Transportation chief Sean Duffy launches probe of California's high-speed rail project

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : Trump and Duffy have both hinted at programs that boost expansion of the nation's highway system over public transit efforts.
58% : According to a recent poll, a majority of Californians who took part say the California High-Speed Rail project is still worthy of state funding.
54% : The president said on Feb. 4 that his administration would investigate how billions in federal and state funding has been spent.
54% : The president said on Feb. 4 that his administration would investigate how billions in federal and state funding has been spent.
27% : " Duffy's announcement comes two weeks after Trump lambasted the project for skyrocketing costs and multiple construction delays.
22% : GOP members of the state legislature fired off a letter to Trump last week urging an investigation into the project.
20% : "The train that's being built between Los Angeles and San Francisco is the worst-managed project I think I've ever seen, and I've seen some of the worst," Trump told reporters, asserting that the project is "billions and billions" of dollars over budget.
17% : "There is no plausible scenario where the cost to federal or state taxpayers can be justified," said Kiley, who is aligned with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, assigned by Trump to cut government spending and bureaucracy via the Department of Government Efficiency.

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