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Ratickle
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Gavin Newsom’s transport secretary has admitted criticism of California’s high-speed rail is justified — as estimates of the project show it will be a struggle to be completed.
Officials now say it will cost an eye-watering $126 billion to finish the line from Los Angeles to San Francisco — which is more money than Amtrak has ever received from the federal government since it was established in 1971, a damning 60 Minutes report revealed.
That’s and a huge uptick when compared to the $33 billion voters were told the rail would cost when it was announced way back in 2008.
“We’re now in 2026. There are no trains. There’s no track laid. It was a complete bait and switch,” Rep. Vince Fong told 60 Minutes.
Officials now say it will cost an eye-watering $126 billion to finish the line from Los Angeles to San Francisco — which is more money than Amtrak has ever received from the federal government since it was established in 1971, a damning 60 Minutes report revealed.
That’s and a huge uptick when compared to the $33 billion voters were told the rail would cost when it was announced way back in 2008.
“We’re now in 2026. There are no trains. There’s no track laid. It was a complete bait and switch,” Rep. Vince Fong told 60 Minutes.
Ratickle
Founding Member / Super Moderator
$1.4 million earmark, originally tucked into a congressional spending bill, was intended for a facility that investigators later discovered was physically located inside a Somali-owned restaurant.
According to IRS filings and public documents, the clinic was managed by three individuals who all listed the same residential address.
“One of our spending bills making its way through Congress was a $1 million earmark from Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota,” Ernst told host Stuart Varney. “This was an earmark that was supposedly going to a substance abuse clinic, which actually happened to be housed in a restaurant. It had tons of red flags.”
The funding request was not solely the work of Representative Omar; the earmark appeared on page 21 of a 42-page congressional document with Democratic Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith also listed as requestors.
According to IRS filings and public documents, the clinic was managed by three individuals who all listed the same residential address.
“One of our spending bills making its way through Congress was a $1 million earmark from Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota,” Ernst told host Stuart Varney. “This was an earmark that was supposedly going to a substance abuse clinic, which actually happened to be housed in a restaurant. It had tons of red flags.”
The funding request was not solely the work of Representative Omar; the earmark appeared on page 21 of a 42-page congressional document with Democratic Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith also listed as requestors.
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