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Sean Duffy: “Pete Buttigieg in the last administration decided there…”

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

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JUST IN: Sean Duffy Announces New DOT Commercial Trucking Safety Efforts

Published | Video Starts at 02:02

Well, what's happened that we've had so many unskilled, unqualified, untrained drivers on American roads. What's happened is many of these potential drivers would go to a commercial driving school, right? Well, Pete Buttigieg in the last administration decided there shouldn't be any rigorous requirements to certify that a school is well qualified to train drivers. He said the schools across America, they could actually self certify. So any of you here in the room could say, I'm going to start a commercial driver's license school. (02:02–02:13)

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Asserts that Pete Buttigieg removed rigorous requirements for certifying driver training schools.

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