If I had to guess, I'd suspect they are giving the FBI more time to find and arrest people at the capitol riots. We've already seen quite a few of them pin their legal defense on President Trump, including the Pelosi laptop thief and the Q Shaman.
That will probably be the most common defense. We might even see a few of them called before the Senate to testify as witnesses.
"Why did you storm the capitol?"
"Trump told me to!"
"Who told you to?"
"Trump did."
"See! Trump told them to."
Fewer dollars collected on gas tax is certainly a concern in the next 10-15 years. It's going to be a long, long time before a majority of cars are fuel-cell powered, though. But you're right, at some point the government is going to look down and realize the gas tax ain't pulling in what it used to.
I don't want to pay another tax to the federal government. If my state implemented some sort of tiered tax plan based on mileage that worked in conjunction with my already annual registration and inspections, that'd be different.
That's my biggest issue with democrats is the assumption that all problems need national solutions when the states can handle things like this.
If I had to guess, this would be a simple readout of the odometer and not some intricate satellite-based tracking system.
He golfed today, I think.