OOIDA Call to Action – All members
Sept. 13, 2010

Dear Member,

On Wednesday, Sept. 15, you, your family and your friends are urged to pick up the phone and ask your U.S. senators and representative to support two “Jason’s Law” bills – HR2156 and S971. The bills would allocate $120 million over six years for safety improvements to be made at rest areas and truck stops across the country.

Many of you are familiar with the story of Jason Rivenburg, the Schoharie County, NY, truck driver who was murdered 16 months ago at an abandoned gas station in South Carolina. He was forced to park there because he arrived too early to deliver his load. His receiver didn’t allow overnight truck parking until his appointment time the next morning.

The Rivenburg family has made several trips to visit lawmakers in DC, urging their support for these critical Jason’s Law bills. While HR2156 has more than 40 co-sponsors, the Senate version – S971 – has one co-sponsor. Both bills have been referred to congressional committees and have yet to receive congressional action.

More lawmakers must get on board to pass the legislation.

Hope Rivenburg said she doesn’t want other trucking families to go through what she has endured. She is urging all truckers and their families to “flood the phones” of their DC lawmakers on Wednesday, Sept. 15.

Let’s show lawmakers how important this issue is to all of us!

To contact your two senators and representative, call the U.S. Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121, provide the operator with your home ZIP code. The operator will connect you with the offices of your lawmakers.

You can also call the OOIDA Membership Department at 800-444-5791 and they will look up the contact information for you. In addition, iPhone and Android offer applications to get federal lawmakers’ contact information.