HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE HEARS TESTIMONY ON TRUCKER ISSUES

The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure’s Subcommittee on Highways and Transit heard testimony recently from several leaders in the trucking industry, including Lewie Pugh, executive vice president of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, Anne Reinke, president and chief executive officer of the Transportation Intermediaries Association, David Fialkov, executive vice president for Government Affairs of NATSO, and Cole Scandaglia, senior legislative representative and policy advisor of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Some of the issues included “the need to attract younger drivers to the profession” and the importance of providing adequate truck parking.  Read more…