authority to implement this rule. 
Congress explicitly debated and rejected language to authorize this 
type of target during the lead-up to the passage of the Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Act.
  So I am very grateful to my colleague Senator Cramer for taking the 
lead on this CRA, and I would urge all of our colleagues to support him 
on the floor this week.
  I yield the floor.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.

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