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  • 6 months ago
During remarks on the House floor, Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) tore into California's high speed rail project.
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00:00I have good news for Californians. Today is the beginning of the end of high-speed rail,
00:14the biggest public infrastructure disaster in U.S. history. A few months ago, I joined
00:19Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy in Los Angeles to announce an investigation and
00:23compliance review into the state's high-speed rail project. And today, we got the results.
00:29That the state, with respect to $4 billion in grants that it took, is woefully out of
00:34compliance with the conditions of those grants. And fundamentally, the audit found that this
00:39project has no viable path forward. Of course, we've known that for a long time. They've spent
00:44$17 billion and haven't laid any track. The New York Times found the project is not on track to
00:50be completed this century and will be $100 billion over budget. They initially told us that we'd have
00:55an LA to San Francisco high-speed train by the year 2020. Now, even the modest initial segment
01:01from Bakersfield to Merced is going to miss its 2033 deadline. And even if the train were to magically
01:07come into existence today, it would be decades-old technology. It is time to end this embarrassment
01:12for our state once and for all and use our transportation dollars in ways that will actually
01:17benefit the quality of life of Californians. I yield back.
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