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Edward Markey: “Donald Trump is rolling back the fuel economy standards.”

Featuring: Edward Markey, Democratic | U.S. Senate Massachusetts

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Published July 6, 2026 | Video Starts at 15:52

And as you are pointing out, this administration just so we put 70% of all the oil that we consume in the United States into gasoline tanks. And so right now, Donald Trump is rolling back the fuel economy standards. And I'm the author of the 2007 law that President Obama used to increase fuel economy standards to 54.5 miles per gallon. (15:52–15:57)

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