Eric Crawford: “How do we ensure that we have the resources to build and maintain a surface transportation system that will meet the…”

The policy was specifically considered and disposed of during negotiation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

The issue before us today is how do we ensure we have the resources to build and maintain a surface transportation system that will meet the needs of our nation and allow us to remain competitive in the 21st century.

The purchasing power of fuel taxes, which have remained unchanged since 1993, has eroded by 55 percent over the last 30 years.

Congress should reject exorbitantly costly, unrealistic mandates to replace fossil fuels and to force foreclosing nearly every other fuel source except for unreliable 'green' ones--all driven by government diktat rather than free-market…