Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo touted comprehensive climate change policy proposals President Joe Biden’s administration aims to tackle over the coming years.

Trucking industry stakeholders continue to push back on Sen. John Cornyn’s suggestion of a nationwide transportation fee that would exclusively be levied on commercial vehicles.

Legislation designed to update the country’s highway infrastructure networks was approved by a committee in the U.S. Senate May 26.

About 37 million people will travel this Memorial Day, a significant boost from a year ago, according to AAA’s forecast for the traditional kickoff of the country’s summer driving season.

The Democratic leadership of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee scheduled consideration of comprehensive highway policy legislation for May 26. Here's your Capitol Agenda look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.

President Joe Biden’s infrastructure funding agenda was scaled down to about $1.7 trillion amid ongoing pushback from the Republican leadership in the Senate, which on May 27 outlined a $928 billion counterproposal.

The leaders of the congressional tax-writing committees remain divided over how to fund comprehensive infrastructure policy legislation that President Joe Biden would prefer to enact this year.

Legislation that would authorize $400 billion over five years for surface transportation programs was unveiled by Republican policymakers in the U.S. House of Representatives May 19.

A Senate proposal to impose a vehicle-miles-traveled fee exclusively on commercial vehicles drew a strong rebuke from the leaders in the trucking industry.

Infrastructure policy negotiations between the White House and Capitol Hill are expected to intensify, and the transportation community is sounding increasingly optimistic about a compromise being reached. Here's your Capitol Agenda look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.