There is pressure, in fact, to reduce the size and sometimes eliminate those rest stops.
Richard Blumenthal: “There is pressure, in fact, to reduce the size and sometimes eliminate those rest stops.”
On the recordMarch 13, 2017
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Blumenthal highlights the ongoing issue of reducing rest stops impacting driver safety.
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