Barbara Boxer actually said...

"the reason they are willing to go for a fuel tax, and the only way they will do it, is if you are going to put it in the roads and bridges and to improvements because that is what costs them money."

"I like, I would like an appropriate increase in the Federal Fuel Tax, recognizing that you are collecting half of what you used to."

"We have an imperative."

"I believe there is an argument to be made that people who use the roads should pay for them."