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Apparently the folks on the other side of 10 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:49,160 Speaker 3: the aisle, the Democrats, just can't seem to get rid 11 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 3: of this whole spending binge that they're in. That they 12 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:55,640 Speaker 3: just have to spend our money. They have to confiscate 13 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 3: more of our wealth and then run government programs are 14 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:04,319 Speaker 3: inefficient and fun things that aren't for US citizens. 15 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:05,960 Speaker 4: But I don't want to go off in a tangent 16 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:06,319 Speaker 4: on that. 17 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:09,120 Speaker 3: But there's some things that are going on that may 18 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:12,760 Speaker 3: affect the Department of Transportation and other things. I do 19 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:15,959 Speaker 3: want to say that the thing that irritates me the 20 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 3: most about our government, among other things, is the fact 21 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:25,600 Speaker 3: that year after year after year, there are different studies 22 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:28,840 Speaker 3: that are done, whether it's the Office of Management and Budget, 23 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:34,760 Speaker 3: whether it's the Government Accountability Office, whether there's Inspector General's reports, 24 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:40,040 Speaker 3: whether it's a situation where Rand Paul, Senator from Kentucky 25 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:44,200 Speaker 3: comes up what he calls the Festivus Report right around 26 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:50,080 Speaker 3: oh right after Thanksgiving before Christmas, and it goes line 27 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:53,440 Speaker 3: item by line item certain waste fraud and abuse in 28 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 3: the federal government. We also had at the beginning of 29 00:01:56,640 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 3: the year the Doge Group, the Department of Government Efficiency, 30 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 3: which everybody on the left wanted to trash and everybody 31 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 3: wanted to say that this was so evil and cruel 32 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 3: and whatever. But when they dug in and saw some 33 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 3: of the waste fraud and abuse which everybody has claimed, 34 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:14,919 Speaker 3: and you can go through that, You can go through 35 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 3: the different It doesn't take you long to look it up. 36 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:21,520 Speaker 3: But what everybody has said, from Bill Clinton when he 37 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:25,080 Speaker 3: was president, to Joe Biden when he was in the Senate, 38 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 3: to Barack Obama when he became president, all these people 39 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 3: are on record talking about the well, Bill Clinton, the 40 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 3: era of big government is over, talking about waste fraud 41 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 3: and abuse that needs to be cut out. All these 42 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 3: unnecessary programs, and yet not one of them has ever 43 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:48,359 Speaker 3: done anything about it until Donald Trump came into office 44 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:51,080 Speaker 3: in his second term, and you would have thought that 45 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:54,680 Speaker 3: the entire economy was going to collapse, that the world 46 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 3: was going to come to an end, simply because trying 47 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 3: to do some government efficiency. And I have a little 48 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 3: more thoughts on this when we get into this next story. 49 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:05,520 Speaker 4: But the mere fact that they. 50 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:09,080 Speaker 3: Have all of these agencies that say this is something 51 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:11,639 Speaker 3: that weighs for aden abuse, this can be cut out, 52 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 3: this could be cut and they. 53 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 4: Never do it. 54 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 3: It infuriates me to the point where, you know, if 55 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 3: it was their own money, if it was coming out 56 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 3: of their pocket that they had and took away from 57 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:26,679 Speaker 3: their salary, you better believe that they would eliminate it. 58 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:29,400 Speaker 3: But because it's coming out of our pockets, because they 59 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:32,239 Speaker 3: don't see it, because they're not affected by it, it's 60 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 3: going to continue. So anyway, here's what the Department of 61 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 3: Transportation shutdown plan means. Now, they came up with this 62 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 3: Department well, this shutdown plan, knowing that there was an 63 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 3: impasse as far as the budget was concerned. Now you know, 64 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:52,640 Speaker 3: we're still talking about the finalizing the budget from the 65 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 3: Biden years. We aren't even talking about the first budget 66 00:03:56,040 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 3: because the fiscal year for the United States like September thirtieth, 67 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 3: and then the new year begins October first. So the 68 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 3: budget going into the first Trump budget, which begins well, 69 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 3: actually began on the first that hasn't even been voted on. 70 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:18,919 Speaker 3: The budget from the prior year, from the October of 71 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:23,679 Speaker 3: twenty twenty four that funds the government through September thirtieth 72 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:24,600 Speaker 3: to twenty five. 73 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 4: Has never been voted on and approved. 74 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:30,839 Speaker 3: That is how weird our Congress is and how backed 75 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 3: up they are and inefficient as far as the as 76 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:37,360 Speaker 3: far as the Congress is concerned, actually getting work done 77 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:41,919 Speaker 3: on behalf of the American people unbelievable. The Department of 78 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 3: Transportation put together this plan in terms of knowing that 79 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:47,359 Speaker 3: there was going to be a government shutdown, knowing that 80 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:51,039 Speaker 3: there's certain funds that are cut off, certain appropriations that 81 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:54,039 Speaker 3: aren't going to be used, and during this shutdown, and oh, 82 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:56,600 Speaker 3: by the way, when you hear the whining and complaining 83 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 3: about these various government workers that are not going to 84 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:05,039 Speaker 3: be receiving a paycheck and so on, know this little tidbit. Okay, 85 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 3: first of all, them knowing this, I'm sure day one, 86 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:13,039 Speaker 3: they're out there filing for unemployment, which they are entitled to. 87 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 3: So they will be collecting unemployment when they come back, 88 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 3: and when the government is funded the pay they will 89 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 3: be paid retroactively back to that date that they were furloughed, 90 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:30,520 Speaker 3: which means that basically this is a freebie. They're going 91 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:33,120 Speaker 3: to get paid, it's just going to be delayed, but 92 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 3: they are going to be collecting unemployment all during that 93 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 3: period of time. So the unemployment is basically just icing 94 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 3: on the cake. And they know this, but that's not 95 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 3: going to stop them from whining and complaining about. 