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For Immediate Release
12/17/07
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Jenilee Keefe w/Inouye 202-224-7824
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FMCA, ATA, Teamsters among Witnesses for Truck Driver HOS Hearing
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation announced today the witnesses for a Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security Subcommittee hearing on Federal Truck Driver Hour-of-Service (HOS) Rules and Truck Safety. The witnesses are listed below.
The primary focus of the hearing will be on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) interim final rule (IFR) governing truck driver HOS. This IFR is in response to a July 2007 U.S. Court of Appeals decision vacating key aspects of the FMCSA’s 2005 HOS rule. The Subcommittee will receive testimony on the IFR and related truck driver fatigue and truck safety matters from the FMCSA, truck safety advocates and the motor carrier industry. Subcommittee Chairman Frank R. Lautenberg (D-N.J.) will preside.
Federal Truck Driver HOS Rules and Truck Safety
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security
Date: Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Location: Room 253, Russell Senate Office Building
Witnesses:
The Honorable John Hill, Administrator, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Mr. Dave Osiecki, Vice President, Safety, Security & Operations, American Trucking Association
Mr. Walter J. Krupski, Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association
Ms. Joan Claybrook, President, Public Citizen
Mrs. Daphne Izer, Parents Against Tired Truckers
Mr. LaMont Byrd, Director of Safety and Health, International Brotherhood of Teamsters
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Rockefeller DTV Delay Bill Passes Senate
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“Delaying the upcoming DTV switch is the right thing to do. I firmly believe that our nation is not yet ready to make this transition at this time. The S...
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Rockefeller Announces Compromise on DTV Delay Bill
- Washington, DC – This evening, Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, announced a bipartisan compromise to the DTV Delay Act introduced last week.
The amended DTV Delay Act will retain the extension of the digital transition date to June 12, 2009. Additionally, the agreement extends the Federal Communicatio...
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Oceans Policy Scores Victory with Passage of S. 22, the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009
- WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ocean conservation and research scored a major victory today with the passage of S. 22, the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009. The act includes five bills, originally introduced in the 110th Congress under the leadership of Commerce Committee Chairman Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii), that increase our knowledge of oceans and coastal areas, provide policymakers with i...
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