Category: BART

Ernst Gives Biden ‘Squeal Award’ for Sending Billions in Federal Tax Dollars to California Rail Projects

April 24, 2023
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On the same day President Joe Biden is expected officially to announce he is seeking reelection in 2024, Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is giving the chief executive her latest Squeal Award—this one for the billions of tax dollars being wasted by “the Biden Boondoggle Express” on costly California commuter rail projects. “Folks, your tax dollars…

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Why Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Has Declined | Lawrence McQuillan

February 4, 2022
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The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) was once the pride of San Francisco. But according to recent reports on reliability, customer satisfaction, and safety, BART has been falling behind other metropolitan systems. My guest is Lawrence McQuillan, senior fellow at the Independent Institute. He explains why BART has fallen behind and how it can improve…

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Sen Ernst Wants to ‘Put Brakes on Boondoggles,’ Starting with Pelosi’s $6.7 Billion San Francisco Subway Extension

July 27, 2021
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Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) awarded her latest Squeal Award Tuesday to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for sending hundreds of millions of tax dollars to a project to extend San Francisco’s public transit system to Silicon Valley in California’s Santa Clara Valley. “Democrats attempted to earmark money in the COVID relief package earlier this year…

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House COVID-19 Relief Bill Contains Over $100 Million for California Electric Train

February 20, 2021
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The freshly unveiled COVID-19 relief bill contains more than $100 million for an underground rail project in California, according to the text of the draft document and an analysis by Fox Business, with critics calling the allocation part of a Democrat “wish list” that has nothing to do with pandemic recovery. Democrats on Friday unveiled…

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