12/01/1997
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We know the Highway Trust Fund has been diminished because people are driving less and driving more fuel efficient cars.
It's going to be expensive to build the high-speed rail. If that is the figure today, that is the figure today.
In some parts of the country, we're going to have trains going 200 miles an hour.
This idea that we cannot continue to make progress without earmarks is not accurate.