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John Duarte: “The federal government is giving subsidies to electric…”

Featuring: John Duarte, Republican | Former U.S. House, California, District 13

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Duarte Questions Sec. Pete Buttigieg on the Department of Transportation's Policies and Programs

Published | Video Starts at 04:09

And I'd suggest that this high speed rail project is not anywhere near even carbon neutrality. It is, in fact, a net carbon contributor to our atmosphere. I'll ask you one thing. Does it trouble you that The federal government is giving subsidies to electric vehicles produced through broad media outlet reports by slave labor around the world. Whether it's the mining in Congo or it's the factories in China? We're subsidizing electric vehicles produced with slave labor, and I'd like to put a stop to that. (04:09–04:19)

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