Transportation/Infrastructure

Luetkemeyer, Graves Applaud Passage of Farm Transportation Provision in Highway Bill

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In an effort to ensure Missouri farmers have timely access to the supplies they need to be successful, U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-9) and U.S. Rep. Sam Graves (MO-6) today led efforts to successfully secure in the recently-passed federal highway bill clarifying a provision that will exempt truck drivers transporting certain agricultural products or exempt from hours of service rules put in place by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA).