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Shri Thanedar: “Replacing 200,000 experienced CDL drivers with less…”

Featuring: Shri Thanedar, Democratic | U.S. House Michigan, 13th Congressional District

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'Yet Another Hearing On Demonizing Hardworking Immigrants': Shri Thanedar Slams CDL Issuance Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 03:36

Fewer drivers also means fewer school buses, mass transit services and snow plows. Daily life will get harder except for the men in the Epstein files who fly in luxury jets to private islands. Replacing 200,000 experienced CDL drivers with less experienced drivers who statistically are more prone to accidents will reduce safety. Rather than pursuing sensible solutions to prevent collisions, such as requiring speed limiting technologies in trucks, the Trump administration would rather punish immigrants who have a safe driving record than US citizens. (03:36–03:50)

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Asserts that replacing experienced CDL drivers with less experienced ones will decrease safety.

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