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WASHINGTON — Comprehensive, multiyear surface transportation legislation is likely to be considered by a U.S. House committee prior to Memorial Day, the chamber’s top transportation policymaker said May 12.

The adoption of legislation designed to improve connectivity across commercial corridors and ensure long-term funding for highway programs would benefit the country’s freight supply chain, the leader of the group representing the trucking sector told a Senate panel May 11.

American Trucking Associations' chief executive is among the speakers who will address the Senate Commerce Committee on May 11 as it examines operations across the nation's supply chains. Here's your Capitol Agenda look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is providing emergency relief from hours-of-service regulations to motor carriers and drivers assisting operations linked to refined petroleum supply chains in the East Coast in the wake of a cyberattack against Colonial Pipeline.

House Democrats are aiming to advance legislation pertaining to electric vehicles as the White House and congressional leaders debate infrastructure policy measures this year.

The White House intends to schedule meetings with transportation leaders next�� week before the congressional committees’ consideration of multiyear highway policy bills.

A U.S. House caucus’ legislative funding strategy that considers an increase to fuel taxes for infrastructure systems garnered praise from the country’s premier trucking association.

As a House committee prepares to consider a multiyear highway policy bill, the chamber’s Democratic leader touted the president’s plan for modernizing transportation networks. Here's your Capitol Agenda look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.

President Joe Biden signaled a willingness to negotiate with Republicans on infrastructure policy ahead of a possible meeting with the ranking member on the Senate’s transportation committee.

Reacting to President Joe Biden’s first address to a joint session of Congress, Sam Graves, the top Republican on the U.S. House of Representatives’ transportation committee, called on Democrats to pursue a bipartisan approach to legislating.