{"id":1046232,"date":"2021-11-22T22:29:19","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T03:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1046232"},"modified":"2021-11-22T22:29:27","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T03:29:27","slug":"lee-desantis-other-republican-governors-join-forces-to-solve-supply-chain-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lee-desantis-other-republican-governors-join-forces-to-solve-supply-chain-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee, DeSantis, Other Republican Governors Join Forces To Solve Supply Chain Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flee-desantis-other-republican-governors-join-forces-to-solve-supply-chain-crisis%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1046232&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Fifteen Republican governors pledged to alleviate the supply chain crisis amid counterproductive policies from President Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Supply chain bottlenecks are decreasing the availability of inputs for American <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ford-and-gm-want-to-make-computer-chips-as-foreign-semiconductor-production-stays-bottlenecked\">businesses<\/a> and the availability of final goods for American <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/supply-chain-bottlenecks-may-cause-christmas-tree-shortage-report-says\">consumers<\/a>. Meanwhile, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg argues that the crisis is due to Biden \u201csuccessfully\u201d handling the economy.<\/p>\n<p>However, the governors argue in a letter to President Biden \u2014 exclusively shared with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/politics\/gop-governors-team-up-supply-chain\">Fox News<\/a> on Monday \u2014 that the administration\u2019s COVID-19 vaccine mandate and other regulations are worsening the crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith 7.4 million people unemployed and 10.4 million job openings, we have a shortage of 80,000 truck drivers, an all-time high for the trucking industry,\u201d the letter says. \u201cWith more paychecks at risk, American families are forced to pay more for food, gas, and everyday goods as inflation surges to a 30-year high under President Biden\u2019s watch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The governors therefore \u201ccommit to using our authority where allowable to modify weight, size, or load restrictions to allow more cargo to move more efficiently; adjust hours of service constraints to provide truck drivers more time and flexibility; deregulate education and occupational licensure barriers to get more commercial truck drivers on the road.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They likewise promised to \u201cconvene state agencies in transportation, commerce, workforce, and other related fields to coordinate with private industry, local governments, and neighboring states where appropriate to ensure greater efficiency, connectivity, and data sharing among shippers and receivers at ports, distribution points, storage facilities, and other intrastate corridors for the expedited loading, unloading, and transport of freight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Governors leading states with coastal ports committed \u201cto support our ports to operate at full capacity, increase tonnage capacity, and accept more Panamax ships waiting off the west coast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Led by Gov. Bill Lee (R-TN), the other signers were Gov. Ron DeSantis (FL), Gov. Greg Abbott (TX), Gov. Mike DeWine (OH), Gov. Doug Ducey (AZ), Gov. Greg Gianforte (MT), Gov. Larry Hogan (MD), Gov. Brian Kemp (GA), Gov. Brad Little (ID), Gov. Henry McMaster (SC), Gov. Mike Parson (MO), Gov. Kim Reynolds (IA), Gov. Pete Ricketts (NE), Gov. Kevin Stitt (OK), and Gov. Doug Burgum (ND).<\/p>\n<p>Investors worry that the supply chain crisis will last into 2023.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of these companies actually will not be able to ship units. And if they can\u2019t ship units, they might disappoint on their earnings,\u201d investor and finance professor Paul Meeks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/seasoned-investor-worries-supply-chain-crisis-will-last-until-2023\">told<\/a> CNBC. \u201cTheir stocks are so expensive that they could go down. Not go down a bit, they<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifteen Republican governors pledged to alleviate the supply chain crisis amid counterproductive policies from President Biden.Supply chain bottlenecks are decreasing the availability of inputs for American businesses and the availability of final goods for American consumers. Meanwhile, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg argues that the crisis is due to Biden \u201csuccessfully\u201d handling the economy.However, the governors argue in a letter to President Biden \u2014 exclusively shared with Fox News on Monday \u2014 that the administration\u2019s COVID-19 vaccine mandate and other regulations are worsening the crisis.\u201cWith 7.4 million people unemployed and 10.4 million job openings, we have a shortage of 80,000 truck drivers, an all-time high for the trucking industry,\u201d the letter says. \u201cWith more paychecks at risk, American families are forced to pay more for food, gas, and everyday goods as inflation surges to a 30-year high under President Biden\u2019s watch.\u201dThe governors therefore \u201ccommit to using our authority where allowable to modify weight, size, or load restrictions to allow more cargo to move more efficiently; adjust hours of service constraints to provide truck drivers more time and flexibility; deregulate education and occupational licensure barriers to get more commercial truck drivers on the road.\u201dThey likewise promised to \u201cconvene state agencies in transportation, commerce, workforce, and other related fields to coordinate with private industry, local governments, and neighboring states where appropriate to ensure greater efficiency, connectivity, and data sharing among shippers and receivers at ports, distribution points, storage facilities, and other intrastate corridors for the expedited loading, unloading, and transport of freight.\u201dGovernors leading states with coastal ports committed \u201cto support our ports to operate at full capacity, increase tonnage capacity, and accept more Panamax ships waiting off the west coast.\u201dLed by Gov. Bill Lee (R-TN), the other signers were Gov. Ron DeSantis (FL), Gov. Greg Abbott (TX), Gov. Mike DeWine (OH), Gov. Doug Ducey (AZ), Gov. Greg Gianforte (MT), Gov. Larry Hogan (MD), Gov. Brian Kemp (GA), Gov. Brad Little (ID), Gov. Henry McMaster (SC), Gov. Mike Parson (MO), Gov. Kim Reynolds (IA), Gov. Pete Ricketts (NE), Gov. Kevin Stitt (OK), and Gov. Doug Burgum (ND).Investors worry that the supply chain crisis will last into 2023.\u00a0\u201cSome of these companies actually will not be able to ship units. And if they can\u2019t ship units, they might disappoint on their earnings,\u201d investor and finance professor Paul Meeks told CNBC. \u201cTheir stocks are so expensive that they could go down. Not go down a bit, they could go down a lot.\u201d\u201cIt\u2019s a bummer and unfortunately, there\u2019s not any relief,\u201d he continued. \u201cIt\u2019ll also hit the top and bottom lines of some of these vendors that are selling those hot Christmas products.\u201dThe United Nations Conference on Trade and Development likewise said that high consumer demand and supply-side constraints \u2014 such as \u201ccontainer ship carrying capacity, container shortages, labour shortages, continued on and off COVID-19 restrictions across port regions and congestion at ports\u201d \u2014 could lead to price hikes through 2023.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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