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Listen, Mr. Chairman, the Boston Consulting Group has concluded that, with just a modest increase in the electronic vehicles by 15 percent by 2030, our grid will require a 25 percent increase in generation capacity.
I am concerned with banning short-term, limited-duration plans. CBO has estimated that, if the regulations are rolled back on these plans, 500,000 Americans will lose healthcare coverage.
Democrats have chosen to address it by pumping more money into the Affordable Care Act and limiting State flexibility instead of addressing what is the real problem: the high cost of healthcare.
The majority has called us here to look at ways to shore up the Affordable Care Act, which became law 11 years ago and is still not working.
Before we authorize billions more on top, we need to first see how the funding from the $1.9 trillion law which has now been allocated--we need to see how it is being spent and where are the remaining gaps.
Sadly, the direction that this committee is going with the LIFT Act America will only further grow the digital divide and widen the gap between rural and urban America, and not close it.
I am extremely concerned about how the provisions in this bill would affect rural communities like the one that I represent in south central and southwestern Pennsylvania.
This bill will make historic investments to expand internet access to increase economic and telehealth opportunity for Tribal communities.
When the FCC finally issued its report in 2019, the data showed that there isn't just a digital divide in Indian country, it is a digital canyon.
The LIFT America Act that we are considering today will help our Nation build back better and deliver much-needed infrastructure improvements for our district.
I want people to just slow down sometimes and think about the consequences of this.
What will happen to those jobs if we can't use gasoline or diesel fuel?
I just--I am wondering, are we ever going to be ready for something like that?
So just imagine what that would be over 650,000 vehicles.
I agree with you, not including carbon capture in this bill does not make sense.
Wouldn't this transition be less stressful if it occurred using free market forces? Wouldn't that be a novel thing in Washington, to use the free market approach.
Fundamentally transforming our entire transportation away from the dependable internal combustion engine is one thing, and I don't really have a serious problem long term on that, but performing open-heart surgery on such a crucial…
This massive partisan--partisan--bill seeks to further carry out Biden's environmental agenda, and part of that includes the infrastructure needed for electric vehicles.