Trump Launches Initiative to Alleviate U.S. Truck Driver Shortage
Launch of the Nationwide "Freedom Haulers" Program According to exclusive reporting from E-Shipping, on July 30 local time, the White House and the U.S. Department of Transportation simultaneously released official announcements stating that the U.S. federal government is accelerating efforts to recruit military veterans into the trucking industry to address the long-standing national shortage of commercial truck drivers and further fortify America’s domestic highway transportation network. On July 30 local time, U.S. President Donald Trump, alongside U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean P. Duffy, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Douglas A. Collins, and Acting Secretary of Labor Keith Sonderling, jointly kicked off the national "Freedom Haulers" initiative at the White House. The program is jointly administered by the White House, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the Department of War, and the U.S. Department...