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CNBC: Motorcoach Industry Looks to Congress to Keep Buses on the Road ...
“It’s just a disaster,” Pantuso said. “Not only do these companies, and these families who have been running them for multi-generations, lose out, but the American public loses out because they lose a major part of the transportation network.”
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CBNC: Bus Industry Lobbies for Billions in Next Coronavirus Stimulus Package
So far, the businesses haven’t received aid from Washington, but owners are hoping the situation will be different with the latest stimulus package currently being debated in Congress.
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WFXR: Motorcoach Industry Facing Uncertain Future without Financial Help from Government
“We’re going to see 25 to 40 percent of companies shut down permanently,” said ABA president and CEO Peter Pantuso. “Their employees, probably close to 50,000, about half of the employees, be put out of business.”
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ABA's Women in Buses, BUSRide Create eBook on Women in the Industry and COVID-19
How COVID-19 Has Killed Our Industry: Letters to Congress from the Women Who Power America's Motorcoach Industry.
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ABA Welcomes House Bill to Help Decimated Industry
"We commend Representatives LaHood, Sires, Lowenthal and Young for their leadership in recognizing the current plight of the motorcoach industry during this pandemic and taking action to help this critical industry survive," said Peter Pantuso, president & CEO of the
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WashPost: America’s 3,000 Bus Companies Make Appeal for Economic Relief amid Pandemic
Bus operators and trade groups have been knocking on doors of members of Congress for months.
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Associations Come Together to Urge Congress to Support CERTS Act
More than 30 associations came together to urge Congressional leaders to support the CERTS Act, introduced jointly by Sens. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine).
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ABA Looks Forward to Introduction of the Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services Act
"ABA has been asking Congress to provide $10 billion in grants and $5 billion in loans to help the our decimated industry stay in business through the pandemic. We are thankful that our industry's cry has been heard."
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ABA Applauds Senators Proposal to Enable DMOs Access to SBA PPP Funds
"Tourism employs millions of people around the country, without tourism we can't get the American economy back up and running and DMOs are critical to that happening."
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ChauffeurDriven: ABA Releases Cleaning Protocols, Continues Request for Federal Aid
The protocols were released on the heels of a tough report from the ABA Foundation that estimates that the U.S. motorcoach industry will see its economic loss due to the virus reach nearly $11 billion.
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