{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.tuberville.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/tuberville-introduces-bill-to-require-rideshare-drivers-to-speak-english/", "Tuberville\u00a0Introduces Bill to Require\u00a0Rideshare\u00a0Drivers to Speak English", "2025-11-06", "2025", "2025-11", "Republican", "Senate", "AL", "Tommy Tuberville", "T000278", "www.tuberville.senate.gov", "tuberville", "https://www.tuberville.senate.gov/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) introduced the Understanding Basic English Requirements (UBER) Act, which would require drivers participating in rideshare applications that receive government contracts to be proficient in English. His bill would strengthen the safety of rideshare users by requiring drivers to be able to read and speak English, aligning their hiring standards with all federal Commercial Driver\u2019s License (CDL) requirements. The UBER Act would ensure that noncompliant platforms would be debarred from receiving federal contracts for five years.\n\n\u201cAmerica is an English-speaking country,\u201d said Sen. Tuberville. \u201cIf you want to live and work in the United States, you need to be able to speak and read our language. Too many Americans have been killed as a result of relaxed standards and illegal immigrants who do not speak or read English and are driving on our roads. Rideshare companies, especially those that receive taxpayer funding, have an obligation to vet the drivers who are transporting American citizens on our roads. I\u2019m proud to introduce this legislation as another guardrail to keep Americans safe on the road.\u201d\n\nRead full text of the bill here.\n\nBACKGROUND:\n\nSpecifically, the UBER Act would:\n\nProhibit government agencies from awarding a contract or agreement to rideshare platforms with drivers who cannot read or speak English sufficiently.\n\nEnsure compliant platforms\u2019 drivers are able to:\n\nConverse with the general public and law enforcement officials in English.\n\nUnderstand American highway traffic signs.\n\nRespond to official inquiries in English.\n\nMake entries on reports and records in English.\n\nBan noncompliant companies from receiving federal contracts for a five-year period.\n\nRequire that rideshare platforms and their drivers comply with the same federal standards as CDL drivers.\n\nSen. Tuberville has been aggressively working to make transportation safer for Americans. Last month, he introduced the Secure Commercial Licensing Act which would require all CDL testing to only be conducted in English, following recent accidents involving commercial truck drivers who are not English proficient.\n\nSenator Tommy Tuberville represents Alabama in the United States Senate and is a member of the Senate Armed Services, Agriculture, Veterans\u2019 Affairs, HELP and Aging Committees.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"]], "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://www.tuberville.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/tuberville-introduces-bill-to-require-rideshare-drivers-to-speak-english/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.96356519497931, "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"}