WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told concerned Senate lawmakers on Capitol Hill that his department and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration are making a renewed effort to bolster lackluster participation in the FMCSA’s pilot program for 18-20 year-old drivers.
The three-year program, which got underway last summer, is intended to accommodate up to 1,000 carriers and 3,000 apprentices.
However, Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., told Buttigieg during a Senate...
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