Video & Transcript : 'Clean Air Act' :
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US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, April 30, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- preeemption</c> target clean air act federal preeemption target clean air act federal preeemption waiverss
- Air Act, air enactment of the Clean Air Act, air pollution<05:46:33.920><c> remains</c><05:46:34.320
- , the Clean Air Act grants pollution, the Clean Air Act grants California<05:56:18.160><c> the</c><05
- Clean Air Act to of its standing in the Clean Air Act to limit<06:00:42.480><c> consumer</c><06:00:43.240
- Thanks to the Clean Air Act, America has made massive strides in cleaning up our air, but we still have
Keywords:
EPA, pollution control, California emissions standards, NOX regulation, congressional disapproval, HJR87, H.J.Res. 87, Congressional Review Act, CRA, EPA waiver, California waiver, preemption, vehicle emissions, heavy-duty trucks, engine emissions, Advanced Clean Trucks, zero-emission vehicles, ZEV, zero-emission airport shuttle, powertrain certification
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, May 1, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- When President Richard Nixon signed the Federal Clean Air Act in 1970, California, under Governor Ronald
- Clean air is not a partisan issue.
- Growing California's right to clean air.
- </c><02:08:23.199><c> Air</c><02:08:23.440><c> Act</c> Nixon signed the Federal Clean Air Act Nixon signed
- the Federal Clean Air Act in<02:08:24.040><c> 1970,</c><02:08:25.040><c> California</c><02:08:25.840
Keywords:
HJR88, H.J.Res. 88, Congressional Review Act, CRA, EPA waiver, California waiver, Advanced Clean Cars II, clean cars, vehicle emissions, auto emissions, motor vehicle pollution, engine pollution, California Air Resources Board, CARB, zero-emission vehicles, ZEV, electric vehicles, EV mandate, preemption, federal disapproval
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, April 16, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Keywords:
FISA, foreign intelligence, surveillance, national security, privacy, intelligence, legal authority, tax cuts, working families, tax relief, income tax, healthcare, education, overtime pay, child tax credit, temporary protected status, Haiti, immigration, refugees, environmental regulations
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, April 15, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- under the Clean Air Act.
- To gut the Clean Air Act.
- To gut the Clean Air Act.
- It weakens the Clean Air Act. It does. It weakens the Clean Air Act.
- ><c> air</c><04:57:48.480><c> and</c> Clean Air Act and polluting our air and Clean Air Act and polluting
Keywords:
tax cuts, working families, tax relief, income tax, healthcare, education, overtime pay, child tax credit, environmental regulations, EPA, clean air, reducing duplication, federal projects, Clean Air Act, emissions, air quality, international pollutants, economic impact, temporary protected status, Haiti
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, March 5, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><02:16:52.800><c> have</c> under the Clean Air Act this should have under the Clean Air Act this
- </c><02:17:26.160><c> Air</c><02:17:26.880><c> Act</c> within the three-year Clean Air Act within the
- The Clean Air Act and, you know, to be clear, hazardous air pollutants are air toxics that are known
- They're legally required, as I said, to manage under the Clean Air Act.
- as I said, to manage under the Clean Air Act.
Keywords:
censure, Congress, interruption, decorum, Representative Al Green, energy conservation, appliance standards, Department of Energy, consumer products, commercial equipment, regulation disapproval, HJR61, H.J.Res. 61, Public Law 119-14, Congressional Review Act, CRA, EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, air pollution, hazardous air pollutants
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Air Act.
- Act or this provision of the federal Clean Air Act goes away, Texas can chart its own course, which
- Texans, as Texans, we want clean air, and this bill moves us in the opposite direction. Thank you.
- Texans, as with Texans, we want clean air and the spill moves us in the opposite direction.
