Jim Kolbe said "This really is not about paperwork, in my opinion. It is really about whether or not trucks are going to be allowed to travel on our highways from Mexico. I say we should treat people equally. In a study, by the way, in California, of trucks coming across the border into that border zone, shows they meet the standards on an equal basis with U.S. trucks. So there is no real difference that is there. So I say we need to treat our neighbors to the south as partners. Those of us who live along the border understand what this partnership is all about and how important it is economically and politically to the United States, and I believe that we can make this work. It is clear the Department of Transportation is prepared to do it, the States are prepared to do it, and I would urge that we defeat this amendment." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJune 26, 2001

This really is not about paperwork, in my opinion. It is really about whether or not trucks are going to be allowed to travel on our highways from Mexico. I say we should treat people equally. In a study, by the way, in California, of trucks coming across the border into that border zone, shows they meet the standards on an equal basis with U.S. trucks. So there is no real difference that is there. So I say we need to treat our neighbors to the south as partners. Those of us who live along the border understand what this partnership is all about and how important it is economically and politically to the United States, and I believe that we can make this work. It is clear the Department of Transportation is prepared to do it, the States are prepared to do it, and I would urge that we defeat this amendment.

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Jim Kolbe

Arizona

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the issue of allowing Mexican trucks on U.S. highways during a floor debate.

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