Jim Costa actually said...

"I am hopeful today that we can focus on those legitimate challenges facing California high-speed rail, and that we can work together to deal with the challenges in this project and make it work."

"California has 38 million people today living there. And by the year 2030 we will have over 50 million people."

"As we all know, building major infrastructure projects are never, ever easy."

"High-speed rail is a part of that response."