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David Valadao: “1.6 billion tons of goods were moved nationwide, and the…”

Featuring: David Valadao, Republican | U.S. House, California, District 22

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Congressman Valadao questions Secretary Buttigieg on California Rail Policy

Published | Video Starts at 02:45

But again, I say that without professing a tad more knowledge than I do about the pending EPA rule or California rule. So 1.6 billion tons of goods were moved nationwide, and the EPA's own numbers, only 2% was from locomotives of all the greenhouse gas emissions. So we're talking about a very small amount. I mean, you can move a huge amount of goods with very little bit of very little fuel, but they play such a vital role over the last few years. (02:45–03:02)

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Asserts that 1.6 billion tons of goods were moved nationwide and locomotives contributed only 2% of greenhouse gas emissions according to EPA.

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