Tuesday, May 10, 2011

OOIDA letter to Obama addresses fuel, regulations

"Truckers are paying an average of $4.10 for diesel at current prices, and yet truckers are routinely called upon these days to dig even deeper to shoulder the ever-moving target of regulatory burdens. OOIDA has issued a letter urging President Obama to listen to small-business truckers about fuel, energy and counterproductive regulatory actions.

“While OOIDA was founded in response to high fuel prices, almost immediately we engaged in addressing the many unnecessary and costly regulatory burdens placed on the trucking industry by the government,” OOIDA President and CEO Jim Johnston stated in the letter to Obama dated Monday, May 9."


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