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Doug LaMalfa: “I think they have maybe spent around $20 billion for a project originally told to be $33 billion, and probably estimates…”

On the recordApril 10, 2023
I think they have maybe spent around $20 billion for a project originally told to be $33 billion, and probably estimates are conservative at $120 billion.
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Doug LaMalfa
Republican · California

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LaMalfa discusses the escalating costs of a California high-speed rail project.

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