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John Thune: “Got rid of the California, the EPA waiver, which would have…”

Featuring: John Thune, Republican | Senate Majority Leader, South Dakota

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Thune Joins The Hugh Hewitt Show

Published | Video Starts at 09:08

So it's a mechanism to undo a lot of the damage done by the previous administration. We've used it, I think, very effectively. Got rid of the California, the EPA waiver, which would have required that electric vehicles be 35% of the cars in the country next year. and by 2035, 100%, which is just virtually impossible and crazy. And California had managed to export that policy to 18 other states around the country. (09:08–09:19)

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Asserts that the California EPA waiver requiring 35% electric vehicles by next year was removed.

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