June 7, 2022 1:54pm EDT
Michigan Democrat brags about driving expensive electric car to DC, avoiding gas stations amid historic prices
Sen. Debbie Stabenow says she 'went by every single gas station, and it didn’t matter how high it was'
By Jessica Chasmar | Fox News
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., on Tuesday bragged about buying an expensive electric vehicle amid a global semiconductor chip shortage and being able to bypass historically high gas prices on her road trip to Washington, D.C.
Stabenow briefly weighed in on gas prices, which hit a national average of $4.94 per gallon Tuesday, during Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s testimony before the Senate Finance Committee on President Biden’s 2023 budget.
"I do have to say, just on the issue of gas prices, after waiting for a long time to have enough chips in this country to finally get my electric vehicle," the senator said. "I got it and drove it from Michigan to here this last weekend and went by every single gas station, and it didn’t matter how high it was.
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