OHIO – Ohio Governor Mike DeWine joined with 14 other Republican governors to ask the federal government to join Operation Open Roads, a multi-state effort to suspend burdensome regulations on the trucking industry to ensure small businesses and American consumers have access to the goods they need this holiday season.
In a joint statement, the governors called on the Biden Administration to make immediate changes to federal law to relieve supply chain backlogs that are hurting consumers and to suspend outdated federal regulations that unnecessarily restrict certain well-trained commercial drivers from crossing state lines.
“Supply chain issues have led to shortages of raw materials and goods from factories to stores, and simple actions, like modifying weight limits, adjusting hours of service for truck drivers, and removing some non-safety-related restrictions on commercial drivers licenses will help ease a record-shortage of truck drivers and allow more goods to flow to market,” said Governor DeWine. “I’m calling on President Biden to review and revise any federal regulations that are hindering our efforts.”
