Political Quotes

“Madam President, I rise today to speak on the resolution submitted by Senator Rubio of Florida. I wanted to also start with sort of an explanation of where we find ourselves. You hear the expression ``Made in America'' and ``Buy America'' policies. What are those? That is the simple proposition that when we are spending Federal tax dollars, your tax dollars, we want to see those ultimately benefit U.S. workers and U.S. small businesses and medium-size businesses. That is what ``Make it in America'' or ``Buy America'' policies accomplish. But I want to start also with what this Congressional Review Act resolution would do. This resolution would prohibit the Federal Highway Administration's February 2023 rule, which, as you heard from Senator Stabenow, removes electric vehicle chargers from the Agency's blanket ``Buy America'' waiver from taking effect. The Federal Highway Administration's rule implements what we would call a phase-in policy or an onramp policy that increases ``Buy America'' requirements for electric vehicle chargers. By July 2024, all EV chargers purchased with Federal Highway Administration dollars, your taxpayer dollars, must be in full compliance with the ``Build America,'' ``Buy America'' rules.…”