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Elaine Chao, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for secretary of transportation, has the endorsement of the commercial transportation sector and would bring to the job nearly a decade of experience running a federal agency.

House Republican leaders chose to stick with Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) as their lead transportation authorizer in the 115th Congress, allowing him to keep control of the influential Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

Federal regulatory officials on Dec. 2 announced a final rule that will create a clearinghouse that would track when a commercial driver fails a drug or alcohol test and require carriers to check an applicant against the clearinghouse database.

For-hire trucking gained 1,100 jobs in November, while overall payrolls increased by 178,000, the Labor Department reported Dec. 2.

If President-elect Donald Trump is successful with his proposed $1 trillion, 10-year program to fix America’s disintegrating and inadequate infrastructure, the states have a list of critical projects ready for him. And while $1 trillion could be a decent down payment, it’s not nearly enough.

During his successful campaign for the White House, Donald Trump talked often about dismantling Nafta. In response, the Canadian Trucking Alliance is reminding the incoming American administration that 35 of the 50 states’ top trading partners are Canadian jurisdictions, creating 9 million jobs on this side of the border. Trucks carry about two-thirds of that trade.

Trucking industry executives and stakeholders will have the chance to share insight and perspective with House lawmakers on Dec. 6 when they meet for a roundtable discussion about policy for autonomous vehicles in the coming years.

Petro-Canada Lubricants has a new API CK-4 and FA-4 information hub that offers a comprehensive online guide to the new heavy duty diesel engine oil categories for their first official license date of December 1, the company said.

Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross, an architect of the Trump campaign’s $1 trillion infrastructure plan, is intended to be the president-elect’s pick to lead the Department of Commerce during his administration.