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Tom Rice: Well, I think that what we have got here is we had a rule in place that had reduced traffic deaths, fatalities…

On the recordNovember 20, 2013
Well, I think that what we have got here is we had a rule in place that had reduced traffic deaths, fatalities, accidents by truckers by 29 percent I think is what Ms. Meng said and that we have done a study with 27 graduate students in Washington and determined that maybe possibly we might be able to save 18 people.
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Tom Rice
Republican · South Carolina

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Rice criticizes the effectiveness of a new rule compared to existing safety measures.

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