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<blockquote data-quote="Thebrownblob" data-source="post: 5642487" data-attributes="member: 60485">President Jimmy Carter <a href="https://www.uschamber.com/above-the-fold/getting-out-the-way-how-regulatory-reform-remade-the-trucking-industry" target="_blank">signed</a> the Motor Carrier Act in 1980. The legislation <a href="https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/motor-carrier-act-1980-statement-signing-s-2245-into-law" target="_blank">removed</a> federal entry controls in interstate trucking and made it easier for carriers to reduce rates. President Carter’s signing statement <a href="https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/motor-carrier-act-1980-statement-signing-s-2245-into-law" target="_blank">predicted</a> gains for consumers, shippers, and the trucking industry.Increasing public interest in deregulation led to a series of federal laws beginning in 1976 with the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act. The deregulation of the trucking industry began with the Motor Carrier Act of 1980, which was signed into law by President Carter on July 1, 1980.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thebrownblob, post: 5642487, member: 60485"] President Jimmy Carter [URL='https://www.uschamber.com/above-the-fold/getting-out-the-way-how-regulatory-reform-remade-the-trucking-industry']signed[/URL] the Motor Carrier Act in 1980. The legislation [URL='https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/motor-carrier-act-1980-statement-signing-s-2245-into-law']removed[/URL] federal entry controls in interstate trucking and made it easier for carriers to reduce rates. President Carter’s signing statement [URL='https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/motor-carrier-act-1980-statement-signing-s-2245-into-law']predicted[/URL] gains for consumers, shippers, and the trucking industry. Increasing public interest in deregulation led to a series of federal laws beginning in 1976 with the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act. The deregulation of the trucking industry began with the Motor Carrier Act of 1980, which was signed into law by President Carter on July 1, 1980. [/QUOTE]

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