and they're maintained at the nga cyberresource page, nga .org. meet the trend this is the package all of you have. it has the latest data, what you need to do as a governor to make sure your state is up and meeting the threat of cybersecurity. what we saw last fall was only the beginning. cart as expert on security. and briefed me the other tai said the actions we saw related to russia and other nation states is only the beginning. it's only going to ramp up. and they want to ramp up by coming after that state data. so i would say it is incumbent upon us as governors to make sure that we are doing our part to keep states and nation safe. most of you have begun implementing the recommendations we say thank you since the launch of my initiative over 30 governors now signed executive order or rigs or announced a cybersecurity initiative. this has resulted in a dozen executive orders, 14 signed bills and 17 initiatives. in idaho, for example p-the governor is implementing recommendations made by the cybersecurity governance body and recently named a

has partnered with the private sector to our newly relaunched nga partners program to the nga partners help support the organization not only financially but intellectually with a sharing of best practices as well as helping the nga stay tuned in the emergency policy trends that are happening in our individual states. a big thank you to all of our partners who are here with us today. governors, thank them. [applause] >> next i would like to -- juarez governor raimondo? where is our host governor? well, we will skip that. i will let her come as soon as she gets her we'll hear from our opening governor. i would like to first of all have an adoption for a motion for the adoption of rules of procedure for this meeting. would anyone make the motion? governor malloy. may i have a second? all those in favor say aye. all opposed say nay. the motion is good. governors come as you know under our policy process we adopt policies for two years at our winter meeting pic if anyone has questions regarding the policies i would ask you to see anna davis of the nga staff while you were here over the cou

for nearly 30 years the nga partnered with the private security through our newly he relaunched nga partners help the organization not only financially but intellectual, with sharing of best practices and helping the nga stay tuned in the emergency policy trends happening in our individual states. big thank you to all our partners here with us today. governors, thank them. [applause] next, would i like to, where is governor romondo? where is our host governor? well, we're going to skip that. i will let her, as soon as she gets here weil hear from our opening governor. i would like to first of all have adoption for a motion for the adoption of the rules of procedure for this meeting. would anyone make the motion. governor malloy. may have a second? all those, thank governor haslem, all those in favor say aye. all opposed say nay. the motion is approved. governors as you know under our policy process we adopt policies for two years at our winter meeting. if anyone has questions regarding policies i would ask you to see anna davis at nga staff over the course of this weekend. i would like to an

so this opioid issue is not a new one for nga. as you probably know, in july of 2016 46 governors signed on to a compact to fight opioid addiction, the first time that governors came together to reduce the inappropriate opioid prescribing. change the nation's understanding of opioid addiction and ensure a pathway to recovery for individuals with addiction. since the compact was signed, governors across the country have redoubled efforts to address the crisis and reported to nga on their actions. there is an overview of some of the actions on your chair and details about what states did is available online. -- have been a part of the process and taken an active role in addressing the opioid epidemic. they've implemented state based solutions through legislation. executive action, new partnerships and by talking publicly about the issue of addiction. governors cooper and baker on the opioid commission. governor gina raimondo established a task force in rhode island [ audio issues ] -- yesterday i joined her as she signed a new execu

this is the infamous nga chair gavel.d so much fun in the last year that i am not going to give this gavel up. nga to understand the new and the leadership we've had on cyber come on autonomous vehicles, on drones, we thought it only appropriate that the new gavel be delivered in a very special way. fire it up. [laughter] gov. mcauliffe: it was close. pretty good. [applause] gov. mcauliffe: all yours. sandoval: isn't that a great way to begin? i don't know how i'm going to out do that. before i get into formal remarks come i will get into more personal remarks about my friend -- this is a good time to stand and really think him for his leadership and his vision of this organization -- thank him for his leadership and his vision of this organization. [applause] gov. sandoval: terry will be a hard act to follow. raimondo,heinema from i want to thank you for your hospitality. the best part was getting to know your son, tommy. who joined my family and me last night and really a complement to you and to the people of rhode isl

