Topics: Gary Cohn

White House Economic Advisor Floats Possibility of Fuel Tax Increase

• 2017-10-25
• NATSO Articles
• Highway & Transportation
• Congresswoman Elizabeth Etsy (D-Conn.)
• DOT Secretary Elaine Chao
• Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
• Gary Cohn
• Highway Trust Fund
• Infrastructure Plan
• Motor fuels tax
• National Economic Council
• Problem Solvers Caucus
• public private partnerships
• Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY.)
• Representative Garret Graves (R-La.)
• Representative Jimmy Duncan (R-Tenn.)
• Rest Area Commercialization
• tolling

The President’s chief economic advisor on Oct. 25 raised the possibility of increasing the federal motor fuels tax next year to help pay for the Administration’s $1 trillion infrastructure plan. More