•      "A leading reason for the affordability crisis facing Coloradans is red tape around air quality permitting. When the economy is strangled under the weight of costly, poorly designed ozone attainment standards, jobs are lost, prices spike, and financial stress increases negative health outcomes. Clean air is important to everyone, but Colorado jobs should not be penalized for emissions outside of their control — whether it's Canadian wildfires or Chinese pollution. My bill, the FIRE Act, is a common-sense solution that will drive down costs for working families in Colorado by clarifying that Clean Air Act benchmarks should not be used to punish jobs and hamstring the economy for things like prescribed burns or out-of-state wildfire smoke." Source: Rep. Gabe Evans (Republican, Colorado, District 8)

•      "While the Clean Air Act (CAA) allows states to adjust their plans when foreign emissions affect their ability to meet federal standards, the Biden Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) guidance limited that relief to only human-caused emissions from abroad, excluding natural foreign emissions like wildfire smoke. Not only is it wrong to punish states for emissions outside of their control, but this kind of overly burdensome red tape can place unnecessary burdens on manufacturers and communities, delay important projects for years, and raise costs for Americans. American states and producers need fair and consistent air quality designations. This week, House Republicans are bringing forward legislation to restore the original intent of the law and prevent states from being penalized for natural and man-made emissions from foreign nations they have no control over." Source: Rep. Steve Scalise (Republican, Louisiana, District 1), Majority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives