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U.S. Transportation Secretary Buttigieg counters Republican claims of 'too expensive' EV tax rebates: "Wait until you find out how much oil and gas subsidies you've been supporting" (www.thecooldown.com)

submitted 4 months ago by tardigrada to c/politics

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In a recent hearing before the House Oversight Committee, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg aptly refuted incorrect claims made by Republicans regarding electric vehicles.

According to an Advocate article, the purpose of the hearing was to scrutinize EV policies. Florida Republican U.S. Representative Aaron Bean challenged Secretary Buttigieg about the cost-effectiveness of EV tax rebates, asking if there would ever come a time when the Secretary would rethink the policies because they're too expensive.

Buttigieg was quick to respond with, "If you think this is too expensive, wait until you find out how much oil and gas subsidies you've been supporting." He added, "Also, wait until you find out the economic impact, that some economists have put at $15 million every hour, or every day, trillions of dollars every year from allowing the environmental conditions in this country and planet to worsen."

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[–] protist@mander.xyz 36 points 4 months ago

More Pete, please

[–] beeleaf 22 points 4 months ago

okayyy pete !! he kinda killed with that response lmao

[–] FlashMobOfOne 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They should have made him press secretary. He is infinitely better at giving interviews than being SOT.

[–] tardigrada 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

He didn't say that in an interview but in the House Oversight Commitee. He was defending the measure, don't see what's wrong here.

[–] FlashMobOfOne 4 points 4 months ago

Always enjoy running into a pedant. Thank you for that.

[–] JCPhoenix 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I suspect Flash Mob is saying that as DOT Secy, Pete could do more. I'll leave it at that; I'm not making any calls on Pete as DOT head.

But Flash also isn't wrong that Pete has got the chops. Personally, I say just make him the spokesperson for everything. Anytime the GOP wants to say something stupid, let Pete respond and rebuke them.

[–] taanegl 5 points 3 months ago

It's like Kamela put the sass back in the Democrats.

Good.