Last August, we lost three Floridians right here in Fort Pierce when an illegal alien manning a semi-truck, struck them on the interstate. Tragedies like this have played out far too often on America’s highways—and now the Department of Transportation is cracking down, tightening the rules to restrict unqualified illegal aliens from obtaining commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs).

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has fought back against the recklessness of blue states that issue licenses to individuals who never should have had them. Here’s what one year of enforcement looks like, by the numbers:

That’s tens of thousands of unqualified drivers pulled off America’s highways, and tens of thousands of 80,000-pound trucks are no longer operated by someone who can’t read a road sign, understand law enforcement, or pass a basic safety test.

In the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, I was proud to support Dalilah’s Law, which writes commonsense standards into federal law. It codifies English Language Proficiency exams, cracks down on the “CDL mills” pumping out unqualified drivers, and hits non-compliant states where it hurts: their federal highway funds. The bill already advanced out of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and is headed to the House floor.

I’ll keep doing my part to make sure every driver on our interstates is qualified, vetted, and accountable, so that what happened to those three families in August never happens to another family on the Treasure Coast.