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On the recordJanuary 16, 2018
I think one thing that was a great thing that we did in the last WRDA bill, I think it was the WRDA bill, when the revenue from diesel fuel went up and Congress increased that tax from 20 cents a gallon to 29 cents a gallon.
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Shelley Moore Capito
Republican · West Virginia

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Capito discusses the tax increase on diesel fuel for infrastructure funding.

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