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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – President Donald Trump announced Wednesday evening that his medication is cutting $4 cardinal successful national backing for the California High Speed Rail Authority.
Trump posted to his societal media app Truth Social, saying successful part, "I americium thrilled to denote that I person officially freed you from backing California's disastrously, overpriced, 'HIGH SPEED TRAIN TO NOWHERE.'"
United States Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy enactment retired an authoritative announcement astir the stopping of the funds, citing construction delays and increasing costs.
However, California High Speed Rail Authority Board Member Henry Perea Sr. says this task volition proceed contempt the announcement.
"Until idiosyncratic says, stop, we're going to support gathering - and we're building," Perea said.
Perea says helium anticipated this announcement, and the CHSRA was prepared. He says they person capable wealth to support working.
"The Federal Railroad Administration has fixed thing but stellar comments with respect to our compliance with the usage of national dollars up until this point. So what is it that they recovered different? You know, I deliberation what we each know, it's political," Perea said.
All of this comes aft Trump announced successful the Oval Office backmost successful February that helium wanted a full-scale probe into the agency.
"They made it overmuch shorter. So present it's astatine small places mode distant from San Francisco and mode distant from Los Angeles. No- we're going to commencement a large probe connected that due to the fact that it's I've ne'er seen thing similar it," helium said astatine the time.
Perea says they've made tons of advancement this year, including starting operation connected the railhead. He says they program to combat the Trump medication successful court.
Meanwhile, Republican Assemblymember David Tangipa says helium welcomes the announcement.
"It's going to unit america to get into the room, person the hard conversations and say, what tin we bash to get thing done," Tangipa said.
Tangipa was with Secretary Duffy erstwhile helium visited California earlier this twelvemonth pursuing Trump's telephone for an investigation. He says each Californians volition payment from a person look astatine what's being spent to physique the tracks.
"I really deliberation it's a small spot ridiculous that astatine this constituent present determination is not a locked-in fiscal program for high-speed rail. I deliberation this is going to assistance with that," helium added.
Governor Newsom's bureau released a connection saying they judge the grants were terminated illegally, and this is simply a "gift to China." It's not known yet what the litigation would look like.
