Senator (Dorgan) makes bid to block Bush on Mexican trucks - Reuters

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Source: Reuters

Senator makes bid to block Bush on Mexican trucks
10 Sep 2007 22:59:00 GMT
Source: Reuters

(Adds comments by Bush administration, Republican
senator)

By Doug Palmer

WASHINGTON, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Congress could act
quickly to block a new Bush administration pilot program
allowing long haul Mexican trucks to operate anywhere
in the United States, a U.S. senator said on Monday.

"My hope is the Senate will do as the House has done
and we will put the brakes on the pilot program," Sen.
Byron Dorgan, a North Dakota Democrat, told reporters.

Dorgan proposed an amendment denying funding for
the one-year program, which was begun late last week.

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But John Hill, administrator of the Transportation
Department's Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration, said Mexican trucks and drivers have
to meet safety standards "that in many respects are
higher than the standards for their U.S. counterparts."

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