this all good issue is not a new one for nga. as you probably know in july 2016, 46 governors signed onto a compact to fight opioid addiction picked the first time in more than a decade governors politely came together through a compact calling for action in three areas. reducing inappropriate opioid prescribing, change the nation understand of opioids and addiction, and ensure a pathway to recovery for individuals with addiction. since that compact signed, we have double our efforts to address the crisis. there is an overview of some of these actions on your chair and details about what states data is available online -- [inaudible] have been a part of the process and that they can active roles in addressing the opioid epidemic. they are all invalid state-based solutions to end the crisis to legislation, executive action, new partnerships and by talking publicly about the issue of addiction. governor cooper and baker on the opioid commission governor raimondo has established an overdose task force in rhode island and the permitt

so this opioid issue is not a new one, nga. as you probably know in july 2016, 46 governors signed onto a compact to fight opioid addiction, the first time in more than a decade and that governors called for action in three areas. reducing the inappropriate opioid prescribing, change the nation's understanding of opioid addiction, and ensure a pathway to recovery for individuals with addiction. since that compact was signed, we have doubled our efforts to address the crisis. there is an overview of some of these actions on your chair, and details about what states did is available -- have taken active roles in addressing the opioid epidemic. they all implemented state-based solutions to end the crisis through legislation action, new partnerships, and talking publicly about the issue of addiction. governors cooper and baker, on the opioid committee, governor raimondo established a drug task force in rhode island and innovated -- yesterday, i joined her and she signed a new executive order on this problem. so today, it is an hono

and thanks to the nga for inviting me. besides my response. i also have the privilege of chairing our 0513c we believe this is more than just about higher paying jobs. it is, this is more about growing our economy. it is, this is about creating talent we need today to be able to industrialize our nation in what we believe is an industrial renaissance. that renaissance is happening across the country. it happens at the state level. we believe this is not just a state issue, but we believe that governor governors more than anyone else -- >> i just need to spich this out. >> sorry. >> thank you. it's a good place to leave you hanging. we believe that governors have not only the most motivation, but the most tools and ability to make this a reality for us. let me share a little bit of what we've done as siemens and the siemens foundation, so we can hope that states can learn from each other, and we can do more than just share the demand signal and what skills are needed. we can share what's worked successfully over seas as well. we're working with

[applause] now for me, it's great to be back at the nga. i'm frankly very humble to be

most importantly, recently, we had a unique opportunity with nga and with the j.p. morgan chase foundation to share what works in europe. we had the privilege of sponsoring and joining governor do guard, governor fallin, governor bevan, as you got an opportunity with your staff to see really what works in germany and switzerland firsthand. and more importantly, how can we tell her that when he comes back to the states? i don't want to forget governor hickenlooper. colorado,prentices in it's amazing. we want to take those lessons as well. today, we are facing new challenges in the industrial economy. that, as do my colleagues. , we have been in the u.s. for 160 years. we have 60 manufacturing plants of our own. we are seeing the convergence of software and the digital economy. that is what is driving manufacturing today. the manufacturing of today is not the manufacturing of the past. it is about automation, but also having the human skills out of our high schools. about --hear a lot aren't robots taking over? i want to be really clear and factual. in germany, we use

vice president of united states of america who as you know i year ago sat right with us, voted on our nga resolutions but most and poorly as a governor he understands the challenges that

[applause] for me, it is great to be back at the nga. bem frankly very humbled to with so many of the leaders i had the privilege to serve with when i was governor of the state of indiana. it is amazing for me to think. my wife and i reflected on it this morning. it was one year ago this weekend that the phone call came in my life changed -- and my life changed. i reflected this morning on that ancient verse, and i often thought about it in those days, "who am i, oh lord, and who is my family that you brought me this far?" let the think this personal opportunity to say thank you to all of you. thank you for your friendship, your encouragement, and the prayers that have enabled us to serve in this new capacity. it is great to be back with america's governors. [applause] i am here is your vice president, but i bring the perspective of a former governor to your discussion this weekend. when i was governor, i would often come to washington, d.c. representing my state and -- my state interests. i wanted an administration that would work with

