platehe put in his library. it's actually made the library i think a boeing 707 and has made the library more successful. so it was good. after you leave office" no it would go directly to the library after i leave office support i would not be using it. >> you said the american hostage that in good faith. [inaudible] >> we hope we are going to have other hostages released to. as you know. when i met with the house is just three weeks ago we were there for quite a while. if you remember the 10 people who came in mostly young people one or two were little bit older. there explain the trials and tribulations. as at home either this and 59.

it's a lot i did not realize. we have a lot of hostages they said 59 but then they followed it up think 59 the rest are dead. mostly son, one daughter in this case but mostly sons their husbands. those people in the dead bodies as much is out the live body. i have a mother that calls me, came up to munich first met her and she said sir, please, that my son out. he is dead but they have his body. and i asked her about that. it is as though he were alive. the level of one thing that body back is the same. it could not be anymore as though he were alive. until we are getting the body's back. it's very important. that could have a thing to do with religion.

i was amazed at the level of importance. it is the same as if the sun, for the husband was alive. they said 59 they came out and came in 59 with the sign and they came to thank me for getting them out. so now it's actually, we'll get edan today. so they have 20 live hostages there. the rest are dead bodies. knox polks. >> reporter: mr. president, are you open to negotiating your tariffs on cars, steel and aluminum with china or any other country? >> well, we're not even talking about that. we're bringing the car business back into this country. we have commitments, not only commitments, they've already started construction on many plants. they've left mexico in a few cases. in a few cases, they've left

canada. they're going to build here because we have the market, and the tariffs have been amazing. the election and the tariffs. november 5th with was a big day, and on top of that, of course, you wouldn't have the tariffs without the election, i guess, if you look at it. but we have at least 11 committed, massive car factories that are going to be built, that are in the process of being built with. and some are going -- some have actually started. we also have renovations of existing factories where they weren't ute aizing the full factory -- utilizing the full factory, and now they're under full renovation. they'll be opening up full factories in a short period of time. our car industries, i think we're going to have the number one industry. if you look at japan and these others, they do tremendously with cars. and they can do that too, but, you know, if they want to sell cars in the eyes, they're -- in the united states, they're going to have to build factories in the united states. i'm interested in cars in the united states.

one other thing is in our tax bill we're giving not only no tax on tips, no tax on social security, no tax on overtime, but also we're going to get a deduction for people that borrow money to buy a car if, if it's made in america. if it's not, we have no interes- [inaudible conversations] >> reporter: -- meeting with -- [inaudible] as well as -- [inaudible] if president putin doesn't show up to these talks, will you join europe -- >> if i felt it would be important toward getting the deal done, i'm the one that insisted on the meeting. they couldn't get a meeting because one said ceasefire, one said no ceasefire, it was going back and forth. i said, look, at this point we've got to stop it. just go to the meeting. the meeting's been set. go to the meeting on thursday. and if i thought it would be helpful, i don't know where i'm going to be at that particular point, but i would fly there if i thought it would be helpful, yeah -- knox polks -- [inaudible conversations]

>> right. >> reporter: now this comes as - [inaudible] virtually all refugees -- [inaudible] countries like sudan, democratic republic of congo. why are you creating an expedited path -- [inaudible] >> because they're being killed. if we don't want to see people be killed. now, south africa leadership is coming to see me, i understand, sometime next week. and, you know, we're supposed to have, i guess, a g20 meeting there, something. we're having a g20 meeting. i don't know how we can go unless that situation's taken care of. it's a genocide that's taking place that you people don't want to write about, but it's a terrible thing that's taking place. and farmers are being killed. they happen to be white. but whether they're white or black makes no difference to me. white farmers are being brutally

killed, and their land is being confiscated in south south africa. and the newspapers and the media, television media, doesn't even talk about it. if it were the other way around, they would talk about. that would be the only story they'd talk about. ask i don't care who they are. i don't care about their race, their color, their height, their weight, i don't care about anything. i just know what's happening is just terrible. i have people that live in south africa. they say it's a terrible situation taking place. so we've essentially extended citizenship to those people and to escape from that violence and come here. [inaudible conversations] >> reporter: mr. president, thank you. are you letting china off the hook for these 90 days, and do you really believe they will poll through with nontariff barriers, not monetary tariffs? >> yeah, i think they'll follow through. i think they want the deal very badly. again, this doesn't include the steel tariffs that that i put on

