Issue Position: Transportation

Issue Position

Alabama should have control over where our transportation dollars are spent. Currently gas taxes are remitted to the Federal Government. DC then takes their cut for the federal bureaucracy and turns around and micromanages the decisions of local infrastructure. It is one thing for DC to be involved in interstate highways that connect one state to another and are truly of a federal nature, but for DC to be influencing or deciding local transportation priorities concerning mass transit or local and state roads, on which they have never driven or ridden, is outside their responsibility. Alabamians best understand their transportation needs. After all, we drive on the roads and walk on the sidewalks daily! US Senator Mike Lee of Utah has legislation to transfer transportation responsibilities to state governments and empower them in the decision making process. I fully support improving our transportation system in a fiscally responsible manner and empowering Alabama's role in the process!

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