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    NO MORE FEDERAL DOLLARS FOR CALIFORNIA'S HIGH-SPEED RAIL SYSTEM

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, California's high-speed rail system has 
been in existence as an entity for 17 years. Mr. Speaker, about $17 
billion has been raised to build what is now costing $128 billion. It 
is about $112 billion short, and it wants to come to the Federal 
Government and demand even more money for something that is so far off 
track, so far off of its timeline it is almost funny.
  They want to build a line from a place called Merced to Bakersfield. 
They are calling that the early operating system, which is already 12 
years behind on just that segment.
  It is time to cut the ties to the California high-speed rail. I 
appreciate Secretary Duffy of Transportation taking a look at this and 
saying the 50 States' taxpayers should not be funding it any more in 
the effort to claw back about $3.5 billion or so that the Biden 
administration approved as they exited.
  I think the high-speed rail is nice to take a look at and look at the 
concept and determine if it is going to work, but in California, it is 
not going to work. It is a boondoggle. We don't have the money for it. 
They sure as heck shouldn't get any more Federal dollars for it.

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