'The secretary and her legal counsel will not have the last word. Congress will have the last word.'  Those were the words spoken by Senator Mark Pryor to Mary Peters on Tuesday. She was also excoriated by Senator Byron Dorgan. It did Teamster hearts good to hear him call her "arrogant" over and over. And to hear him say, "There will be consequences."
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IN THE NEWS Hoffa: Mary Peters Shows 'Shameless Disregard' for Congress Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa explains the Teamsters opposition to Mexican Truck program and takes questions on CSPAN's Washington Journal. 3/12 - Truckers Language Rules Unclear 3/12 - Teamsters: Peters' Testimony on Mexican Trucks Was Frightening 3/11 - US Officials Battle Over Mexican Trucks 3/11 - Inspector General  Questions DOT Inspections of Mexican Trucks, Drivers 3/07 - Cross-border program challenged in court 2/13 - Bumpy Ride in Court for Trucking Program 2/13 - Greens, Teamsters Collide With Mexican Trucks 2/12 - Teamsters Protest 'Unsafe' Mexican Trucks At SF Court 2/12 - Rowdy Teamsters Rally at NAFTA Mexican Truck Hearing 2/12 - Teamsters Protest Mexican Truck Regulations 2/12 - Court Hears Lawsuit on Program Allowing Mexican Trucks Into U.S 2/12 - Teamsters Rally at Hearing on Legality of Cross-Border Trucking 2/12 - Teamsters Await Ruling on Legality of Cross-Border Trucking 2/9 - Transportation Chief Needs to Hit the Road 2/8- Lou Dobbs Tonight: Road RISK 2/8 - Local 2 Investigates Safety Of Mexican Trucks 2/7 - Teamsters: How Did U.S. Inspectors "Miss" Mexican Trucks Safety Violations? 2/7 - Teamsters Warn Congress: Be Aware of Mary Peters' Defiance For More News, Visit Teamster.org

Is Mary Peters having second thoughts about opening the border?
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BLOG: Keep the Pressure On!
We're gaining momentum! So far more than 8,400 letters have been sent to Congress and another 117 letters were sent to editors of local publications. This is excellent work ... but we have only just begun.

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Facts and Fiction About the DOT's Illegal Mexican Truck Project
A lot of misconceptions, half-truths and outright lies have been put out by Mary Peters and her employees and repeated in the media. Here are the facts surrounding the DOT's so-called demonstration project.

Mexican Drivers Oppose the Cross-Border Program Too!
Two of Mexico's largest trucking organizations also oppose the DOT's so-called demonstration project. "It is of interest [only] to a small group of business associates in the United States," says the president of the country's largest group of owner-operators.

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