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Richard Blumenthal: “Congress and the administration, to date, have been unwilling to raise the user fee.”

On the recordMay 14, 2014
Congress and the administration, to date, have been unwilling to raise the user fee.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Critiques Congress and the administration for not increasing the gas tax.

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