GOP Lawmaker Suggests Elon Musk Should Lead Department Of Transportation

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GOP Lawmaker Rep. John Rose (R-TN) Suggests Elon Musk Should Lead the Department Of Transportation. He also speaks on the House floor on Thursday about inflation. 

Rep Rose said:

Mr. Speaker's higher prices at the gas pump directly result from president Biden's actions on his first days in office. He canceled the keystone pipeline, he ended new oil and gas leases on federal lands and he is attempting to regulate the industry out of existence by way of executive orders. But don't worry POTUS Joe Biden's administration has offered some words of encouragement for Americans struggling to pay outrageous prices at the pump. 

Last week the secretary of transportation said to those Americans upset about paying outrageous gas prices that quote communities can all benefit from the gas savings of driving electric vehicles, the close quote did someone forget to mention to the secretary that the average cost of an electric vehicle is 50,000 which frankly is far more than the yearly household income of many middle Tennesseans.

After this Rep. Rose talks about Tesla & SpaceX Founder Elon Musk, he said:

Elon Musk the founder of the electric car vehicle maker Tesla understands that electric vehicles cannot solve this immediate crisis. Maybe he should lead the department of transportation. Mr. Speaker, there is only one solution to POTUS Joe Biden's energy crisis reverse these disastrous executive orders and unleash America's energy independence. Thank You 

Watch his house speech shown below: