Ben Ray Luján: “California, of course, lost their mind, whatever was left of…”

“And that led to a disastrous amount of government money. Spent hundreds of billions of dollars in subsidies. They drove car companies almost off the cliff to make EVs. California, of course, lost their mind, whatever was left of it, and wanted everybody driving an electric vehicle. Thanks to the Congressional Review act, we ended that thanks to our chairman, who did a lot of work with the one big, big beautiful bill.” (03:02–03:09)

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