Mike Capuano: “Again, just two points. I think everything has been said. I do want to add that I have been informed that the…”

“Again, just two points. I think everything has been said. I do want to add that I have been informed that the independent owners and operators of trucking, which represents 90 percent of the owners of trucks in this country, oppose this bill. This bill will help only the largest truckers in the company. It will hurt the little guy. It will hurt the drivers of trucks. It will put my family and other families in danger for virtually no advancement in the economy. It is a bad proposal. I understand the desire. I know that some States have done it. And, God forbid, if they have done it, that is their prerogative. But they are the ones who are going to have to answer to their increased deaths and damages on the highways. I yield back the balance of my time.”