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Peter DeFazio: “I propose that we should index the existing gas tax to both fleet fuel economy average and a construction cost…”

On the recordApril 24, 2013
I propose that we should index the existing gas tax to both fleet fuel economy average and a construction cost inflation.
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Peter DeFazio
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

DeFazio suggests indexing the gas tax to address revenue declines from more efficient vehicles.

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