. >> georgia governor brian kemp on issues impacting his state, including the tariffs being implemented by the trump administration, and his relationship with president trump. this is part of politico conversations on the sidelines of the munich security conference in germany. i. [applause] >> we are now joined by governor kim in great state of georgia, not country which is down the road but state of georgia. in the u.s. i think he is only governor hear from the states so there is feet to get a bit of a different perspectives after the senators no over to the senators. that is the first question. you usual are involved -- as you would like it state budgets an education and prisons an plead candidate and getting the occasional with respect storm. what brings you to phaupbg? an opportunity to amendment any georgia is opener business. we have so many great partners in europe. we were hear a couple of weeks ago did a little germany an poland economic development and have the belief if we have good economic strengths it helps us on national security standpoint is having a better understandin

would that be fun for brian kemp, do you think? >> well, i will say this i'm focused on my day job. i'm in my second to last session, having one of the biggest political fights of my career. it's not what i envisioned on the way out of being a term limited governor, but we are trying to get tort reform passed in our state to help our business environment. so i have told people like that is my focus between now and i think it's april 4th or 5th when our legislative session ends and then really just trying to do the things that i've committed to doing and i and i've i've told people in the party that keep asking me that in november we won our state. we held our legislative majorities. the political impact that we made with our leadership committee working with speaker burns, we held 3 republican incumbents in districts that kamala harris beat donald trump in. we beat a democrat and not off one of their incumbents in a district. >> this is why they're recruiting you so hard. >> kamala harris won, but we did that by running on a record, but also telling people what we're going to do, an

. >> folks, brian kemp, the governor of georgia, thanks so much. [applause] >> >> all right, now that we're all set, i would like to say thank you to senator chris coons and welcome him onto the stage. chris coons is the former senate foreign state department and foreign operations appropriations chair and ranking member, and you're now the ranking member of the the lead appropriations subcommittee for defense. we've gone from soft power to hard power, but i want to say that when i bumped into you in the hallway the other day, it seemed like soft power was was still a big part of what you're focused on. in fact, i happen to be part of a conversation where somebody from the foreign aid community, you know, approached you and was talking about the impact of the foreign aid freeze and and it was clear to me that you're still very much enmeshed in what's happening there and the impact and so i just wanted to give you an opportunity to just can you explain for us kind of what's what's the state of play right now, you know, what's been the impact of the

. >> folks, brian kemp, the governor of georgia, thanks so >> c-spanshop. or is c-span's online store. browse through our latest collection of products, apparel, books, home decor, and accessories. there is something for every c-span fan. and every purchase helps support our nonprofit operations. shop now or anytime at c-spanshop.org. >> democracy. it isn't just an idea, it's a process, a process shaped by leaders elected to the highest offices and entrusted to a select few with guarding its basic principles. it's very debates unfold, decisions are made, and the nation's course is charted. democracy in real time. this is your government at work. this is c-span, giving you your democracy unfiltered. >> delaware democratic senator chris coons and his conversation with politico. he discusses the freezing of usaid funds and the possibility of funding cuts at the pentagon by the department of government efficiency. from the munich security conference in germany, this is about 15 minutes. member, and you're now the ranking member of the the lead appropriations su

i especially want to thank the chair of the republican governor's association, brian kemp, who is fantastic. we won georgia by a lot. where's brian. we won georgia by a lot. where are you, brian. there you are. we did a gate job together. i appreciate it. won't forget it. thank you, brian. as well as vice chairman greg gianforte, a friend of mine, done a fantastic job as governor for organizing this beautiful evening. in addition -- hi, greg, how you doing? you look good. you look good. in addition to our fantastic governors we also have secretaries doug burgham and chris wright. they are very important. where are they? where are they? doug, you were great on television. chris, these two guys are going to do it, i tell you if they get the energy pumping, we'll get that energy price down, everything is going to follow. everything is going to follow. we're going to work very, very hard. the gentleman from virginia that i recognize. we almost -- we almost won that, didn't we? we almost won it. we were just a little bit shy. but i want to thank you for the help. we did a great job together. but

fortune magazine helpfully nuts up the key point at the top of this one quote, georgia governor brian kemp says he does not know whether the trump administration will honor the contracts of the biden administration. quote, if the loan is canceled, tesla ceo elon musk stands to benefit the most. check rivian off the list. who needs that competitor? this comes after the trump administration already cut off federal funds for the national electric vehicle charging network, which leaves elon musk's tesla unchallenged as the largest charging network in the country. never mind that he took huge u.s. government subsidies to build tesla and to build that charging network now. now that he's done that and he's the biggest game in town, the trump administration is pulling up the ladder so nobody else can compete with him. nice work if you can get it, check that one off the list. the faa chairman who grounded musk's starship rocket program after it catastrophically disintegrated on a botched launch and sprayed debris all over the caribbean and caused the diversion of dozens of flights. musk had repeate