they partnered with the private sector through our newly relaunched nga partners program. a big thank you to all of our partners here with us today. [applause] where is our host governor? okay we will skip that. i will let her, as soon as she gets here, i wil we will hear from our opening governor. i would like to first have an adoption for motion of the rules and procedures for this meeting. would anyone make the motion? all those in favor say i. the motion is approved. governors, as you know we adopt policies for two years at our winter meeting. if anyone has questions regarding the policy please see anna davis of the nga staff while you are here. i would like to welcome vice chair governor sandoval who is with us. please give them a round of applause. [applause] >> let me start off by saying my main goal when launching my initiative which was cyber security was to elevate cyber security on every governors agenda. i want to highlight why it was more than just an information technology issue and at the health issue, a public safety issue and an economic issue. as you know

we'll have more from the nga on saturday. tesla's ceo, elon musk will be a featured speaker. expected to be talking about the future of the workforce, computer code and civic engagement. c-span's live coverage starts at 9:30 a.m. eastern. can you find it all on c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. > >>>? what marching along the peninsula would be like. but he's so dead set on making sure that he doesn't concede anything to lincoln that he basically puts his army on the virginia peninsula in the spring of '62. is going to turn out perhaps to be the worst possible place to launch his campaign. >> sunday at 6:30 p.m. the 320th anniversary of the salem witch trial. historian margo burns talks about the book "record of the salem witch hunt." >> that's one of the reasons we know so much about salem village and we know so much about the pleas of innocents. because samuel paris took it all down. there's a reason that arthur miller poached from him is that it reads like a play. she says this, he says that. there's sound over here. we couldn't hear. the girls were flail

homelandir of the nga security and public safety committee i'm honored to share today's session. chair know, our committee , governor kate brown of our cannot be with us today but we are honored to have my good friend, evan or john dale edwards to fill in. governor, welcome. he is my neighbor. he is a good, great colleague despite a few aggravations in

homelandir of the nga security and public safety committee i'm honored to share today's session. chair know, our committee , governor kate brown of our cannot be with us today but we are honored to have my good friend, evan or john dale edwards to fill in.

i want to thank the nga for putting this on. i just want to ratchet up the panic level a little higher to say this isn't just an important issue we are talking about. a real crisis and danger. >> governor walker? you have a comment to add? >> i do. i have to leave for a call, but i have to comment on this discussion. i look for action. i look for things to do. i do not need somebody to tell me how bad it is. everyone has said it, we have all said it i came here one year ago and i listen to governor baker talk about the legislation passed in massachusetts. i went back to alaska and said, find out what he did, make it a little better, and we did very we made it a little better and we passed it. i issued a declaration of disaster. it is a disaster. we have a meeting every week with our cabinet for this. what is being done? we passed legislation. kit -- narcan kits have gone out, we save lives as a result of that. i am all about prevention. putting up signs and messages in port of entry into alaska out a vote -- of seattle saying, c

nga is a key resource that can help governments and their teams repair to weather the day today and be extraordinary. >> that is a helpful reminder of all of our responsibilities, and is certainly reminded me of some governors who have done extraordinary work and provided incredible leadership during times of crisis. as chair of the nga's homeland security security and public safety committee, i'm honored to share today's session, preparing resilient communities. our committee vice chair, governor brown of oregon, could not be with us today, but we are honored to have my good friend, governor john bel edwards, to fill in for her. governor, welcome. he is my neighbor. he is a great colleague, despite a few aggravations in sec sports. thank you for joining us today, and we have an agenda, so we will get to it. we have, as will be introduced shortly, the director of fema 100michael berkowitz from resilient cities. as you can see from the video, virtually every state gets hit at one time or another by a catastrophe or natural disaster. in arkansas, we have most recently had flooding. if mi

