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California Republicans ask Trump administration to block bullet train funding

Los Angeles Times: California’s House Republicans have asked the Trump administration to block a pending federal grant for the state’s high speed rail project until an audit of the project’s finances is completed. The letter, signed by all 14 members of the state’s GOP delegation, including House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, was sent to Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao. It cites cost increases, reductions in the project’s scope and its failure to attract private financing. President Trump has charged that “California in many ways is out of control” but he has also vowed to massively increase the nation’s infrastructure spending. Trump’s and Chao’s view on the bullet train, the nation’s largest infrastructure project, is largely unknown so far. The unified position against further federal funding by the state’s own Republican representatives will be an early and severe test of the new administration’s direction. If the administration cuts off related bullet train funding and attempts to enforce stricter controls on existing multibillion dollar grants, it could cause significant stresses on a project that is already facing increasing costs and schedule delays.

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