… lose access to about $37 billion in transportation funding, along with tens of billions in other critical funds in other agencies. I heard Senator Gillibrand mention these facts earlier, but The American Society of Civil Engineers gives our infrastructure a C grade, roads and aviation D plus, transit gets a D. And these grades tell us really that we have a lot more work to do. And if we don't, ASCE estimates that American families will pay $700 more a year, 344,000 jobs lost, and our economy is going to take a hit as well. (01:24–01:37)
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Asserts the grades given by the American Society of Civil Engineers to U.S. infrastructure.
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