David Obey: “I flatly dispute that, and I want to read something then ask the gentleman a question. This is the text of the original…”

“I flatly dispute that, and I want to read something then ask the gentleman a question. This is the text of the original Sabo amendment which the majority blocked from consideration in the House today. It reads as follows: ``No funding limited in this Act for the review or processing of applications by Mexican motor carriers for conditional authority to operate beyond U.S. municipalities and commercial zones on the U.S.- Mexico border may be obligated unless the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has adopted and implemented as part of its review procedures under 49 U.S.C. 13902 a requirement that each Mexican motor carrier seeking authority to operate beyond U.S. municipalities and commercial zones on the U.S.-Mexico border undergo a new entrant safety compliance review consistent with the safety fitness evaluation procedures set forth in 49 CFR Part 385 and receive a minimum rating of satisfactory thereunder before being granted such conditional operating authority.'' Now, that language is pretty clear. It does not try to shut off Mexican trucks.”