[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 31 (Thursday, March 3, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H1557]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       SAFETY OF TRAVELING PUBLIC

  (Mr. DeFAZIO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, today President Obama and the Mexican 
President announced in short order Mexico will begin to reduce its 
extortionate tariffs on U.S. goods, many from my district and my State. 
That is good news. But we shouldn't accept a bad deal with Mexico that 
jeopardizes the safety of the traveling public on our highways; that 
further jeopardizes our security on the border of Mexico; and, finally, 
that puts at risk hundreds of thousands of American jobs.
  Just think about it: What American trucking company is going to send 
their trucks south of the border into the lawless zones with the 
extortion and the kidnapping and everything else going on down there? 
No. If we give Mexico free license to drive north into the upper 48 
States of the United States, we will lose hundreds of thousands of 
jobs.
  So it is good news they are addressing the tariffs, but we are going 
to be scrutinizing the details of any deal that this President reaches 
with the President of Mexico to protect the safety of our traveling 
public, the security of our borders, and American jobs.

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