[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 148 (Monday, September 23, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6331-S6332]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS

  The following petition or memorial was laid before the Senate and was 
referred or ordered to lie on the table as indicated:

       POM-176. A resolution adopted by the Senate of the State of 
     Ohio expressing support for consumer choice in the automotive 
     marketplace and against government-preferred vehicle 
     technology mandates that will harm Ohio's consumers by 
     prematurely requiring the transition of the automotive fleet 
     from internal combustion powered vehicles to all-electric 
     vehicles; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

                       Senate Resolution No. 155

       Whereas, All Ohio residents deserve access to affordable, 
     practical, and technologically neutral options for 
     transportation in the new and used motor vehicle marketplace; 
     and
       Whereas, An overwhelming majority of Ohioans have chosen to 
     purchase vehicles equipped with an internal combustion 
     engine; and
       Whereas, The median household income of Ohioans from 2017-
     2021 was $61,938 as determined by the U.S. Census Bureau; and
       Whereas, The average cost of a new all-electric vehicle is 
     more than $58,000, making the mandated purchase of these 
     vehicles unaffordable and, thus, unattainable for the 
     majority of Ohioans; and
       Whereas, 198,000 Ohioans are employed in the automotive 
     sector, which contributes over $12.1 billion in labor income 
     to the state's economy; and
       Whereas, The CEO of Ford stated that manufacturing electric 
     vehicles requires approximately 40% less labor than internal 
     combustion engine powered automobiles. Therefore, thousands 
     of family-sustaining union jobs are at risk; and
       Whereas, PJM, the regional transmission organization that 
     coordinates the movement of wholesale electricity in all or 
     parts of 13 states and the District of Columbia has warned 
     that 40 GW of existing electric generation are at risk of 
     retirement by 2030; and
       Whereas, According to the U.S. Geological Survey's 
     assessment of critical minerals, the United States depends on 
     countries that have poor environmental records and 
     antagonistic relations, like China, for many of the minerals 
     necessary for deploylment of all-electric vehicles; and
       Whereas, Federal and state regulators have failed to 
     adequately consider the cost impact to vulnerable 
     communities, the displacement of American jobs, the capacity 
     of our electric infrastructure, and our ability to bring 
     supply chains governed by hostile-actors to America when 
     encouraging vehicle mandates; Now therefore be it
       Resolved, That we, the members of the Senate of the 135th 
     General Assembly of the State of Ohio reaffirm the State of 
     Ohio's commitment to consumer choice in the automotive 
     marketplace by neither mandating nor prohibiting the purchase 
     of specific vehicle technologies; and be it further
       Resolved, That we respectfully urge the Biden 
     Administration to ensure all regulations being promulgated by 
     the U.S. EPA regarding light-, medium-. and heavy-duty 
     vehicles protect American families and workers by being both 
     economically practicable and technologically feasible, which 
     means preventing direct or indirect electric vehicle 
     mandates; and be it further

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       Resolved, That the Clerk of the Ohio Senate transmit duly 
     authenticated copies of this resolution to the President of 
     the United States, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of 
     Energy, the Secretary of the U.S. Environmental Protection 
     Agency, the Speaker and Clerk of the United States House of 
     Representatives, the President Pro Tempore and Secretary of 
     the United States Senate, the members of the Ohio 
     Congressional Delegation, and the news media of Ohio.

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