Mike Rogers: “Something like 3 billion of our taxpayer dollars are going…”

“You're going to have to buy one of these things in a car lot near you and it empowers the Chinese. Here's the worst part about the battery plants. We paying for that federal dollars and state dollars, Something like 3 billion of our taxpayer dollars are going to the Chinese [for battery plants]. And by the way, the Democrat who came, the Democrat CIA director came to the United States. Right? Excuse me. Talked about the Chinese coming to the United States.” (17:42–17:52)

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