| Prime Policy’s Becky Weber told UMA Town Hall attendees last week that Sen. Maria Cantwell (WA) and Rep. Rick Larson (WA) are expected to be named the Chairs of the main Transportation Committees, with Sen. Ted Cruz (TX) and Rep. Rick Crawford (AR) or David Rouzer (NC) expected to be the ranking Republicans.
UMA has worked with Cantwell and Larson for years, and we expect that they will continue to work on transportation issues in a generally bipartisan fashion, as many of our issues are not ideological litmus tests.
There are some issues that could surface, including increases to the insurance limits and potential weakening of the charter service rule, so we will need to be vigilant in this Congress.
Some key industry supporters, including Sen. Susan Collins (ME) and Reps. Jeff Van Drew (NJ) and Rick Perry (PA), lost their re-election bids and will not be in office come January. Weber stressed the importance of attending the April Fly-In to build relationships with new industry champions. |
