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Frank Lautenberg: Despite evidence that driver fatigue--and you recognized that in your opening statement--is a factor in many fatal truck…

On the recordSeptember 22, 2009
Despite evidence that driver fatigue--and you recognized that in your opening statement--is a factor in many fatal truck crashes, the Bush Administration sought to allow truckdrivers to stay behind the wheel for longer periods of time.
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Frank Lautenberg
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Lautenberg criticizes the Bush Administration's policy on truck driver fatigue.

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