Trucking industry to Congress: Don’t use us to pay for surface bill

Jan 26, 2020 at 06:52 AM CST
DON'T SINGLE US OUT, BIG TRUCKING WARNS: The trucking industry, worried that congressional lawmakers could turn to it when figuring out how to pay for a surface transportation bill this year, is launching a preemptive campaign against using truck-only fees as a pay-for. “Any discriminatory funding schemes, like a truck-only vehicle miles traveled (VMT) tax, will be met with resolute opposition by the industry, and must be dismissed as a misguided and prejudiced funding gimmick,” the American Trucking Associations wrote to Senate Finance Committee leaders this week.

Jan 26, 2020 at 06:52 AM CST

DON'T SINGLE US OUT, BIG TRUCKING WARNS: The trucking industry, worried that congressional lawmakers could turn to it when figuring out how to pay for a surface transportation bill this year, is launching a preemptive campaign against using truck-only fees as a pay-for. “Any discriminatory funding schemes, like a truck-only vehicle miles traveled (VMT) tax, will be met with resolute opposition by the industry, and must be dismissed as a misguided and prejudiced funding gimmick,” the American Trucking Associations wrote to Senate Finance Committee leaders this week.