Sheila Jackson Lee: “I thank the gentleman from Washington, the ranking member, for his leadership. There is more work to be done, and I am…”

“I thank the gentleman from Washington, the ranking member, for his leadership. There is more work to be done, and I am glad our previous speaker, my colleague and friend from California, made it clear that this is for 5 months. This is about getting more jobs and getting them done now. This is to emphasize that this new emphasis on EV infrastructure is going to help each and every one of my colleagues. I am rising because I am so proud of the State of Texas. It is one of the few States that has announced American-made EV charger investments as of September 2023. We are already out front in the State of Texas, which is not often known for moving fast on these kinds of environmentally focused efforts. I thank Texas. It is because of the AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department, United Steelworkers, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, United Auto Workers, Siemens, and Alliance for American Manufacturing working together for these EV chargers to make sure that we will have the waiver for only 5 months. Then, all the chargers will be required to contain 55 percent domestic content on the cost of components. The infrastructure in which EV chargers are housed is predominantly steel and iron, which are excluded from this waiver now.…”