a long time ago that biden tried to get off, but he couldn't because it was too much money. i took in hundreds of billions of dollars from china which a lot of people don't know. if i didn't do that, we wouldn't have a steel industry today. now we have a thriving steel industry. it'll be thriving much more, because this is the next level. but it doesn't include -- that doesn't include cars, doesn't include pharmaceuticals when we do that. and the reason we're doing that will be to get them to come back in the country. there are, again, i always say it because a lot of people forget, but if a company like eli lilly which is making a massive investment in the united states right now building many, many plants, they've already started, like, seven of them, many plants. but they are not going to be tariffed. this is no tariff costs. so they're all doing that. they're all coming back to the united states. i mean, elle tell you what, i hope -- i'll tell you what, i hope i get the benefit of watching this because, as president, because, you know, it

takes a little while to do this stuff. and we're doing it early in the administration. if you think of it, we have, i believe, if you look at the real total, it's over $10 trillion committed for plants and factories. other administrations haven't had $1 trillion over a 4-year period. are even over an 8-year period. we have over $10 trillion committed in one form or the other over 2 months. give me a -- i'm here three, but let's give me a break on the first months. we wanted to get ackley nateed. -- acclimated. if you think about it, it's really two months. so in two months, we have an investment already of over $10 trillion. and other presidents haven't had that done over a year, over four years in some cases. it's unprecedented. there's never been anything like it. it's a very exciting time in america. thank you very much, everybody. [inaudible conversations] >> reporter:

[inaudible] [inaudible conversations] >> reporter: -- on russia if putin doesn't agree -- >> i have a feeling they're going to agree. i do, i have a feeling. force knox -- [inaudible conversations] >> reporter: the budget bill negotiations are taking place. who in your administration is in charge of that while you're gone? >> everybody. bobby, from the standpoint of -- this group behind me. i think it's the best group ever assembled. in terms of medical, i think you're going to see tremendous cuts -- i don't think, i know you're going to see medicaid and medicare. that that will be massive because drugs are 50-60% of the costs. medicaid costs are going down and medicare costs are going down because of what we're doing today. and there's no -- it's not like, oh, gee, maybe it won't happen. it's going to happen because the other countries have no choice. now, the drug companies are going to have to say, listen, if

you don't -- [inaudible] we're not going to the give you the drug. that's it, we have to equalize. [inaudible conversations] if. >> say it? >> reporter: how do you respond to -- >> it's not price control, no, no. what was price control was before. if you want -- price control is what they were doing. they were making us -- they set a price. then they said here's what we're going to pay. and anything else charge america. because at that time we had a very stupid president. and it really went crazy during the last four years. and remember this, the democrats are the ones that allowed this to happen. they were the ones that were the protector of this pricing system. and i think it's going to be very hard -- you'll have to ask democrats, are they going to vote against the one great big, beautiful deal that's being negotiated? tax cuts, etc. we're now on top of the tax cuts and regulation cuts, all the things. now you're going to say that the

price of your medicine is going down by 60, 70, 80%, you're going to vote against it? if i think at lot of democrats are going to be forced to do something that their leaders are going to beg them not to do, and that's vote for the bill. i don't see how they can vote against it. how can they vote against it when drug prices, drugs and pharmaceuticals are going to be down 70, 80%? it's going to be very interesting. >> reporter: mr. president -- [inaudible] as a gift to you, why not -- >> you're abc fake news. only abc -- well, a few of you would. let me tell you, you should be embarrassed asking that question. they're giving us a free jet. i could say, no, no, no, don't give us -- i want to pay you a billion or $400 million or whatever it is. or i could say, thank you very much, you know? it was an -- [inaudible] sam snead, did you ever hear of him? he was a great golfer, won 8 the tournaments, and -- 82 tournaments, and he he had a

motto, when they give you a putt, you say thank you very much, you pick up your ball and go to the next hole. a lot of people are stupid. they insist on putting and they miss it. you know what? remember that, sam snead. when they give you a putt, you pick it up, you walk to the next hole, and you say thank you very much. [inaudible conversations] >> reporter: -- have you ever been given a gift worth millions of dollars and not -- >> it's not a gift to me, it's a gift to the department of defense. and you should know better because you've been embarrassed enough and so has your network. your network is a disaster. abc is a disaster. here is the bill. bobby, come on up here -- [applause] thank you very much, everybody. [inaudible conversations] >> thank you very much.

