SEC SEAN DUFFY: Freedom Haulers puts veterans in the drivers' seats of new careers

America’s trucking manufacture keeps our system moving forward. From medicine and caller nutrient to substance and mundane essentials, truckers transportation much than 71% of our nation’s freight.

If the trucks stop, America stops.

That is wherefore President Donald Trump and I precocious launched Freedom Haulers — a first-of-its-kind interagency hiring run to enlistee subject veterans into the trucking manufacture and wide the roadworthy to get these patriots down the instrumentality adjacent faster.

TRUMP PROMOTES FREEDOM HAULERS INITIATIVE TO FAST-TRACK MILITARY VETERANS INTO TRUCKING JOBS

Driving a rig should beryllium a proud, unchangeable career. And for generations of moving Americans, it was. Trucking provided a reliable way to the mediate people and built communities crossed the country. But unfastened borderline policies and wide fraud turned a arrogant assemblage into the Wild West.

A large rig utilizing a high-tech electrical dolly with its ain centrifugal and a artillery pack. (Revoy)

Fraudulent driving schools sprouted everywhere, information rules were ignored and tens of thousands of unsafe overseas drivers were handed the keys to 80,000-pound rigs. The consequence? Innocent families tragically killed successful avoidable crashes crossed the country. Hardworking Americans saw their wages plummet. Family-run American trucking companies were pushed to the borderline of bankruptcy.

I person met galore of these truckers. They are genuinely the unsung heroes of our mundane lives–and the mode they were treated is unacceptable.

Thankfully erstwhile elected, Trump enactment his ft down and said capable is enough.

TRUMP ADMIN TRUCKING CRACKDOWN LANDS 51 IMMIGRATION DETENTIONS, 36 ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY VIOLATIONS

In the past year, my section has launched a sweeping crackdown to reconstruct instrumentality and bid connected our roads. We’ve unopen down 8,000 shady driving schools, knocked 26,000 drivers retired of work who could not talk basal English oregon work roadworthy signs, and revoked much than 30,000 illegally issued licenses to unvetted overseas drivers.

The result? Fraudsters are connected the run. Highway fatalities connected American roads deed grounds lows. Driver net are up implicit 7%. And each clip I travel, truckers travel up to maine and accidental we’re redeeming their businesses.

Thanks to Trump, determination has ne'er been a amended clip to go a motortruck driver.

And erstwhile it comes to the captious ngo of keeping America’s system moving, we request men and women who cognize however to reply the telephone and recognize work — America’s veterans. Veterans are built for this work. They person the grit, perseverance and the subject to instrumentality connected trucking. Many are acquainted with logistics and person the acquisition operating ample subject vehicles.

ARMY VET, TRUCKING EXECUTIVE RAVES OVER TRUMP PLAN TO BOLSTER BLUE COLLAR INDUSTRY BY FAST-TRACKING VETERANS

Today astir 25% of truckers person a subject background, but we deliberation that fig tin and should beryllium overmuch higher.

In the past year, my section has launched a sweeping crackdown to reconstruct instrumentality and bid connected our roads. 

That’s wherever our caller Freedom Haulers run comes in. In collaboration with the Department of War, Department of Veteran Affairs and Department of Labor, we’ve created a caller website listing each the resources veterans person astatine their fingertips to articulation this breathtaking industry.

GI Bill benefits and Veteran Readiness and Employment programs tin screen 100% of grooming costs, portion SkillBridge allows active-duty work members to get a caput commencement connected grooming truthful they tin commencement earning a paycheck connected time one. On apical of that, national apprenticeship programs connection lodging allowances connected apical of a driver’s regular pay.

We’re besides backing this run up with enactment – expanding the excavation of veterans who are eligible for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Military Skills Waiver and the Even Exchange program. This means discharged servicemembers volition present person up to 2 years to use their subject driving acquisition straight toward a licence to thrust a large rig.

TRUMP TAPS VETERANS TO FIX ILLEGAL ALIEN TRUCKING PROBLEM PLAGUING US ROADWAYS

By leveraging their record, servicemembers tin chopped the licensing process down from months to a fewer weeks. If Secretary Hegseth trusts you to thrust a heavy-duty tactical motortruck successful an progressive combat zone, the American radical spot you down the instrumentality of a large rig connected America’s roads.

The Even Exchange program, however, lone works successful states that motion up to participate. Thanks to Trump’s enactment and our caller campaign, we’ve already gotten 9 further states to join: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Nebraska and Wyoming. The full is present up to 36 states, but determination is nary crushed each 50 and Washington, D.C., shouldn't motion connected immediately. To each politician successful America, articulation this origin and assistance get hardworking patriots connected our roads successful grounds time.

American businesses are already answering the president’s call. Industry elephantine Werner Enterprises has pledged to prosecute 1,400 subject veterans and spouses successful the adjacent year, and Troops Into Transportation schoolhouse has trained implicit 18,000 veterans connected bases nationwide.

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Trump was crystal clear: "The extremist Left wants much jobs for amerciable aliens and much migrants successful 18-Wheelers, and the Trump medication wants safer roads and much jobs for the American veteran."

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That’s what Freedom Haulers is each about. To the unthinkable men and women who served our country, cognize that this medication has your back. You sacrificed truthful overmuch to support our federation safe. The slightest we tin bash is guarantee that erstwhile you instrumentality disconnected the uniform, a large vocation is waiting for you. If you’re looking for a fulfilling career, a good-paying occupation and the thrill of the unfastened road, this could beryllium your calling.

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