Congress can stop California's radical environmental mandates that hurt the entire nation

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : California's attempt to drive national policy would normally run into both constitutional (interstate commerce clause) and statutory (Clean Air Act) roadblocks.
51% : Elected representatives in Congress, not unelected bureaucrats in Sacramento or a so-called "independent" agency like GAO, have the power to regulate the means of interstate commerce. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Deferring to the GAO would be an undemocratic trifecta -- it would leave in place rules written by unelected state regulators, approved by unelected federal bureaucrats and shielded from democratic review through unelected, self-declared referees.
49% : Repealing the waivers would do more than block a radical climate agenda -- it would restore a basic principle of American self-government: that laws with national scope must be subject to national debate, national scrutiny, and national consent.
48% : But once California gets a waiver, any of the other 49 states can "adopt and enforce" emission standards "identical to the California standards for which a waiver has been granted" without asking EPA for permission.
44% : The sole exception is California, which can seek a waiver from EPA to enforce emission standards more stringent than the federal ones.

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