Darrell Issa: “Mr. Chairman, as you perhaps know, H.R. 243, the Hybrid Vehicle Incentive Act, which I authored in the previous Congress…”

“Mr. Chairman, as you perhaps know, H.R. 243, the Hybrid Vehicle Incentive Act, which I authored in the previous Congress and again in this Congress, serves to do a similar incentive program for HOV use by hybrid vehicles. Since it is tied up in the energy bill and since the transportation language was at best vague as to whether or not charges must occur, I thank my colleague for his leadership in seeing that there was an easy remedy to ensure that municipalities and States could charge zero, thus eliminating the requirement to put a toll on these efficient vehicles that are leading the way toward ending or at least reducing our dependence on foreign oil.”