During House floor remarks last week, Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) spoke about California’s high-speed rail projects.
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00:00John seeking out of consent address the house one without objection the
00:07gentleman is recognized for one minute thank you madam speaker in California
00:13we have this high-speed rail project I call it high-cost rail because it's
00:17become a symbol of runaway spending and is indeed a complete boondoggle back
00:22when the original bond was passed in 2008 by a narrow margin by the voters of
00:26California about a nine billion dollar bond the rail is supposed to be a total
00:31cost of 33 billion from San Francisco to LA it has ballooned up to a hundred and
00:36thirty billion dollars of projected costs and that was 17 years ago and so far
00:42there's hardly any infrastructure has been built so what do you have over 17
00:47years they managed to raise about 17 billion dollars from cap and trade tax in
00:52California and two different disbursements from the Democrat
00:56presidencies so in 17 years check this raised 17 billion dollars they're short
01:03a hundred and ten billion dollars to complete the project not only that
01:07they're at least 25 years behind it's supposed to been done by 2020 and now
01:11they project oh maybe we'll have the first segment from Merced to a town called
01:15Shafter somewhere near Bakersfield done by maybe 2035 or 2040 I mean and they're
01:22going to come back to DC for more money not a chance this thing needs to be stopped
01:28and put it into infrastructure people need like freeways and stuff like that you'll
01:32back thank you for what purposes does the
01:36gentlewoman from Ohio seek recognition