Politics with the Big Dogs Podcast
Sep 15, 2026 · 54 min · 10 segments
Texas and Pennsylvania each had 13 physical commercial driver’s license training locations affected in a federal crackdown, more than any other state. That is not a statistic Texas should shrug off…
Anthony HolmHostto
But about five or six years ago, I went to truck driving school full time, stopped what I was doing.
So there's one thing to get a CDL to drive big semi trucks is another thing to be able to do.
And to be hazmat certified, it's a much more intensive to move dynamite and explosive cargo gasoline, for example.
And then I also qualified on liquid tankers like gasoline, because those, those obviously move when you break and accelerate and you're pulling them around like really dangerous things, really hard.
So so the reason I share that is because Donald Trump, hallelujah, President Trump, who really stepped on the Republicans toes and the toes of Texas for lawsuit reform during last year during the session, because Jeff Leach and Governor Abbott and everybody else is trying to change the law, existing law to protect.
Well, You know, our friends over at Texas for Lawsuit Reform, which is really an insurance front group, they wanted to change the law.
And, of course, the Texas Trucking Association wanted to also because they don't want people exposed who can't speak English, read English, or habitual meth users, which is amphetamines, right, using amphetamine to stay awake to drive.
They don't want juries to know that because juries get angry and the damages are more.
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But about five or six years ago, I went to truck driving school full time, stopped what I was doing.
So there's one thing to get a CDL to drive big semi trucks is another thing to be able to do.
And to be hazmat certified, it's a much more intensive to move dynamite and explosive cargo gasoline, for example.
And then I also qualified on liquid tankers like gasoline, because those, those obviously move when you break and accelerate and you're pulling them around like really dangerous things, really hard.
So so the reason I share that is because Donald Trump, hallelujah, President Trump, who really stepped on the Republicans toes and the toes of Texas for lawsuit reform during last year during the session, because Jeff Leach and Governor Abbott and everybody else is trying to change the law, existing law to protect.
Well, You know, our friends over at Texas for Lawsuit Reform, which is really an insurance front group, they wanted to change the law.
And, of course, the Texas Trucking Association wanted to also because they don't want people exposed who can't speak English, read English, or habitual meth users, which is amphetamines, right, using amphetamine to stay awake to drive.
They don't want juries to know that because juries get angry and the damages are more.
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