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Chris Spear
Government, Business

ATA’s Spear Highlights Young Trucker Program at House Hearing

ATA's Chris Spear at the House Committee on Education and the Workforce

WASHINGTON — Enhancing recruitment and retention efforts across the trucking industry will benefit the connectivity of the country’s supply chain, American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear told a U.S. House panel March 28.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
March 28, 2023
Government, Business, Technology, Fuel, Logistics

ATA’s Spear Highlights New FHWA Memo, Emissions

ATA President Chris Spear speaks at TMC 2023

ORLANDO, Fla. — American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear touted new federal policy guidance for how states might allocate infrastructure funding during a Feb. 27 address at the Technology & Maintenance Council Annual Meeting and Transportation Technology Exhibition.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
February 28, 2023
Government, Safety, Fuel, Logistics

ATA President Chris Spear Presses House Panel on IIJA Oversight, Freight Workforce

Chris Spear

WASHINGTON — Advancing supply chain connectivity programs and promoting the freight workforce are priorities American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear called on Congress to pursue over the next two years.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
February 1, 2023
Government, Business, Technology, Safety, Fuel, Logistics

ATA’s Chris Spear Optimistic About Trucking Economy, R.I. Tolling Verdict

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American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear said the trucking industry continues to show resilience despite challenges in the U.S. economy, marked by two straight quarters of negative gross domestic product and interest rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve that aim to slow decades-high rates of inflation.

August 4, 2022
Government, Business

How ATA Stopped the Vaccine Mandate

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Join TT’s Dan Ronan as he interviews ATA President Chris Spear and gets a behind-the-scenes look at how ATA took the industry’s case against the vaccine-or-test mandate all the way to the Supreme Court – and won.

February 11, 2022
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety

ATA Presses Congress on Workforce Development Amid Supply Chain Woes

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Policies aimed at boosting the trucking industry’s workforce would play a major role in addressing supply chain woes around the country, the leader of American Trucking Associations told the U.S. House of Representatives’ transportation panel Nov. 17.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
November 17, 2021
Government, Business

Investing in the Nation's Highways

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On August 10, the Senate passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and it now moves to the House for consideration. The passage of the bill would mean new funding for surface transportation programs, including the greatest investment in the nation's bridges since the formation of the Interstate Highway System.

August 24, 2021
Government, Business, Safety

ATA Extends Contract for President, CEO Chris Spear

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American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear has signed a contract that extends his leadership of the organization for five more years, ATA announced.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
May 19, 2021
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

Trucking Industry's Great Work in 2020 Will Pay Dividends in 2021, ATA’s Spear Says

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The trucking industry’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it a boost in public perception that will endure for years to come, American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear told Transport Topics.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
December 28, 2020
Government, Business, Safety

ATA’s Chris Spear Commends Truckers, Discusses Pressing Issues During Virtual Address

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American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear praised the industry’s ability to rise to the occasion at the virtual Management Conference & Exhibition.

Eleanor Lamb | Staff Reporter
October 26, 2020

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