“That 80% of Americans say we should stop buying Russian oil in the name of defending democracy proves the depth of our support for the Ukrainian people.
“We support our friends in Ukraine in their fight for freedom. We must also act to protect the pocketbooks of working- and middle-class families here at home.
“We should temporarily suspend the state and federal gas tax and continue full funding of the highway and transportation trust accounts to protect South Jersey families at the pump and preserve jobs, saving New Jersey taxpayers over 60 cents per gallon.
“As we exit two brutal years of the COVID pandemic and the Ukrainian crisis continues to unfold, America must maintain our commitment to rebuilding our infrastructure and economy with good family-sustaining jobs, ever mindful that we need to have fuel prices that people can afford to get to their workplace.
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