The House Oversight Committee launched an investigation into California’s high-speed rail project earlier this week, probing whether cost and ridership estimates were “misrepresented” in order to secure federal and state funding.

Oversight Chair Rep. James Comer, a Kentucky Republican, requested documents and communications , as well as a “staff-level briefing” from the U.S. Department of Transportation by Sept. 2, related to the California High-Speed Rail Authority. Comer, in his letter to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, said the request is “to better understand the allocation of taxpayer dollars.”

“As part of our investigation, we are seeking to understand whether the Authority knowingly misrepresented the ridership projections and the associated financial viability of the Calif

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