I think when President Obama put in the recovery package the $8-plus billion for intercity rail, high speed passenger corridor that we are talking about today, high speed rail, that it may have been a little premature just in terms of the discussion that we are having now.
Kilpatrick discusses the timing and necessity of high-speed rail funding.
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