I got this email alert from the Teamsters this morning.

We need your help! Today the U.S. House of Representatives will consider H.R. 6630, a bill that would prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from allowing unsafe Mexican trucks to cross beyond the borders of the currently permitted commercial zone unless Congress authorizes it. This important piece of legislation would put a stop to the dangerous Mexican truck pilot program that the Department of Transportation (DOT) has been operating despite Congress already passing a law last year that made it illegal to do so.

A clear message needs to be sent to the DOT that they are not above the law and that allowing Mexican trucks and drivers onto our nation’s highways that are not held to the same safety standards as our own trucks and drivers is completely unacceptable. The passage of H.R. 6630 will send that message. Please take the time to send an e-mail to your representative today and urge him or her to vote for H.R. 6630.

You can take action and send a message to your representative by going here. It’s a shame that one has to fight against its own government—a government that is supposed to be protecting its citizens not making it more dangerous for them.