Washington, D.C. — Today, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Rick Larsen (D-WA) issued the following statement following a Government Accountability Office (GAO) legal opinion concluding that the Trump Administration violated the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 by illegally withholding funds for the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program.
“News flash for the Trump Administration: you can’t simply ignore the law when you disagree with it,” Ranking Member Larsen said. “Congress passed the NEVI program and the Department of Transportation must implement it by releasing the funds to states, period.”