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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush

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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (3855)	6/28/2001 7:25:04 AM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (1) of 93284

A couple of extracts the go directly to your interest in safey from yestderday's article: House Acts To Block Mexican Trucks The Transportation Department [Bush Administration] proposed that Mexican trucking companies file paperwork attesting to the vehicles' safety record before they enter the country and Democrats and some Republicans argued that even an expanded inspection system could not sufficiently monitor Mexican trucks that were not fit to travel on U.S. roads. They noted that nearly 40 percent of Mexican trucks that are now stopped at the border fail a physical inspection. "NAFTA is a trade pact, it is not a suicide pact," said Rep. David R. Obey (D-Wis.). "We are not required to put our motorists at risk in order to satisfy some international bureaucracy." and ... Supporters of the administration's policy responded that the United States had an obligation to open its border to Mexico under NAFTA, which groups the United States, Mexico and Canada in a free-trade zone. "This is about blocking Mexican trucks from coming into the United States," said Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-Ariz.). "This is not about safety. This is about paperwork." jttmab

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