, -- mayor van johnson to moderate this conversation with marilyn governor wes moore, and west hollywood, california mayor, chelsea bias. [applause] ♪ [applause] >> thank you, mayor patterson, and thank you to our panelists. everyone today stows together now just as leaders, but also as guardians of our communities. as local leaders, we're the first when people call when disaster strikes, whether it is natural or man-made. and then they blame us for everything. from a catastrophic collapse of baltimore's key bridge, to the firestorms encircling los angeles, to the hurricanes that assaulted my old community of savannah, georgia, each crisis, unique yet equally jarring, requires us to reimagine our approaches to disaster readiness and resilience. none of us are immune to the challenge do but we can share our experiences to build a free market and a playbook of better disaster management practices and make us all a more resilient to and were prepared for future threats. so with that, let us get into our discussion with our wonderful panelists. let's give them another round of applause. [app

s second vice president, mayor van johnson of savannah, georgia. [applause] >> thank you. good morning, good morning, good morning. you can hear me now? all right. thank you, kevin. the reliability that mayor patterson and councilmember cramer just talked about is critical to ensuring that local governments remain the economic engine that they have been for our country. that is why nearly 3,000 local leaders gather in d.c. this week and we are calling on congress to pass a budget that strengthens communities across the country where predictable -- with predictable investments. the national league of cities wants to be absolutely unequivocally clear. investments in cities, towns and villages are investments to the future of our country. every federal dollar directed locally is a multiplier for our states and for our country. those investments create new jobs, boost small businesses, and improve public health and the quality of life for all. but we also invest in our on you communities -- in our on you communities and -- on you -- in our own communities and a tool that helps

from this very important conversation, please join me and our very own vice president mayor van johnson to moderate this conversation, conversation with maryland governor wes moore. and west hollywood mayor. ♪ >> thank you mayor patterson and thank you to our panel. you know everyone and not just a few the local leaders, we are the first that people call when disaster strikes whether natural or manmade. from the catastrophic collapse of baltimore's key bridge to the fire storm in los angeles to the hurricanes in my own community of georgia, each crisis is unique and inspires us to reimagine to disaster readiness. what we can share is build a framework and playbook of better management and make us more resilient with that, let us get into our discussion with our wonderful panelist and another round of applause. governor moore, let's start with you, can you tell us a little bit of the action you took and the decision you made that significantly impacted following the collapse of the bridge? >> good afternoon everybody. and great to be here. thank you so much. i would be remiss if i didn't

, -- mayor van johnson to moderate this conversation with marilyn governor wes moore, and west hollywood, california mayor, chelsea bias. [applause] ♪ [applause] >> thank you, mayor patterson, and thank you to our panelists. everyone today stows together now just as leaders, but also as guardians of our communities. as local leaders, we're the first when people call when disaster strikes, whether it is natural or man-made. and then they blame us for everything. from a catastrophic collapse of baltimore's key bridge, to the firestorms encircling los angeles, to the hurricanes that assaulted my old community of savannah, georgia, each crisis, unique yet equally jarring, requires us to reimagine our approaches to disaster readiness and resilience. none of us are immune to the challenge do but we can share our experiences to build a free market and a playbook of better disaster management practices and make us all a more resilient to and were prepared for future threats. so with that, let us get into our discussion with our wonderful panelists. let's give them another round of applause. [app

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van hollen. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- boozman, cramer, cruz, graham, grassley, husted, johnson, justice, kennedy, lankford, mcconnell, moody, mullin, schmitt, scott of south carolina, tillis, and wicker. senators voting in the negative -- alsobrooks, bennet, blunt rochester, booker, coons, duckworth, fetterman, gallego, hassan, hickenlooper, hirono, kaine, king, murphy, murray, ossoff, padilla, rosen, sanders, schatz, schiff, slotkin, smith, warner, and welch. ms. collins, aye. mr. budd, aye. mr. moreno, aye. mr. marshall, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, aye. mr. cassidy, aye. mr. heinrich, no. mr. scott of florida, aye. mr. mccormick, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. kim, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, no. mr. tuberville, aye. there were less than 9000 illegal crossings at of the border and that's the lowest in history. under joe biden the border was

democratic senator chris van hollen of maryland, senator, thanks so much for your time this morning. we appreciate it. secretary johnsonhat we heard in not just in the speech last night, but what we've seen, look at friday in the oval office, for example, as someone who's served in the government and protected our country and his job. what did you make, first of all, of what you saw in the. oval office, but more broadly. >> of. >> this approach of the defense department pulling back on offensive cyber of the un vote. >> where we sided with. >> russia and north korea. what do you make of this, the entirety of this approach? well, first of all, on the news that we have somehow pulled. >> back on offensive cyber. >> i know what i don't know, and i don't have. >> access to classified information anymore. >> so i don't know exactly. >> what. that means. >> my larger point is. >> i happen to be. >> a 2018. recipient of. >> the ronald reagan peace through strength award. and so though i'm a democrat, i do feel obliged. >> every once in a while to promote. >> his legacy. i was watching a documentary the other night. >> about r

johnson, kennedy, lankford, marshall, mccormick, moreno, ossoff, rounds, shaheen, sheehy, tuberville. senators voting in the negative -- alsobrooks, duckworth, durbin, heinrich, kim, lujan, mcconnell, murphy, paul, wyden. mr. scott of florida, aye. mr. vanr. mullin, aye. mr. tillis, aye. mr. kaine, aye. ms. smith, no. mrs. moody, aye. mr. thune, aye. mr. markey, no. mr. booker, no. mr. ricketts, aye. mr. moran, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. justice, aye. mr. merkley, no. ms. cantwell, no. mr. wicker, aye. mr. lee, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. sanders, no. mr. schatz, no. mrs. murray, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. ms. baldwin, no. the clerk: mr. young, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. curtis, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, aye. the clerk: ms. blunt rochester, no. mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, no. the clerk: mr. budd, no. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. schiff, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, aye. ms. lummis, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. mr. schumer, no. the clerk: mr. welch, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, no. the clerk: ms. slotkin, aye. the clerk: mr. graha