# Affordability, safety and oversight set to shape trucking policy in Congress

> 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.

- Date: 2026-11-06 · published 2026-11-07T03:26:12.125Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/85485-affordability-safety-and-oversight-set-to-shape-trucking-policy-in-congress
- Commodities: [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md)

## Why it matters

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.

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DIESEL | 2018-07-11 | [Will Trucking Be Affected by New Pollution Rules for Ocean Shipping? - TT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64213-will-trucking-be-affected-by-new-pollution-rules-for-ocean-shipping-tt.md) | -6.9% | -2.5% |
| DIESEL | 2026-10-16 | [Soybean Oil’s Relevance in Biodiesel Trade when Diesel and Policy are Increasingly Tight — 605 Markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/509-soybean-oil-s-relevance-in-biodiesel-trade-when-diesel-and-policy-are.md) | +2.1% | — |
| DIESEL | 2018-10-29 | [Airlines, trucking industry face sharp rise in fuel prices \| CBC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62737-airlines-trucking-industry-face-sharp-rise-in-fuel-prices-cbc-news.md) | -5.8% | -17.8% |
| DIESEL | 2023-02-01 | [Opec+ sticks to oil output policy after brief meeting - The Business Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37229-opec-sticks-to-oil-output-policy-after-brief-meeting-the-business-times.md) | -8.4% | -9.9% |
| DIESEL | 2018-10-21 | [IMO2020 watch: looking to refineries and shipowners to respond to economic incentives - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62733-imo2020-watch-looking-to-refineries-and-shipowners-to-respond-to-economic.md) | -0.1% | -9.9% |

## Sources

- trucknews.com: https://www.trucknews.com/transportation/affordability-safety-and-oversight-set-to-shape-trucking-policy-in-congress/1003224663/

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