It's over 700% over their initial estimates. It's six years behind at this point. Some people are calling, though, to totally scrap it. What is your take as Transportation Secretary? So they have California has spent 17 years and $16 billion on [the high-speed rail] project. Not one track has been laid. And so we had $4 billion invested. We pulled that 4 billion dol. But now Gavin Newsom says, no, I'm going to keep building this train between these two major cities. (03:45–03:54)
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Asserts that California's high-speed rail project has not laid any track despite significant time and financial investment.
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