96 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:47,479 Speaker 4: Well, I'm without a paycheck, I don't have money. You know, 97 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 4: what am I going to do to feed my family? Yet? Right? 98 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:52,560 Speaker 4: I mean as if we're going to believe that. So anyway, 99 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 4: just so you. 100 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:57,040 Speaker 3: Know that they are going to get back paid retroactively 101 00:05:57,200 --> 00:05:59,599 Speaker 3: to the day that the government ran out of money 102 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 3: and they were load. But in the meantime, they're going 103 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:05,239 Speaker 3: to be collecting unemployment, so they're getting, you know, basically 104 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:08,280 Speaker 3: a bonus for being furloughed. All right, So, anyway, what's 105 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:11,479 Speaker 3: going on as far as the Department of Transportation trucking 106 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:15,400 Speaker 3: operations are set to roll on even if Washington grinds 107 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:17,760 Speaker 3: to a halt, or even when According to the Department 108 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:22,240 Speaker 3: of Transportations shut Down Plan that protects safety functions and 109 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:26,520 Speaker 3: Highway Trust Fund programs, the Department's plan really was released 110 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:29,720 Speaker 3: on September thirtieth, shows that the highways and truck agencies 111 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:34,200 Speaker 3: are among the least effected in a lapse of annual appropriations. 112 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:39,800 Speaker 3: Federal law requires agencies to continue work necessary to protect 113 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:44,920 Speaker 3: life and property, and many Department of Transportation programs are 114 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 3: insulated because they draw funding from the Highway Trust Fund 115 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:54,359 Speaker 3: and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Now let me 116 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:57,200 Speaker 3: go off on a tangent of one of my pet peeves. 117 00:06:57,960 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 4: Again. I've told you. 118 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:02,520 Speaker 3: Before that I was involved with a group that we 119 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:04,719 Speaker 3: were trying to that we're not trying to, but that 120 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:08,920 Speaker 3: we successfully stopped tolling on a companion bridge here in 121 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:12,120 Speaker 3: the Greater Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky area. We have a bridge 122 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:16,560 Speaker 3: here that carries not only one, not two, but three 123 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 3: major interstates through the Cincinnati area. I seventy four, I 124 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 3: seventy five, and I seventy one. One bridge, okay, covers 125 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:31,680 Speaker 3: three separate interstate highways where there should actually be probably 126 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 3: three bridges, but anyway, they can congest this all over 127 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:37,960 Speaker 3: one bridge. For the longest time, they tried to build 128 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 3: a companion bridge down there. They actually had funding years 129 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:44,239 Speaker 3: and years ago, but the City of Cincinnati couldn't figure 130 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:46,400 Speaker 3: out where that was going to go and figure out 131 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 3: their plans and so on, so. 132 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:49,680 Speaker 4: They put it off, put it off, put it off. 133 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 3: Then suddenly they decided back in twenty thirteen, hey, we 134 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:54,680 Speaker 3: got a brilliant idea. We can go ahead and do this, 135 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:56,880 Speaker 3: but we're going to toll the bridge. And we here 136 00:07:56,880 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 3: in northern Kentucky, a group of us said hell no, 137 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:01,560 Speaker 3: hell no, hell no, And anyway we. 138 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:02,280 Speaker 4: Got it stopped. 139 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:04,720 Speaker 3: But in the process of me doing some of the 140 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:07,520 Speaker 3: work and digging into the details, I found out some 141 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:10,520 Speaker 3: of the stuff about the Highway Trust Fund, finding out 142 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 3: that all the money that we paid that you guys 143 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:16,000 Speaker 3: pay that in the trucking industry, all the excise taxes 144 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:18,360 Speaker 3: on the on the on the trucks, on the trailers, 145 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 3: on the tires, all the money that we're paying as 146 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 3: far as federal federal gas tax for gas and then 147 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:31,200 Speaker 3: diesel taxes that you guys pay as far as the 148 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:34,000 Speaker 3: trucks are concerned, all that money goes into a fund. 149 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:37,440 Speaker 3: Thirty three percent of that money is spent on non 150 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:42,079 Speaker 3: highway issues. Number One, we are we are we, You 151 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:46,880 Speaker 3: and I are subsidizing that Northeast Corridor. The train, the 152 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 3: Amtrak train that Joe Biden used to when he was 153 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:52,800 Speaker 3: in the Senate used to ride every night, paying like 154 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:55,760 Speaker 3: you know, four bucks, and so we would normally cost 155 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:58,679 Speaker 3: him fifteen bucks. But it's subsidized by us, so that 156 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:04,560 Speaker 3: Northeast Corridor can run. Okay, we also are funding highway 157 00:09:04,679 --> 00:09:08,240 Speaker 3: or hight hiking trails and biking trails. Now again not 158 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:11,320 Speaker 3: opposed to that, but if it's a if they're going 159 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 3: to toll a highway and say it's a user pays, 160 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:18,120 Speaker 3: then where's the user paying the high hiking trails and 161 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:21,520 Speaker 3: biking trails? And as I said before, can't they charge 162 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:24,600 Speaker 3: like maybe a one percent tax on all the equipment, 163 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:27,680 Speaker 3: the bikes, the boots, the stuff, everything having to do 164 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:30,200 Speaker 3: with that and fund those and not take that out 165 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:32,920 Speaker 3: of the Highway Trust Fund. So, knowing that thirty three 166 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:36,600 Speaker 3: percent of our Highway Trust Fund is already wasted on 167 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:40,320 Speaker 3: non highway issues, that infuriated me and was one of 168 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:42,560 Speaker 3: my talking points and talking about why we shouldn't be 169 00:09:42,559 --> 00:09:44,960 Speaker 3: tolling the Brent Sprid's Bridge, so on and so forth. 170 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:47,439 Speaker 4: But anyway, that's off on a tangent. Pick this up. 171 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:53,800 Speaker 3: I'm Kevin Gordon, America's truck and Network seven hundred WLW. 172 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 2: This if the Racing Repard on America's Trucking Network on 173 00:09:57,720 --> 00:09:59,200 Speaker 2: seven hundred WLW. 174 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:02,400 Speaker 5: Looking ahead to the racing weekend and the NASCAR Cup 175 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:05,000 Speaker 5: Series Playoffs Round of twelve. 