benefitting the trucking workforce outside of the infrastructure bill and in build back better. absolutely. i ll just give you one example. we had a round table as you mentioned today where secretary walsh and i were meeting with leaders from labor and business in the trucking sector. one of the most interesting presentations was by an organization called women in trucking. and the number of women in trucking has grown to about 10%. but obviously, that s a long way short of 50%. and if we re leaving 50% of the country on the table when it comes to recruiting people into a profession where we clearly need more people, not that you have to be a woman to benefit from the child care provisions in build back better. but there is no question it s going to lead to more women returning to the workforce, which is one of many, many reasons why it s not just good for families, it s good for the economy. i want to go to one point in your plan released today that addresses what i was talking ab
urgent as we see a lot of news about inflation, because this bill is about cutting costs. we re going cut the cost of insulin, cut the cost of child care, cut the cost of elder care, cut the cost of pre-k to free, and something i care a lot about, cut the cost of electric vehicles so the more families can afford the gas savings that come with an electric vehicle if you can afford one. i do believe we re going to get it done, even though i can t speak to the exact date it s going to happen. i know the and we re going get to this trucking workforce is specifically addressed in the infrastructure bill that s already been passed, but as i was thinking about it this evening, there are so many provisions of the build back better bill that apply to truckers as well as others all over the country. when you read about just how difficult the economic life of truckers is in this country, they have there is ways of
cutting the cost of electric vehicles. so that more drivers and families can afford the gas savings that come with a electric vehicle if you can afford one. this is something that america needs more than other. the right policy at the right time. you know i think we are going to get it done, but i can t speak to the exact date that it s going to happen. we are going to get to this. the trucking workforce. is specifically addressed in the infrastructure bill that has already been passed. as i was thinking about it this evening, there are so many provisions of the build back better bill that apply to truckers as well as other workers over the country. the child tax credit for example. when you read about just how difficult the economic life of truckers is, in this country. they have there is ways of benefiting the trucking workforce outside of the infrastructure bill and in build back better. absolutely. i will give you an example. we had a roundtable as you mentioned with secretar
Bill to Support Women In Trucking Association’s Mission Reintroduced in Bipartisan effort
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Lawmakers re-introduced a bill, Promoting Women in Trucking Workforce Act, which directs the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator to establish an Women of Trucking advisory board.
“This bill will help us create a more female-friendly environment in supply chain careers so we can not only attract and retain, but promote women in trucking. PLOVER, Wis. (PRWEB) March 03, 2021 The transportation sector has always been a male dominated workforce. Female pilots, truck drivers, conductors and ship captains are still in the minority. The Women In Trucking Association (WIT) was formed to specifically address the lack of diversity.