Martin Sabo: “Mr. Speaker, first let me compliment and congratulate the distinguished gentleman from Kentucky (Chairman Rogers) for…”

“Mr. Speaker, first let me compliment and congratulate the distinguished gentleman from Kentucky (Chairman Rogers) for his outstanding work for bringing to the House a conference report on the fiscal year 2002 transportation appropriations bill that we should all be proud of and that we should pass. But I would like in particular to compliment the gentleman from Kentucky (Chairman Rogers) for the role he played in making sure that we reached an agreement on the Mexican truck issue that I think satisfied the concerns of all of us who raised the issue and still found a solution that the President would sign. He played an absolutely key and essential role in making that happen. It has been a long journey, and we wondered how it would end at times. The discussions that went on for an extended period of time finally resulted in a solution that will be signed by the President. At the same time it represents a giant leap forward in assuring the American public that those trucks and those drivers will be safely on our roads.”