DeLaurio: I've written to you [Buttigieg] about the use of female dummies in crash testing. This will start to fight the gender inequity among vehicle safety and crash victims.

Buttigieg: Our transportation systems are still grappling with the consequences of the pandemic, climate change, and decades of disinvestment.

Zinke: Are you aware that to meet the demands today, that the US would have to increase mining by two thousand percent for twenty years to reach the demands today. [EV batteries]

Buttigieg: The chemistry of our batteries has not completely stabilized in a way that can be fully predicted…there is no question we are going to need to source more minerals, both domestically, and friendly countries.

Zinke: Are you aware that ninety percent of the solar cells today are dumped in some landfill across the country?

Buttigieg: I'm not as familiar with the life-cycle of solar cells…end of life recycling will be a vital part of how we meet our marks.