Eric Crawford: “Rural communities are the backbone of America.”

Thank you for your consideration.

22 States sued as part of 2 separate lawsuits. This spring, two Federal courts found that the rule exceeds the Federal Highway's statutory authority.

We keep saying we have this driver shortage that we don't have. We have a training shortage, we have a parking shortage, we have a pay shortage.

As I have said many times in this subcommittee, this policy was considered and disposed of during negotiations of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.