The Biden administration rolled out a host of new actions on Thursday aimed at boosting the number of truck drivers in the United States, a key factor in supply chain bottlenecks plaguing the country.
“A strong, stable, and safe trucking workforce that offers good-paying jobs to millions of truck drivers is a critical lifeblood of our economy,” White House officials said in a statement. “But outdated infrastructure, the COVID-19 pandemic, and a historic volume of goods moving through our economy have strained capacity across the supply chain, including in trucking.”
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