Arlington, Virginia – ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ President and CEO Chris Spear issued the following statement today regarding the Department of Health and Human Services’ proposed guidelines on the use of hair samples for government-mandated drug testing:
“As currently written, today’s proposal by HHS on hair testing is a tremendous disappointment for the trucking industry. President Trump and his Administration have successfully tackled difficult, contentious regulatory challenges with environmental and labor issues, yet on a top-tier priority for highway safety, the Administration allowed HHS to deliver a weak and misguided proposal more than three years late.
“Sadly, the positive impact this rule could have had to make both highways and truckers safer will have to wait.  ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ will be working again with Congress to fix what HHS has failed to do – it’s job.â€