[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 20, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H1274]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             MANDATING THE TRANSITION TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, the Biden administration has released yet 
another round of extreme regulations that are going to hurt consumers 
and the American economy. This one is an extreme climate regulation 
plan that will mandate auto manufacturers to transition to electric 
vehicles, all in order to get rid of carbon dioxide, which I remind you 
is only 0.04 percent of our atmosphere, the little skinny piece right 
there. Its increase is a rounding error.
  In many rural areas, like I have in northern California, the power 
grid already isn't that strong. We suffer with what is called public 
safety power shutoffs where when the wind blows, they shut the power 
off because they are afraid it might blow a tree or a branch into a 
power line and cause another million-acre fire from our unmanaged 
forests that the Forest Service is not taking care of.
  What do we have? People are told not to charge their EVs during peak 
times, yet the Biden administration is pushing forward. By 2032, 67 
percent of vehicles sold have to be electric, and 46 percent of medium 
trucks have to be electric, just by a stroke of a pen. These guys are 
not on your side.

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