The presiding officer the senator from virginia. Mr. Warner mr. President , are we in a quorum call . The presiding officer we are. Mr. Warner i ask that the proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Warner mr. President , i rise today to celebrate the passage of the Great American outdoors act. The passage of this historic legislation marks a once in a generation step by this body to restore and conserve our National Parks as well as our countrys national heritage. It builds on an american tradition of conserving our natural wonders and shared public spaces. It reaffirms our commitment to preserve if for future generations. Its also important to note that this is a jobs bill. According to a recent study, the Great American outdoors act will help create or support 100,000 jobs all over the country, including 10,000 in my home state of virginia at a time when millions of americans are out of work. Currently the National Park servic
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It includes certification, connectivity, safety, and then they are offshore by regulation and also by advancement. If i look at theres mainly three years, one is commission engines and one is electric vehicles, the next one is fuel cells. We see many improvements and right now with all the low friction advanced cooling and others we have bringing you efficiency and provement by 35 to 50 reduction in fuel efficiency. Roughly at a cost of 2000 or 2500 per car. This is why we see today a landscape and it will continue for the future where it naturally these technologies would present the vast majority of the market. Meanwhile, the market for hybrid and better electric vehicles is being challenged. Right now this market has been growing for ten years and peaked in 2013 at three at 3. 8 of the u. S. Market. And that it declined to 2. 9 last year. The challenge is only 6 of the u. S. Drivers are ready to pay more for a greener and more efficient car. And what they would spend on average is 4
And preferences, how should the federal government handle, or should they had all in promoting fuel and efficiency related that inadvertently or not may push in the direction that perhaps does put us in a situation where we are picking winners and losers. So the short answer is, our members prefer an approach that is Technology Neutral. So that the short answer. The longer answer is more complicated. We identify with the goal of reducing carbon. We identify with the goal of reducing fuel dependency. All of those things are noble objectives. The complication comes from the nature of the regulatory regime, and what we have is an approach that were measures by mpgs, epa measures by Greenhouse Gas and that there is an overlapping state program from california which is executed in other states and the lab program is effectively not Technology Neutral. It is either to comply to and in todays world most electrification. Both were complying but different regimes create friction and at a cost.