Political Quotes

“I come to the floor today to comment on statements made by the majority leader earlier today on this Senate floor, and he made those after President Biden, this morning, signed another expensive Executive order relating to climate change. The President at the time said it was his goal of making half of all new cars emission-free in less than a decade. In practice, that means making half of all new cars electric. Well, after the President signed his Executive order, the majority leader came to the floor, and he talked about his own plans to give more of American taxpayer dollars to the manufacturers and purchasers of electric vehicles. He said: [W]e hope to add large parts of the plan. Well, where does he want to add it? Well, he wants to add it to the reckless Democrat tax-and-spending plan. The American taxpayers are already giving billions and billions of taxpayer dollars to electric vehicle manufacturers and owners. Electric vehicle makers have been given free tax dollars for 30 years. The truth is, electric car buyers don't need more taxpayer money. They have plenty of their own. Today, the market for electric vehicles is very well established. There are more than a million electric vehicles on the road today. They are being made by everyone: General Motors, Mercedes-Benz, U.S. manufacturers, foreign manufacturers. They are being made all around the world. In fact, the U.S.…”