On the recordDecember 3, 2014
1 year ago today, I introduced the first gas tax increase in 21 years. The only thing that has changed in that year is that the need is greater and the path forward is even easier. Everyone knows that America is falling apart and falling behind while gas prices have dropped dramatically. I am joined this afternoon by Ronald Reagan who 32 years ago, on Thanksgiving, made a powerful radio address, explaining why he more than doubled the gas tax--actually, a user fee, he pointed out. The same speech could and should be made by President Obama tomorrow. I urge you, my colleagues, to join me and Ronald Reagan in fixing the bankrupt highway trust fund, increasing the gas tax so we can rebuild and renew America and put hundreds of thousands of people to work at family-wage jobs all across this great land. With the need getting worse and gas prices falling, there will never be a better time. All it takes is a little leadership and courage from the President and Congress. ____________________
