HR 139 — A Resolution designating the week of September 14 through 20, 2025, as "Truck Driver Appreciation Week" in Pennsylvania.

PRINTER'S NO.    1106

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



              HOUSE RESOLUTION
                 No. 139
                                                 Session of
                                                   2025

     INTRODUCED BY BENNINGHOFF, BELLMON, COOPER, DIAMOND, FREEMAN,
        GREINER, HANBIDGE, HEFFLEY, KENYATTA, M. MACKENZIE, MALAGARI,
        MARCELL, McNEILL, NEILSON, PICKETT, VENKAT AND ZIMMERMAN,
        MARCH 24, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 24, 2025


                                  A RESOLUTION
 1   Designating the week of September 14 through 20, 2025, as "Truck
 2      Driver Appreciation Week" in Pennsylvania.
 3         WHEREAS, Alexander Winton invented the semi-trailer in
 4   Cleveland, Ohio, in 1898; and
 5         WHEREAS, The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
 6   estimates there are 1 million professional men and women
 7   classified as light-delivery or heavy and tractor-trailer truck
 8   drivers; and
 9         WHEREAS, More than 80% of United States' communities depend
10   solely on trucking for delivery of their goods and commodities;
11   and
12         WHEREAS, Truckers deliver approximately 10 billion tons of
13   freight or about 70% of all freight moved in the United States;
14   and
15         WHEREAS, The average trucker drives more than 100,000 road
16   miles per year; and
17         WHEREAS, Pennsylvania is home to more than 71,170 trucking
 1   companies that are primarily small, locally owned businesses,
 2   and the industry fuels more than 362,200 jobs, accounting for 1
 3   in 15 jobs in this Commonwealth; and
 4      WHEREAS, The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that
 5   approximately 89,920 truckers live in Pennsylvania, and they
 6   continue to play an essential and irreplaceable role in keeping
 7   this Commonwealth's economy strong and ensuring the efficient
 8   movement of goods throughout this Commonwealth and the United
 9   States; and
10      WHEREAS, Pennsylvania truckers contribute significantly to
11   this Commonwealth's workforce by tirelessly transporting goods
12   across highways and roads throughout this Commonwealth, often in
13   challenging weather conditions, long hours and demanding
14   schedules; and be it further
15      RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
16   week of September 14 through 20, 2025, as "Truck Driver
17   Appreciation Week" in Pennsylvania; and be it further
18      RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives encourage the
19   residents, organizations and communities of this Commonwealth to
20   join in this observance by commending professional truck drivers
21   for the essential role they have played in the lives of every
22   Pennsylvanian.




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