The Commission made many recommendations but at its heart subjected a shift, as I understand it, from our current funding approach that is based largely on indirect user fees, the gas tax, and a new system based around direct user charges in the form of the VMT.
DeLauro discusses the need for a new funding approach for infrastructure.
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