Peter DeFazio actually said...

Let's index the gas tax--radical proposal. We can index it to construction cost, inflation, fleet fuel economy.

The status quo has been, we are frozen in amber. We are refusing to invest in our infrastructure.

The American people get it. A number of all-red States have raised their gas tax. Nobody has been recalled or lost their election.

Does anybody here think that a one-half of 1 percent increase in the cost of diesel would cause an undue disruption to the American economy?