The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday prohibiting bans on the sale of gas-powered vehicles. Iowa’s federal delegation in the House supported the bill, with all four voting in favor of the measure. 

The bill looks to prohibit bans on the sale of gas-powered vehicles by states like California. President Joe Biden has touted similar policies in his administration’s plan to fight climate change. 

These plans would require all new vehicles being sold to be 100 percent electric by 2035. Biden’s plan is currently being challenged in court by a coalition of GOP-leaning states that are challenging the 2021 rule limiting tailpipe emissions from the Environmental Protection Agency. 

The Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act would alter the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from granting waivers to the Clean Air Act that would ban the purchase of new gas-powered vehicles. 

The bill passed the house 222 – 190 with Iowa Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson, R- Iowa, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R- Iowa, Zach Nunn, R- Iowa, and Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, all voting in favor. 

During a call with reporters on Thursday, Hinson said that the Biden administration’s plan would stress the U.S. power grid, electric cars are still too expensive, and that the infrastructure for electric vehicles was not well developed in rural areas of the U.S. 

“The lack of vehicle charging infrastructure in many parts of the country, especially rural areas, makes EVs impractical for many Americans,” Hinson said.