To the editor,

Recently, Bill HR2730 was introduced into Congress by U.S. Rep. Matthew Cartwright D-Pa. to raise the insurance liability requirements for trucks from $750,000 to $4.42 Million.This bill caught my attention because less than 1 percent of truck accidents go above $750,000, and for car, truck accidents, 93 percent of the time it is the car driver's fault.So why would a Congressman from a trucking rich district introduce this bill.Let's look at the Congressman's background. His family owns The Munley Law Firm in Scranton, which specializes in truck accident cases.Conflict of Interest? According to Congress's ethics rules a Congressman cannot enact legislation that is only for personal gain.Since other lawyers will gain from this, it is ok, and with personal injury lawyers keeping 30 - 40 percent of settlements, they will gain plenty.So while it may not be a conflict to Congress, in my opinion, it reeks of unethical and selfish reasons to introduce this legislation.I was amazed that he would be willing to commit "political suicide" by introducing this bill considering all the truckers that are in his district until I realized that a political career is not as important to him as making sure his family can rake in millions of dollars from this legislation.The best way to change the country is through politics, so I ask you, and especially all truckers, to contact your Congressmen and Senators and ask them to please vote no on this bill, and in the next election, let's make sure Congressman Cartwright gets voted out of office before he can do any more damage to not only the 17th district, but also to the nation as a whole.Steve Bixler,PresidentD & S BixlerTrucking IncValley View, Pa.