If you want to maintain the user pay/user benefit principle, that all vehicles that use the road should pay something.
Chuck Grassley
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Chuck Grassley is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Iowa, a position he has held since 1981. A member of the Republican Party, Grassley has been influential in various legislative areas, including agriculture, judiciary, and finance. He has served in several key roles, including as the President pro tempore of the United States Senate, making him one of the longest-serving senators in U.S. history. Grassley is known for his commitment to transparency and accountability in government, often emphasizing the importance of oversight in federal agencies.
The left is holding up the environmental permitting reform necessary to mine for the domestic critical mineral which we need to compete with China, while urging a massive EV market share expansion.
EV technology is impressive for some, but Iowans know that there are far more challenges to EV adoption than many care to admit.
President Biden established a target to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions to half of peak levels by 2030.
If you are driving an electric vehicle, we have got to find some way for you to pay in to maintaining the roads.
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.
I think you expressed the inconsistency between environmental policies, and what the same environmentalists think we ought to do for EV vehicles.
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.
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.
OIGs are the independent watchdogs protecting Americans' taxpayer dollars and fighting waste, fraud, and abuse in the executive branch. Their efficiency depends on their objectivity.
I thank you for your very firm statement on the urgency of this legislation.
You know how important it is to listen to whistleblowers because even though you may have a relatively small agency compared to others, you cannot know what is going on.
That is why I introduced a permanent bill with several of my colleagues, including Senators Hassan, Boozman, Warnock, Collins, and Fetterman.
I thank you for your very firm statement on the urgency of this legislation.
You know how important it is to listen to whistleblowers because even though you may have a relatively small agency compared to others, you cannot know what is going on.
That is why I introduced a permanent bill with several of my colleagues, including Senators Hassan, Boozman, Warnock, Collins, and Fetterman.
You know how important it is to listen to whistleblowers because even though you may have a relatively small agency compared to others, you cannot know what is going on.
That is why I introduced a permanent bill with several of my colleagues, including Senators Hassan, Boozman, Warnock, Collins, and Fetterman.
President Biden continues to use his pen and phone to spend trillions, particularly on student loan bailouts, and in these unprecedented fiscal times that's the height of recklessness.





