The Department of Transportation announced Wednesday that it will withhold more than $40 million in funding from California after it found that the state did not comply with language proficiency standards for commercial truck drivers.

President Donald Trump‘s administration insisted that states enforce its English language standards for truckers earlier this year or face consequences.

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