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Jeff Denham: “You know, we took a bond--were you still there when we voted on that in the legislature? We voted on it at the…”

On the recordFebruary 16, 2011
You know, we took a bond--were you still there when we voted on that in the legislature? We voted on it at the legislature. At the time, $9.95 billion. We took that to the voters, we told the voters that was all that Californians were going to have to pay.
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Jeff Denham
Republican · California

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Denham recalls a bond vote promising limited costs to Californians for the high-speed rail project.

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