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During the hearing, Duffy fielded questions from Senators on the committee regarding a number of transportation and infrastructure-related issues.

Sean Duffy, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Department of Transportation, faced transportation and infrastructure-related questions from Senators Wednesday during a confirmation hearing with the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.

As Overdrive reporting throughout the last few months has shown, owner-operators are largely in favor of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s proposal to hold brokers’ feet to the fire when it comes to revealing a record of all payments made to and from the broker.

FMCSA's Truck Leasing Task Force, in its required report to Congress, said it found “that the costs and harms of lease-purchase programs are so great that these programs should not be permitted.”

The Truck Leasing Task Force said in its report to Congress that it formed a consensus to recommend that carrier-managed lease-purchase agreements be prohibited.

In November 2021, Crete Carrier Corporation driver Craig Daniels received the keys to one of the fleet's few "Patriot Fleet" veterans-support trucks, outfitted with a special wrap.

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During a 60-day comment period that concluded Jan. 21, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration received more than 4,800 comments on its proposal to require more transparency from brokers in freight transactions.

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed Sean Duffy to become the Secretary of Transportation. Duffy was confirmed by a 77-22 vote.

Casey Conrey, owner of Poseyville, Indiana-based AN Transport, is "Never Satisfied" with the quality of his equipment, as the 2008 Kenworth W900L featured in this video makes clear.