Hudson Presses EPA on Racing Regulation

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), representative of Charlotte Motor Speedway and Rockingham Dragway and co-author of legislation to combat EPA overreach into motorsports, sent a letter to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy demanding answers on the EPA’s proposed racing regulation. As a Member of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, Rep. Hudson was joined in the letter by Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (MI-06) and Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (KY-01). To read the letter, click here.

In March, members of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power and the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy held a joint hearing to examine EPA’s 2017 budget with Administrator McCarthy as the sole witness. Rep. Hudson questioned Administrator McCarthy on the proposed racing regulation. Click here to watch the video and here to read excerpts from the hearing.

On March 8, Rep. Hudson joined Chief Deputy Whip Patrick McHenry (NC-10) to introduce the Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act (H.R. 4715) to stop the EPA’s proposed racing regulation. To learn more about the RPM Act, click here. Further coverage of the bill's introduction is below:

“Proposed EPA rule on converted race cars worries some in industry,” Winston Salem Journal, (03/12/2016)

“Proposed EPA car-engine rule upsets NASCAR-country congressmen,” Charlotte Observer, (03/09/2016)

“New bill would kick EPA out of America's racetracks,” Washington Examiner, (03/08/2016)