Political Quotes

“As a daughter of automotive and truck America and an aficionado of NASCAR and having spent a lot of my time on drag strips across the country, including my own reasons, I really rise in strong opposition to this amendment because it is not about the future. It is about the past. This amendment prohibits funds for the Department of Energy's SuperTruck 3 program within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. It is hard to make an engine. It is hard to conceive it. It is hard to build it. It takes a lot of creativity to understand propulsion. The parts of the country that I represent specialize in that. The Department of Energy initially launched the SuperTruck initiative in 2009 to improve heavy-duty truck freight efficiency by 50 percent. That is a gulp. The second iteration, SuperTruck 2, sought to double fuel efficiency for 18-wheeler trucks. SuperTruck 3 is currently working to improve medium-and heavy-duty truck efficiencies and reduce emissions of freight transportation, that is underway. This program consists of a public-private partnership with General Motors, Ford Motor Company, Daimler Truck North America, Volvo Group North America, and PACCAR. Now, I want America to succeed. I want the free world to succeed. This program is building on a proven track record. Within 7 years, four truck makers exceeded the SuperTruck 1 goals and the five SuperTruck 2 projects are on track to more than double their fuel efficiency.…”