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MEXICANS' TRUCKS DEBATE * USA - Cross-border program continues despite funding cut
Grain Valley,MO,USA -Land Line Magazine, by Jami Jones -Dec. 27, 2007 – Despite a provision signed into law Wednesday that’s designed to block Mexican motor carriers from having open access to U.S. highways, FMCSA isn’t ending its cross-border program... Officials with the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association learned shortly after the measure was signed into law that FMCSA officials had no intention of complying with the provision... Later in the day, a statement obtained by Land Line Magazine – attributed only to the agency – confirmed that information... The agency’s insistence in continuing the program drew fire from OOIDA... “Apparently, this rogue administration wants to play word games and intends to thumb its nose at the clear Congressional intent behind the unambiguous legislation,” said OOIDA Executive Vice President Todd Spencer... Despite the fact that FMCSA officials seem intent on continuing the program, it does not mean that move will go unchallenged... OOIDA already has a lawsuit seeking to stop the program pending in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in San Francisco. Spencer said that if the administration continues with the cross-border program in spite of the funding cut, the Association will push forward on the pending lawsuit...
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