Senate Chair is Concerned About U.S.-Mexico Truck Plan
On May 12, 2011, Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Chairman Rockefeller (D) announced that he is asking the Obama Administration to be sure that new regulations on trucks carrying freight from Mexico into the U.S. do not jeopardize safety or existing jobs in the U.S.
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In a letter to Transportation Secretary LaHood and U.S. Trade Representative Kirk, the Chairman argued that a proposed plan on this issue would threaten the competitiveness of U.S. trucking firms, lacks sufficient tools to accurately track the safety performance of Mexican trucks, burdens American taxpayers with the cost of safety upgrades to Mexican trucking fleets, and fails to eliminate all of Mexico’s retaliatory actions.
Press release, including link to letter, available here