President Joe Biden last month announced his plan to unlock productivity and ease the supply chain bottlenecks that had left a record number of container ships floating just offshore at ports around the U.S.
Biden's multi-pronged Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force on Thursday got another prong: the Biden-Harris Trucking Action Plan.
Senior Administration officials said the aim of the 90-day blitz is "to strengthen the trucking workforce ... to improve recruiting, retention and productivity," noting trucking and transportation have long faced hiring and turnover challenges, "headwinds that have been laid bare by the pandemic," the official said.
The groundwork for much of the plan was was already included in the Infrastructure Bill passed last month, but senior administration officials noted the Biden-Harris Trucking Action Plan "cuts through the red tape."
