Barrasso, Lummis applaud repeal of electric vehicle mandate

CHEYENNE (WNE) — U.S. Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., on Thursday attended the White House signing ceremony for legislation repealing the Biden administration’s electric vehicle mandate.

The legislation to repeal the EV mandate passed the Senate last month with the support of all Republican senators.

“I applaud President Trump for overturning the electric vehicle mandate,” Barrasso said in a news release. “The goal of radical climate extremists was to ban gas-powered vehicles forever. This Republican majority stopped them. Wyoming families do not need or want Washington bureaucrats to pick the car or truck they are able to drive.”

Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., released the following statement celebrating Trump’s signing of the legislation, which she cosponsored: “President Trump is delivering for Wyoming residents today by ending the Biden administration’s unrealistic and flawed California electrical vehicle mandate. It is not the government’s job to tell Americans what vehicle you have to buy. Furthermore, failed California politicians like Gavin Newsom should not be the ones dictating emissions policy for the entire country. This disastrous policy belongs in the garbage, where it started.”

This story was published on June 13, 2025.