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AUDIO: Rep. DeFazio says border program is “potentially a death-knell” for industry

July 7, 2011
U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio, in introducing legislation that will limit the cross-border trucking agreement signed Wednesday by the U.S. and Mexico, called the program a “disaster” that could cost thousands of U.S. jobs and be “potentially a death-knell for the trucking industry.

U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio, in introducing legislation that will limit the cross-border trucking agreement signed Wednesday by the U.S. and Mexico, called the program a “disaster” that could cost thousands of U.S. jobs and be “potentially a death-knell for the trucking industry. Here he’s complete comments here:

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