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Jeff Denham: “When California voters approved the project in 2008, they were told the project would cost $33 billion.”

On the recordJanuary 14, 2014
When California voters approved the project in 2008, they were told the project would cost $33 billion.
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Jeff Denham
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Denham highlights the drastic increase in projected costs of the high-speed rail project since its approval.

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