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Jerry McNerney: “Those standards were making new vehicles increasingly expensive, thereby forcing some Americans to keep driving older…”

On the recordJuly 13, 2020
Those standards were making new vehicles increasingly expensive, thereby forcing some Americans to keep driving older, more dangerous, and less environmentally friendly vehicles because that's the vehicles they could afford.
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Jerry McNerney
Democratic · California

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McNerney discusses the economic impact of stringent vehicle standards on Americans.

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