>> all right. hello, governors. good afternoon, everyone. by name is jay timmons, and i do run the national association of manufacturers. finish and the basic idea behind the nam if is that manufacturers power the economic prosperity of the united states. we believe that when manufacturing succeeds in every state of every size across every sector, that means more shovels in the dirt, more people put to

work with, more goods on our shelves, more innovation in the market, more opportunities for our children and more prosperity for communities, our nation and the world. at the nam we advocate for the 13 million people who make things in america and for the companies that they help power. because when manufacturing wins, america wins. now, next to me on the stage are four exceptional leaders many our country, four people who understand not just how important manufacturing is in their states, but also how to put the wind at the backs of manufacturers of every size and stripe in alaska, maryland, michigan and virginia. now, as you might note, that's alpha by state, but it's also alpha by last name. i don't know how that worked out, but it worked out pretty well. so governors dunleavy, moore, whitmer and duncan, i want to so

much for your leadership on behalf of manufacturers everywhere. and thank you also for lending your time to this great group today. you got an important perspective serving both in the statehouse and on the front lines to tell us how manufacturing is evolving and also the opportunities that a.i. presents as well as emerging technology. now, biharnessing these technologies -- biharnessing these technologies, it becomes clear the united states becomes the best place to invest the next dollar in manufacturingful we'll dive right in. i'm going to ask all of you a couple of questions, and then we'll get to individual questions. our member companies at the nam, they tell me what i'm sure manufacturers in your state tell you, a.i. and emerging technologies are radically changing how we live, how we work, how we build things in america. so when it comes to a.i., what developments are you seeing from manufacturers in your state?

is there a project or an investment that you'd like to highlight? and let's go alphabetically by state this time. >> i don't know if you mean by size finish. >> oh, that works too. [laughter] >> alaska. no, it's a great question. and i think -- [inaudible] but a.i. is radically changing everything. it's causing businesses to become more efficient which is good, and what's interesting, you know, in a demographic leveling out and decline here in the united states and across the world, a.i. couldn't have come at a better time in order for businesses to take the next leap forward. alaska is generally, unlike some of the other states, we're basically a resource state. we're a logistics state. and for us, our oil and gas industries are huge. our mining industries are huge, our fishing industries are huge. and those industries are capitalizing on a.i. for a whole host of reasons and methods. i know in the oil industry it's

making drilling a lot more efficient. it's looking at -- [inaudible] in a different manner. these efficiencies are going to result in better approaches, better products, better services. and we see that, like i said, occurring in alaska. alaska's a big energy state. so this is going to bode well and it is boding well right now for alaska, again, to capitalize. we've got, and we'll probably talk about this in a little while, but we are an oil supergiant. we have a renaissance on our north slope in terms of oil, more oil production as a result of changes in technology in a.i., but also we're on the verge of consummating a massive gas project, alaska lng project that would serve our asian allies in the pacific. and so in all aspects of our lives, a.i.'s having an impact and in government efficiencies as well. and so we are deploying a number of a.i. approaches, and we'll be doing much of that this summer

going into the fall to modernize our government, to make it more efficient, to find out where there may be some waste and opportunities. and so i think just about everybody in the audience has used a.i. in terms of one time or another in terms of chat or applications, and alaska's having an impact just like it is in the rest of the these states. >> how about you, governor moore in. >> first, it's an honor to be here with my colleagues who i admire and respect respect, so thank you all so much. and also just welcome everybody to maryland. wont that thank select usa for selecting maryland. and for all of you who are here, welcome. we don't plan on you leaving ever, so you should stay in the state of maryland. but, you know, i think about the reason a.i. has become so important in the way that we do our work. a lot of it does come to things what are the natural assets that the state of maryland has. and also i think, you know, for my background, before i ran for

