Gavin Newsom's 'hidden climate tax' hitting Americans nationwide, lawmaker warns
A California lawmaker is fighting back against an environmental regulation that he says is raising costs for Americans across the country via a "hidden tax" on a variety of goods.Rep. Vince Fong, R-Calif., is leading legislation to roll back a Biden administration-era regulatory rule that effectively allows California to levy massive cost penalties on shipping vessels docked in its ports."It's a massive hidden climate tax that's being imposed on every single ship that's coming into California.
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A California lawmaker is fighting back against an environmental regulation that he says is raising costs for Americans across the country via a "hidden tax" on a variety of goods.Rep. Vince Fong, R-Calif., is leading legislation to roll back a Biden administration-era regulatory rule that effectively allows California to levy massive cost penalties on shipping vessels docked in its ports."It's a massive hidden climate tax that's being imposed on every single ship that's coming into California. And so all of those costs now are getting passed on to consumers," Fong told Fox News Digital in an interview. "Our ports, they work through and process over 40% of all the containers that come into the United States."CALIFORNIA SUES TRUMP EPA OVER MOVE TO SUBJECT STATE VEHICLE EMISSIONS WAIVERS TO CONGRESSIONAL REVIEWFong's legislation would target the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) authorization allowing California to enforce the rule, called the Vessel At Berth regulation, which was granted in 2020 under Gov.
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- A California lawmaker is fighting back against an environmental regulation that he says is raising costs for Americans across the country via a "hidden tax" on a variety of goods.Rep. Vince Fong, R-Calif., is leading legislation to roll back a Biden administration-era regulatory rule that effectively allows California to levy massive cost penalties on shipping vessels docked in its ports."It's a massive hidden climate tax that's being imposed on every single ship that's coming into California.
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