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Edward Markey: “Trump and the Republicans killed solar and electric vehicle…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 05:09

With $1.7 billion, again, just a week's work of Trump's gas tax, we could have given 226,000 drivers a big tax rebate on an electric vehicle. Then they wouldn't have to worry about Trump's gas tax at all. But Trump and the Republicans killed solar and electric vehicle programs last summer in their big ugly bill. And instead of building energy independence through new electric vehicle and solar and wind, they are right now tying us to the global price of oil. (05:09–05:18)

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Asserts that Trump and Republicans ended solar and electric vehicle programs.

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