This was not the EPA forcing VW to do this. It was part of a settlement that both parties agreed on.
Diana DeGette: “This was not the EPA forcing VW to do this. It was part of a settlement that both parties agreed on.”
On the recordDecember 5, 2016
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DeGette clarifies that the settlement was mutually agreed upon, not imposed by the EPA.
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