ATA UPDATE ATA Has Joined the Partners for a Zero Emission Future — A New Industry-Led Coalition Partners for a Zero Emission Future (PZEF) supports efforts to build a cleaner more sustainable future through achievable national policies that ensure confidence among fleets by aligning economic and environmental benefits around the country. Amidst rapid developments in state and federal emission regulations, this growing group of industry stakeholders have come together, united by a commitment to minimize heavy-duty vehicle emissions and support the orderly adoption of heavy-duty Zero Emission Vehicles.
American Trucking Association Speaks Out on Proposed $3.6 Trillion Budget On August 11, the US Senate adopted a $3.5 trillion budget blueprint by party-line vote — the opening salvo in a controversial parliamentary procedure known as “budget reconciliation.” This hyper-partisan tactic enables Democrats to pass controversial legislation by averting a Republican filibuster, despite the Senate being narrowly divided at 50-50. Democrats intend to use budget reconciliation as a means to advance an extreme left-wing agenda, which includes hefty tax increases, PRO Act labor provisions, profligate social spending and other policies that threaten to slow our economic recovery by exacerbating labor shortages and rising inflation.
American Trucking Associations President and CEO Chris Spear issued the following statement today after the Senate adopted a $3.5 trillion budget blueprint by party-line vote: “On the heels of a momentous, bipartisan achievement for our nation’s infrastructure, Congress is now turning its back on middle America to placate elite, liberal interests. “President Biden led bipartisan talks through listening, compromise and keeping his word. These traits and common sense have become the exception in Washington, not the rule. With a 50-50 tie in the Senate and almost the same in the House, President Biden could again call for consensus and compromise. Americans are worried about rising inflation, getting back to work and responding to COVID and national disasters. Demonizing businesses and enabling partisan tax-and-spend policies following such a vital, bipartisan triumph is regrettable, will dampen our economic recovery and jeopardizes the fragile gains we’ve made. “The trucking industry and the families and businesses who depend on the supply chain call on President Biden, Leader Schumer and Speaker Pelosi to work in good faith across party lines for solutions all Americans can be proud of, not just a handful of liberal activists.”
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ON THE HEELS OF A MOMENTOUS, BIPARTISAN ACHIEVEMENT FOR OUR NATION’S INFRASTRUCTURE, CONGRESS IS NOW TURNING ITS BACK ON MIDDLE AMERICA TO PLACATE ELITE, LIBERAL INTERESTS.
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