Hamilton comments on gas tax suspension

Today, Gov. Mike Braun announced a 30-day suspension of Indiana's gas tax, which hit 17.2 cents per gallon in April, amid geopolitical crises leading to gas prices skyrocketing to nearly $4.25 a gallon in Indiana.

State Rep. Carey Hamilton (D-Indianapolis) issued the following statement regarding the suspension:

“Hoosiers are in desperate need of economic relief, and I support any meaningful action that delivers it. If suspending the gas tax will ease a bit of the burden of Washington, D.C.'s actions on Hoosiers coupled with the Republican supermajority's high gas taxes, I'm all for it. But let's be honest about how we got here.

“Gov. Braun and Statehouse Republicans are cleaning up a mess of their own making. Hoosiers are fed up with unfocused foreign entanglements that cost American lives, inflate gas prices and drive up costs for working families.

"What we're seeing is a last-minute reaction from an administration that wants credit for solving a crisis it helped create. That's not the fiscal responsibility Hoosiers were promised."