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I thank the gentleman from Maryland for yielding. Mr. Speaker, in my region, you will find the Investing in America agenda in full swing. Since Congress delivered the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to President Biden's desk, infrastructure…
I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it so ordered. ____________________
if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 5:57 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, September 14, 2023, at 10 a.m.
Comprehensive regulations and oversight of autonomous vehicle deployment will be required to create and preserve high-quality, family-wage jobs.
The size and reach of this industry: trucks move over 70 percent of the nation's freight by weight, and there are 13.8 million large trucks registered in the U.S.
The safety realities of this industry: every year currently over 5,000 people are killed in crashes involving large trucks on our roads.
I echo the words of Vice Chair Collins and thank her for her tremendous work on this. A lot of work has gone into these bills. All three of them were reported unanimously out of our committee after a tremendous amount of work. To finish…
at the start of the year, when Vice Chair Collins and I took over as leaders of the Senate Appropriations Committee, we announced something ambitious: We were going to return the committee to regular order. The first thing everyone told us…
I certify that the information required by rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate related to congressionally directed spending items has been identified in the committee reports which are incorporated by reference in Senate…
The Future of Automated Commercial Motor Vehicles: Impacts on Society, the Supply Chain, and U.S. Economic Leadership.
the evidence is robust that immigration benefits American workers and the economy.
Well, here is the bottom line. Immigrants contribute to our economy.
Today's hearing is an opportunity for Members to learn more about the state of the automated commercial motor vehicle industry--what's happening now, what we might see in the future, and how these technological changes will impact public…
So, absent more real-world data, do you support any proactive safety standards to help better prove out AV technology in terms of safer roadways?
when policy is driven by xenophobia and fear, we all lose.
The size of the workforce: in 2022, the industry employed 3.5 million truck drivers.
Actually, if we had a functioning immigration system where we could provide the pathway to citizenship for families, where we could provide legal pathways for people to come in, you would not have employers having the same opportunity to…