[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 203 (Monday, December 11, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H6804]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 WE NEED HIGHWAYS, NOT HIGH-SPEED RAIL

  (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, the United States' debt has grown by $2.5 
trillion over the last year. Over the last 20 months, thanks to Biden-
led policies, $4.8 trillion. This is a massive driver of inflation and 
lack of credit on the market out there for regular people.
  On top of the omnibus bill done a year ago and many other big 
spending ideas that were gotten through in the previous Congress, now 
the President wants to add $6 billion more for high-speed rail in 
California, $3 billion for the project, that is already 15 years late 
and four times its budget price, and $3 billion more now for what was 
going to be a private concern from LA to Las Vegas, the gambler 
special.
  We need highways to be rebuilt. We need less debt causing people to 
not be able to make ends meet. Why are we putting it on these 
boondoggles in southern California? It is crazy. Put it toward highways 
that people can use or something else.

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