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“Make it a pain to drive.” – Kirsten Engel

CLAIM: Engel said that government should “make it a pain to drive.”

In 2009, Engel participated on a panel on transportation policy and said, “We’re never going to get rid of the car in the driveway, but we can make it a pain to drive.”

CLAIM: Engel praised a bill that could raise gas prices by 73-cents per gallon.

In 2006, Engel published a paper calling California “a leader on climate change mitigation.” She touted the state’s radical cap-and-trade program, California’s strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The cap-and-trade program was established by Golden State’s AB 32 legislation and could raise gas prices by 73-cents-per-gallon and raise the cost of electricity.