- At the end of the day, if the Clean Air Act goes away, then there's no parameters by which you can do
Committee:
House Environmental Regulation
Keywords:
solid waste management, exclusive contracts, public agency, contract amendment, notification requirements, Texas Health and Safety Code, Texas Emissions Reduction Plan, TERP, air quality, emissions reduction, clean fleet, alternative fuel, natural gas vehicles, hydrogen fuel, hydrogen infrastructure, diesel replacement, fleet grants, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, clean school buses
Summary:
The committee first heard House Bill 1904, which would classify intentionally released helium balloons as litter and create criminal penalties for balloon releases. The author and supportive witnesses argued that balloon releases harm wildlife, livestock, waterways, and infrastructure, and that the bill would close a loophole in current litter law. Several members questioned whether criminal penalties were appropriate, and the author said he was willing to work toward civil penalties and fines instead. No vote was taken, and HB 1904 was left pending.
The committee then took up several pending bills and reported them favorably to the full House, including HB 3249, HB 3866, HB 4112, HB 1768, HB 1499, HB 573, and HB 464. These measures dealt with topics such as TCEQ contested-case procedures, outdoor storage containers, high-level radioactive waste, concrete plant permitting and grants, unannounced concrete batch plant inspections, and a scrap tire grant program. Most were adopted with substitutes and passed on recorded votes, generally with unanimous or near-unanimous support.
A major portion of the meeting focused on HB 3997, which would create expedited permitting timelines for LNG facilities and related wastewater permits. Industry witnesses said the bill would provide certainty for multibillion-dollar projects without eliminating public participation, while environmental groups opposed parts of the bill that they said could limit contested-case participation and be unrealistic for SOAH timelines. TCEQ staff described the current wastewater permitting process and said some of the bill’s timing provisions could be workable, especially with an expedited fee. The bill was left pending after the author said he would continue working on committee substitute language.
The committee also heard HB 1237 on extending the renewal window for expired TCEQ occupational water licenses, and HB 4519, a TERP consolidation bill that would combine several clean transportation grant programs into fewer programs. HB 1237 was left pending without testimony, while HB 4519 drew broad support from environmental and industry witnesses who favored simplifying the program, though some asked for stronger emphasis on particulate matter and hydrogen funding. The committee withdrew the substitute on HB 4519 and left it pending. Finally, HB 5033, which would eliminate the motor vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program if federal authority changes, drew opposition from environmental and inspection-industry witnesses who warned it would weaken air-quality protections and could remove an important enforcement tool. The author said the bill was intended as a trigger mechanism and would be refined, and HB 5033 was left pending. The committee also heard HB 1227 on municipal solid-waste franchise fees and private-provider access; the author said he would bring a substitute after hearing concerns from cities, and the bill was left pending.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The resolution celebrates, and I quote, legislation to reform processes under the Clean Air Act for establishing
- You can't breathe clean air anymore.
- You can't breathe clean air anymore.
- </c><02:45:36.319><c> air</c> It is celebrating gutting clean air It is celebrating gutting clean air
- </c> You can't breathe clean air anymore. You can't breathe clean air anymore.
Keywords:
David Scott, Representative David Scott, Georgia, House resolution, memorial resolution, condolence resolution, death of a member, adjournment in honor, Congressional tribute, House of Representatives, ceremonial resolution, obituary resolution, Clean Air Act, wildfire risk, air quality monitoring, exceptional events, regulations, environmental policy, energy efficiency, federal buildings
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, April 21, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> Clean Air Act. Clean Air Act.
- :45:45.040><c> the</c><03:45:45.199><c> 21st</c> Clean Air Act to work in the 21st Clean Air Act to work
- </c><03:59:42.800><c> for</c> with the Clean Air Act and asking for with the Clean Air Act and asking
- Part of comply with the Clean Air Act.
- </c><04:09:44.560><c> emissions</c> Clean Air Act treats wildfire emissions Clean Air Act treats wildfire
Keywords:
H.Res. 1202, HR1202, House resolution, committee assignment, standing committee, House Committee on Homeland Security, Homeland Security Committee, committee membership, committee ranking, seniority, Ms. Mejia, Mr. Walkinshaw, House organization, procedural resolution, internal House rules, congressional committee, hydropower, construction, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, license extension
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment & Energy Jan 19th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Environment & Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- Washington: clean water, clean air, healthier wildlife, and, for those who know me, our beloved salmon
- The generating station was found in violation of the Clean Air Act when I was a teenager.
