Providing for Congressional Disapproval Under the Rule Submitted By the Federal Highway Administration Relating to ``Waiver of Buy America Requirements for Electric Vehicle Chargers''

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Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of this important Congressional Review Act resolution, which prevents the Biden administration from lining the Chinese Communist Party's pockets in an effort to further its rush-to-green agenda.

Last Congress, my colleagues across the aisle and the Biden administration forced through massive spending packages with billions and billions of dollars for their Green New Deal agenda. In fact, the IIJA included $7.5 billion for EV charging grant programs.

One of my colleagues' biggest arguments in support of their massive spending packages was that it was all in the name of bringing businesses and manufacturing back to America. How does waiving the Buy America requirement help American manufacturing? I will tell you that it doesn't. It benefits Chinese producers with lower wage and environmental standards and can undercut American industry.

China may be producing so-called clean energy technologies like EVs and solar panels, but it is being done with an engineering portfolio that increases emissions.

Forcing Americans into EVs as fast as possible is not going to reduce global emissions when the planet's largest emitters are enabled by our demand.

Mr. Speaker, I support this measure.

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