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Jill Tokuda: “Increase in the jet fuel right now is going to really…”

Featuring: Jill Tokuda, Democratic | U.S. House Hawaii, 2nd Congressional District

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Rep. Jill Tokuda Lahaina Town Hall | FEMA, Flood Relief, Fire Recovery & Federal Updates – April 26

Published | Video Starts at 36:45

And even then, right. It's been hit hard. We do know just the visitor industry itself has been struggling nationally and especially in states like Hawaii. The tariffs have not helped. Increase in the jet fuel right now is going to really increase prices of air tickets. That's going to make it even more expensive to come here. So there's a lot of challenges already that to me, Congress needs to get smart about so that we can hopefully encourage people to have. (36:45–36:51)

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Asserts that rising jet fuel prices will lead to increased air ticket prices.

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