- This bill affirms Washington's commitment to clean air, clean power, and climate progress.
- clean air strategies, investments, alternative fuels, shore power, and voluntary prohibitions.
- Many of these vessels use scrubbers to meet clean fuel standards without reducing air pollution like
Committee:
House Environment & Energy
Keywords:
6PPD, tires, environmental impact, public health, chemical regulation, HB1652, Salish Sea Protection and Marine Clean Fuels Act, marine fuel, low-sulfur fuel, sulfur emissions, ocean-going vessels, shipping, maritime pollution, air quality, particulate matter, Department of Ecology, port visit, regulated waters, fuel switching, vessel emissions
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/03/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Transcript Highlights:
- Air Act.
- Air Act, so the health-based standards still prevail.
- With respect to Section 3-3493 and paragraphs C and D, the Clean Air Act, Section 211(c)(4)(C)(ii), provides
- Air Act to kind of help us nullify, you know, the federal government due to a lot of the difficulties
- In addition, the Clean Air Act includes specific requirements for state-implemented gasoline programs
Bills:
HB2014 , HB2113 , HB2145 , HB2331 , HB2340 , HB2389 , HB2400 , HB2401 , HB2428 , HB2494 , HB2696 , HB2756 , HB2795 , HB2955 , HCM2008
Committees:
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water , House House Natural Resources, Energy & Water Committee of Reference
Keywords:
air emissions, fuel blends, environmental quality, feasibility study, Arizona Department of Agriculture, utility consumer, rate intervention, public service corporation, Arizona Revised Statutes, residential rates, consumer protection, fuel reformulation, gasoline standards, environmental regulations, ethanol supply, Air Quality, energy reliability, electric service providers, reliable resources, public power entity
WA
Committee:
House Transportation
Keywords:
transportation improvement board, TIB, transportation improvement account, motor vehicle fund, arterial streets, local match, private match, grant funding, transportation grants, county roads, city streets, transportation benefit district, urban county, small city program, active transportation, pedestrian, bicycle, bike routes, transit, public transit
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Jan 30th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Environment, Energy & Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 6269 relates to modernizing the definition of motor fuel and the Motor Fuel Quality Act.
- Indoor air quality measures, and health and safety improvements.
- Transformation Act.
- and the Public Records Act.
- This is a great bill that moves clean energy forward, but it's also a complicated bill.
Committee:
Senate Environment, Energy & Technology
Keywords:
motor fuel, fuel quality act, RCW 19.112, alternative fuel, biodiesel, renewable diesel, ethanol blend, alcohol fuel, diesel fuel, nonhazardous motor fuel, biofuels, clean fuels, transportation fuels, Washington fuel standards, fuel labeling, fuel blending, petroleum products, natural gas vehicles, compressed natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- promote the use of ride-sharing, public transportation, and non-motorized commuting in order to reduce air
- driven on roads and prevent more than 40 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions from entering our air
- Washington's commute trip reduction law is foundational to reducing congestion, improving air quality
- Thanks to commute trip reduction, our region has less traffic congestion and less air pollution, making
- Parents throughout our community urged our city to act on this sooner rather than later.
Committee:
House Transportation
Keywords:
commute trip reduction, definitions, transportation, environmental impact, urban planning, electric bicycles, electric motorcycles, regulation, vehicle classification, tolling, emergency suspension, public access, state highways, transportation improvement board, TIB, transportation improvement account, motor vehicle fund, arterial streets, local match, private match
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, May 20, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Air Act.
- All points of 112 of the Clean Air Act.
- Air Act.
- Air Act.
- </c><03:35:39.359><c> Air</c><03:35:39.680><c> Act</c> under section 112 of the Clean Air Act under section
Keywords:
SJR13, S.J.Res. 13, joint resolution, Congressional Review Act, CRA, OCC, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury, bank merger, bank mergers, Bank Merger Act, business combinations, merger review, financial regulation, banking regulation, bank consolidation, regulatory disapproval, federal banking rule, rule repeal, Public Law 119-19
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Provisions of this act make it difficult for farmers to shift to Provisions of this act make it difficult
- Air Act, which talks about transport... ...under one section of the Clean Air Act, which talks about
- Air Act, just as his predecessor took the opinion contrary to it. ...Clean Air Act, just as his predecessor
- They created the Clean Air Act; they created the EPA. In the course of it...