again, i want to thank nga and the merkel foundation and siemens and j. morgan chase to this eye opening experience to me. >> thank you governor. i'm going to give the last word to governor bullock. >> very much appreciate your all's commitment, from my perspective as governor that's how we're going to meet work force stoert image needs. we've race raised the number of apprenticeship program in the last four years. i followed from 2000 to today, 90% of those are still working in our state which is so important for every parent. average salary of a graduate is about $60,000 which is significant. i think we need to educate goegt the employers, government institutions and the students. at the end of the day, so many people think of apprentices as the trade. there's 1,000 different apprentice fields. we have them in februaphlebotom it. last legislative session said if you higher a apprentice we'll pay you 700 tax credit, if it's a veteran, we'll pay 1500. i had to work a lot with my two year colleges to say rethink their role. it isn't always about a two year

homelandir of the nga security and public safety committee i'm honored to share today's session. chair know, our committee , governor kate brown of our cannot be with us today but we are honored to have my good friend, evan or john dale edwards to fill in. governor, welcome. he is my

homelandir of the nga security and public safety committee i'm honored to share today's session. chair know, our committee , governor kate brown of our cannot be with us today but we are honored to have my good friend, evan or john dale edwards to fill in. governor, welcome. he is my neighbor. he is a good, great colleague despite a few aggravations in sec sports. thank you for joining us today. we have an important agenda and we will get to it. we have, as will be introduced shortly, the director of fema 101michael berkowitz of resilient cities. you can see from the video, virtually every state gets hit at one time or another by a catastrophe or national disaster. most recently in arkansas, flooding. if missouri would just contain their water we would be a lot better off. but water flows. ,e've had flooding in arkansas 44 counties were designated as federal disaster areas. most recently in arkansas as a result of flooding problems. i didn't want to mention, anytime you have a natural disaster, emergency communication is one of the critical areas. calling upon my experience at ho

it was a panel within the annual summer and ga meeting -- nga meeting that studied opioid addiction withedical professionals as well. one of the governors who north carolinaas democrat roy cooper, who talked about the impact of the proposed medicaid cuts in the senate health care plan and what it would do to the fight against opioid addiction. >> the first thing i have called for his treatment, and the first thing we have to realize is that we cannot have million of americans -- millions of americans lose their health coverage and still effectively attack this crisis. we cannot significantly reduce medicaid funding and still be successful in fighting opioid addiction. addictionof opioid treatment and substance abuse treatment comes from medicaid coverage. so we are kidding ourselves if what is -- do not think happening with health care in congress right now will affect this decision. host: talking about it this morning. we have lines for those who have been affected by opioid, (202) 748-8001. those in the medical profession, --(202) 748-8001 is that number. .ll others, (202) 748-8002 abo

the nsa, the fbi, the nga. everyone who has a touch point that can help keep our country safe. it when we deliver our assessments, we must do so without -- with complete tender. without the truth favor. whenever i swear in new officers i tell them have the duty to deliver the truth in whatever they do. little time with the president almost every day sharing the amazing work the intelligence community has been able to deliver. i am proud i am able to communicate that important information to our president. go across a wide range of disciplines. it is tough stuff to do this work. it requires the ability to absorb vast amounts of information and spot trends. frankly, we need help from private sector partners as well and i hope during my time we can continue to take advantage of the great work in the private sector are to deliver world-class product to the united states government. if we are going to succeed we need a nation that understands what our agency does and does not do. i have read all the novels. i sat on the oversight committee for a few years and had to -- had the chanc

fbi --, nga, everybody that has a touch point that provides information to keep our country safe. when we deliver assessments, we must do so with complete candor. as this the truth to serve. we whenever i swear in new officers, i tell them they had the duty to deliver the truth in everything they do. i spent a little bit of time with the president almost every day, sharing the amazing work the intelligence community has been able to serve. whenever i swear in new deliver. a single space and single point in time to inform his decision-making. i'm proud of the fact i get to be that vessel to communicate that information to our president. need offers of majestic intellect. across a wide spreading of discipline. it is tough stuff to do intelligence work. it requires the capacity to absorb large amounts of information. and creativity. we need help from private sector partners as well. can continue to take advantage of the great work that is being done in the private sector to provide aid to our agency to weaken deliver world-class products of the united states government. if we are goi

