By TIFFANY MARCH, Capital News Service
By TIFFANY MARCH, Capital News Service
Published
01/30/10
WASHINGTON - While Maryland politicians are praising the $70 million in stimulus dollars the state received Thursday for high-speed rail improvements, the ranking Republican on the House Transportation Committee, Rep. John Mica of Florida, called Maryland's share "peanuts" and "an insult."
Maryland is one of 31 states receiving a piece of the $8 billion President Obama announced Thursday for high-speed rail projects.
Mica, an advocate of high-speed rail, particularly for the congested Northeast Corridor, said Friday that the Maryland projects awarded funds are good ones, but billions of dollars went where...
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