Congressman Bost and Representative Craig have been developing. We support that bill.

Many of you know that I was born and raised in the trucking business, my family is still in it.

This exemption is problematic for truckers because they are often paid by the miles they drive no matter how many hours they work.

It is only fair. And truckers work harder than just about anybody else, so, it makes it even more fair.

If you want to smoke it, I don't care, but the rules are very clear.

This has been a problem my entire career, and it is kind of at crisis stage now.

Truckers are an essential component of our Nation's supply chain, and compensating them appropriately is the least we can do to support them.

If you drink a beer on Sunday, you can drive on Monday. If you smoke a joint on Friday night, you ain't driving for another 30 days.

I encourage the administration to change direction.

We encourage the committee to pass that bill as soon as possible.

we needed safe places, women especially, to park out there, and also Congressman Nehls' bill on restroom access, it is a huge problem for women and men in trucking.

I encourage the Administration to change direction.

America was founded on capitalism and on business innovating and finding things. Trucking is a business.

We ask the committee to lend its support to this remedy.

This bipartisan proposal would allow 18- to 20-year-old drivers to cross state lines, which makes sense to me since 49 states and the District of Columbia already allow 18- to 20-year-old commercial motor vehicle drivers to drive within…

Truckers want to be safe more than anybody out there, that is their office, it is where they work.

I urge everyone to support Representative Nehls' Resolution 53--small business truckers, they can't afford a lot of this stuff because it continually gets dumped on them.

There is a lot of talk on this floor and actually outside the Chamber today from the other side of the aisle about this bill cutting veterans. Well, I am going to tell you, as the only veteran among the four VA committee leaders…

By taking that narrow-minded approach, you are not only leaving biofuels behind, but you are leaving rural America behind as well.

they are more worried about selling a message, whether it is true or whether it is not, or whether we are ready to advance or not, and they are willing to sacrifice the farmer and our economy to do so.

The WOTUS rule, the way it has been done is an attack on the intent of Congress with the Clean Water Act.

If you crush the ethanol industry, which is a significant part of agriculture, if you crush the petroleum industry, you will crush the rural economy.

I urge you to use these resources to expand grower access to the tools that they need.

It is clear to me there are a number of regulatory actions pursued by your agency that negatively impact American farmers and ranchers.

I was proud to cosponsor that resolution and would like to thank Ranking Member Scott for joining us in the effort to provide certainty for those who need it most.