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We 224 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:42,760 Speaker 3: were talking about or I was talking about the Department 225 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:45,640 Speaker 3: and Transportation shut down, their policy and what they're planning 226 00:12:45,679 --> 00:12:48,320 Speaker 3: on doing, and I went off on a tangent when 227 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:50,200 Speaker 3: I got to the point where it said that that 228 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:54,600 Speaker 3: many DOT programs are insulated because they draw funding from 229 00:12:54,679 --> 00:12:58,520 Speaker 3: the Highway Trust Fund. And again, the Highway Trust Fund 230 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:01,160 Speaker 3: is the money that is collected through all of the 231 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 3: excise taxes that you pay on all the equipment trucks, trailers, 232 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:09,440 Speaker 3: et cetera, tires, the gasoline tax, and the diesel tax 233 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:14,040 Speaker 3: of federal diesel tax on every gallon of diesel that 234 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:17,480 Speaker 3: you pump, every gallon of gas that we pump. All 235 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:20,920 Speaker 3: the money goes into that pot. And as I mentioned, 236 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:23,760 Speaker 3: a group of us fighting tolls on the Brent Spenz 237 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:26,480 Speaker 3: Bridge or the bridge that was going to the Companion Bridge, 238 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:30,320 Speaker 3: learning that thirty three percent of the money already in 239 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:34,400 Speaker 3: that fund is being spent on non highway items. When 240 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:38,080 Speaker 3: I read this, this is another another piece to that 241 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 3: puzzle of why when they say we don't have enough 242 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:44,800 Speaker 3: money in the Highway Trust Fund in order to do 243 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:47,800 Speaker 3: the infrastructure to repair the roads. You know, when they 244 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:51,040 Speaker 3: throw these taxes on us, they always say, oh, well, 245 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:55,119 Speaker 3: we're going to put this tax on gasoline to fund 246 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:58,599 Speaker 3: the repairs. Now, going back to the beginning of the 247 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:03,400 Speaker 3: interstate highway system, ninety percent of that money that came 248 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:07,040 Speaker 3: up for that was paid for by the federal government 249 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:12,080 Speaker 3: because they realized the importance of commerce going across the 250 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:15,320 Speaker 3: country and being able to move goods and services. Not 251 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:18,640 Speaker 3: only did that do that, But then that opened up 252 00:14:18,679 --> 00:14:22,520 Speaker 3: the ability for people to travel go on vacation, travel 253 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:26,240 Speaker 3: down to Florida from Michigan or from wherever that normally 254 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 3: would take a couple of days or three days by 255 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:31,520 Speaker 3: the old highway systems. Now you can do that almost 256 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:35,000 Speaker 3: well a day if you want to drive fourteen hours 257 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:35,560 Speaker 3: or something. 258 00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:37,880 Speaker 4: But still it's a hell of a lot closer. 259 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:40,960 Speaker 3: The amount of freight that can be moved from one 260 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:43,920 Speaker 3: end of the country to the other is very quick. 261 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:45,160 Speaker 4: And the fact that. 262 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 3: We are now able to get certain items that were 263 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:51,200 Speaker 3: never available in terms of fresh food, either vegetables or 264 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:54,320 Speaker 3: seafood into the center part of the country. So they 265 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:59,200 Speaker 3: realized how important this was for the commerce. But let's 266 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:03,360 Speaker 3: not forget that the original proposal of the Highway Trust 267 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 3: the highway system in the first place, was during the 268 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:10,480 Speaker 3: Cold War to be able to move troops from one 269 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:13,400 Speaker 3: end of the country to the other within a matter 270 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 3: of a day, as opposed to three weeks what it 271 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:20,200 Speaker 3: talked took before the interstate highway system was put into place. 272 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:24,880 Speaker 3: So part of this highway system should be funded out 273 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:28,440 Speaker 3: of the defense budget, in my opinion, because this is 274 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:32,400 Speaker 3: an important component of moving troops. So again they put 275 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:34,920 Speaker 3: the Highway Trust Fund, put all this money in there, 276 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:37,680 Speaker 3: and then now they're wasting thirty three percent of it. 277 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:41,320 Speaker 3: But now we've got all of these government bureaucrats that 278 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:45,000 Speaker 3: are taking money out of this for their paychecks. Shouldn't 279 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 3: that be part of the normal taxes that we pay? 280 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 3: Does the EPA where do they get their funding? They 281 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:54,880 Speaker 3: get their funding from the taxpayers. There's not a separate 282 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:59,560 Speaker 3: fund that people pay into in the term of a 283 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:03,640 Speaker 3: lotion tax or an air tax or something like that. 284 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:06,680 Speaker 3: Where's the Department of Defense that comes out of the 285 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:07,440 Speaker 3: normal budget. 286 00:16:07,640 --> 00:16:08,360 Speaker 4: Why isn't the. 287 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:11,440 Speaker 3: Department of Transportation come out of the normal budget? Because 288 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:14,600 Speaker 3: they want to make sure they wanted to pretend that 289 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:16,960 Speaker 3: they're being more efficient, and they say, oh, we got 290 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:19,280 Speaker 3: this pile of money over here, why don't we build 291 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:21,400 Speaker 3: these agencies here and pull that money out of there 292 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:23,640 Speaker 3: and fund it through that. No wonder they don't have 293 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:28,440 Speaker 3: enough money for interstate highway repairs and so on. So 294 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:31,760 Speaker 3: that's one of my pet peeves, and I didn't realize 295 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:34,760 Speaker 3: it until I was looking at this particular story. Anyway, 296 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:38,160 Speaker 3: getting back to the story, trucking oversight remains intact Federal 297 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:42,520 Speaker 3: Motor Carrier Safety Administration, which regulates the trucking industry. All 298 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:45,480 Speaker 3: one thousand and eighty four employees remain on the job. 299 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:48,240 Speaker 3: And again, when I'm talking about the number of jobs here, 300 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:51,120 Speaker 3: that's one thousand and eighty four people that are being 301 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:54,080 Speaker 3: paid for out of the Highway Trust Fund. And now, 302 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:57,000 Speaker 3: in the terms of government efficiency, are all of these 303 00:16:57,040 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 3: people necessary or all these people? Can somebody look at 304 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:03,360 Speaker 3: that and say, all right, do they have enough people 305 00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 3: to do this? And people that are dead weight or 306 00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:08,760 Speaker 3: jobs that are redundant or whatever, can we eliminate that? 307 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:11,560 Speaker 3: Hell no, we've got this money coming from the taxpayers. 