The chairman of the federal law enforcement panel of the House Oversight and Reform Commission has begun investigating the Biden administration’s harassment of citizens and businesses under its climate change agenda. [emphasis, links added]
Rep. Clay Higgins, Louisiana Republican, said he was seeking answers for small businesses that Biden’s Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have unfairly targeted.
“Under the Biden administration, many U.S. businesses and citizens are targeted by politically motivated regulatory enforcement and 'environmental justice' directives, With agency requirements and excessive restrictions on consent The expensive requirement is the condition for termination of the lawsuit.Mr. Higgins wrote to the new leaders of the Department of Justice and EPA.
A letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and EPA administrator Lee Zeldin describes the work as “a weaponization of excessively heavy regulatory enforcement by the American people.”
As part of the investigation, Mr. Higgins is working on the Justice Department’s Clean Air Act lawsuit against Toyota Motors, Hino Motors, which settled a $1.6 billion settlement to the company that admitted excessive diesel engine emissions to more than 105,000 U.S. cars.
In the letter, Mr. Higgins provided information on the steps taken to the Department of Justice and the EPA. “Re-examine these tyrannical consent ordinances and ensure that the Justice Department and EPA personnel enforce federal criminal and civil law fairly without political bias.”
He said the Justice Department and the EPA “retaliation against the weapons consent statute to oppose businesses and individuals who oppose the Biden administration’s speech” under Mr Biden’s leadership, and in some cases the federal consent statute is based on state laws, not federal laws and regulations.
Mr Higgins said that due to the failure to comply with these requirements, which are often expensive for small businesses, often guaranteeing that the Justice Department and the EPA will force businesses to close, causing countless Americans to lose their jobs.
Mr. Higgins pointed out that when President Trump canceled the Biden-era regulations, Litigation and directives (including consent statutes) harm a wide range of business.
The committee also requested employee-level briefings to ensure what actions are being taken to ensure that these actions occur.
The Washington Times contacted the Department of Justice and the EPA.
Another incident under investigation is Biden DOJ and EPA's Power Performance Enterprises Inc. and its president Kory B. Willis.
Both defendants pleaded guilty to violating the Clean Air Act and violated the Act by tampering with the monitoring equipment of the emission control system of diesel trucks.
In March 2022, the company and Mr. Willis agreed to pay a criminal and civil fine of $3.1 million under a criminal plea agreement and a proposed civil consent order.
Under civil settlement, the company agreed not to manufacture, sell or install any equipment that defeats emission control.
This is not the only car store Biden EPA and DOJ target.
Under the December 2020 National Compliance Plan, EPA focuses on manufacturing, selling and installing emissions “strike equipment”.
The agency follows the high-performance automotive industry and sometimes dispatches armed EPA agents to fine violators.
According to Biden EPA, cars, trucks and motorcycles designed to be converted to racing cars.
In December, in the last weeks of President Trump’s first administration, EPA announced that it will prioritize enforcement of high-performance parts that convert racing into high-performance parts including superchargers, tuners and exhaust systems.
It continued until Mr. Biden's tenure.
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