Source: Mary Kennedy, PROGRESSIVE FARMER, 8/2/18

U.S. Senator Deb Fischer, R-Neb., praised the Senate's passage of her amendment that would extend the electronic logging device (ELD) waiver for livestock haulers by one year, while she continues working to make the hours-of-service (HOS) requirements more flexible. Senator Fischer, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee and the Senate Commerce Committee, has continued to fight for HOS relief and issued the following statement in a press release, "Today the Senate passed my amendment to delay electronic logging device requirements for livestock haulers for one year. With this extension, we will have more time to bring commonsense to these rules and provide additional flexibility."

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