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Derrick Van Orden: How many children are going to have to continue to work in slave conditions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to…

On the recordJune 26, 2024
How many children are going to have to continue to work in slave conditions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to make sure that we can meet the artificial goal of 50 percent of the fleet being electrified by 2030?
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Derrick Van Orden
Republican · Wisconsin

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Van Orden questions the human cost of electric vehicle production goals.

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