Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Sean Duffy said on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo that he is “about to pull $160 million from California ” and potentially the state’s ability to issue Commercial Driver’s License (CDL), a month after the DOT issued an emergency action on the matter.

Newsweek has reached out to the California governor’s office for comment via email on Sunday.

Why It Matters

Duffy’s comments come after some high-profile fatal crashes have sparked public debate over requirements for CDLs. A Florida crash by 28-year-old Harjinder Singh, a truck driver from Stockton, California, killed three people. Singh, a native of India, was later arrested in California and extradited to Florida on vehicular homicide charges, with federal authori

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