Vice President Joe Biden Tuesday future that the US government infuse $53 billion into a national high-speed rail network. The announcement was meet immediately by deep skepticism from two House Republicans that could be crucial to the plan's accomplishment raising question about whether it can clear Capitol Hill.
House Transportation commission Chair Rep. John Mica (R) of Florida said previous administration grants to high-speed rail projects were a failure, producing "snail speed trains on the method to nowhere." He called Amtrak a "Soviet-style train system" and said it "hijacked" nearly all the administration's rail projects. in the meantime, Railroads Subcommittee Chair representative. Bill Shuster (R) of Pennsylvania said Mr. Biden's plan was "insanity," adding: "Rail projects that be not economically sound will not 'win the future' " coopting the slogan President Obama coined in his State of the Union address.
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