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As Congress returns after the midterm elections, lawmakers face a December 11 deadline to fund the Department of Transportation and other agencies. Representative Rick Larsen announced his bid to chair the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in the next Congress, where he says affordability, infrastructure investment and oversight will be priorities.
Potential changes to transportation spending and trucking regulation could affect freight costs and logistics, but the article reports policy priorities rather than a specific change to agricultural freight flows or rates.
trucknews.comEugene MuleroNov 6, 2026After 157 past policy events, ULSD / Diesel moved a median +0.4% over 5 sessions (53% higher; middle half -4.4% to +3.3%), and -0.7% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
