DRIVING THE NEWS: Trump’s Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy and Congressman Derrick Van Orden Meet with Wisconsin Truckers, Deliver $8.4M Rural Infrastructure Investment

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy joined Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) in Monroe County, Wisconsin, to visit with local truckers and hear their industry concerns. Secretary Duffy and Congressman Van Orden also visited Monroe County Highway Shop to share news of the district receiving $8.4 million in funding to improve rural infrastructure, including roads and freight corridors. This visit underscores the Trump Administration’s commitment to improving American supply chains and upgrading the nation’s infrastructure for American families to experience improved connectivity.

AMERICA IS BUILDING AGAIN

• “Rural America is the HEARTBEAT of our GREAT NATION. Thanks to the leadership of U.S. Representative Van Orden (WI-03), roads and bridges in Wisconsin are getting an $8.4 MILLION upgrade to better connect Monroe County families to jobs, doctors, schools. We at the Department are going to make sure that rural areas get the needed resources for the projects that are VITAL to their communities!” (Watch)
• “The trucking industry is the BACKBONE of America. But years of negligence allowed fraud and bad actors to destroy the integrity of our roads. President Trump’s Administration is CRACKING down on this and restoring SAFETY.” (Watch)
• “Washington bureaucrats don’t have all the answers! We need YOU to tell us how we can do our jobs better—because we want to deliver more WINS for American families. America FIRST!” (Watch)
• “We are leaning in hard and doing everything we can, as fast as we can, to fix the trucking industry in America.” (Watch)
• “Trucking schools were allowed to self-certify under Pete Boot-edge-edge. Absurd. Many of these schools had NO curriculum, NO trucks, NO buildings to house the school. All of that is ending with President Trump. The Trump Administration is demanding accountability and going after all these fraudsters. Make Trucking Great Again!” (Watch)

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