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T&I Members Question Secretary Buttigieg on IIJA Implementation, EV Policies, High-Speed Rail Funding & More at Oversight Hearing

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Date: Sept. 20, 2023
Location: Washington, D.C.
Issues: Transportation Science, Technology and Communication

"According to Kelley Blue Book, the average price for electric cars was over $53,000… My constituents would have to work a full year to pay for this unreliable car and would barely have enough left over to care for their family. What is the average median income of a single individual EV [electric vehicle] buyer? It's $150,000…

Do you think that it's fair for your Administration to force constituents to purchase these electric vehicles when they're not working, especially in northern Minnesota?... By 2035 you want two-thirds of Americans to be using electric vehicles. They don't work in northern Minnesota in the cold weather today."


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