By Scott Powers, Florida Politics; May 22, 2018
A bipartisan group from Florida’s congressional delegation, along with the chairman of the House Transportation Committee, are offering a counterpunch to the jab thrown in Washington D.C. by opponents of the Brightline private passenger railroad in Florida.
In a letter Monday, U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster, the Pennsylvania Republican chairing the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and seven Florida members, Republicans Carlos Curbelo, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Dennis Ross, and John Rutherford; and Democrats Frederica Wilson, Lois Frankel, and Darren Soto urged the Department of Transportation to fend off attacks from “certain interests attempting to undermine this project.”
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