Trump administration to cancel $929 million in California high-speed rail funding

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https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-high-speed-rail-20190219-story.html

By Ralph Vartabedian and Matthew Ormseth
Feb 19, 2019

The U.S. Transportation Department announced Tuesday it would attempt to cancel $929 million in federal grant funds for California’s troubled high-speed rail project.

The move marks an escalation in the war between President Trump and California in the days since Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a rethinking of the bullet train project after years of cost overruns.

The Transportation Department also announced it was “actively exploring every legal option to seek the return from California of $2.5 billion in federal funds.” It’s unclear whether it has the legal authority to do so, and California would probably oppose such a move.

In a short statement, federal officials said California had “failed to make reasonable progress” on the project and questioned whether it could be completed on the schedule in the grants.
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[Iliyah]

1. So be it.

WH still cannot use that money for the wall.

[Freethinker65]

2. Use it to pay for executive time at Trump properties.

[Wellstone ruled]

3. Good luck with that.

[Eliot Rosewater]

4. If he could, if they could, they would deport or end all existence of democrats.

I wonder if we get that yet.

[fierywoman]

5. Is this the Dept of Transportation that is headed by Mitch McConnell's wife?

[spanone]

6. vindictive assholes.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

7. Attempt being the operative word.

[fescuerescue]

8. Well if California isn't going to spend it on Highspeed Rail

Doesn't really seem fair that they get to keep it.

[demmiblue]

9. ...