Rep. Richard Hanna Not Seeking Re-election
A leading critic of the way federal regulators have conducted a review of an hours-of-service restart rule announced over the weekend he will not seek another term in Congress.
Rep. Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.) told The Post-Standard, a Syracuse newspaper, of his plan. His announcement opens up a slot on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in the next Congress.
“I got another year here. I’m looking forward to that. We have a lot on our plate. And we’re on great committees,” Hanna said in a video posted on the newspaper’s website.
While on the T&I panel, Hanna was a vocal critic of researchers involved in the review of the recently suspended hours-of-service rule for truckers. He argued the researchers would be unable to reach a fair conclusion. This month, lawmakers advanced a fiscal 2016 funding bill that President Obama signed, which added new requirements to the review of the HOS restart rule.
“They’re engaging in a study they will like us to believe that they will come out with later this year that is unbelievable at its face because they’re hiring the same people again,” Hanna said during a Highways and Transit Subcommittee hearing April 29.
Hanna was referring to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s choice of the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute to perform the review of the HOS restart. The institute had conducted an HOS study in 2011 that was criticized by industry. stakeholders.
Hanna, 64, was elected in 2010. He is serving his third consecutive term.
