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On the recordJuly 31, 2024
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and certainly one of the reasons there is so much interest in my home state in electrics is because of what is happening right now. We have 121 fires burning in my state. Over one million acres have already burned this year.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley links the interest in electric vehicles to severe wildfires in Oregon.

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