Truckers want relief from punishing fuel prices as Senate debates issue

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Barbara Windsor, president and CEO of Hahn Transportation Inc., headquartered in New Market, MD, spoke about how high fuel prices are affecting her family-owned trucking company.

“Diesel fuel prices are hurting us and driving up the costs of all of these consumer goods – it costs approximately $1,400 to fuel up a truck,” she said.

She said her company is spending at least 58 percent more on fuel than they did one year ago.

“If this continues, by the end of the year, we will expend at least $1 million more on fuel than was budgeted,” she said. “We are a small family business and this is truly critical to our industry.”

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