ARLINGTON, Va., March 22, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --
Tomorrow afternoon, leaders of the American Trucking Associations
and members of ATA's elite team of professional drivers, America's
Road Team, are scheduled to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House to discuss the
trucking industry and health care.
"It is an honor to be invited to the White House and to meet
with the president," said ATA President and CEO Chris Spear. "We look forward to telling our
story – a story of how trucks move 70% of our nation's freight
safely and efficiently, touching every aspect of our economy,
including our health care system. This is a tremendous opportunity
for our members and drivers to talk about how the health care
debate impacts them and their ability to move America's goods."
Joining Spear at the meeting are 10 leading ATA members:
- ATA Chairman Kevin Burch,
president, Jet Express Inc., Dayton,
Ohio;
- Jim Burg, president and CEO,
James Burg Trucking Co., Warren,
Mich.;
- David Congdon, CEO, Old Dominion
Freight Line, Thomasville,
N.C.;
- Mike Ducker, president and CEO,
FedEx Freight, Memphis,
Tenn.;
- Eric Fuller, CEO, U.S. Xpress
Inc., Chattanooga, Tenn.;
- Neal Kedzie, president,
Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association, Madison, Wisc.;
- Rich McArdle, president, UPS
Freight, Richmond, Va.;
- Dennis Nash, CEO, Kenan
Advantage Group, North Canton,
Ohio;
- Tonn Ostergard, president and
CEO, Crete Carrier Corp., Lincoln,
Neb. and
- John Smith, chairman, CRST
International Inc., Cedar Rapids,
Iowa.
In addition, ATA is privileged to be bringing its Image Truck –
Interstate One – and a trailer provided by Jet Express featuring a
Trucking Moves America Forward wrap, hauled by ATA's Share the Road
Truck. These trucks are being driven and escorted by 12
professional drivers with a combined 319 years of driving
experience and 29.4 million accident-free miles:
- Steve Fields, Independence, Mo., (YRC Freight);
- Ralph Garcia, Albuquerque, N.M., (ABF Freight System);
- David Green, Hot Springs, Ark., (Werner Enterprises);
- Rhonda Hartman, Des Moines, Iowa, (Old Dominion Freight
Line);
- John Lex, Monroe, Ga., (Walmart Transportation);
- David Livingston, Springfield, Ga., (TCW Inc.);
- Don Logan, Eskridge, Kan., (FedEx Freight);
- Charlton Paul Jr., Chester, N.Y., (UPS Freight);
- Russell Simpson, South Vienna, Ohio, (Holland Inc.);
- Todd Stine, Altoona, Pa., (Carbon Express);
- Barney Earl Taylor, Orlando, Fla., (Penske) and
- Derrick Whittle, Fieldale, Va., (Cargo Transporters Inc.)
"Trucking is a vital part of the American economy," Burch said.
"We are looking forward to meeting with President Trump and talking
to him about how we can ease regulatory burdens on our industry,
reform our tax system and rebuild America's infrastructure. I'm
very excited to bring two trucks, trucks we use to convey a message
of safety and essentiality around the country, to the White
House."
American Trucking Associations is the largest
national trade association for the trucking industry. Through a
federation of 50 affiliated state trucking associations and
industry-related conferences and councils, ATA is the voice of the
industry America depends on most to move our nation's freight.
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