308 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:14,720 Speaker 3: We don't care about efficiency. But again the plan says 309 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:20,360 Speaker 3: FMCSA positions are primarily funded by authorized contract contract Authority 310 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:23,600 Speaker 3: and paid out of the Highway Trust Fund. The agency 311 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:28,119 Speaker 3: also collects fees under the licensing and insurance function, the 312 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:32,000 Speaker 3: Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse, so on and so forth. Also, 313 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:35,000 Speaker 3: they've got a pot of money coming from the back 314 00:17:35,040 --> 00:17:37,719 Speaker 3: in the day. Let me see, during the funding from 315 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:42,800 Speaker 3: the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which basically was just 316 00:17:43,119 --> 00:17:47,440 Speaker 3: a green energy, green news steel program that they did, 317 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:50,440 Speaker 3: but there were some things in there, for the highways 318 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:53,399 Speaker 3: and construction and that, but a lot of it was 319 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:57,040 Speaker 3: more of these Green New Deal programs. So anyway, part 320 00:17:57,080 --> 00:17:59,640 Speaker 3: of this is funded out of that. During the lapse 321 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:06,359 Speaker 3: FMCSA's obligation limitations follow the IIJA, the Infrastructure Investment and 322 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:09,200 Speaker 3: Jobs Act highway programs fully protected. 323 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:10,440 Speaker 4: The Federal Highway. 324 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:14,920 Speaker 3: Administration will continue normal operations with all twenty two hundred 325 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:19,200 Speaker 3: and sixty eight employees. So again, are all those employees necessary? 326 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:22,359 Speaker 3: Is anybody looking at that? Protecting the tax payer money, 327 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:24,560 Speaker 3: protecting the money that we put in there through these 328 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:28,320 Speaker 3: gasoline tax and diesel taxes to make sure that the 329 00:18:28,359 --> 00:18:32,440 Speaker 3: are spending our money efficiently. So anyway, no furloughs are expected. 330 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:35,960 Speaker 3: The Department of Department of Transportation said the agency has 331 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:40,879 Speaker 3: enough liquidating cash to support several months of reimbursement. Has 332 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:45,320 Speaker 3: Mad inspections continue with some cuts. The oversight of hazardous 333 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:50,600 Speaker 3: material shipments will continue despite staff reductions. Pipeline and has 334 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:55,679 Speaker 3: met material safety Administration expects one hundred and ninety of 335 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:59,080 Speaker 3: the five hundred and seventy nine employees to be furloughed, 336 00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:02,800 Speaker 3: with three employees. Now they are talking about that in 337 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:06,480 Speaker 3: the federal government. Remember when dose came in and they said, 338 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:10,960 Speaker 3: we want to eliminate certain employees, and they said, well, okay, overall, 339 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:14,080 Speaker 3: in order to reduce the federal workforce, what we're going 340 00:19:14,119 --> 00:19:18,320 Speaker 3: to do is we're going to offer everybody, everybody across 341 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:21,240 Speaker 3: the board, nine months worth of. 342 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:25,200 Speaker 4: Pay if you agree to leave the job. 343 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:29,240 Speaker 3: And so if you want to retire, if you want 344 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:34,720 Speaker 3: to quit or whatever, you got nine months of paid 345 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:38,040 Speaker 3: time off and you have to accept that. They had 346 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:41,320 Speaker 3: to accept that contract by September thirtieth, and I think 347 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:44,800 Speaker 3: I saw somewhere where one hundred and ten thousand federal 348 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:48,840 Speaker 3: employees have taken advantage of that. So that workforce will 349 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:51,680 Speaker 3: be reduced by one hundred and one hundred and ten 350 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:56,560 Speaker 3: thousand workers. So again that's a way of you know, 351 00:19:56,960 --> 00:19:59,600 Speaker 3: people leaving the job and then basically not having the 352 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:02,040 Speaker 3: replace And it'll be interesting to see if people don't 353 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:04,679 Speaker 3: even miss those jobs in the first place. But a 354 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:07,800 Speaker 3: lot of these positions that they're talking about in here, 355 00:20:08,119 --> 00:20:10,359 Speaker 3: some of the furloughs will actually be people that have 356 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:16,720 Speaker 3: actually resigned. Vehicle safety standards work uninterrupted. Maritime operations continue 357 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:21,440 Speaker 3: with reduced staff. Other transportation modes face deeper cuts, while 358 00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:24,919 Speaker 3: trucking in highway programs are largely shielded. Other parts of 359 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:28,280 Speaker 3: the Department of Transportation faith further strained. Now this, I 360 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:32,119 Speaker 3: don't understand the Federal Aviation Administration projects more than eleven 361 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:39,800 Speaker 3: thousand furloughs. Though air traffic controllers remain on duty without pay, 362 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:44,760 Speaker 3: Why aren't they protected of all of the different organizations, 363 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:48,320 Speaker 3: all the other elements of the federal government that get paid, 364 00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:51,040 Speaker 3: and that there's a subsidy for them, that they are 365 00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:57,000 Speaker 3: essential workers. Air traffic controllers aren't considered essential paid people, 366 00:20:57,359 --> 00:20:59,680 Speaker 3: but they're still expected to show up even though they're 367 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:02,640 Speaker 3: not going to get paid unblue And I wonder how 368 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:05,160 Speaker 3: that's gonna work out in terms of do they get 369 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:08,399 Speaker 3: to collect unemployment because they're not receiving a paycheck or 370 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:10,919 Speaker 3: are they just going to get that retroactive money later on? 371 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:12,600 Speaker 3: You know some of the stuff when we when I 372 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:16,080 Speaker 3: dig into this stuff and see how inefficient our federal 373 00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:20,000 Speaker 3: government is, it just absolutely appalls me. I'm Kevin Gordon, 374 00:21:20,119 --> 00:21:26,680 Speaker 3: America's Trucking Network seven hundred WLW News Traffic and Weather 375 00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:32,200 Speaker 3: News Radio seven hundred WLW, Cincinnati. 