Salem, Ore. – House Republican Leader Mike McLane of Powell Butte issued the following statement in response to inability to move forward with a transportation package:
“From day one, House Republicans were committed to crafting and passing a much-needed, bipartisan transportation package to fix our roads and bridges and improve public safety across our state. However, the decision by legislative Democrats to prioritize a costly and ineffective government mandate, SB 324, over transportation needs ultimately doomed any chance of a comprehensive package.
“Despite an initial bipartisan agreement to move forward with this proposed package that improved infrastructure while also significantly reducing carbon emissions, a group of 19 House Democrats refused to compromise and instead sided with the same environmental ideologues that fund their campaigns.
“Unfortunately, with today’s decision to kill the transportation package, Democrats have left Oregonians with a hidden gas tax and no infrastructure improvements.”
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