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Transportation secretary cites executive order, directs participants to freedomhaulers.dot.gov
Summary
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy told attendees that an executive order ('common sense rules of the road') guides the effort and directed employers and veterans to freedomhaulers.dot.gov for implementation details and enrollment information.
Sean Duffy, identified in the transcript as Secretary of Transportation, said the administration has been executing an executive order described as the "common sense rules of the road" and called the program a nonpartisan safety measure. "Since you signed that executive order, we all have been working overtime to make sure we take illegals off American roads and we give those jobs to great Americans, including great American veterans," Duffy said.
Duffy described pay ranges for truck drivers and promoted a website: "So you can go to freedomhaulers.dot.gov, to get more information." He framed the effort as a legacy of improved safety and asked carriers how to hire more veterans; the transcript records this as direction and outreach rather than a legislative or regulatory change recorded at the event.
The secretary emphasized that the initiative is intended to increase safety for American citizens and encouraged employers to use the program to recruit trained veterans. The transcript does not include specific regulatory instructions or formal rulemaking steps during his remarks.