376 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:36,480 Speaker 11: The FDA has just approved a generic version of the 377 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:41,480 Speaker 11: abortion pill with your twelve thirty report, I'm Travis Laird 378 00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:46,359 Speaker 11: breaking now. The drug is mifepristone, the most commonly used 379 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:50,439 Speaker 11: for medication abortions. It is the second generic version to 380 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:53,560 Speaker 11: reach the market. The announcement comes just weeks after Health 381 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:57,080 Speaker 11: Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior said the drug safety would 382 00:21:57,119 --> 00:22:00,520 Speaker 11: be reviewed. A study from the Ethics and Public Public 383 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:04,280 Speaker 11: Policy Center, a conservative think tank cited by the administration, 384 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:08,800 Speaker 11: claimed eleven percent of women had serious adverse reactions, but 385 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:12,520 Speaker 11: that research was not peer reviewed. The FDA's own data 386 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:15,679 Speaker 11: shows the rate is just one half of one percent. 387 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:19,480 Speaker 8: A spokesperson for the department says, by law, the FDA 388 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:22,399 Speaker 8: must approve a generic drug if it is similar to 389 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:23,440 Speaker 8: the brand name drug. 390 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:28,040 Speaker 11: That's ABC's Michelle Franzen. The move prompted fierce backlash. Senator 391 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:31,560 Speaker 11: Josh Hawley called it shocking. Anti abortion groups said it 392 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:33,879 Speaker 11: was reckless and unconscionable. 393 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:40,199 Speaker 7: Another lovely night, partly cloudy conditions, temperatures dropping into the 394 00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:43,000 Speaker 7: upper fifties, and the tomorrol cloud's decrease a little bit. 395 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:44,720 Speaker 7: We'll get back to a mostly sunny sky. And it's 396 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:46,560 Speaker 7: also a warmer day with a high of eighty four. 397 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:49,200 Speaker 7: We'll see the same forecast for Saturday and Sunday. It's 398 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:52,200 Speaker 7: Monday night next week that rain will return and bring 399 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:55,000 Speaker 7: back some cooler air. That's the forecast. I'm nine First 400 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:56,560 Speaker 7: Warning Meteorologist Jennifer. 401 00:22:56,280 --> 00:22:59,960 Speaker 11: Ketchbar sixty degrees in Cincinnati right now. 402 00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:00,399 Speaker 5: Now. 403 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:03,800 Speaker 11: The City of Cincinnati has announced how it will spend 404 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:07,359 Speaker 11: the next round of Railway Trust money for twenty twenty seven. 405 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:10,959 Speaker 11: Officials expect fifty eight million dollars, two million more than 406 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:14,000 Speaker 11: last year. The biggest chair, twenty two million, is set 407 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:17,560 Speaker 11: aside for street repaving. Other projects include the Fleet Garage 408 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:21,760 Speaker 11: and the Dunham Recreation Center. Mayor Pirraval says it costs 409 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:24,040 Speaker 11: a million dollars to pave a single mile of road, 410 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:26,920 Speaker 11: but he says crews have patched more than forty three 411 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:30,520 Speaker 11: thousand potholes so far this year. The city is also 412 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:34,119 Speaker 11: looking at cameras on city vehicles to flag new potholes. 413 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:35,679 Speaker 4: And the Queen. 414 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:38,560 Speaker 11: City Book Bank has opened its two hundred and fiftieth 415 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:42,520 Speaker 11: Little Free Library the New Boxes in Avondale. 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Below average temperatures to stretch from 453 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:49,280 Speaker 12: the West Coast into the Great Basin and Northern Rockies, 454 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:53,080 Speaker 12: and heavy rains and isolated flooding along the east coast 455 00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 12: of Florida and from the northern Sierra into the Northern Rockies. 456 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:05,120 Speaker 4: Seven hundred WLW. I'm Kevin Gordon. This is America struck 457 00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:05,760 Speaker 4: a network. 458 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:09,720 Speaker 3: Last week, the Department of Transportation Seawn Duffy had a 459 00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:14,600 Speaker 3: press conference and they were discussing has declared a national 460 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:19,320 Speaker 3: emergency over states handling of commercial driver's license for non citizens, 461 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:23,960 Speaker 3: ordering immediate changes that could affect thousands of drivers and 462 00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:29,600 Speaker 3: potentially reshape hiring practices across the trucking industry. You may 463 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:32,639 Speaker 3: recall back on I think it was September twenty fourth, 464 00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:36,679 Speaker 3: we covered on the show fmcsa data show surge in 465 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:42,119 Speaker 3: roadside inspections where we talked about the number of trucks 466 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:43,600 Speaker 3: been pulled over and. 467 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:44,640 Speaker 4: Put out a service. 468 00:26:45,119 --> 00:26:47,960 Speaker 3: This is as a result of the enforcement action that 469 00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:52,680 Speaker 3: was required by the Department of Transportation back in let's see, 470 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:56,480 Speaker 3: it was in May the twentieth that Sean Duffy put 471 00:26:56,520 --> 00:26:59,560 Speaker 3: out this new guidance. In the headline at the time 472 00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:04,200 Speaker 3: was US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy signs order announcing new 473 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:09,119 Speaker 3: guidelines to enforce that English only proficiency. And then that 474 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:12,000 Speaker 3: was supposed to go into effect on what was it, 475 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:16,439 Speaker 3: June the twenty fifth. Now you may recall too that 476 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:23,359 Speaker 3: on August the twelfth that heart Hard Gender Singe, the 477 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:28,320 Speaker 3: one that the guy down in illegal Alien Driver's License 478 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:32,800 Speaker 3: CDL license from California made that illegal U turn down 479 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:37,400 Speaker 3: in Texas Florida that killed three family members, and all 480 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:41,400 Speaker 3: of a sudden, this focus went on these illegal aliens 481 00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:46,600 Speaker 3: and the driver's licenses. Now, this again is something that 482 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:51,880 Speaker 3: was announced back in May. The enforcement action began June 483 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:57,520 Speaker 3: twenty fifth. This hard gender singh was pulled over in 484 00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:03,359 Speaker 3: July in New Mexican Co. Pulled over for speeding, was 485 00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:07,040 Speaker 3: issued a ticket. They couldn't communicate with him. The bodycam 486 00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:11,480 Speaker 3: footage of that showed he couldn't speak English, which meant 487 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:16,919 Speaker 3: that he probably couldn't understand roadside road signs, and the 488 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:19,760 Speaker 3: officers just let him go. And then less than a 489 00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:23,479 Speaker 3: month later he kills three people in Florida. And so 490 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:27,920 Speaker 3: this is something that when the problem comes about. 491 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:30,600 Speaker 4: When a problem is announced. 492 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:34,679 Speaker 3: Wouldn't you think that people would immediately jump on it 493 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:37,360 Speaker 3: and say we need to change it. It was announced 494 00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:41,920 Speaker 3: in May, the enforcement date became June, July August, and 495 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:45,960 Speaker 3: we still have these states that are a non compliance. 496 00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:47,640 Speaker 4: It amazes me, and. 497 00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:52,520 Speaker 3: Especially the spoon fed regurgitators in the mainstream media, how 498 00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:56,680 Speaker 3: they tend to ignore these things. I watched the press conference, 499 00:28:57,120 --> 00:28:59,600 Speaker 3: and I watched it a couple of times. The press 500 00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:03,320 Speaker 3: conference last week when Sean Duffy was announcing this. They 501 00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:07,960 Speaker 3: took some questions afterwards, and the main focus was, what 502 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:12,000 Speaker 3: do you suppose that with these people maybe losing their 503 00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:15,240 Speaker 3: licenses and put out of service, will this affect the 504 00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:16,080 Speaker 3: supply chain? 505 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:18,680 Speaker 4: What the hell difference does that make? 506 00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:22,960 Speaker 3: What you're concerned about a little bit of inconvenience as 507 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:27,080 Speaker 3: opposed to somebody driving an eighty thousand pound vehicle that 508 00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:31,040 Speaker 3: can't drive it, doesn't know the safety features, can't read 509 00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:35,080 Speaker 3: road signs, and could and has not passed the necessary 510 00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:38,200 Speaker 3: requirements to travel that truck. Do you not care about 511 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:40,880 Speaker 3: your kids? Do you not care about your friends? Do 512 00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:44,160 Speaker 3: you not care about your families? You governors that continue 513 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:47,200 Speaker 3: allow to have your DMVs go ahead and do this 514 00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:51,280 Speaker 3: are not concerned about making sure that your highways are safe. 515 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:56,600 Speaker 3: This was a topic earlier or actually last night, Dan 516 00:29:56,720 --> 00:30:01,240 Speaker 3: Carroll on w Here on WLW a guest on his program, 517 00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:04,720 Speaker 3: and we were talking about this because one of the 518 00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:07,920 Speaker 3: topics that came up is and when we discussed it 519 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:11,520 Speaker 3: on his show about how some of these driver's licenses 520 00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:16,480 Speaker 3: have the phrase no name given. Now, we talked about 521 00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:19,120 Speaker 3: this and one of the things that needs to be 522 00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:22,479 Speaker 3: looked at is that how is this being done, because 523 00:30:22,840 --> 00:30:26,400 Speaker 3: the stories were that these issues, these driver's license were 524 00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:28,600 Speaker 3: issued that had no name on us. He just said 525 00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:30,400 Speaker 3: under the you know, the normal name and said no 526 00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:34,480 Speaker 3: name given. But looking into it, some of these people 527 00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:37,720 Speaker 3: only have one name. And I don't understand that because 528 00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:40,280 Speaker 3: if you look at you know, whenever you look at 529 00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:43,720 Speaker 3: some of these shakes and these people in the Middle East, 530 00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:46,080 Speaker 3: they all have names. They all have a first name 531 00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:48,560 Speaker 3: and a last name. I can't believe that some of 532 00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:51,080 Speaker 3: these people would come over here and only have one name. 533 00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:54,800 Speaker 3: What do they share or adele or something like that. 534 00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:58,000 Speaker 3: I mean, there's got to be a name. I mean, 535 00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:00,880 Speaker 3: you know, even in the Arab countries you have like, 536 00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:04,959 Speaker 3: for instance, my name's Kevin Gordon, right, So if I 537 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:08,040 Speaker 3: don't have a last name, and the city that I 538 00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:11,800 Speaker 3: live in is Wilder, Kentucky, so it would the normal 539 00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:16,120 Speaker 3: would be Kevin Ben Wilder, which means that I'm Kevin 540 00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:19,600 Speaker 3: from Wilder. So they always have some sort of a 541 00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:24,640 Speaker 3: name like that or it's bet something. So how this 542 00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:30,800 Speaker 3: is possible is incredible. But the focus of Sean Duffy's 543 00:31:31,280 --> 00:31:34,760 Speaker 3: press conference last week was the fact that well, let's 544 00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:35,200 Speaker 3: just get. 545 00:31:35,080 --> 00:31:35,720 Speaker 4: Into the story. 546 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:39,840 Speaker 3: Department of Transportation Secretary Shawan Duffy announced September the twenty 547 00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:44,440 Speaker 3: sixth that a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration audit uncovered 548 00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:50,520 Speaker 3: systematic failures in how multiple states issue non domiciled CDLs 549 00:31:50,920 --> 00:31:54,480 Speaker 3: and commercial Learners permits to foreign nationals living in the 550 00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:55,360 Speaker 3: United States. 551 00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:58,160 Speaker 4: What the new rules require. 552 00:31:57,880 --> 00:32:02,480 Speaker 3: Now technically these and one of the things was that 553 00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:07,840 Speaker 3: these people were being issued driver's licenses even though their 554 00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:11,760 Speaker 3: work permits had expired. And in one instance that he 555 00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:17,600 Speaker 3: pointed out, this person's work authorization ended four years ago. 556 00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:20,920 Speaker 3: So how is this person even still in the country 557 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:22,840 Speaker 3: if they're not even supposed to be here. 558 00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:24,920 Speaker 4: It's just absolutely amazing. 559 00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:28,760 Speaker 3: As of September twenty sixth, an FMCSA interim final rule 560 00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:34,240 Speaker 3: imposes strict requirements. States issuing these licenses must now verify 561 00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:39,320 Speaker 3: the applicant documents through the Department of Homeland Securities Systematic 562 00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:45,920 Speaker 3: Alien Verification for Entitlement system. Keep non domiciled application documents 563 00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:50,959 Speaker 3: for at least two years match non domiciled CDL CLP 564 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:56,600 Speaker 3: expiration dates with US Immigration Form I ninety four ninety. 565 00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:58,280 Speaker 4: Four A expiration dates. 566 00:32:58,280 --> 00:33:01,040 Speaker 3: In other words, make sure that they can cross references 567 00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:03,520 Speaker 3: with their papers as to whether or not they are 568 00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:05,680 Speaker 3: supposed to actually be in here and. 569 00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:06,840 Speaker 4: Have a work permit. 570 00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:12,920 Speaker 3: Downgrade non domiciled CDLs and colps if drivers become ineligible now, 571 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:16,280 Speaker 3: he pointed out during his press conference the fact that 572 00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:20,800 Speaker 3: if you are a Mexican citizen or a Canadian citizen, 573 00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:27,760 Speaker 3: you can get a CDL license in Mexico and in Canada, 574 00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:31,080 Speaker 3: which allows you to drive in the United States. But 575 00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:35,280 Speaker 3: if you're non domiciled, you cannot be issued a permit. 