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Manchin: EV tax credit is ‘ludicrous’

Episode Summary

Sen. Joe Manchin said Thursday that continuing to offer an electric vehicle tax credit when demand for them outstrips supply is “ludicrous” — a charge Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg answered by pointing to the urgent need to act on climate change in “months rather than years.”

Episode Notes

Sen. Joe Manchin said Thursday that continuing to offer an electric vehicle tax credit when demand for them outstrips supply is “ludicrous” — a charge Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg answered by pointing to the urgent need to act on climate change in “months rather than years.”

 

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