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President Donald Trump He is asking for an audit that could kill the High Speed Railroad proposal of California, which has existed for almost two decades and has progressed very little.
Many trade union workers who depend on the federal life line went to the Union station in Los Angeles on Thursday to throw tomatoes and the Secretary of Transportation of Transportation Sean Duffy, since their department will lead the accusation of discovering how the funds are used .
“17 years and $ 16 billion have passed and no rail have been built,” Duffy said while the protesters were in the room reacting to their comments.
Sean Duffy arrives for a meeting with the Senator of Nebraska Deb Fischer about his nomination to lead the Department of Transportation, on December 10, 2024. (Al Drago/Bloomberg through Getty Images)
“Then, if you want to protest somewhere, if you want to shout at someone, go to the governor’s mansion, go talk to the Democrats in the legislature that this shit project have brought us,” he added.
Specifically, the secretary wants to investigate whether there was any bleak business linked to the failure of the railway project so far. As of January, the State was promoting a small development in the Bakersfield section of the project.
“No state in the United States is closer to the launch of High Speed Rail than California, and today, we simply took a huge step. We are moving to the online setting phase, completing structures for key segments and establishing the bases for a High Speed Railway Network “, Governor Gavin Newsom said in a statement last month.
“The future of transport is being carried out right here in the Central Valley with thousands of well -peeled works already created and 171 miles in which it works. As only California can, we are building the largest infrastructure project in the United States,” he added .
Federal taxpayers spent almost $ 3 billion in the project – With another $ 4 billion promised for, but not spent, by President Joe Biden. The audit could provide Trump for the legal authority to collect that money.
Even so, there is almost nothing to show for the project, which is projected to cost $ 106 billion to achieve its ultimate goal of stretching from Los Angeles to San Francisco, according to Associated Press. The proponents have argued that the railroad would cause California, one of the largest states in the country, to be more connected.
The ongoing construction of the Bullet Plenes project in California is photographed in Corcoran, California, on the left, and Hanford, California, on the right. (Getty images)
Congressman Kevin Kiley, R-Calif., Is pleased to see that the project receives federal attention.
“We have been fighting this disastrous project for years, and now, thanks to Secretary Duffy and President Trump, we finally have the opportunity to end its end,” said Fox News Digital.
“I am not sure why someone would be in favor of what is happening in California. We are wasting the money of the taxpayers in a really, only on an epic scale and not get anything in return,” he added.
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California Gavin Newsom governor and American representative Kevin Kiley (Getty images)
In addition, Congresswoman Young Kim, Republican of California, argued “is time for the responsibility of the project.
“We will see if this research leads to find some fraud and waste. If there is fraud, I know that it would probably be in the areas of contractors, subcontractors, designers, builders, anyone who is involved with the high -speed rail project is some of some way involved in this process, “he said.
