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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><img width="133" height="135" style="width:1.3854in;height:1.4062in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D824A4.E38636D0"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:1.2pt">OFFICE OF GOVERNOR BRAD LITTLE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:1.2pt">OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL LAWRENCE WASDEN<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:1.2pt">NEWS RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">February 18, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Little, Wasden call on Inslee to stop fuel tax on Idahoans<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little and Attorney General Lawrence Wasden sent a letter to Washington Governor Jay Inslee today calling on him to step in and stop Washington’s
dangerous proposals to increase the cost of fuel for Idahoans.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Democrats in the Washington Legislature are
</span><a href="https://www.thecentersquare.com/idaho/legislation-would-tax-refined-fuel-exported-from-washington-to-other-states/article_f001f156-8ab1-11ec-8a1f-bf1e04987996.html"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">pushing a
package of bills</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> that would tax fuel shipped from Washington to Idaho and other western states.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The full text of Governor Little and Attorney General Wasden’s letter to Governor Inslee follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear Governor Inslee,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Recent proposals advanced by Washington legislators would increase the cost of fuel for the people of Idaho and throughout the West by 6-cents
a gallon. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Washington Legislature is venturing into new, uncertain territory that would trigger price increases that disproportionately hurt the
citizens of Idaho, your neighbors.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">During a time when inflation is soaring at historic levels, we ask you to step in and do what you can to stop these harmful proposals. If
these proposals reach your desk, we ask you to veto them. Now is not the time for our states to turn on each other with excise tax proposals that dampen our economy and increase costs for everyone.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">All Americans should be able to access reliable, affordable fuel to help grow our shared economy. Any increase in energy costs or gas prices
will damage both our states.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We welcome a meeting at your earliest convenience so we can have a frank discussion on the impacts of this dangerous legislation.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">BRAD LITTLE
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Governor
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">State of Idaho
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">LAWRENCE G. WASDEN<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Attorney General<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">State of Idaho<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">MEDIA CONTACTS:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Scott Graf, Office of the Attorney General, 208-334-4112 or
</span><a href="mailto:Scott.Graf@ag.idaho.gov"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Scott.Graf@ag.idaho.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Marissa Morrison Hyer, Office of the Governor, 208-943-1686 or
</span><a href="mailto:Marissa.Morrison@gov.idaho.gov"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Marissa.Morrison@gov.idaho.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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