House panel advances bill prohibiting truckers’ meal, rest breaks by states
Funding measure provides $17.8 billion for DOT in fiscal 2018
A House subcommittee advanced a Department of Transportation funding bill that includes a provision blocking states from implementing their own meal and rest breaks for truckers.
However, during a brief hearing on July 11, Rep. David Price (D-NC), ranking member of the House Appropriations subcommittee on transportation, housing and urban development, said while he was not yet offering any amendments, the bill faces “many hurdles to get bipartisan support.”
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