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On the recordFebruary 15, 2011
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.
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

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Senator Boxer explains truckers' willingness to support a fuel tax if it funds infrastructure improvements.

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