- They created the Clean Air Act; they created the EPA.
Keywords:
electronic monitoring, nursing care, assisted living, resident rights, privacy, consent, surveillance, stormwater, water storage, replenishment credits, groundwater, aquifer, Arizona Revised Statutes, irrigation rights, water duty, water allocation, management areas, Salt River horse herd, wild horses, feral horses
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/17/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Transcript Highlights:
- Acting Chair. Go ahead. Mr. Chair. Thank you. Thank you. Go ahead. Thank you.
- Acting Chair. Go ahead. Mr. Chair. Thank you. Thank you. Go ahead. Thank you.
- Acting Chair, you miss acting chair.
- Acting Chair, Ms. Carter, go ahead. Go ahead, go, Chair.
- Congress act to clearly define the EPA's powers and duties. ...that the U.S.
Committees:
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water , House House Natural Resources, Energy & Water Committee of Reference
Keywords:
underground utilities, utility locating, dig safe, call before you dig, excavation safety, damage prevention, one-call center, locate request, white lining, large project coordination, buried infrastructure, subsurface utilities, utility marking, locator wire, locator strip, interactive positive response system, landlord duties, apartment community, mobile home park, sewer line
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, May 21, 2025 - Part 1)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> Section 112 of the Clean Air Act.
- </c><02:25:31.120><c> Air</c><02:25:31.359><c> Act</c> They rightly said that the Clean Air Act They
- In the 1990 Clean Air Act breathe.
- pollutants to avoid Clean Air Act requirements that protect the air that we breathe.
- Clean Air Act, the bipartisan piece the Clean Air Act, the bipartisan piece of<02:42:37.760><c> legislation
Keywords:
veterans, VA, Department of Veterans Affairs, suicide prevention, mental health, emergent suicide care, Columbia Protocol, Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale, Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program, No Wrong Door for Veterans Act, title 38, adaptive prostheses, prosthetic devices, recreational activities, sports prosthetics, pension payments, veterans benefits, Veterans Affairs Committee, suicide screening, crisis care
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, May 21, 2025 - Part 2)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Maloy: I support the One Big Beautiful Act.
- Air Act.
- Air Act.
- Thirty of them voted for the Butch Lewis Act. How about the PACT Act for our veterans?
- JOBS ACT.
Keywords:
veterans, VA, Department of Veterans Affairs, suicide prevention, mental health, emergent suicide care, Columbia Protocol, Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale, Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program, No Wrong Door for Veterans Act, title 38, adaptive prostheses, prosthetic devices, recreational activities, sports prosthetics, pension payments, veterans benefits, Veterans Affairs Committee, suicide screening, crisis care
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- expertise in health care delivery and health care financing to study the impact of the provisions of this act
- [is to be] submitted to the President Pro Tem and Speaker no later than December 1, 2028, and this act
- 2029, to allow parties to review the actual report and determine if changes need to be made to the act
Committee:
House Health
Keywords:
Alabama Athletic Commission, Attorney General, criminal penalties, unarmed combat, regulation, boxing, mixed martial arts, civil fines, dental insurance, benefit rollover, healthcare, insurance policy, annual maximum, smoking ban, vaping, public health, indoor air quality, clean air, ambulance services, health insurance
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, April 29, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid vapor pressure under that Act and for other purposes
- Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid vapor pressure under that Act and for other purposes
- Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid vapor pressure under that Act and for other purposes
- Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid vapor pressure under that Act and for other purposes
- Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid vapor pressure under that Act and for other purposes
Keywords:
agriculture, food security, farm programs, sustainability, conservation, nutrition assistance, budget resolution, fiscal responsibility, government funding, budgetary levels, congressional budget, foreign intelligence, digital currency, privacy, surveillance, FISA, civil liberties, rules resolution, special rule, House Rules Committee