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Comments - USA - Highway bill draws mixed response
USA -eTrucker, by Lance Orr - Aug 4 2005: -- The six-year, $286.4 billion highway spending bill, touching on many trucking industry interests, received mixed reactions from industry groups... The American Trucking Associations takes some credit for blocking the surcharge, saying it would have increased consumer costs for everything shipped by truck... “This bill funds vital new transportation projects, holds the line on gas taxes and avoids adding to the deficit,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta. “More importantly for America’s drivers, this bill contains significant new safety provisions, including the creation of a $5 billion core highway safety program.”...
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