Small Business in Transportation Coalition

07/08/2026

SBTC aka Truckers.com targets members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus for REMOVAL FROM CONGRESS via TruckerVote.com over obstruction of non-domiciled CDL ban that improves motor carrier and highway safety...

Congressional Hispanic Caucus
Members
CHC Leadership
Photo of Rep. Adriano Espaillat
Rep. Adriano Espaillat
Chair
Photo of Rep. Darren Soto
Rep. Darren Soto
Deputy Chair
Photo of Rep. Sylvia Garcia
Rep. Sylvia Garcia
Whip
Photo of Rep. Robert Menendez Jr.
Rep. Robert Menendez Jr.
Vice Chair of Policy
Photo of Rep. Norma Torres
Rep. Norma Torres
Vice Chair of Communications
Photo of Rep. Joaquin Castro
Rep. Joaquin Castro
Vice Chair of Diversity and Inclusion
Photo of Rep. Andrea Salinas
Rep. Andrea Salinas
Vice Chair of Member Engagement
photo of Gilbert Cisneros
Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.
Freshman Representative
Members
Photo of Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto
Photo of Sen. Ben Ray Luján
Sen. Ben Ray Luján
Photo of Sen. Alex Padilla
Sen. Alex Padilla
Photo of Sen. Ruben Gallego
Sen. Ruben Gallego
Photo of Rep. Pete Aguilar
Rep. Pete Aguilar
Photo of Rep. Nydia Velázquez
Rep. Nydia Velázquez
Photo of Rep. Linda Sánchez
Rep. Linda Sánchez
Photo of Rep. Henry Cuellar
Rep. Henry Cuellar
Photo of Rep. Jim Costa
Rep. Jim Costa
Photo of Rep. Raul Ruiz
Rep. Raul Ruiz
Photo of Rep. Juan Vargas
Rep. Juan Vargas
Photo of Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragán
Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragán
Photo of Rep. Salud Carbajal
Rep. Salud Carbajal
Photo of Rep. Lou Correa
Rep. Lou Correa
Photo of Rep. Jimmy Gomez
Rep. Jimmy Gomez
Photo of Rep. Vicente Gonzalez
Rep. Vicente Gonzalez
Photo of Rep. Veronica Escobar
Rep. Veronica Escobar
Photo of Rep. Jesus "Chuy" Garcia
Rep. Jesus "Chuy" Garcia
Photo of Rep. Mike Levin
Rep. Mike Levin
Photo of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
Photo of Rep. Lori Trahan
Rep. Lori Trahan
Photo of Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández
Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández
Photo of Rep. Ritchie Torres
Rep. Ritchie Torres
Photo of Rep. Greg Casar
Rep. Greg Casar
Photo of Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost
Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost
Photo of Rep. Robert Garcia
Rep. Robert Garcia
Photo of Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
Photo of Rep. Delia Ramirez
Rep. Delia Ramirez
Photo of Rep. Gabe Vasquez
Rep. Gabe Vasquez
photo of Sam Liccardo
Sam T. Liccardo
photo of Pablo Hernández
Pablo José Hernández
photo of Emily Randall
Emily Randall
photo of Luz Rivas
Luz M. Rivas
photo of Nellie Pou
Nellie Pou
photo of Adelita Grijalva
Rep. Adelita Grijalva
photo of Analilia Mejia
Rep. Analilia Mejia

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07/08/2026

An owner-operator's request for rate transparency uncovered a 44% broker margin at TQL, sparking a legal fight that's now headed to one of the nation's highest courts. https://ow.ly/WT1z50Zl8oJ

07/07/2026

SBTC sends condolences to Trooper Michael Pahira's mother Patti Pahira via Facebook messenger...

Mrs. Pahira, on behalf of the trucking industry, please accept our condolences on the loss of your son Michael.

I am a former police officer and motor carrier investigator in New York. I now run the Small Business in Transportation Coalition as Executive Director.

SBTC aka Truckers.com is suing to decertify states giving commercial driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants like the trucker who killed your son. We filed suit in June... sadly, not in time to save Michael... but hopefully we will save future lives. We just wanted you to know we are not going to stand idly by as families like yours suffer needless tragic losses.

May time ease your pain and may Michael rest in Eternal Light.

https://www.prweb.com/releases/sbtc-seeks-order-compelling-decertification-of-cdl-program-authority-of-nysdmv--ca-dmv-302800153.html

Sincerely,

/s/ JAMES LAMB
[email protected]

https://x.com/i/status/2074546413271236737

07/05/2026

Meanwhile, the Transportation Intermediaries Association told Trucking Dive that current publicly available data is woefully inadequate.

