Transportation Secretary blasts California high-speed rail spending, opens investigation

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : As President Donald Trump's administration makes cuts to government programs, his head of the Department of Transportation announced that federal assistance intended for a major California transit project could be next on the chopping block.
37% : While speaking to reporters, Trump incorrectly claimed that the project was "hundreds of billions of dollars over budget" and said he'd look into it himself.
27% : The issue, Duffy said, is that even with federal assistance, the state is still short of its funding goals, along with an unstable and unreliable timeline for the project's completion.
14% : " The news comes after Trump earlier this week called the plan the "worst managed project" he'd ever seen.

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