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Senate committee votes down gas tax holiday

Legislators were back in Richmond to deal with vetoes and amendments. But they also took a key action on a proposed gas tax holiday.

Transcripts for FOXNEWS Special Report With Bret Baier 20240604 22:36:00

inflation at the gas pump. what s the latest on a gas tax holiday in virginia? well, i believe that we have a unique opportunity in virginia, we have record surplus in our commonwealth transportation fund. i propose to bring down and eliminate our gas tax for three months. particularly going into the summer. and that is being debated in our legislature right now. legislature passes it because it s time for virginians to get a break. bret: one of the ideas democrats propose sending 50 bucks to each car owner, # hundred dollars to each household. is that an idea you are considering? no. i believe this is just consistent with just paying people. i believe that we have to bring costs down at the pump by cutting taxes. we can do this. and that will, in fact, draw people into transportation this summer. getting out. we re coming out of the pandemic. it s time for folks to get out and enjoy being in virginia. we re going to cut taxes and we are going to make sure that people can afford

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