[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 15 (Thursday, January 22, 2026)]
[House]
[Page H1337]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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          NO MORE TAX DOLLARS FOR CALIFORNIA'S HIGH-SPEED RAIL

  (Mr. KILEY of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KILEY of California. Mr. Speaker, a year ago, I introduced 
legislation to cut off all funding for California's high-speed rail 
project and today, in an overwhelming, bipartisan vote, the House 
passed this measure as part of an appropriations bill that will soon be 
signed into law.
  This is fantastic news for American taxpayers and for California 
taxpayers as the high-speed rail project is the biggest public 
infrastructure failure in United States history. It was supposed to be 
done in 2020 and yet now in 2026, no track has been laid despite 
spending $18 billion.
  The estimated total cost has ballooned from $33 billion to $128 
billion, and even The New York Times found that it is not on pace to be 
finished this century.
  With the success of this legislation, our Federal tax dollars in 
California can go where they are needed when it comes to transportation 
and that is to improve our failing roads, to alleviate traffic, and to 
actually improve the quality of life for Californians.

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