In early August 2018, the EPA and Department of Transportation, now operating under the Presidency of Donald Trump, issued a proposed ruling that, if enacted, would rollback some of the goals set in 2012 under President Obama. The ruling would freeze the fuel economy goals to the 2021 target of 37 mpg, would halt requirements on the production of hybrid and electric cars, and would eliminate the legal waiver that allows states like California to set more stringent standards. The EPA acting administrator Andrew R. Wheeler and the Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao issued a joint statement stating that the rule change was needed as the current rules "impose significant costs on American consumers and eliminate jobs", while the new rules "give consumers greater access to safer, more affordable vehicles, while continuing to protect the environment". The proposal issues a withdraw of the waiver that granted California for setting its own GHG and ZEV (Zero Emission Vehicle) standards and that allow other States to adopt the standard instead of the Federal standard. Following publication of the proposed rule changes, California and eighteen other states announced that should the rule be enacted, they will sue the government to reject the rule.