Seeing the fire on 295 on Monday where firefighters had to use thousands and thousands of additional gallons of water to get the battery fires under control, got me thinking.

Last March a car fire after a crash in which the driver was killed, it took firefighters more than two hours to extinguish the one car fire.

We heard a caller share a story about a house fire that reignited the following day after the EVs in the garage started to burn.

We heard firefighters weigh in on the news talking about an EV battery remaining on fire even after being submerged in a dumpster full of water for hours.

Beyond the dangers of the battery fires that require additional water, man hours, and higher risk to our firefighters, there’s the moral question of how the batteries get to the cars in the first place.

There is no shortage of reports across the globe detailing forced labor and child slavery contributing to the mining for critical battery materials.

I’m not here to solve all the world’s problems today. Our relationship with the Chinese communists is something that needs to be addressed at the national level and won’t be corrected overnight. Although I am in favor of banning Chinese government operatives and any company cozy with the CCP, from purchasing farmland in the U.S.

I’m in favor of taking a long look at whether we are doing a total disservice to American working families…