Fight the intrusive arm of the EPA and other agencies.

I will fight the intrusive arm of the EPA and other agencies.

Promise to oppose EPA and other federal agencies.

Ron Estes for Congress
campaign · campaign_site · model gpt-5.4-mini

EPA announced nationwide E15 approvals and said its waivers would work to prevent disruption in America’s fuel supply starting May 1, 2026.

Recent EPA action reduced a fuel-market constraint and is consistent with the promise to push back on intrusive federal agency regulation.

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EPA Fortifies Domestic Fuel Supply, Provides Americans with Relief at the Pump by Approving Nationwide E15 and Removing Boutique Fuel Markets for E10 | US EPA
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 86%

EPA launched Water Reuse Action Plan 2.0 to reduce burdens while supporting industry and energy dominance.

The agency’s own recent deregulatory and pro-industry action points in the direction of the anti-bureaucracy pledge, but it is agency action rather than proof of Estes delivering the promise himself.

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EPA Launches Water Reuse Action Plan 2.0 to Advance Agency’s Core Mission and Strengthen US Industry, AI, and Energy Dominance | US EPA
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 72%

Ron Estes cosponsored H.R. 8034, a bill to modify percentage depletion rules for oil and gas wells; the bill was referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

This is concrete legislative effort to aid small energy producers and resist the regulatory burden on the oil-and-gas sector, but it is not enacted law.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R. 8034 (IH) - Protecting America’s Small Oil and Gas Producers and Rural Jobs Act - BILLS-119hr8034ih | Content Details | GovInfo
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 84%

The House passed H.J. Res. 35, disapproving EPA's Waste Emissions Charge rule for petroleum and natural gas systems, 220-206; Ron Estes, Republican of Kansas, voted Yea.

Estes voted for a Congressional Review Act resolution targeting an EPA methane-fee implementation rule, a concrete anti-EPA regulatory action.

partial same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives - Roll Call 52, H.J. Res. 35
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%

Public Law 119-2 states that Congress disapproved the EPA rule on Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems and that the rule shall have no force or effect.

The EPA rule that Estes voted to disapprove became void by enacted law, showing a delivered deregulatory result aligned with the promise, though not attributable to Estes alone.

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Public Law 119-2 - Disapproval of EPA Waste Emissions Charge Rule
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%

The House passed H.J. Res. 61, disapproving EPA's National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Rubber Tire Manufacturing rule, 216-202; Ron Estes voted Yea.

Estes voted to overturn an EPA hazardous air pollutants rule for rubber tire manufacturing, demonstrating concrete legislative effort against an EPA regulation.

partial same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives - Roll Call 58, H.J. Res. 61
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

Public Law 119-14 disapproved the EPA rule on National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Rubber Tire Manufacturing and declared it shall have no force or effect.

An EPA rule was formally nullified, supporting partial fulfillment of the broad anti-EPA pledge.

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Public Law 119-14 - Disapproval of EPA Rubber Tire Manufacturing Rule
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

The House passed H.J. Res. 87, disapproving EPA's California heavy-duty vehicle and engine waiver decision, 231-191; Ron Estes voted Yea.

Estes voted to overturn an EPA waiver tied to California heavy-duty vehicle and zero-emission requirements.

partial same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives - Roll Call 111, H.J. Res. 87
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

Public Law 119-15 disapproved EPA's California heavy-duty vehicle and engine pollution-control waiver decision and said the rule shall have no force or effect.

The anti-EPA waiver resolution became law, a concrete deregulatory result consistent with the promise.

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Public Law 119-15 - Disapproval of EPA California Heavy-Duty Vehicle Waiver
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

The House passed H.J. Res. 88, disapproving EPA's California Advanced Clean Cars II waiver decision, 246-164; Ron Estes voted Yea.

Estes voted for another EPA waiver disapproval resolution affecting vehicle-emissions regulation.

partial same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives - Roll Call 114, H.J. Res. 88
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

The House passed H.J. Res. 89, disapproving EPA's California Omnibus Low NOX waiver decision, 225-196; Ron Estes voted Yea.

Estes voted to reverse an EPA waiver for California low-NOX vehicle and engine standards.

partial same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives - Roll Call 112, H.J. Res. 89
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

Public Law 119-17 disapproved EPA's California Omnibus Low NOX waiver decision and declared it shall have no force or effect.

The EPA waiver disapproval was enacted, adding another concrete policy result aligned with the anti-EPA direction of the pledge.

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Public Law 119-17 - Disapproval of EPA California Omnibus Low NOX Waiver
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

The House passed S.J. Res. 31, disapproving EPA's rule on reclassification of major sources as area sources under Clean Air Act section 112, 216-212; Ron Estes voted Yea.

Estes voted to overturn an EPA Clean Air Act source-reclassification rule.

partial same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives - Roll Call 143, S.J. Res. 31
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

Public Law 119-20 disapproved EPA's rule on Review of Final Rule Reclassification of Major Sources as Area Sources Under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act and said it shall have no force or effect.

The Clean Air Act source-reclassification rule was nullified by law, supporting partial delivery of the broad deregulatory pledge.

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Public Law 119-20 - Disapproval of EPA Major Sources Reclassification Rule
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

Congress.gov records H.R. 77 as passed by the House on February 12, 2025, then received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; the summary says it would allow Congress to disapprove multiple regulations in one joint resolution.

Estes voted Yea on the House roll call for H.R. 77, a broader anti-regulatory bill, but it had not become law as of the assessment date.

never same_term A for effort

H.R.77 - Midnight Rules Relief Act, Congress.gov
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%