Lee Zeldin: “He wanted to know every tool that we had that was available…”

“When Secretary Duffy and I first sat down with President Trump in the Oval Office right after both of us were confirmed in that meeting, he was talking getting rid of EV mandates. He was talking about the CAFE standards, tailpipe emissions. He wanted to know every tool that we had that was available to help the American auto industry at the EPA. What we did was we sent to Congress right out of the gate shortly after President Trump took office, three Biden EPA waivers that were given to the state of California that California used to create their electric vehicle mandate.” (06:58–07:06)

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