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On the recordJanuary 14, 2014
California's taxpayers simply cannot support a multibillion-dollar boondoggle.
Said by
Jeff Denham
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Denham criticizes the high-speed rail project as an unsustainable financial burden on taxpayers.

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