WASHINGTON – Congressman Byron Donalds (R-FL) joined Fox and Friends Weekend on Fox News Channel to discuss President Trump's peace and prosperity trip to Asia, and the importance of the passage of his bill H.R. 5177, "The WEIGH Act." 

Watch the full interview here.

"This is something where, once again, Donald Trump has proven that he is the president of peace":

"But take a step back and look at what President Trump has been able to accomplish. Peace deal after peace deal around the globe. Obviously,, this is not just a focus of his, but he has a team around him. Obviously Marco Rubio, the special envoys that do operate around the globe where they're committed to using economics to bring about peace, and this is an economic deal obviously, with interest for the United States. Rare earth minerals which are critical for our future economic stability, but also making sure that there are peace accords that can stand the test of time and not some of the previous ones that were negotiated in the past, which were based on pretty flimsy agreements that just could not hold up. This is something where, once again, Donald Trump has proven that he is the president of peace."

"That is going to be critical for highway safety, and it's not just this crash in Florida; this happened multiple times around the country. It's something that has to stop, and we can do it":

"Well, the first thing Congress can do is they can pass my bill, the WEIGH Act. What the WEIGH Act would do is it would empower the Department of Transportation to do CDL checks at every weigh stop, weigh station in the country. Number two, it would check English proficiency if these drivers actually can read our signs and can understand English, because that's critical for highway safety. Number three, it would give the Department of Transportation the ability to find these companies who are hiring these truckers who obviously cannot speak our language. That's something major that Washington can do. Highway safety is critical. We have to make sure that the people who are driving these 80,000lb rigs can speak our language and understand our language when they're dealing with first responders. That is going to be critical for highway safety, and it's not just this crash in Florida; this happened multiple times around the country. It's something that has to stop, and we can do it."

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