On the recordJune 10, 2016
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 1 minute to respond to something before I yield to my colleague. Let me just say that I appreciate the gentleman's passion for transportation infrastructure. I share it. We have had many conversations. But he well knows that the ideal way to solve this is with a specific user fee for that purpose. This particular tax, $10.25 on a barrel of oil, has such a huge detrimental economic impact across all sectors of our economy. That is not the way to go. That is why I don't think this is something we should entertain as the President has proposed. I think we need thoughtful discussion about this, and that will come in due time. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Graves), a member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and someone I have great respect for.
