For Immediate Release: June 28, 2024Washington, D.C. - At an oversight hearing with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg yesterday, Republican Members of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee called into question various policies and priorities of the Biden Administration’s Department of Transportation (DOT), including regulatory proposals such...
Below are two dozen nuggets of wisdom related to The Green New Deal – they certainly pose some interesting questions and concerns about the rabid race to eliminate fossil fuels and carbon to save the planet. Meanwhile, wouldn’t you know it, Communist China still burns...
Dear Member:A few months back I received a call from a man who identified himself as the person in charge of bridges in New York City. He indicated that in the state legislature there was a lobbying effort to pass a state law requiring the...
The Honorable Mike JohnsonSpeakerU.S. House of RepresentativesH-232, The CapitolWashington, D.C. 20515The Honorable Hakeem JeffriesMinority LeaderU.S. House of RepresentativesH-204, The CapitolWashington, D.C. 20515Dear Speaker Johnson and Minority Leader Jeffries,We write in support of H.R. 2367, the Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act, which would provide necessary federal...
The below statement for the record was submitted to the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit on July 24, 2024, on behalf of all NASTC members and in a broader sense, on behalf of all small, full truckload carriers.The...
In the last 12 months the Broker Bond market has seen dramatic changes with several broker bond insurers removing themselves from the bond market. That has made it harder and harder for small brokerage operations to continue to see the same rates that they have...
Article Website: https://norton.house.gov/media/press-releases/norton-ezell-introduce-bipartisan-bill-strengthen-consumer-protections-againstNORTON, EZELL INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN BILL TO STRENGTHEN CONSUMER PROTECTIONS AGAINST FRAUD INVOLVING RESIDENTIAL MOVING COMPANIESMay 22, 2024Press ReleaseWASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congressman Mike Ezell (R-MS) today introduced a bipartisan bill to equip the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration...
FMCSA Removes Two Devices from List of Registered ELDs WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) removed BLUE STAR ELD and ELD MANDATE PLUS devices from the list of registered Electronic Logging Devices (ELD). FMCSA placed these ELDs on...
As the FMCSA begins to restructure the registration process for carriers and brokers, it is imperative to have your ducks in a row. Recent discussions held by the FMCSA have brought light to how severe fraud and double brokering has become in the industry. As...
I’m writing this article on May 16, 2024, which just happens to be NASTC’s 35th birthday.Someday I’ll try to recapture the highs and lows of the past 3 ½ decades, but as I told Buster Anderson, my founding partner during those early years: “Keep the...