Sunoco CEO calls for federal gasoline tax increase

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March 24 (Reuters) - Sunoco Chairman and Chief Executive Lynn Elsenhans called Tuesday on U.S. refiners to support a "sizable" increase in the federal gasoline tax to pay for investments in the national infrastructure.

"We should support a sizable increase in the federal gasoline tax for the express purpose of funding much needed infrastructure investment," Elsenhans said in a speech to the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association annual meeting. (Reporting by Erwin Seba; Editing by John Picinich)