The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is investigating the high-speed rail project after the Trump administration announced it was pulling billions in funding.

California’s high-speed rail authority called the probe “baseless.”

A bipartisan congressional committee is investigating whether California’s High-Speed Rail Authority knowingly misrepresented ridership projections and financial outlooks, as alleged by the Trump administration, to secure federal funding.

In a letter sent to Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Tuesday, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform chair James Comer (R-KY) requested a staff briefing and all communications and records about federal funding for the high-speed rail project and any analysis over the train’s v

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