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Jay Roberts hospitalized with chest pains

Feg. 12, 2015 - Atlanta - Rep. Jay Roberts presents a revised House plan to raise $1 billion for transportation to the full Transportation Committee. House Bill 170 has also garnered new critics as the Sierra Club denounced its lack of funding for transit and it's creation of a new user fee on electric vehicle drivers while a Washington think-tank and a Republican House member unveiled a study that showed eliminating a state tax credit for the purchase of electric vehicles would cost the state more than $200 million in lost GDP over the next 16 years. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM Jay Roberts, R-Ocilla, presents a revised House plan to raise $1 billion for transportation to the full House Transportation Committee on Thursday. Bob Andres, bandres@ajc.com
Feg. 12, 2015 - Atlanta - Rep. Jay Roberts presents a revised House plan to raise $1 billion for transportation to the full Transportation Committee. House Bill 170 has also garnered new critics as the Sierra Club denounced its lack of funding for transit and it's creation of a new user fee on electric vehicle drivers while a Washington think-tank and a Republican House member unveiled a study that showed eliminating a state tax credit for the purchase of electric vehicles would cost the state more than $200 million in lost GDP over the next 16 years. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM Jay Roberts, R-Ocilla, presents a revised House plan to raise $1 billion for transportation to the full House Transportation Committee on Thursday. Bob Andres, bandres@ajc.com
By Jim Galloway
March 23, 2015

Jay Roberts, the chairman of the House Transportation Committee who has been crucial in the launching of a $1 billion transportation funding bill, was hospitalized Monday with chest pains.

Roberts was hospitalized this morning and is being kept overnight, said Kaleb McMichen, spokesman for House Speaker David Ralston. Here's the statement he just issued:

'Chairman Roberts experienced some chest discomfort this morning and went to a local hospital as a precautionary measure. He is resting comfortably while doctors perform routine tests. The Speaker looks forward to having him back at the Capitol soon.'"

The Senate passed its version of H.B. 170 last week, cutting some $200 million from the annual amount expected to be raised by the measure. The chambers have yet to name members to a conference committee.

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Jim Galloway, the newspaper’s former political columnist, was a writer and editor at the AJC for four decades.

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