02/01/2009  Posted by PMC at 09:27 on 02/01/2009 Comments Off
DeFazio believes Mexico truck program will be halted by executive order - Yawwwn!

WASHINGTON — Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., believes that a single stroke of the pen can end the Cross Border Demonstration Project and he’s hoping that President-elect Barack Obama or another high-ranking administration official will pull the plug shortly after Obama takes office Jan. 20. “I have every expectation this illegal program like many other of the illegal activities of the Bush administration are going to come to a halt at 12:01 a.m. on Jan. 20 or soon thereafter,” DeFazio told The Trucker in an interview. “They (the Department of Transportation and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration) are operating outside ….Read More

 
 17/10/2007  Posted by PMC at 14:47 on 17/10/2007 Comments Off

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters today joined with U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez and Mexican Transportation Secretary Luis Tellez in calling on Congress to reconsider its pending prohibition and let the cross border trucking demonstration program between the two nations proceed. “With the change of just a few words, Congress can show that we can trade with the world, keep our highways safe, and our companies competitive at the same time,” Secretary Peters said.

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