I would hope that we would be--that there is a possibility of being open to a proposal that I have introduced that is supported by the AFL-CIO, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the AAA, truckers, contractors, local government, a number of individual unions, professional groups, to raise the gas tax to be able to replenish it.
Blumenauer advocates for a gas tax increase to fund infrastructure.
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