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Sean Duffy: “In 2015, before President Obama changed the guidance, over…”

Featuring: Sean Duffy, Republican | Secretary of Transportation | National

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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's Announcement on English Proficiency for Truckers in Austin, Texas

Published | Video Starts at 03:57

Instead, we are issuing new guidance that ensures a driver who can't understand English will not drive a commercial vehicle in this country, period. Full stop. Enforcing out of service violations is about preventing tragedies and saving lives. So In 2015, before President Obama changed the guidance, over 99,000 drivers had English language proficiency violations. So almost 100,000 violations of not speaking English. A thousand of those drivers were taken out of service. So let's Fast forward to 2024. (03:57–04:06)

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