office i was a military officer. and i was in the business world. and, you know, you think about the way you invest and think through growth in a really smart way about how when, you know, we first -- when our administration first came onboard, one of the first hires we made was a chief modernization officer to actually ensure we could streamline and speed up the way government actually worked, be able to address how are you cutting waste out of the budget and really thinking how are you streamlining your work with. one of the first hires was a senior adviser to a.i. to our office, one of the few in the country, because while i believe that you have to think about a.i. in terms of, you know, the guardrails around it, i also believe that you -- and i know we think, we're very bullish on what are the opportunities that a.i. can provide to be able to enhance the human experience. and is so there were some specific lighthouse industries that we really tailored and

focused on for the state of maryland. one was life sciences. the second was i.t., and the third was aerospace and defense. and amongst that i. i.t. bucket with was a.i. and if you think about the assets that the state of maryland has, the reason a.i. was so important is that, you know, we believe that maryland has such uniquely-tethered assets to our state that made a.i., that made a.i. desirable there. you know, we're in the state of maryland, you have the johns hopkins data center and a.i. initiative. in the state of maryland you have the university of maryland a.i. center, and you also have the university of maryland serving as the capital of quantum. so we believe a.i. is something that cannot just serve as a way of making government more efficient, but also when you're able to leverage your private sec sector partner, your institutions of higher education, when you're able to lev reasonable all the various platforms and investment vehicles that are looking towards a.i., we think it's important for our state to be on

the front edge of this instead of waiting for consequences. many and so i just believe strongly that when we're having the conversations about alternative intelligence and generative a.i., that we cannot look at it exclusively from a defensive measure. we do have to look at it from an offensive perspective about the things we can benefit just to make sure we're bringing the communities along with us so they understand what exactly are the long-term benefits and how can their lives be enhanced by it as well. >> go north, governor whitmer. >> all right. well, i'm glad to be here with all of you and especially glad that you're moderating our panel as the premier advanced manufacturing state, always glad to share a panel with someone -- [inaudible] michigan is known for advanced manufacturing, and unfortunately there are sometimes still old notions of what manufacturing looks like, that it's hot and hard and dirty work, but it is

cutting edge technology. and we know that all of our mobility jobs really are very different than what they used to be. they are high -- [inaudible] this is an industry that is moving fast. as we position michigan and we look to the future, we know that some of our national assets like having the most engineers in the country per capita, institutions like the university of michigan or wayne tate or michigan state university -- wayne state -- or michigan tech that churns out lots of engineers every year, we mow these strengths give us an opportunity when it comes to a.i. and we just created a collaboration between the university of michigan, the a.i. work that they are doing and loss are alamos labs. we are focused on -- los alamos. how do we apply this technology to improve people's lives but to insure we lead the way when it comes to advanced manufacturing. in order for us to realize the

opportunity in this moment, we're also working very hard to ensure we've got the energy to power it. michigan will be the first state in the nation, perhaps the first places in north america to restart a nuclear facility. that's something that we decided we're going to do because there's no question if we are going to meet our clean energy goals and power the technology that is going to drive not just manufacturing, but almost every facet of our life. we've got to have clean energy to do that. and so we are looking at it from a wide array of avenues to ensure that we don't just apply a.i. to make our lives better although that's a very important goal, but that we are also leading when it comes to developing, to innovating, what does the next iteration look like as we see the whole world moving so quickly. >> take us to the silicon dominion with, governor. >> first of all, welcome, everybody. i know we're in maryland, but

most of you landed in virginia at the airport -- [laughter] and drove over here. and one of the things you'll, of course, recognize is that we're all very proud governors of our states. and we will be advocating for you to invest in each one of our states. let me just begin with why we're here which is select usa. and the choice to invest in the united states is the most important decision that you will make. this economy is going to thrive, and i'm a firm believer that trade deals that are being negotiated, the budget deal that will come and the investment which is at a record level already are is going to really pave the way for an extraordinary opportunity for all companies in the united states. and, of course, once you select usa, i hope you'll select virginia. and a.i. is a big part of our future. so virginia was recently named by cnbc as the top state in

