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Turner, Ohio lawmakers want hearings on DHL/UPS deal

By Jessica Wehrman | Tuesday, July 1, 2008, 11:56 AM

Ohio’s U.S. House delegation has sent letters to two congressional committees urging hearings on a proposal to consolidate DHL’s North American shipping operations into UPS, a decision that would cost the Wilmington region some 8,000 jobs.

The delegation, led by Rep. Mike Turner, R-Centerville, sent letters to the chairmen and Ranking Members of the House Judiciary Committee and the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure asking for each committee to hold hearings on the proposed deal.

The letter to Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers and Ranking Member Lamar Smith asks the committee to investigate the deal to see if it violates federal antitrust law. It was signed by every member of the Ohio House delegation except Rep. Betty Sutton, D-Copley Twp., who declined because she is a member of that committee.

The letter to Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman James Oberstar and Ranking Member John Mica urges their committee to examine the impact the deal would have on the North American shipping market and implications on American consumers. It’s signed by the entire Ohio House delegation.

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