Vice Ranking Member Sykes, T&I Democrats Write Letter to Secretary Duffy on EV Charging Station Program Halt

February 12, 2025 Vice Ranking Member Sykes, T&I Democrats Write Letter to Secretary Duffy on EV Charging Station Program Halt Washington, D.C.— Vice Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Emilia Sykes (OH-13) and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Rick Larsen (WA-2), led 26 Democratic Committee Members in a letter to U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy in response to the Department’s suspension of State electric vehicle infrastructure deployment plans and rescission of guidance used for the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program. Ohio has been allocated over $110 million in NEVI formula funding and has yet to receive the FY25 apportionment of $29.8 million. “These two actions retroactively purge a federal highway formula program for which all 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico have already been given their apportionments and wipe out years of work by states to meet a Congressional mandate,” the Members wrote. “As Democrats, we support cleaner, greener, safer, more accessible infrastructure—and the NEVI program is a step in the right direction to meet these goals. As Members of Congress, we will fiercely defend investments enacted on a bipartisan basis by elected officials from across the country. Actions taken by the Department over the last two weeks show a blatant disregard for Congress, for the law, for the state and for the local partners who deliver infrastructure projects, and for American workers,” the Members continued. The members urged Secretary Duffy to rescind this program freeze. To read the full letter, click here . Print Email Share Tweet