We Already Knew: Trump and Musk are Stealing from You

**FACT SHEET** NEVI Investments Across the Country Under Threat

WASHINGTON — Today, the non-partisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a decision on its investigation into the withholding of appropriated funding at the Department of Transportation for the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program (NEVI). This decision confirmed what we already knew: Elon Musk and President Trump’s attacks on American families and businesses have been unlawful.

This decision upholds the intent of the Congress and the President who passed this transformative law, which is central to an economy that works for working people and makes the critical transition to affordable and secure energy. 

“The President isn’t laser-focused on the cost-of-living crisis that he is actually making worse. He promised to fight for the working class but instead put Elon Musk and billionaires in charge of the government,” said Ranking Member DeLauro. “Since his first day in office, President Trump has teamed up with unchecked billionaire Elon Musk to steal from American taxpayers. House Democrats enacted critical investments to lower the cost of living, secure good-paying jobs, and protect and renew critical infrastructure to support American families, but Elon Musk and President Trump have sought to chaotically tear it all down. This is not complicated: Congress passed, and the President signed into law, billions in investments in critical infrastructure, including $5 billion for National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure, which goes to every State in the country. This is the law of the land, and the executive branch is required to carry it out. It should be obvious that the American people did not elect President Trump to steal from them, but today the Comptroller General reminded him of exactly that.”

In March, the American Society of Civil Engineers gave the United States’ infrastructure a C grade. This GAO decision shows President Trump is breaking the law and actively making America’s infrastructure less safe at a time when communities across the country need continued investment to make sure they are not left behind, exactly what the historic bipartisan infrastructure law was designed to prevent. For details on the historic NEVI investments promised to every State in the nation, see this fact sheet showing Elon Musk and President Trump’s War on Cars.  

Ranking Member DeLauro has been sounding the alarm on impoundment since President Trump was reelected. In December 2024, she released this fact sheet laying the groundwork on President Trump’s uninformed and unconstitutional impoundment plan.

For more information on how President Trump is stealing from American communities, see the joint tracker released with Vice Chair Murray, available here.

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