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“ THey SaId IT”

“We can take the money we “We are
save from this transition to tax leveraging

reform to create jobs rebuilding
our roads, upgrading our technology
ports, unclogging our commutes to create

— because in today’s global a one-stop
economy, first-class jobs gravitate verification

to first-class infrastructure.” point to help

—during the State of the Union, president obama said he wants
to see natural gas become a primary fuel source and revenue companies
from potential tax reform used in infrastructure and highway hire drug
funding.
and alcohol-

“Just because CSA is free drivers.

an improvement over This proposal

previous programs moves us
does not make it a further

‘good’ program for down the

assessing the safety road toward

performance of improving

individual carriers.” safety.”

—The trucking industry, including American Trucking —FmCSA Administrator anne s. ferro announced a
Associations President and CEO bill graves, is dubious of proposed rule to establish a drug and alcohol clearinghouse
a recent FmCSA study which claims its Compliance, Safety, for all commercial drivers which would improve roadway
Accountability enforcement program is more effective at safety by making it easier to determine whether a driver
identifying trucking companies for targeted enforcement than has violated federal drug and alcohol regulations, including
the system it replaced.
mandatory testing.

“It is critically important... that there be sustainability, predictability and stability built

into our system, and I think that idea could have a destabilizing impact on transit.”

—transportation secretary anthony foxx, in a plea to Congress to produce a long-term transportation funding plan, said the crisis
is so severe that the highway Trust Fund may run out of money by August.

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