Political Quotes

“Mr. Chair, Americans really shouldn't care that much about this Duncan amendment if they don't go on the highway; but if you go on the highway, like hundreds of millions of Americans do, you better watch out, because this amendment makes it far more likely that there will be reckless and negligent truckers on the road and that you won't be able to sue for your damages if they smash up your car. Take the shocking case of a 19-year-old man whose car was totaled by a truck driver who was high on crystal meth. He was left injured and blinded for the rest of his life. Now, the truck company never drug tested or road tested its employees, but that didn't stop the shipper from hiring that trucking company to do business with. Now, the Duncan amendment would reward the shipper by immunizing it from any liability for hiring a low-road trucker that doesn't drug test its employees, or even knowingly hires employees who are high on crystal meth or who have a drug problem. This would give the shippers even greater incentive to hire reckless and negligent truckers, making our roads and highways all the more dangerous. In ``Born to Run'', Bruce Springsteen talks about cars that are suicide machines and a deathtrap. Mr. Chair, this amendment would make that vision of our highways the law.…”