Peters Touts Cross-Border Program’s Benefits to Agricultural Exporters
Transportation Secretary Mary Peters said the government’s cross-border trucking program with Mexico was essential for helping U.S. agricultural exports.
Touring a meat-packing plant in Denver on Tuesday, Peters said that efforts by some federal lawmakers critical of the program would hurt Colorado’s farmers and ranchers, DOT said in a statement.
Peters said that Colorado alone exports over $356 million a year worth of products to Mexico, including meat, soy, wheat, onions and beans.
Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) has called for an investigation into why the federal government was spending money on the pilot program, saying Congress prohibited spending money on the program last year.
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