mr. beyer: thank you, mr. chairman. i'd like to recognize chairman shuster and ranking member defazio for their hard work on the bill and for considering mr. van hollen's and my amendment. it woult regulate the tow truck industry. through provisions slipped into the aviation administration act that defined the tow truck city as an interstate carrier, state and local regulations of tow truck operators has been preempted. but the next year, passage of the interstate commerce act struck down the regulatory binding overseing the tow truck industry. so it left it without any oversight despite widely reported consumer abuses. in year since, a number of court -- rulings have been made on court cases between tow trucks and localities. some upheld local regulations, others stayed silent. with no federal regulator and a patchwork of rulings, no government has been able to adequately regulate the towing industry. that his led to more than two tech kids of major misconduct by some unscrupulous tow companies. they continue to paint