i suspect each of the former governors were part of the nga, we were not here actually, i was on thisoor because governors had access to the floor, we had many opportunities to testify before senate committees, house committees, on a wide range of issues. i think we brought value and we need to hear from them today. i want to talk about how we go about stabilizing exchanges. the first thing that would help is for the administration to stop destabilizing them. senator kane is right on little legislation i want to drill down just a little bit that provide the insurance, in much that we do in the metacarpal medicare part d program.o use of insurance is a common tool. say you're standing before meme with healthcare and it was expensive and her healthcare needs, the insurance plan regarding 2018, 2019, first $50000 that she used in year one, 2018, the federal government and the insurance companies would be on the hook for the first $50000 of care that she would get.eral between 50,500,000, under our proposal the federal government would pay for 80% of the cost. between 50 and 500,000 would

comes to bringing together intelligence from across the government, not just the cia but the nsa, the nga, the fbi, everyone who has a touch point that helps provide information that can keep our country safe. and when we deliver our assessments, we must do so with complete candor. cia has to speak the truth to whomever we serve without fear or favor. whenever i swear in new officers i tell them they have a duty to deliver the truth in everything that they do. i spend a little bit of time with the president almost everyday sharing the amazing work that the intelligence community has been able to deliver into a single space and single point in time to help inform his decision making. i'm proud of the fact that i get to be that vessel to communicate that important information to our president. we also today need offers of majestic intellect and across a wide range of disciplines. it's tough stuff to do intelligence work. it requires the capacity absorb vast amounts of information and it requires perceptiveness to spot trends looking beneath the data and creativity. and frankly, we need help

you can find all of our nga coverage online at cspan.org or by using the c-span radio app. >>> a house sub committee held a hearing on the opoid epidemic. they talked about programs in their states and the tools they need to help people at risk of addiction and abuse. this is about two hours and 15 minutes. >>> good morning, everyone. today the subcommittee holds a hearing entitled combatting the opoid crisis, battles in the states. make no mistake, the term combatting and battles are entirely appropriate. our nation is in the midst of a tremendous fight against death affecting every corner of our nation. there were more than 52,000 deaths in overdose. a 20% increase in the prior year. it was almost seven time it is rate of death from the heroin epidemic of the 1970s. we learned we have lost roughly 60,0 0 people to drug overdoses. that is more in one year than all the names on the vietnam veteran memorial wall. that is likely underestimated because much of the data will not be in until the end of next year. for every fatale overdose there is 20 nonfatale overdoses and for 2016 that co

i'm honored, this is the first time in nga history we've had a head of state addressed the national governors association and it's only fitting that we have the canadian prime minister to address us today because in america, think of that relationship we have with canada. not only the gigantic border that we share as governor. but also the friendship. i do not believe there is a better bilateral relationship than two countries in the entire globe. has between canada and the united states of america. >> and i specifically want to thank the prime minister who has stepped out and led on such important issues of dealing with climate change. how to deal with extremism, working with us here in america. i want to thank the prime minister, making sure that canada is open, welcoming to everyone. he's been a fighter to protect women's rights, to protect the rights of the lgbt community. he understands we are open and welcoming, good things happen. your economies grow. most importantly i want to thank prime minister for his leadership on the economy. our top trading partner, such a vital partner to all

i am charlie baker, the governor of massachusetts, and i am vice chair of the nga's health and human services committee. i i am pleased to be joined by governor

governors, former governors on the floor with me here today, when we're -- when we were part of the nga, i was on the floor a number of times because governors had access to the floor but we had many opportunities, many invitations to testify before senate committees, house committees on a wide range of issues. and i think we brought value and we need to hear from them today. i want to go back and talk about how we go about stabilizing exchanges. the first thing that would help would be for the administration stop destabilizing them. that would be a big help. and senator kaine has led on legislation. he's mentioned, i want to drill down just a little bit, that would provide reinsurance much as we do in other ways in terms of medicare part-d drug program. but use reinsurance as a very common tool but use it to help stabilize the exchange. how would we use it in our proposal? if the lady standing in front of me was getting health care and she was expensive in her health care needs, the underwriting sthurns plan starting in 2019, first $50,000 she used in year one, 2018, that -- the federa