Rep. Vince Fong’s Statement on Governor Newsom’s High-Speed Rail Project Failures

“Once again, Governor Newsom continues with his failing rebranding tour throughout the Central Valley attempting to deflect from his poor decisions over the past 6 years. What he masks as accomplishments are things we continue to see for what they are: great failures. His high-speed rail project is marred by out-of-control costs, gross mismanagement, and unrealistic ridership projections. Precious tax dollars need to be used for projects that will actually improve the lives of Californians, such as enhancing rural road safety projects and supply chain infrastructure, building water infrastructure, and preventing catastrophic wildfires instead of throwing money into another mismanaged pipe dream. Instead of listening to Californians who are demanding solutions and substantive results to real-world issues, Governor Newsom just continues to offer political theatrics to make headlines for himself.”