576 00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:39,600 Speaker 3: You cannot be issued a driver's license only if you 577 00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:43,440 Speaker 3: are here legally, only if you are a citizen, and 578 00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:49,200 Speaker 3: can you be actually enrolled and get a CDL license. Now, 579 00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:54,160 Speaker 3: this whole deal of this English language proficiency, we talked 580 00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:56,520 Speaker 3: about this, and we talked about this a couple of times. 581 00:33:56,560 --> 00:33:58,880 Speaker 3: We talked about this when we were at the truck 582 00:33:58,920 --> 00:34:02,160 Speaker 3: show down in Louisville in March. We talked about this 583 00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:05,120 Speaker 3: with Louis Pugh a couple of weeks later on, and 584 00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:08,319 Speaker 3: we've talked about this off and on that the fact 585 00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:11,560 Speaker 3: that some of the I mean, it's the FMCSA requirements. 586 00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:15,880 Speaker 3: In twenty sixteen, during the latter part or the final 587 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:19,960 Speaker 3: days of the Obama administration, they stopped enforcing those. 588 00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:22,319 Speaker 4: Now I don't know why the. 589 00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:25,440 Speaker 3: Next Department of Transportation secretary didn't pick up on that 590 00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:28,759 Speaker 3: and start enforcing it. But this had been going on 591 00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:31,839 Speaker 3: and then on through the Biden administration where they you know, 592 00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:35,880 Speaker 3: they just started issuing these driver's license without And we 593 00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:38,120 Speaker 3: had the case last a couple of weeks ago too, 594 00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:42,600 Speaker 3: where six people had been indicted for falsifying all the documents, 595 00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:45,800 Speaker 3: the training records, whether they had actually taken a course, 596 00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:48,520 Speaker 3: whether they passed the safety or whether they could actually 597 00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:51,719 Speaker 3: pass the road test. So they falsified these documents and 598 00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:55,040 Speaker 3: allowed these people to have these CDLs. I mean, how 599 00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:58,200 Speaker 3: any hell do you sleep at night knowing that you 600 00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:01,279 Speaker 3: have permitted somebody who's not qu Qui for driving such 601 00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:05,080 Speaker 3: a vehicle going down the highway and possibly killing people. 602 00:35:06,160 --> 00:35:06,879 Speaker 4: Unbelievable. 603 00:35:07,160 --> 00:35:11,680 Speaker 3: So anyway, I will post this on Facebook because the 604 00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:15,160 Speaker 3: requirements and what was going on as far as this concern. 605 00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:17,120 Speaker 3: We'll cover a little bit more of this, but some 606 00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:19,640 Speaker 3: of the details I'll put this on Facebook. We'll cover 607 00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:22,040 Speaker 3: the rest of this coming up. I'm Kevin Gordon, America's 608 00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:25,160 Speaker 3: truck in Network seven hundred WLW. 609 00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:26,840 Speaker 4: You know what your customers are saying. 610 00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:30,799 Speaker 3: You know, we were talking about this story DOTS emergency 611 00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:34,480 Speaker 3: CDL ruling what that means for the trucking industry, and 612 00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:38,480 Speaker 3: as I mentioned during the press conference, these people were asking, 613 00:35:38,640 --> 00:35:41,480 Speaker 3: is this going to affect the trucking industry? Is it 614 00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:45,640 Speaker 3: going to affect the supply chain? And this goes into 615 00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:49,200 Speaker 3: a topic that we've had on this program before and 616 00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:53,160 Speaker 3: a topic that was discussed at the Mid America Trucking 617 00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:56,440 Speaker 3: Show down in Louisville, where you hear in the press 618 00:35:56,600 --> 00:35:59,719 Speaker 3: all the time that there is a driver shortage. I 619 00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:03,120 Speaker 3: think I think the number being floated around a couple 620 00:36:03,080 --> 00:36:07,080 Speaker 3: of years ago was that there were something I forget 621 00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:10,520 Speaker 3: what the number was, eighteen thousand or maybe sixty thousand. 622 00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:12,480 Speaker 3: I don't know what the number was off the top 623 00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:15,240 Speaker 3: of my head, but we were short that many drivers. 624 00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:18,560 Speaker 3: And then when I made that comment to somebody at 625 00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:21,920 Speaker 3: the truck show, they said, that's crazy. There are plenty 626 00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:23,920 Speaker 3: of drivers there. As a matter of fact, we have 627 00:36:24,120 --> 00:36:27,360 Speaker 3: too many drivers out there. And this has been a narrative. 628 00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:30,439 Speaker 3: I don't know where it began, but we talked. When 629 00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:32,680 Speaker 3: you listen to some of the stuff being discussed by 630 00:36:32,719 --> 00:36:36,680 Speaker 3: Chris Spear, president of American Trucking Associations. He talks about 631 00:36:36,719 --> 00:36:39,440 Speaker 3: that there's not a driver shortage. He talks about that 632 00:36:39,520 --> 00:36:42,920 Speaker 3: there's a problem with qualified drivers. He talks about the 633 00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:45,880 Speaker 3: fact that you know, we need to because the age 634 00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:48,000 Speaker 3: of some of the drivers, that there needs to be 635 00:36:48,560 --> 00:36:51,520 Speaker 3: other drivers coming up through the pipeline. That there should 636 00:36:51,560 --> 00:36:54,880 Speaker 3: be more trade show or trade schools that are started, 637 00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:58,399 Speaker 3: and the trucking schools began, you know, to train more 638 00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:01,520 Speaker 3: people and try to attract more people to the business. 639 00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:04,600 Speaker 3: But as far as a driver shortage, no, there is not, 640 00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:08,640 Speaker 3: and so there is not a need to try to 641 00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:13,480 Speaker 3: gin the system or to screw the system up by 642 00:37:13,480 --> 00:37:18,680 Speaker 3: throwing people in there unqualified. This is, in my opinion, 643 00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:23,000 Speaker 3: a criminal offense. The fact that you know, what is it, 644 00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:24,920 Speaker 3: I don't know. There's got to be some sort of 645 00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:29,520 Speaker 3: involuntary manslaughter on the person that issued the driver's license 646 00:37:29,560 --> 00:37:34,680 Speaker 3: if this person is involved in an accident, because you know, 647 00:37:34,719 --> 00:37:38,719 Speaker 3: if you falsified their data, if you've falsified whether or 648 00:37:38,719 --> 00:37:41,759 Speaker 3: not they passed the course, you're just as liable as 649 00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:45,320 Speaker 3: the person driving that car. In my opinion. So anyway, 650 00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:48,040 Speaker 3: when he put this out there. He's talking about the 651 00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:51,520 Speaker 3: states that face the most scrutiny. California faces the harshest 652 00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:56,160 Speaker 3: consequence because, you know, anything that the Trump administration says, 653 00:37:56,840 --> 00:38:00,000 Speaker 3: all of a sudden it's bad. You know, people can 654 00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:03,920 Speaker 3: talk about a particular topic for years, and then all 655 00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:06,320 Speaker 3: of a sudden, once Trump talks about it, all of 656 00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:10,160 Speaker 3: a sudden, everything that they've said, they ignore and go in. 657 00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:11,120 Speaker 4: The opposite direction. 