12/01/1997
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In some parts of the country, we are going to have trains going 200 miles an hour.
We have had a little hiccup here, but that is not going to stand in the way of this project moving forward.
That's a good place to start, not by one government saying, OK, we're going to tax you all.
This has been an extraordinary four years for high-speed rail.