it s getting those containers on a chassis, getting them to where they need to be and that goes to other issues in our supply chain like the availability of truckers. we are taking steps on that. my department working with state dmvs to speed the issuing of cdls, the commercial driver s licenses, to get more qualified, safe truckers on the road. there are a lot of steps we re taking to address this in the short-term, but at risk of repeating myself on something i have been talking about and the president has been talking about all year, this is why we need to pass the infrastructure bill. there is $17 billion in the plan for ports alone. we need to deal with the long-term issues that have made us vulnerable to these kinds of bottlenecks when there are demand fluctuations, shocks and disruptions like the ones that have been caused by the pandemic. secretary buttigieg, that $17 billion for ports in the infrastructure bill, that passed the senate more than two months ago.
my department working with state dmvs to speed the issuing of cdls, the commercial driver s licenses, to get more qualified, safe truckers on the road. there are a lot of steps we re taking to address this in the short-term, but at risk of repeating myself on something i have been talking about and the president has been talking about one year, this is why we need to pass the infrastructure bill. there is $17 billion in the plan for ports alone. we need to deal with the long-term issues that have made us vulnerable to these kinds of bottlenecks when there are demand fluctuations, shocks and disruptions like the ones that have been caused by the pandemic. secretary buttigieg, that $17 billion for ports in the infrastructure bill, that passed the senate more than two months ago. it s sitting in the house. house progressives are not going to vote for it unless they get a successful vote on the larger social safety net bill. are you frustrated by that d
all, will be less than 20 minutes late or greater than 20 minutes late, and the middle school kids, my son is supposed to be on the bus at 7:30. that s leaving less than an hour to get all kids out the bus so my son can be on time. ainsley: cheryl, the governor in your state of virginia ralph north up there is not considering activating the national guard like they have done in massachusetts. why is there a shortage and what s the solution? i mean, i think my biggest thing is they really didn t think this through. they were more worried about pushing the kids back to school and not, you know, thinking about the trption portion of this and that a lot of us rely on that to get our kids safely back and for the to school. think they need to possibly wave people having cdls, try to increase the hourly rate for people who are going to be driving the buses. they really need to find and