Article: CHAIRMAN OBERSTAR ISSUES STATEMENT ON DOT'S CROSS-BORDER PILOT PROGRAM INITIATION

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee issued the following news release:

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will permit Mexico-domiciled trucks to operate throughout the United States, as part of a pilot program, as early as this week.

Secretary Peters announced the Administration's intent to conduct a one-year pilot program to grant 100 Mexico-domiciled trucking companies unrestricted access to U.S. roads in February 2007. The proposal has generated a groundswell of opposition in Congress and among the American people.

This pilot program should be taken extremely seriously, and treated for what it is: a sea change in surface transportation policy. Yet DOT has ...

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