This was concocted in a way to allow people to come into our country to get licenses, commercial driver's licenses, unlawfully, and then get behind the wheel. And I don't think that that's the appropriate approach. We have a long history of great American truck drivers are almost like our air traffic controllers or our pilots. They take their jobs very seriously. What they do on American roads, they think is of utmost importance because it's not just their lives, it's the lives of the people around them on our highways and freeways that they're concerned about every single day. (21:10–21:19)
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Asserts that American truck drivers are comparable to air traffic controllers or pilots in terms of professionalism.
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