georgia governor brian kemp told politico the day after the cdc layoffs were announced that, in his opinion, quote, government can stand a little rightsizing. it's a policy that he has pursued during his years in office, wishing to limit the growth of the state government. but again, many sad employees and that lady, she hadn't even had a performance review. and her email said you're getting let go because of performance issues. >> oh my goodness. yeah. and that has been stated many times over. and some people who were in a probation period, not because they just started the job, but perhaps they were about to, um, move on to a promotion. and so there's a probationary period in between that they may have been with the federal government for 16 or 20 years. we've heard from some people. all right, rafael romo, keep us posted. thank you so much. all right. joining me right now to talk more about the developments surrounding president trump's first month in office is lynn sweet. she is the washington bureau chief for the chicago sun times. lynn, great to see you. i mean, a lot to talk about. w

they voted for donald trump in some cases or or voted for brian kemp, the republican governor, or voted for nathan deal, the governor before him. so this was not your typical, you know, liberal, left leaning crowd. they were very upset. and in particular, they're upset at the cdc cuts in atlanta because that kind of brought these doge spending initiatives home to georgians. >> yeah, the ones that impact people's services, that impact people's jobs and communities. it's almost so obvious. it's politics. michael, let me ask you, i, you know, town hall meetings again. it's been a day or a day and a half of town hall meetings. the midterm elections are a long time away, but you've been a part of you know what it's like when members of congress have to go home. either they're going home to friendly districts or they're going, or you're organizing people to go to town hall meetings. what is all what is your takeaway on what we're seeing, which is a bit of a pattern over the last couple of days. >> yeah. >> i appreciate. >> very much the coverage. that we've. >> seen here, because it starts to

. >> georgia governor brian kemp told politico the day after the cdc layoffs were announced that, in his opinion, quote, government can stand a little rightsizing. it's a policy that he has pursued during his years in office, pushing to limit the growth of the state government workforce. rafael romo, cnn, atlanta. >> rafael, thanks. still to come, did you see these these massive crowds outside of court to support this man? mangione. he's the man accused of killing united healthcare ceo. what we learned from his court appearance yesterday and what those crowds could mean for the trial eventually. >> welcome back. >> have i got news for you? new tonight on cnn. >> i don't. >> play for money. before my. >> mom passed, she told me to play big. play for something bigger than myself. now my ambition is to play so i can help and inspire others. that's why i joined sofi. they help people save, spend, earn, borrow and invest toward financial independence so they can realize their ambitions no matter what they're playing for. sofi, get your money right. >> ever feel like a spectator in your. >

giorgio went ahead -- i think they had one, brian kemp just finished two more that cost $30 billion whichtwice as they thought. i don't know how long it took, but it took too long and not like they are starting on two more big ones. we know how to build the big ones. we don't have the small ones done yet. but we are going to need to do that. but remember this nuclear submarines have been floating around forever. they go underwater for years, and they use very concentrated, high-powered nuclear fuel. so there are different ways to make these things smaller. but i'm confident with the leadership and assistance we have, we will be able to get this done. we will be able as doug burgum says, to be clean, safe and reliable, and if we can get the bureaucracy out of the way, we will be in a grand shape. this is the kind of brain accumulation that we have to learn to communicate, collaborate and cooperate with each other. if we do that, i think now is the time. we see the need, really allies it's a dangerous world more than ever and we have to have electricity for everything we do. that is why thi

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association, national restaurant association, georgia public policy foundation, governor of georgia brian kemp, association of women's business centers, economic and community development institute, u.s. black chambers incorporated, at the national small business association. without objection, so ordered. so at this time we will go ahead and move on to questions. i now recognize myself for five minutes of questions. senator loeffler, in our conversation you made it clear given your time in the senate you understand the role of congress. you denoted, you denoted give your business experiences, you view us as your board and the taxpayers as your shareholders with responsibilities to all of us to ensure the sba moves forward in the right direction. unfortunately the biden administration did not share this view. i repeatedly requested information and those requests were ignored. can you commit to provide this committee with the documents and information requests in a timely manner? >> absolutely. i look forward to a collaborative and responsive relationship. >> i think that is essential for good

association, national restaurant association, georgia public policy foundation, governor of georgia brian kemp, association of women's business centers, economic and community development institute, u.s. black chambers incorporated in the national small business administration. without objection, so ordered. at this time, we will go ahead and move on the questions. i now recognize myself for five minutes of questions. senator loeffler, in our conversation, you made it clear that given your time in the senate, you understand the role of congress. you denoted given your business experiences give u.s. as your board and the taxpayers as your shareholders with the responsibility to ensure the sba moves forward in the right direction. unfortunately, the biden administration did not share this view. i repeatedly requested information, and those requests work ignored. can you commit to provide this committee with the documents and information it requests in a timely manner? ms. loeffler: absolutely. i look forward to a partnership. sen. ernst: i think that is essential to a good partnership between co

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