658 00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:16,600 Speaker 3: California ignores everything coming from the White House, everything coming 659 00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:22,000 Speaker 3: from the administration, including this mandate about clamping down on 660 00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:29,279 Speaker 3: illegal and English language proficiency, experience or proficiency before you 661 00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:33,839 Speaker 3: get a driver's license. California faces the harshest consequence. FMCSA 662 00:38:33,960 --> 00:38:39,759 Speaker 3: auditors found twenty five percent of California's non domiciled CDLs 663 00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:44,120 Speaker 3: in violation of federal rules, Duffy called the most egregious 664 00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:46,040 Speaker 3: licensing situations. 665 00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:46,360 Speaker 4: Of any states. 666 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:55,400 Speaker 3: California has over sixty thousand non domiciled CDLs in total. 667 00:38:56,040 --> 00:39:01,120 Speaker 3: That means that there are fifteen thousand people that have 668 00:39:01,640 --> 00:39:06,600 Speaker 3: driver's license that are unqualified and should not be behind 669 00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:11,520 Speaker 3: the wheel of a class eight a semi truck eighty 670 00:39:11,560 --> 00:39:17,160 Speaker 3: thousand pound truck going down the highway fifteen thousand people. 671 00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:21,680 Speaker 3: Those are potential, Those are accidents waiting to happen and 672 00:39:21,880 --> 00:39:26,400 Speaker 3: are preventable. Secretary gave California thirty days to comply or 673 00:39:26,440 --> 00:39:29,920 Speaker 3: face a loss of one hundred and sixty million in 674 00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:35,040 Speaker 3: federal highway funds. California must immediately pause issuance of non 675 00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:41,960 Speaker 3: domiciled CDLs, identify all unexpired non domiciled CDLs that failed 676 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:47,680 Speaker 3: to comply with FMCSA regulations, revoke all non compliant non 677 00:39:47,760 --> 00:39:52,040 Speaker 3: domiciled CDLs, and reissue those that comply with the new 678 00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:57,600 Speaker 3: federal requirements. Duffy also pointed out that Colorado, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, 679 00:39:58,080 --> 00:40:03,799 Speaker 3: Texas unbelievable, and Washington for also for licensing failures. I 680 00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:09,000 Speaker 3: just it boggles my mind that I have to repeat this. 681 00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:12,479 Speaker 3: The fact that somebody would even allow some I mean, 682 00:40:12,840 --> 00:40:18,800 Speaker 3: there are This is like handing a gun to somebody 683 00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:21,399 Speaker 3: that doesn't even know what end of the barrel the 684 00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:25,160 Speaker 3: bullet comes out of a loaded gun, and to say, 685 00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:26,680 Speaker 3: I'll go ahead, you know, go out. 686 00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:28,160 Speaker 4: And play with it. It's there. 687 00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:31,799 Speaker 3: It's an accident waiting to happen. And how the like 688 00:40:31,840 --> 00:40:34,640 Speaker 3: I said, how these people sleep at night? I have 689 00:40:34,800 --> 00:40:37,440 Speaker 3: no clue. Let's take a quick look at oil and 690 00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:40,600 Speaker 3: gas prices, because you know, with the interruptions and the 691 00:40:40,640 --> 00:40:45,320 Speaker 3: preemptions of this preempt in the show, gas prices. 692 00:40:44,920 --> 00:40:46,439 Speaker 4: Have really been coming down. 693 00:40:46,480 --> 00:40:49,680 Speaker 3: In oil prices, West Texas Intermedia crude currently is a 694 00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:53,600 Speaker 3: sixty and sixty dollars and sixty eight cents a barrel, 695 00:40:53,920 --> 00:40:56,799 Speaker 3: That is down a dollar nineteen from yesterday, or one 696 00:40:56,800 --> 00:41:00,560 Speaker 3: point nine percent. Brent crude currently is sixty four dollars 697 00:41:00,640 --> 00:41:03,040 Speaker 3: and fifteen cents a barrel, that is down a dollar 698 00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:08,840 Speaker 3: eighteen or one point eighth percent, almost two percent there 699 00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:12,960 Speaker 3: just since January of the twentieth when Donald Trump came 700 00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:17,760 Speaker 3: into office. West Texas Intermediate crewed is down sixteen dollars 701 00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:21,840 Speaker 3: and twenty one cents. Brent crude is down fifteen dollars 702 00:41:21,880 --> 00:41:25,080 Speaker 3: and seventy five cents. That means that West Texas Intermediate 703 00:41:25,080 --> 00:41:29,040 Speaker 3: cru is down twenty one percent. Brent crude is down 704 00:41:29,400 --> 00:41:32,719 Speaker 3: twenty percent. And for the life of me, I keep 705 00:41:32,760 --> 00:41:35,680 Speaker 3: asking the question and I keep getting the answer back 706 00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:39,680 Speaker 3: that well, there are different grades. We're in the summer months, 707 00:41:39,719 --> 00:41:43,960 Speaker 3: that the summer blend of gasoline is different and it 708 00:41:44,120 --> 00:41:46,759 Speaker 3: costs a little bit higher in order to refine that. 709 00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:51,040 Speaker 3: But I go back to in twenty twenty, when we 710 00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:54,600 Speaker 3: are energy independent for the first time since nineteen forty nine, 711 00:41:55,120 --> 00:41:57,880 Speaker 3: oil prices were down in the fifty dollars range. 712 00:41:58,040 --> 00:41:59,760 Speaker 4: We're very close to that now. 713 00:42:00,280 --> 00:42:04,400 Speaker 3: Gas back in this back in twenty twenty, was it 714 00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:05,880 Speaker 3: two to twenty six a gallon? 715 00:42:06,200 --> 00:42:10,120 Speaker 4: Diesel was a two thirty nine a gallon. Right now, as. 716 00:42:09,920 --> 00:42:14,520 Speaker 3: Of today, gas prices across the board national average three 717 00:42:14,600 --> 00:42:18,239 Speaker 3: dollars and sixteen cents. We are ninety cents higher than that. 718 00:42:18,840 --> 00:42:23,759 Speaker 3: I don't understand why gasoline isn't about ten percent or 719 00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:27,440 Speaker 3: at least maybe fifteen. If oil prices are down twenty 720 00:42:27,480 --> 00:42:31,520 Speaker 3: one percent and twenty percent, respectively, I don't understand why 721 00:42:31,560 --> 00:42:35,480 Speaker 3: gasoline prices aren't down a little bit lower. Imagine if 722 00:42:35,719 --> 00:42:39,279 Speaker 3: gasoline prices again match the and you know when you 723 00:42:39,320 --> 00:42:42,520 Speaker 3: see oil prices go up all of a sudden, gasoline 724 00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:45,120 Speaker 3: prices go up or around a holiday, and they call 725 00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:47,799 Speaker 3: it supply and demand. Yeah, I understand that. You know, 726 00:42:47,840 --> 00:42:50,880 Speaker 3: when you have a big demand and you have lower supplies, 727 00:42:50,920 --> 00:42:54,120 Speaker 3: the price is going to go up. But oil now 728 00:42:54,320 --> 00:42:58,200 Speaker 3: is down at a four month low. If oil prices, 729 00:42:58,239 --> 00:43:01,520 Speaker 3: if gasoline prices were to follow that and be about 730 00:43:01,719 --> 00:43:05,000 Speaker 3: fifteen percent less gasoline right now, I'd be about two 731 00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:08,560 Speaker 3: sixty a gallon. Diesel would be abround three fourteen as 732 00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:13,520 Speaker 3: opposed to three sixteen and three seventy, respectively. And the 733 00:43:13,600 --> 00:43:17,840 Speaker 3: reason that these gasoline prices are down OPEC is pumping 734 00:43:17,880 --> 00:43:21,839 Speaker 3: out more oil that their production numbers are up. The 735 00:43:21,840 --> 00:43:25,960 Speaker 3: International and the Energy Information Agency is talking about the 736 00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:29,840 Speaker 3: possibility of an oil glut, even though that's being argued 737 00:43:29,880 --> 00:43:32,879 Speaker 3: by some that it's not happening, but the fact that 738 00:43:33,480 --> 00:43:37,680 Speaker 3: the oil supply is going and going well, gasoline prices 739 00:43:37,800 --> 00:43:38,880 Speaker 3: should be following that. 740 00:43:39,239 --> 00:43:40,680 Speaker 4: Well, folks, we're up against clock here. 741 00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:43,080 Speaker 3: Time for us to step out the door, have a 742 00:43:43,080 --> 00:43:46,280 Speaker 3: great weekend, stay home, stay tuned for Red Eye Radio 743 00:43:46,520 --> 00:43:49,320 Speaker 3: at the top of the hour. I'm Kevin Gordon, America's 744 00:43:49,320 --> 00:43:52,640 Speaker 3: struck A Network seven hundred WLW