{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://emmer.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/emmer-house-republicans-demand-walz-revoke-illegally-issued-commercial-driver-s-licenses", "Emmer, House Republicans Demand Walz Revoke Illegally Issued Commercial Driver\u2019s Licenses", "2025-12-04", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "House", "MN", "Tom Emmer", "E000294", "emmer.house.gov", "emmer", "https://emmer.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congressman Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) joined Congressman Pete Stauber (R-Minn.) in sending a letter to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz on the findings that one-third of Minnesota\u2019s non-domiciled commercial driver\u2019s licenses (CDLs) were issued illegally. Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach (R-Minn.), Congressman Brad Finstad (R-Minn.), and fourteen other U.S. House Republicans signed Stauber\u2019s letter as well.\n\n\u201cAnother day, another Tim Walz failure. And once again, law-abiding Minnesotans are the ones forced to pay the price,\u201d said Emmer. \u201cThankfully, the Trump administration is committed to holding Walz's feet to the fire for his inexcusable negligence, as are we.\u201d\n\n\u201cFirst, it was the rampant fraud schemes like Feeding Our Future and Housing Stabilization Services, where billions in taxpayer dollars were siphoned off, some even making its way to terrorists,\u201d said Stauber. \u201cNow, this administration is actively compromising the safety [of] drivers on our roads. This waste, fraud, and abuse must come to an end. Minnesotans and the American people deserve better.\u201d\n\nBackground\n\nIn April 2025, President Trump issued an executive order directing the U.S. Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to audit all non-domiciled commercial driver\u2019s licenses issued by state agencies to identify irregularities. This audit uncovered a pattern of states illegally issuing licenses, and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy took swift action to implement a rule barring non-citizens from eligibility for CDLs.\n\nMinnesota\u2019s illegally issued CDLs were provided to drivers whose presence in the United States was no longer valid, to drivers who were prohibited from holding a non-domiciled CDL, and to drivers whose lawful presence in the United States had not been verified by the state. This negligence directly endangers Minnesotans and other Americans.\n\nRead more in Breitbart News via Olivia Rondeau here.\n\nRead the letter sent to Walz in its entirety here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://emmer.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/emmer-house-republicans-demand-walz-revoke-illegally-issued-commercial-driver-s-licenses"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3370080851018429, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}