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Mike Simpson: “The increase in tax, on fuel tax, for the Inland Waterway Trust Fund is something that has been needed.”

On the recordFebruary 10, 2015
The increase in tax, on fuel tax, for the Inland Waterway Trust Fund is something that has been needed.
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Mike Simpson
Republican · Idaho

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Simpson discusses the necessity of increasing fuel taxes for the Inland Waterway Trust Fund.

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