Arizona, like other donor states, does not receive its fair share of the transportation taxes we send to Washington. Arizona only gets back less than 90 cents of every dollar we sent to the federal government in the form of the gas tax. That’s not right.
I’ve established a working group of other donor state congressmen to try to change the funding formula so that states, like Arizona, receive back more of what we send to Washington, D.C.
Because I believe in states’ rights, I’ve also introduced the Highway Fairness and Reform Act, which transfers control and authority over transportation dollars and planning from the federal government to willing states.
While we haven’t achieved a dollar-for-dollar return yet, we have made progress. I’ll continue to fight for equity in transportation funding.
