Lee Zeldin
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We did the public comment.
We followed all of the rules of the administrator procedures act.
I read the final decision before signing it yesterday.
And this thing is airtight.
You know, I referenced Loper bright a second ago is the Supreme court case overturning the Chevron doctrine.
When the 2009 endangerment finding was done, the Obama administration, the EPA administrator, was creatively interpreting the Clean Air Act to say, well, if it doesn't say I can't, I guess that means we can.
Well, the Supreme Court said in Loper Bright, that's not how it works.
You have to follow the best reading of the law.
And then I also referenced West Virginia versus EPA as an example, the major policies doctrine.
If you're going to do trillions of dollars of regulation...
That is something that is for Congress.
And as far as this decision itself, it was loaded with so many mental leaps.
They said that when carbon dioxide was mixed with five other well-mixed gases, some of them not even emitted from vehicles, that it contributes, not causes, contributes to global climate change, that you won't find that in Section 202 of the Clean Air Act.
And they say global climate change endangers public health and welfare without analyzing the local and regional impacts, which is the way that it was always done for decades.
When you actually dig into what the law says, the Obama administration decided, well, I guess we have to change the law.
They tried to get the votes in Congress.
And then when they couldn't get the votes, they said, well, I guess we're just going to have to do it anyway.
Well, fast forward to 2026, game over.
The endangerment finding is gone.
Right.