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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Jul 30, 2024

I think you expressed the inconsistency between environmental policies, and what the same environmentalists think we ought to do for EV vehicles.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Jul 30, 2024

we are in competition with China in many areas. They dominate this market.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Jul 30, 2024

if you are driving an electric vehicle, we have got to find some way for you to pay in to maintaining the roads.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Jul 30, 2024

we need to think long and hard about how we compete, the challenges we face and we are behind in a game that is being played by China very aggressively.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Jul 30, 2024

The Biden-Harris administration's unattainable goal of 50 percent new EV sales by 2030 has been on full display over the last four years.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Jul 30, 2024

CBO's February baseline set the record straight, telling us that the so-called Inflation Reduction Act's EV handout would increase the deficit by hundreds of billions of dollars.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Jul 30, 2024

President Biden established a target to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions to half of peak levels by 2030.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Jul 30, 2024

the bottom line is this is coming whether we like it or not.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Jul 30, 2024

EV technology is impressive for some, but Iowans know that there are far more challenges to EV adoption than many care to admit.

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Alex Padilla
@alexpadilla· Democratic · CA· Jul 30, 2024

Madam President, I rise to introduce the Scarper Ridge Golden Gate National Recreation Area Boundary Adjustment Act, straightforward, uncontroversial bill to adjust the boundary of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. This bill would…

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Catherine Cortez Masto
@catherinecortezmasto· Democratic · NV· Jul 30, 2024

Mr. President, I rise in recognition of today's guest Chaplain, Rajan Zed. Mr. Zed is not new to Congress. He was invited in 2007 by Majority Leader Harry Reid to read the first-ever Hindu opening prayer before the U.S. Senate. And he has…

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Jul 30, 2024

Mr. President, I rise in support of the Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act, a bill that includes an amended version of the Kids Online Safety Act and the Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act. I commend the bill's sponsors…

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Jul 30, 2024

Mr. President, I rise today to congratulate Maryland resident John R. Allen as he retires from Federal service after 20 years in the Marine Corps and 20 years at the Peace Corps. Mr. Allen served as the Chief of the Global Crime Response…

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Jul 30, 2024

Mr. President, thanks to Senator Collins for her longtime leadership on this issue. There is no more important issue in our country than the scourge of Alzheimer's. My mother, like Senator Collins's father, succumbed to Alzheimer's. But…

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Jul 30, 2024

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that this article on the history of privacy protections for children and teens from Common Sense Media be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the…

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Jul 30, 2024

Mr. President, today is a historic day. Today the U.S. Senate will vote on the Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act, which includes my legislation with Senator Bill Cassidy from Louisiana, the Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection…

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Jul 30, 2024

Madam President, I have eight requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate…

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Jul 30, 2024

I ask unanimous consent that the resolutions be agreed to; the preambles, where applicable, be agreed to; and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, all en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection…

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