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President Bush Answers Questions On Ethanol, Fuel Efficiency And Gas Tax
By Mr Ethanol | October 16, 2007
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Bush rarely takes questions and even when he does, it’s never about green transportation. Unbelievably, on Monday, Bush was asked about the impact of fuel efficiency on the gas tax and the impact of ethanol on feed costs. Bush admits we have to move away from the gas tax because of higher fuel efficiency and he seemed to support any new user fee. Here is the full quote of the fuel efficiency question and the answer:
Q I have a transportation question for you - Raymond Burns with the Rogers-Lowell Chamber. For business to continue to grow in Northwest Arkansas we’re going to have to help with our transportation infrastructure. (Applause.) Apparently, that’s our number-one issue. Given that we collect taxes on gasoline by the gallon, and fuel efficiency means there will be less taxes collected, going forward, what will the priority for transportation help be, sir?
THE PRESIDENT: The - step one, in order to make sure that that which we collect gets spent equitably, is to make sure that the committees in the House and Senate that appropriate the monies don’t take a lot of the money as special projects. In other words, what happens is, is that the Public Works Committee is the largest committee in the House - are you on Public Works, Boozeman? Yes. (Laughter.) It sounds like I better be diplomatic in the answer. (Laughter.) So what happens is these members say, okay, I want this for my district, I want this for my district, I want this for my district, so they get a unanimous vote out of the committee - was it unanimous last time? Yes, that’s what I thought.
Topics: Biofuel, Ethanol, Gas, Tax |
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