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Biden Announces $8.2 Billion Investment in Rail Projects Across US

‘We’re finally going to make high-speed rail happen between Las Vegas and Los Angeles,’ President Biden said.
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Biden Announces $8.2 Billion Investment in Rail Projects Across US
President Joe Biden walks on the South Lawn to board Marine One before departing the White House on Dec. 8, 2023. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Emel Akan
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The Biden administration on Dec. 8 announced $8.2 billion in new funding for 10 passenger rail projects across the country, including the first two high-speed rail projects.

The investment is part of $66 billion in funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act signed into law by President Joe Biden in November 2021, the largest investment in passenger rail since the creation of Amtrak 50 years ago, according to the White House.

Emel Akan
Emel Akan
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Emel Akan is a senior White House correspondent for The Epoch Times, where she covers the policies of the Trump administration. Previously, she reported on the Biden administration and the first term of President Trump. Before her journalism career, she worked in investment banking at JPMorgan. She holds an MBA from Georgetown University.
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