High Speed Rail by the Numbers in Texas. A Conservative View.

One conservative voice describes Texas Central Rail high speed rail from Dallas to Houston like this:

• 10,000 jobs created, mostly in Japan
• 9 of the 11 counties oppose it 
• 49 U.S.C § 10901 may allow Texas Central Rail to be exempt from Texas eminent domain laws
• May 10, 2016, 12+ Texas state Senators and Representatives write the Chairman of the Surface Transportation Board opposing an exemption to state eminent domain laws

The Hill | Texas high speed train project takes land from Texans and jobs to Japan