The Transportation Secretary fielded questions from the usual suspects during a House Oversight Committee hearing on Thursday.
In particular, he demolished a complaint from Rep. Aaron Bean about whether tax rebates on electric vehicles “were just too expensive.”
“If you think this is too expensive, wait until you find out how much oil and gas subsidies you’ve been supporting,” Buttigieg fired back, grinning ear-to-ear. “Wait until you find out about the economic impact, that some economists have put at $15 million every hour, or every day, or trillions of dollars every year for letting the environmental conditions of this planet to worsen.
Perry prefaced his question by citing a study from McKinsey that said electric vehicle sales were down in the first quarter of 2024 due to charging and mechanical issues. “Tailspin is just a bizarre word to use for a growing sector of our economy,” Buttigieg responded. Buttigieg also explained that he wanted the U.S. to maintain an advantage over the Chinese electric vehicle market.
“I’m happy to have them made in America, secretary, what I’m not happy about is the mandate,” Perry replied. “The American people should be able to buy any vehicle that they want to.”
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