Pelosi urges Dems to vote against trucking amendments in FAA bill
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is pressing her Democratic colleagues to vote against two trucking amendments in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization, arguing the measures would impede safety standards.
Pelosi urged fellow Democrats in a letter Wednesday to vote against measures that attempt to refine regulations on meals and rest periods for truckers as well as create a uniform standard for employing motor carriers nationwide.
“The Denham amendment would roll back guaranteed meal and rest breaks for drivers, eroding a key safeguard against fatigue, crashes and vehicular deaths,” Pelosi wrote of a bipartisan amendment put forward by Reps. Jeff Denham (R-Calif.), Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) and Jim Costa (D-Calif.).
“This wrongheaded amendment denies truck drivers the voluntary lunch or rest break that they are guaranteed in more than 20 states by state law, which in many cases have been on the books for decades,” Pelosi added.
http://thehill.com/policy/transportation/aviation/384816-pelosi-urges-dems-to-vote-against-trucking-amendments-in-faa
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