Senator Gary Peters is advocating for America’s truck drivers.

As a ranking member of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety, Peters says truckers face challenging economic times.

“Today’s trucking industry, as well as all freight and multimodal industries, is facing incredibly challenging economic environment with this administration’s chaotic approach to tariffs,” Peters said. “This doesn’t just impact truckers and consumers. Changing rules, raising prices, and economic uncertainty impacts the manufacturers who build the trucks that move our goods and keep our drivers safe.”

Peters says in Michigan, the commercial vehicle manufacturing supply chain relies on cross-border trade with Canada and with a global supply chain. He says many of these businesses have been forced to consider laying off workers or pausing investments due to a lack of certainty.