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Byron Dorgan: “Over this past weekend, a pilot project was initiated by the Department of Transportation dealing with long-haul Mexican…”

On the recordSeptember 10, 2007
Over this past weekend, a pilot project was initiated by the Department of Transportation dealing with long-haul Mexican trucks coming into this country. My contention is, and I think it is buttressed by the inspector general's report that was issued on this subject, that they are nowhere near having the information that would give them the opportunity to initiate long-haul Mexican trucks coming into this country. We have, since the advent of the North American Free Trade Agreement, allowed Mexican trucks to come in within a 25-mile radius of the Mexican border.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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Discussing a Department of Transportation pilot project on long-haul Mexican trucks.

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