it appears to me that the American taxpayer will be subsidizing the purchase of Chinese-made commercial and used electric vehicles by virtue of these tax credits.

Is there any way that this mandate President Biden has ordered with the stroke of his pen, is there any way that it will do anything except increase the sale of Chinese-made batteries here in the United States?

In addition to throwing gasoline on the fire of inflation, with $700 billion of additional spending and added to the debt, as part of the Inflation Reduction Act--this partisan bill, which was voted on exclusively by our friends on the…

Added to that, we know that about 60 percent of the electricity that would be needed to charge those batteries comes from fossil fuels.

it is not possible to meet that requirement, due to this constraint on supply chain and battery manufacturing.

Is it not true that a tax credit or a tax subsidy, dollar for dollar adds to Federal expenditures, and in the case of a $31-trillion debt, it adds to the debt?

it appears to me that the American taxpayer will be subsidizing the purchase of Chinese-made commercial and used electric vehicles by virtue of these tax credits.

Is it not true that a tax credit or a tax subsidy, dollar for dollar adds to Federal expenditures, and in the case of a $31-trillion debt, it adds to the debt?

Added to that, we know that about 60 percent of the electricity that would be needed to charge those batteries comes from fossil fuels.

it is not possible to meet that requirement, due to this constraint on supply chain and battery manufacturing.

In addition to throwing gasoline on the fire of inflation, with $700 billion of additional spending and added to the debt, as part of the Inflation Reduction Act--this partisan bill, which was voted on exclusively by our friends on the…