Byron Dorgan: “This Congress has the right to make decisions about safety on our highways. We made those decisions in many ways with…”

“This Congress has the right to make decisions about safety on our highways. We made those decisions in many ways with respect to our internal regulations, our internal standards, and we enforce those standards, but that equivalent enforcement does not exist in Mexico at this point. If it existed, we would have a database in Mexico that would tell us immediately and quickly accident reports on drivers and vehicles, vehicle inspections, and driver violations. No such database exists, and that is the problem. That is why I think this pilot project is unwise. It is why Senator Specter, I, and others have offered an amendment to stop this pilot project.”