House Transportation News Updates

Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

House Committee Eyes Major Parking Fixes for Truck Drivers

Members of the panel, tucked within the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, displayed bipartisan support for issues that matter to trucking during the March 26 session.

March 27, 2025
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

House Highway Bill on Panel’s Radar, Chairman Graves Says

“This will be a collaborative process in which the committee will solicit feedback from both members and stakeholders,” Sam Graves (R-Mo.) said during a hearing Jan. 15.

January 22, 2025
Government, Safety

House GOP to Prioritize Infrastructure in Funding Bills

The transportation funding subcommittee in the U.S. House will promote connectivity projects while focusing on taxpayers, its new leadership said this month.

April 17, 2024
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

House Democrats Press Freight Rail Safety

Senior Democrats on the transportation committee in the U.S. House are calling on their colleagues to advance rail safety measures.

March 18, 2024
Government, TCA

Former House Transportation Chair Bud Shuster Dies at 91

Former U.S. Rep. Elmer Greinert “Bud” Shuster died April 19 at 91. He rose to prominence as chairman of the powerful House Transportation Committee.

April 19, 2023
Government

House Transportation Leaders Call for Investigation Into EPA

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is seeking an investigation into alleged destruction of certain records at the EPA.

September 11, 2020
Government

House Panel Advances Multiyear Highway Bill

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee advanced a five-year, $494 billion highway policy bill June 18.

June 19, 2020
Government

ATA’s Randy Guillot Touts Infrastructure Funding to Alleviate COVID-19 Impact

Approval of a comprehensive highway funding package would help industries assisting in an economic recovery, the chairman of American Trucking Associations told a House panel June 9.

June 9, 2020
Government, Business, Technology

US House Transportation Panel Showcases Partisan Dispute

NEW YORK — On Oct. 14, Rep. Peter DeFazio held court on Broadway. The country’s top transportation Democratic policymaker kept an audience engaged with his one-man show, touching on topics including a highway policy bill during the current session of Congress. Here's your Capitol Agenda look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.

October 15, 2019
Government, Business, Fuel

House Transportation Panel to Examine Climate Change Impact

The wave of climate policy-centric hearings in the U.S. House of Representatives this month continues.

February 22, 2019