"I don't know how many of you drive and how often, but I will tell you there is a plague in this country of headlight brightness. It is shockingly bright. If you look back to halogen lightbulbs, you're reaching somewhere around 700 to 1,200 lumens. New LED technology - these sons of bitches get to, like, 12,000 lumens."
"A Dieselgate Jetta. It's pretty sweet. Prior to flipping the Republican seat for Washington's Third District in 2022, she helped run Dean's Car Care, an auto-repair and machine shop in Portland, Oregon, that she owns with her husband, Dean Gluesenkamp. The trivial matters of the auto industry are closer to her than to your average politician."
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, a 37-year-old congresswoman representing Washington's Third District, leverages her background in the auto-repair industry to address practical driving concerns in Congress. She owns Dean's Car Care, an auto-repair shop in Portland, Oregon, with her husband. Drawing from her personal driving experience and observations of widespread complaints, Gluesenkamp Perez brought the issue of excessively bright LED headlights to the House Appropriations Committee. Modern LED headlights produce approximately 12,000 lumens compared to traditional halogen bulbs at 700-1,200 lumens, creating safety hazards and discomfort for drivers. She presented a headlight amendment to address this growing problem affecting nighttime driving safety across the country.
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