that s it? that s it. we could bond $500 billion. $500 billion. over the next 13 years. what s at stake? what s at stake is catastrophe. if the tunnels under the hudson fail, it will cost the economy $100 million a day in lost productivity. congestion, chaos, essentially. people are tired of it and they want to see action. raising the gas tax triggers fear on both sides of the aisle. even if it benefits an aged bridge in their own backyard like the one we visited in cincinnati. this republican has been representing cincinnati for more than two decades. what is your perception of the bridge? well, it needs to be replaced. it is probably our most critical infrastructure need. but the local communities have to come together. that means the state of kentucky, the state of ohio and other local folks involved have to come to an agreement on a specialty funding.
1$100 million a day in lost productivity. chaos. people are tired of it and they want to see action. raising the gas tax triggers fear on both sides of the aisle. even it protects the bridge in cincinnati. this republican has been representing cincinnati for more than two decades. what is your perception of the bridge? well, it needs to be replaced. it is probably our most critical infrastructure need. but the local communities have to come together. that means the state of kentucky, the state of ohio and other local folks involved have to come to an agreement on a specialty funding. that s been the key issue. if it s critical, why doesn t the federal pay for it? this is one bridge and a very important bridge to anybody in our community, including ourself, but there are competing projects all across the country and the federal government
people are tired of it and they want to see action. raising the gas tax triggers fear on both sides of the aisle. even it protects the bridge in cincinnati. this republican has been representing cincinnati for more than two decades. what is your perception of the bridge? well, it needs to be replaced. it is probably our most critical infrastructure need. but the local communities have to come together. that means the state of kentucky, the state of ohio and other local folks involved have to come to an agreement on a specialty funding. that s been the key issue. if it s critical, why doesn t the federal pay for it? this is one bridge and a very important bridge to anybody in our community, including ourself, but there are competing projects all across the country and the federal government doesn t have enough resources to pay for all of that. increase the gas tax. it hasn t happened since 1993. what do you think about it?