Bill Graves Quotes (5 Quotes)

The trucking industry and our professional drivers were first on the scene when Louisiana needed emergency help. We're still there helping with recovery and rebuilding.

With such a critical driver shortage facing the industry, now, more than ever, trucking is consistently looking toward recruiting and retaining a pool of experienced workers.

The driver market is the tightest it has been in 20 years. It's a major limitation to the amount of freight that motor carriers can haul. It's critical that we find ways to tap a new labor pool, increase wages and recruit new people into the industry that keeps our national economy moving.

The U.S. trucking industry, which moves 70 percent of domestic freight, is on schedule to pay 6.6 billion more for fuel this year than last -- a total of 94.3 billion, so the actions announced by the White House have the support of our motor carriers.

With speeding as a factor in one-third of all fatal highway crashes, it makes all the sense in the world to work to reduce this number.