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DEBATE * USA - Mexican's Trucks
* Plan to let Mexican trucks deep in U.S. stalls
Washington,DC,USA -AP/El Paso Times (El Paso,TX) -23 Mar 2007: -- Mexican trucks could have to wait longer than anticipated to haul freight deep into the United States... A Senate panel on Thursday voted to delay the plan by requiring the administration to publish details about it and giving the public time to comment on it... "The administration is rushing to open the border to Mexican-domiciled trucks without assuring their safety and enforcement of the law of the U.S.," said Joan Claybrook, president of Public Citizen. "They can't go rushing forward in opening the border without having explained what their pilot project is."...
* Mexican Trucks Plan Will Begin Despite Senate Amendment, Official Says
Washington,DC,USA -Congressional Quarterly -March 23, 2007: -- The Bush administration has no immediate plans to delay a pilot program that would allow Mexican trucks greater access to U.S. highways, despite language Senate appropriators added to an emergency spending measure, an administration spokesman said today... The Transportation Department “is committed to moving forward with this program, and will continue to work with members of Congress to address their concerns,” said department spokesman Brian Turmail...
* Cross-Border Trucking Program On Hold
Alexandria,VA,USA -CNSNews.com, by Susan Jones -March 23, 2007: -- Labor union leaders are claiming another victory on Capitol Hill, after a Senate committee voted to block President Bush's "reckless plan" to open the U.S. border to "unsafe" Mexican trucks... However, business and industry groups, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, calls cross-border trucking an important step in enhancing competitiveness, reducing pollution (from trucks idling at the border), and promoting economic growth in both Mexico and the U.S...
* Senate amendment stalls DOT cross-border trucking pilot program
Washington,DC,USA -Logistics Management (subscription - Newton,MA) -23 Mar 2007: -- An amendment introduced yesterday by the Senate Appropriations Committee for the Senate’s Fiscal 2007 Supplemental Funding Legislation has refused to finance the funds needed to take the next steps to launch the Department of Transportation’s proposed cross-border trucking pilot program between the United States and Mexico... The amendment, introduced by Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.), and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), would require the pilot program to be subject to an open, transparent process that will require public comment, quantifiable measures of success, and a requirement that safety be enhanced, according to a summary...
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