Lee Zeldin: “He was talking getting rid of EV mandates.”

“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.” (06:52–06:55)

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