Dear Editor,
New York State Senator Mike Martucci, R-New Hampton, falsely claims that “Albany Democrats are sponsoring legislation that would add a new 55 cent-per gallon tax on New Yorkers at the gas pump."
Martucci doesn’t identify the bill, of course. The Democrats did author a bill called The Climate and Community Investment Act, S4264. It charges corporate polluters for their emissions, not drivers getting gas. It also protects workers in the fossil fuel industry as they transition to renewable energy jobs.
Better that the senator propose his own bill to benefit the environment rather than falsely accuse Democrats about bills they never wrote. In this he is true to his party, which is currently taking credit for the very popular pandemic rescue plan, a Biden plan that not a single Republican voted for!
Publishing history: Daily Freeman 5-10-21
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