Bill Graves
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"William Preston "Bill" Graves", was the List of Governors of Kansas/43rd Governor of Kansas from 1995 until 2003.

Graves was born in Salina, Kansas in 1953 to parents who owned a trucking firm. After graduating from Kansas Wesleyan University with a business degree, he worked in human resources.

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When things go to 50%, in general there's still a pretty good selection. More than 50%, and you may get a good price on something, but it might not be what you want.

With such a critical driver shortage facing the industry, now, more than ever, trucking is consistently looking toward recruiting and retaining a pool of experienced workers.

With speeding as a factor in one-third of all fatal highway crashes, it makes all the sense in the world to work to reduce this number.

The driver market is the tightest it has been in 20 years. It's a major limitation to the amount of freight that motor carriers can haul. It's critical that we find ways to tap a new labor pool, increase wages and recruit new people into the industry that keeps our national economy moving.

We're going to melt down all of ours down and make a glass parrot for the Brass Parrot. We'll hang it beside the cigarette machine.

The trucking industry and our professional drivers were first on the scene when Louisiana needed emergency help. We're still there helping with recovery and rebuilding.

The U.S. trucking industry, which moves 70 percent of domestic freight, is on schedule to pay $6.6 billion more for fuel this year than last -- a total of $94.3 billion, so the actions announced by the White House have the support of our motor carriers.