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On the recordApril 23, 2013
The gas tax, the gasoline tax, which has been the--or the diesel fuel tax, which has been the primary source of financing for infrastructure, has been--is a wasting asset.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

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Nadler discusses the diminishing effectiveness of the gas tax for infrastructure funding.

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