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Lee Zeldin: “This ended up being a year one goal to make big progress.”

Featuring: Lee Zeldin, Republican | Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency | National

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FULL REMARKS: Sean Duffy, Lee Zeldin & Jamieson Greer at Detroit Auto Show

Published | Video Starts at 06:40

And the goals actually were quite achievable, not over the course of four years, but as you just heard highlighted with Secretary Duffy and his work with the CAFE standards, Ambassador Greer, with everything he's involved with the trade deals, This ended up being a year one goal to make big progress. 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. (06:40–06:45)

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Asserts that significant progress in the auto industry was achieved within the first year.

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