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On the recordApril 23, 2013
the current approach to funding the Highway Trust Fund, and to transportation infrastructure more generally in the United States that relies on the burning of fossil fuel, is unsustainable.
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Cicilline criticizes the reliance on fossil fuels for infrastructure funding.

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