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On the recordSeptember 21, 2016
No question that improved vehicle fuel efficiency is a worthy goal, no question about it, but not if it reached in a way that harms consumers particularly the most vulnerable.
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Fred Upton
Republican · Michigan

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Upton acknowledges the importance of fuel efficiency but warns against harming vulnerable consumers.

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