The high-speed rail, in four years, we've invested $12 billion. That's just the federal money.
Ray LaHood: “The high-speed rail, in four years, we've invested $12 billion. That's just the federal money.”
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LaHood outlines the federal investment in high-speed rail and the expectation of future developments.
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The answer is $300 to $500 billion to get us back to being number one in infrastructure.
The reason that California wants high-speed rail is because the Governor wanted it. A Republican Governor, Governor Schwarzenegger, started that program.
I do think that there can be new rules and regulations. And I think while we were at DOT, we promulgated some very strong rules and regulations regarding rail safety.
And that's frankly, why I -- when somebody asked me about Trump going to, you know, going there for a visit, it's a complete joke. They were the -- had the, you know, the worst safety record of any administration in the history of DOT.





