Washington, DC— Today, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Rick Larsen (D-WA) released the following statement after the T&I Committee marked up H.R. 5688, which revokes CDLs from drivers who were not born in the United States but are in the country legally and are authorized to work.
"Today's advancement of H.R. 5688 was a departure from this committee's bipartisan work," Ranking Member Larsen said. "It is our responsibility on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to work to make our roads safer, but there is no indication this bill does that. Instead, it lays the entirety of the roadway safety epidemic at the feet of women and men who are safe drivers trying to make a living in a new home. In fact, the Trump administration’s own analysis cannot find the safety benefits of this policy. If this legislation is enacted, up to 200,000 drivers—who took the same credentialling and safety tests as U.S. citizens—will have their CDLs forcibly revoked and lose their job. For those reasons, I oppose H.R. 5688."
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