President Donald Trump She calls for an audit that could kill California railway rail, which has been around for almost two decades and has made very little progress.
Many trade unions workers who depend on the federal life line on Thursday appeared at the Union Station in Los Angeles to throw the tomato and secretary of Heckle’s transport, Sean Duffy, as his department will be charged with determining the way of using funds.
“It’s been 17 years and $ 16 billion and no railway has been built,” Duffy said as the protesters responded to his comments.
Sean Duffy arrives at a meeting with Senar Nebraska, Fischer’s debut on his nomination for the run of the Ministry of Transport, December 10, 2024. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“So, if you want to protest somewhere, if you want to yell at someone, go to the Governor’s mansion – go to talk to democrats in the legislative government who brought us this creepy project,” he added.
In particular, the secretary wants to explore whether there were some shady business jobs related to the railway project so far. Since January, the state has advertised small development in the Bakersfield project.
“No state in America is closer to launching a large rail railway from California today we just took a huge step forward. We enter the trail laying phase, completing the structures for key segments and placing the foundations for A high speed rail,” Government Gavin News in a statement Last month.
“The future of transportation is realized here in the central valley with thousands of well -paid jobs already created and 171 miles.
Federal taxpayers spent almost $ 3 billion on a project – With four more billions of dollars he promised, but not already spent from President Joe Biden. The revision could provide Trump to the legal authority to return that money.
However, almost nothing can be shown for the project, which is predicted to cost $ 106 billion to achieve its final goal of stretching from Los Angeles to San Francisco, according to Associated Press. Proponents claimed that the railway would make California, one of the largest countries in the country, connection.
The construction of a project of California train in Corcoran, California, left, and Hanford, California, right is underway. (Getty Images)
Congressmen Kevin Kiley, R-Calif. He was pleased to see the project attracts federal attention.
“We have been fighting this catastrophic project for years, and now, thanks to Secretary Duffy and President Trump, we finally have the opportunity to hope to end it,” he told Fox News Digital.
“I am not sure why anyone would advocate for what is happening in California. We spend the taxpayer in reality, only on an epic scale and we get nothing in return for it,” he added.
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California Government Gavin News and US Ambassador Kevin Kiley (Getty Images)
In addition, the congress woman young Kim, R-Calif., Claimed “It’s time to responsibility on the project.
“We will see if this investigation leads to finding any fraud and waste. If there is a fraud, I know it would probably be in areas of whether performers, subcontractors, designers, builders, all involved in The Project of the Great Railway in some ways is involved in this process, “she said.
