Boehner, Cantor Ask Obama to Withdraw Proposed Trucking Rules
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TwitterPresident Barack Obama should withdraw regulations that would shorten the amount of time truck drivers can spend behind the wheel because their costs would hurt the U.S. economy, House Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor said.
The regulations are an instance where the White House and Congress can work together to lift a potential “$1 billion in regulatory burden,” Boehner and Cantor said today in a letter addressed to Obama.
“Current rules have led to record low levels of crashes and fatalities involving trucks,” Boehner and Cantor said.
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