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Kay Bailey Hutchison: Raising the gas tax is off the table, from my standpoint, and instituting a vehicle miles traveled tax is also a…

On the recordJuly 19, 2011
Raising the gas tax is off the table, from my standpoint, and instituting a vehicle miles traveled tax is also a nonstarter, from my standpoint.
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Kay Bailey Hutchison
Republican · Texas

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She opposes raising taxes as a solution for infrastructure funding.

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