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John James: “The american people's pain is their plan, Madam speaker…”

Featuring: John James, Republican | U.S. House, Michigan, District 10

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John James Speaks Against Jennifer Granholm's Record as Energy Secretary

Published | Video Starts at 02:07

Secretary Granholm sold off our strategic petroleum reserves and sold out Americans and our national security. And all the worse. She went on television and laughed in our faces just before gas prices hit their peak. The american people's pain is their plan, Madam speaker, making gas unaffordable and trading away our natural resources to China, our number one adversary, all so they can implement their pipe dream of a forced EV transition. I won't call it treason, but many in my district have the policy she is seeking to impose billions of dollars in penalties for our autos through her ev mandates would crater the number one industry in Michigan. (02:07–02:25)

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Asserts that the administration's plan is to make gas unaffordable and trade natural resources to China to force an EV transition.

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