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Â鶹ɫ²¥ on Monday, May 19 kicks off its annual Washington-Fly In, where truck stops and travel centers travel to Washington, D.C., to meet with Federal lawmakers.

Â鶹ɫ²¥ members will spend May 20 on Capitol Hill urging Congress to:

Extend the recently expired Biodiesel Blenders’ Tax Credit, which has worked successfully to lower prices for consumers;

Make permanent pro-growth business tax policies like the Section 199A deduction for pass-through entities, 100 percent bonus depreciation, and the higher estate tax exemption threshold; and

Pursue long-term funding solutions for the Highway Trust Fund that are efficient, protect off-highway businesses, and capture all highway users. Sources for highway funding should not undercut Interstate exit-based businesses through rest area commercialization or tolling.

During the two-day event, Â鶹ɫ²¥ members will hear from guest speakers Congressman Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) and Rodney Davis, who currently serves as the Head of Government Affairs for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Davis is a former five-term Republican Congressman from Illinois’ 13th District.

The evening of May 20, Â鶹ɫ²¥ will host it annual pie reception, where members of the truck stop and travel center industry serve pie to lawmakers and their staff.

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Tiffany Wlazlowski Neuman
Wlazlowski Neuman leads Â鶹ɫ²¥ and the Â鶹ɫ²¥ Foundation’s public affairs initiatives and communications strategies to promote the truck stop and travel center industry to the public, opinion leaders, elected officials, and the media. Her outreach includes a spectrum of policy issues facing the industry, with a particular focus on transportation and fuel issues, truck parking, and human trafficking. She serves as Â鶹ɫ²¥â€™s representative on the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Truck Parking Coalition, the Clean Freight Coalition, and various state truck parking technical advisory committees. She is the architect of the truck stop and travel center industry’s anti-human trafficking campaign and currently serves as a Committee member for the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Human Trafficking Advisory Council. Wlazlowski Neuman serves on the American Highway Users Policy and Government Affairs Committee.

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