Media Availability With Truck Crash Victims: Truck Safety Bill Introduced in Congress Today Seeks First Raise in Minimum Insurance for Motor Carriers in 41 Years
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Victims and Survivors with Truck Safety Coalition Send Letter Urging Members of Congress to Pass INSURANCE Act to Protect Families from the Financial Hardship of Shouldering the High Costs of Lifelong Medical Care Resulting from a Truck Crash.
Crash victim family members volunteering with the Truck Safety Coalition are available for media interviews to discuss their personal stories of emotional and economic loss, and the critical need to raise minimum insurance coverage for motor carriers which has been stuck at $750,000 since 1980.
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The Norwegian Joy alongside the Canada Place terminal in Vancouver. Members of Congress are proposing that Canada allow ships to make port calls without disembarking as a way around the country s big-ship cruise ban. Photo Credit: Tom Stieghorst
The top-ranking members of the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure are asking Canada to find a way to allow cruise ships to call at Canadian ports, perhaps by permitting stops without disembarking passengers, to enable an Alaska cruise season this year.
In a letter to Kirsten Hillman, the Canadian ambassador to the U.S., Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) and Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) said that Canada s decision to ban cruising through 2022, effectively killing the big-shop Alaska season, puts the livelihoods of tens of thousands of Americans and Canadians at risk from more job losses and further economic devastation.
William P. Bahnfleth, professor of architectural engineering, recently testified as an expert witness during the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure’s hearing on “Protecting Transportation Workers and Passengers from COVID: Gaps in Safety, Lessons Learned, and Next Steps."
By City News Service
Feb 4, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles City Councilman Joe Buscaino testified before the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure today about COVID-19 s impact on local governments and essential workers, and urged the federal government for further assistance.
The testimony was part of the committee s hearing on protecting transportation workers and passengers from COVID-19.
Buscaino appeared virtually on behalf of the advocacy organization National League of Cities, for which he previously served as president and which represents nearly 20,000 U.S. cities and towns.
Buscaino urged Congress to help local governments respond to the virus, as well as recover and rebuild when the pandemic ends. He also asked the committee to take steps to protect workers in the U.S. supply chain, including the thousands of dock workers he represents at the Port of Los Angeles.