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Lamar Alexander: “I like the idea of user fees, but before we have a user fee appropriated, we need, (A), to have a plan and (B), we need…”

On the recordJune 27, 2017
I like the idea of user fees, but before we have a user fee appropriated, we need, (A), to have a plan and (B), we need to spend what we are already collecting in taxes for the purpose for which it is collected.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

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Alexander stresses the need for a plan before implementing user fees.

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