07/05/2026

is blocking the SBTC on multiple platforms because we are passionately calling them out on multiple fronts.

We believe the TIA is the most dangerous organization fighting against independent truckers and small business carriers in the industry. We believe their ethics code is a complete sham as they failed to respond to our 2023 ethics complaint against . Indeed, we believe Chris Burroughs is as corrupt as they come.

As far as we are concerned, bad public policy by buying politicians through their PAC as henchmen for .

TIA is against independent truckers on issues from broker rate transparency to asking to create a DO NOT USE list of duly licensed and active motor carriers with operating authority, which would be a DEATH WARRANT for carriers without a SATISFACTORY safety rating.

We are zealously standing up to TIA when no other so-called trucker advocacy group has the ability or guts. Our pushback is reported on here:

https://lnkd.in/g9AaemSR

We have offered our own fair and balanced solution to carrier selection to FMCSA and the industry but apparently it's not good enough for TIA.

See https://lnkd.in/g5P9DbbK

And https://lnkd.in/dUSDHv5Q

SBTC filed the first petition to strengthen broker transparency. then followed us. We defeated TIA's attempts to repeal the 49 CFR 371.3 transparency rule.

SBTC Board Member Dakota Springfields of Express is leading the broker transparency charge in the Court of Appeals.

SBTC is the main trucker-side force standing in between you and the unemployment line, preventing your exploitation and the complete destruction of YOUR business.

If you're not yet a member of SBTC, the only small business group zealously fighting TIA publicly on the front lines to this degree, we've given you every motivation to join this weekend. If you are a member, please forward this to your colleagues who aren't yet. It's now or never to fight back.

Today is INDEPENDENCE DAY. While Burroughs is today applauding his members' phone calls, Drivers like YOU delivered all those hot dogs.

Today, you need to declare YOUR INDEPENDENCE from groups not zealously fighting the good fight, and demand FREEDOM from TIA's influence over lawmakers and policy-makers. Time to sign your own DECLARATION and join the SBTC.

Today, you have 250 reasons to join SBTC this weekend...

https://lnkd.in/ehK4i_ZW

https://x.com/i/status/2073451941091217480

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

07/04/2026

SPECIAL 250TH INDEPENDENCE DAY OFFER: Join the SBTC 501(c)(6) Representative Trade Organization this weekend for just $2.50/month ($15) for the remainder of 2026. Use this link:

https://store117826253.company.site/products/special-250th-independence-day-offer-join-the-sbtc-501-c-6-representative-trade-organization-this-weekend-for-just-2-50-month-15-for-the-remainder-of-2026
..or visit www.smalltransportation.org or www.Truckers.com, click Join and then select the Independence Day Offer box ($15).

07/03/2026

07/01/2026

SBTC Board Member Dakota Springfields of SBTC member company PINK CHEETAH EXPRESS has asked us to release this statement...

From: [email protected]

BREAKING NEWS FROM PINK CHEETAH EXPRESS

The Pink Cheetah Express v. TQL broker transparency appellate case has been set for oral argument before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on September 11th, 2026 at 9:30 am.

Before the Three Judge Panel Court, is the issue of whether the District Court Judge erred in determining a November 30th, 2023 written directive from FMCSA does not constitute an enforceable "order" under 49 U.S. Code § 14704 by using a standard dictionary definition of the term "order" rather than the Administrative Procedure Act definition asserted by the Plaintiff.

Pink Cheetah Express is asking the Court of Appeals to reverse the District Court's dismissal and remand the case back down for adjudication on the merits.

In the original complaint, Pink Cheetah Express, after filing a complaint to then-Secretary Pete Buttigieg under 49 U.S. Code § 14701(b), sought enforcement of the Secretary’s order to TQL to remove the 49 CFR 371.3 waiver language from all of its broker-carrier contracts with carriers as a matter of the waiver having been disallowed by FMCSA in furtherance of the Federal Evasion of Regulation statute (49 U.S.C. § 14906), and to comply with broker rate transparency requests from all carriers moving forward.

The trial court judge determined the directive was "workaday guidance" rather than an "order."

TQL in its Appellee brief argues the directive to remove the waiver and comply with 371.3 requests was mere advice and not an enforceable order.

The Court of Appeals will issue a formal decision on the matter after the September hearing.

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06/27/2026

Who's ready to become a "Highway Watcher," help clean up America's Highways, and "Make the Roads Safe Again?" https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61591483108926

Become a "Highway Watcher," help clean up America's Highways, and "Make the Roads Safe Again."