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In a desperate attempt to get his "infrastructure" bill passed, Biden is making some outrageously funny claims.
A White House infrastructure fact sheet claims that nearly one-third of Wyoming’s trains and transit vehicles are outdated, despite the fact that the state does not operate a public train system.
In a section on Wyoming’s public transportation, the fact sheet claims, “32 percent of trains and other transit vehicles in the state are past useful life.” Biden’s plan defines transit vehicles as buses and rail cars. The state of Wyoming operated 463 buses in 2017, according to a vehicle inventory. However, all train tracks and trains operating within the state are privately owned, the state’s Republican Sen. John Barrasso noted.
Barrasso dismissed the $2 trillion American Jobs Plan as a “malarkey plan.”
Amtrak has not operated inside Wyoming since 1997, according to TrainWeb. The state does not own or operate any public train systems, although it does help manage railway logistics, according to the state’s Department of Transportation. Wyoming’s private train tracks are primarily owned by the BNSF Railway Company and the Union Pacific Railroad.
Cabin under cloudy skies of Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. (Photo by: Visions of America/Joe Sohm/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)