Tom Carper: “good afternoon. I rise to join my two colleagues who just spoke in opposition to S.J. Res. 38, a Congressional Review…”

“good afternoon. I rise to join my two colleagues who just spoke in opposition to S.J. Res. 38, a Congressional Review Act resolution to disapprove of the Biden administration's temporary waiver of the ``Buy American'' requirements for the electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Why is this important? Why should Americans care about this issue? Well, we continue to see, on almost a daily basis, daily reminders that our planet is on fire. Scientists tell us that we are running out of time to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to avoid the worst of the climate crisis. The rest the world is looking at us. The rest of the world is looking at us, the United States, for leadership right now on this issue. Instead, we are voting on a resolution that President Biden will certainly veto. That means it will not go into effect. Having said all of that, let me explain why I oppose the resolution offered by our colleague from Florida. The way this resolution works is more than a little bit confusing, so let's take a couple of minutes to try to make clear what it would actually do. My colleagues have already referred to this. To better understand that, it is important to understand how we got to this point. As I mentioned, addressing the existential threat of climate change is one of the most challenging events we currently face as a planet.…”