Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said she would “continue to fight” provisions in a fiscal 2015 transportation funding bill that would suspend for one year changes to the hours-of-service restart provision implemented last year by federal truck safety regulators.

At a hearing considering the nominations of two senior Department of Transportation officials June 11, Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) said he would support a short-term legislative fix prior to the August congressional recess that would shore up a depleted federal highway account.

A review of a logbook kept by the truck driver who struck a bridge in Washington state in 2013 found no violations of federal hours-of-service rules, according to documents released June 11 by federal transportation safety investigators.

Senators are likely to press two senior Department of Transportation officials on highway funding, safety and freight policy when a committee considers their nominations June 11 for top jobs at the department.

As lawmakers prepare to pass a House transportation spending bill June 10, a recent White House bulletin took issue with provisions in the bill that would allow heavier commercial trucks to operate in three states.

Senate appropriators today adopted an amendment to suspend some provisions of the 'hours-of-service' rules for one year while a DOT study is conducted.