WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Alex Padilla issued the following press release:

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, joined U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) in introducing three bills to make electric vehicles (EVs) and other clean transportation technologies more accessible to consumers throughout the country.

The series of bills support the adoption of cost-effective clean transportation technologies, which have expanded dramatically in recent years and are creating good-paying, union jobs. Putting more zero-emissions vehicles on the road would reduce American reliance on oil and gas and lower costs across the board.

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