VIDEO: At Senate Hearing, Peters Pushes …
VIDEO: At Senate Hearing, Peters Pushes …
Publish Date: 2026-06-09 16:03:00
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WASHINGTON, DC – During a hearing in the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety, U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), Ranking Member of the subcommittee, emphasized the need to harness new technologies to improve safety, lower costs, boost U.S. economic competitiveness, and create American jobs in the transportation industry. Peters also reiterated the need to ensure emerging technologies support, not replace, the transportation workforce.
“I have long advocated for harnessing technological innovation to combat the challenges we face in the transportation sector, from unsafe roads to harmful environmental impacts to freight and infrastructure challenges that raise prices for everyday Americans,” Peters said in his opening remarks. “Technology has the potential to improve safety and productivity for American workers, including America’s truck drivers, if we play our cards right. But technology should also create good-paying American jobs, which is why I believe we must develop and manufacture it here at home.”
To watch the full video of Senator Peters’ opening remarks and questions, click here.
During the hearing, Peters also called for Congress to pass a bipartisan regulatory framework for autonomous vehicles (AV) to improve roadway safety, cement U.S. economic competitiveness, and protect American jobs. Throughout his time in the Senate, Peters has championed efforts to advance a set of “rules of the road” for AVs in the United States and repeatedly pushed for an AV regulatory framework to help usher in safe adoption of this technology.
“For years, I have said that Congress cannot continue to stand on the sidelines when it comes to these AVs. I believe we must pass a federal AV framework to harness the safety benefits of this technology, ensure that it is deployed responsibly, and cement U.S. leadership in the development, manufacturing, and deployment on our roads,” said Peters.
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