WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 15: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson (R) and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood hold a press briefing to announce new fuel economy standards at the White House September 15, 2009 in Washington, DC. According to the Department of Transportation, the program would require the overall light-duty vehicle fleet to reach 35.5 miles per gallon in model year 2016. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 15: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson (R) and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood hold a press briefing to announce new fuel economy standards at the White House September 15, 2009 in Washington, DC. According to the Department of Transportation, the program would require the overall light-duty vehicle fleet to reach 35.5 miles per gallon in model year 2016.

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  1. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 15: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson (R) and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood hold a press briefing to announce new fuel economy standards at the White House September 15, 2009 in Washington, DC. According to the Department of Transportation, the program would require the overall light-duty vehicle fleet to reach 35.5 miles per gallon in model year 2016.
  2. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 15: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson (R) and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood hold a press briefing to announce new fuel economy standards at the White House September 15, 2009 in Washington, DC. According to the Department of Transportation, the program would require the overall light-duty vehicle fleet to reach 35.5 miles per gallon in model year 2016.
  3. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 15: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson (R) and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood hold a press briefing to announce new fuel economy standards at the White House September 15, 2009 in Washington, DC. According to the Department of Transportation, the program would require the overall light-duty vehicle fleet to reach 35.5 miles per gallon in model year 2016.
  4. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 15: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson (L) and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood hold a press briefing to announce new fuel economy standards in the near-empty Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House September 15, 2009 in Washington, DC. According to the Department of Transportation, the program would require the overall light-duty vehicle fleet to reach 35.5 miles per gallon in model year 2016.
  5. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson, right, accompanied by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, speaks to reporters in the White House briefing room in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009, about a plan by the Obama Administration to require better gas mileage for new cars and trucks and tougher rules on vehicle greenhouse gas emissions.
  6. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson, right, accompanied by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, gestures while speaking to reporters in the White House briefing room in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009, about a plan by the Obama Administration to require better gas mileage for new cars and trucks and tougher rules on vehicle greenhouse gas emissions.
  7. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson speaks during a news conference following her keynote speech at the second Governors' Global Climate Summit in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009.
  8. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson speaks during the second Governors' Global Climate Summit in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. The event is hosted by California's Arnold Schwarzenegger and chief executives of other states.
  9. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson speaks during the second Governors' Global Climate Summit in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. California's Arnold Schwarzenegger and chief executives of other states hosted the event.
  10. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson speaks during the second Governors' Global Climate Summit in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. California's Arnold Schwarzenegger and chief executives of other states hosted the event.
  11. Dozens of demonstrators protest outside a meeting of the Environmental Protection Agency against featured speaker California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Wednesday Sept. 30, 2009 in Los Angeles. The group was protesting proposed budget cuts by the governor.
  12. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 15: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson (R) and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood hold a press briefing to announce new fuel economy standards at the White House September 15, 2009 in Washington, DC. According to the Department of Transportation, the program would require the overall light-duty vehicle fleet to reach 35.5 miles per gallon in model year 2016.
  13. U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (L) greets U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ)(2nd L), House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH)(2nd R) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) after a meeting between Congressional leadership and President Barack Obama on Afghanistan and Pakistan at the White House in Washington, October 6, 2009.
  14. L-R: House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-OH, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-MD, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, and Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member John McCain walk on a path on the North Lawn of the White House following a meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan with US President Barack Obama October 6, 2009 in Washington, DC.
  15. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, speaks to reporters as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, looks on in front of the West Wing after a meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan with US President Barack Obama October 6, 2009 at the White House in Washington, DC. Obama Tuesday sat down with senior lawmakers driving a raging debate on US Afghan strategy, as he works towards a decision on whether to send thousands more troops to war. Democratic and Republican leaders plus top members of key congressional committees met the president at the White House touting sharply conflicting visions of the next steps in the unpopular eight-year US military operation. Obama is methodically working through an internal policy review after US commander General Stanley McChrystal warned the war could be lost within a year without more troops, and reportedly asked for 40,000 more men.
  16. House Minority Leader John Boehner (C), R-OH, chats with Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member John McCain (L), R-AZ, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, near the West Wing after a meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan with US President Barack Obama October 6, 2009 at the White House in Washington, DC. Obama Tuesday sat down with senior lawmakers driving a raging debate on US Afghan strategy, as he works towards a decision on whether to send thousands more troops to war. Democratic and Republican leaders plus top members of key congressional committees met the president at the White House touting sharply conflicting visions of the next steps in the unpopular eight-year US military operation. Obama is methodically working through an internal policy review after US commander General Stanley McChrystal warned the war could be lost within a year without more troops, and reportedly asked for 40,000 more men.
  17. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 06: U.S Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (R) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (L) walk away from reporters after talking outside the White House following a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama along with other members of Congress October 6, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama met with Congressional leadership and the chairs and ranking members of the relevant committees to discuss planning for Afghanistan and Pakistan.
  18. U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) speak about their meeting between Congressional leadership and President Barack Obama on Afghanistan and Pakistan at the White House in Washington, October 6, 2009.

More Photos of Environmental Protection Agency

  1. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 27: (L-R) Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Jon Wellinghoff and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson listen to opening statements during a hearing of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Capitol Hill October 27, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee heard testimony from the Obama Administration cabinet members about the 'Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act,' which is sponsored by the committee's chair, Sen. Barabara Boxer (D-CA) and Sen. John Kerry (D-MA).
  2. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson speaks during the second Governors' Global Climate Summit in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. The event is hosted by California's Arnold Schwarzenegger and chief executives of other states.
  3. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 10: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks as (L-R) Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, (Obama), Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano (3rd-R) look on as he meets with members of the Cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House on September 10, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama spoke to reporters following the meeting, while accepting the apology of Rep. Joe Wilson's (R-SC) outburst yesterday at the joint session of Congress.
  4. BOSTON - AUGUST 29: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson arrives for the funeral service for Sen. Edward Kennedy at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica August 29, 2009 in Boston, Massachusetts. Former U.S. presidents, politicians, celebrities, dignitaries and familiy members attended the funeral. Rep. Markey has been mentioned as a possible replacement for Kennedy in the U.S. Senate.

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