The CAFE standards were the federal mileage requirements that the Biden administration used to jack them up so high that it, number one, made cars much, much more expensive. But number two, It was part of their effort to eliminate the internal combustion engine, to force everyone to buy an electric car whether they want it or not. And as part of the one big beautiful bill, we zeroed that out entirely. I wrote that provision, and on Wednesday, the President was implementing it. (21:06–21:15)
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Asserts that there was an effort to eliminate internal combustion engines and mandate electric cars.
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