america for business. and the reason was really straightforward. one, we have invested heavily in getting sites ready. and so we've allocated $500 million to have sites ready. we have progressed an all-american, all of the above energy platform. and one of the things i'm excited about as well is nuclear. and we're really planning on being the first state to virtually deploy small modular reactors, but on top of that, we are the first state to be awarded the construction of the first fusion power plants which is really exciting. thirdly, we believe talent is the key to everything. and when you have a talent pipe that is truly differentiated, then you can, in fact, leave -- lead. and then finally, you have to have a government that understands what it means to be pro-business. and what i'm excited about is we have deregulated in virginia. we've had a chance over the last tree years to streamline 70,000 regulations to make it easier to

get permits and to go faster, to operate at the speed of business. now, all of that translates into one of our core sectors which is the data center in a.i. world. virginia's the leading state in the world of data centers by a factor of four. it's estimated that 70% of the internet traffic of the world goes through virginia. and that gives us a great opportunity to not just lead the nation, but lead the world in the advancement of a.i. and and we've seen huge investment across the state. what that also requires is collaboration with our university and and high school education system which cnbc rated top in the nation, and that allows us to really develop a unique pipeline of talent, talent of engineers, talent of developers, talent with technicians. in fact, understanding the application and the opportunities that a.i. presents

itself. and then i agree with governor whitmer, a.i. is not just technology. it is advanced manufacturing. and at the heart of the application of a.i. is how it translates into driving efficiencies and opportunities and new capabilities in manufacturing. and that's why i've been so pleased that virginia has been able to attract some of the leading manufacturing companies in the world. we just with crested over $100 billion of committed investments in companies expanding in virginia or coming new to virginia. and those are businesses from all over the world. and it's fun when you have companies that have come from all over the world like steel from germany that just celebrated their 50th anniversary in virginia or canon from japan that just celebrated their 40th anniversary or new companies like lego who just submitted to invest another -- committed to invest another $350 million after establishing their very first u.s. manufacturing facility. and then finally, we just broke

ground on a great cable manufacturing business from korea. so the opportunities that a.i. presents, of course, are really going to transform the way that we do business. but we're going to transform the way we build things. that's why it's such an important aspect of, i believe, virginia's future which is to lead in a.i., lead in data center development. but most importantly, lead in the application of that to make advanced manufacturing the envy of the world here in the united states. >> thank you, governor young youngkin. so as you all know from your leadership and experience, even the best manufacturing companies don't you can is seed in a vacuum. it also comes town to whether leaders in washington -- down to whether leaders in washington and in statehouses are investing in manufacturers in the form of smart, like, policy. something that we talk about at the nam on the national level,

our members tell us every day that the right policy choices around taxes, trade, rebalanced regulations, energy, permitting reform, labor and training our work force can help manufacturers compete and succeed on the world stage. making the case along the way that an investment in american companies is a smart investment every time. now, this may be a little bit repetitious from your previous answer, so let's kind of shorten it to one policy that's on your mind to help manufacturers in your state get ahead. i'm going to start with governor whitmer. and, governor, our state a affiliate is the michigan manufacturers' association. john walsh gives you a lot of praise on your focus -- for your focus on high school manufacturing programs. what's one policy you would like to focus on to enhance manufacturing in your state? >> i can't help but go to work force immediately. if we think about how manufacturing has changed and how high-tech it is, making sure

that our residents have got the skills necessary to get into these advanced manufacturing products we've been landing in michigan is really first and foremost. all the right tax policy in the world won't make up for lack of work force, and that's why i don't say it's one or the other, we've got to do both. but our focus on scaling up our population so they've got skills that translate. you know, i gave a speech not long ago here in washington about american competitiveness. you know, we've got a wonderful history in michigan when world war ii, we changed the whole auto industry into the with arsenal of democracy, and we built bombers instead of trucks of it was men and it was mostly women showing up because men were fighting in europe and if then in japan. and i would say that that moment of time showed what american ingenuity can be, what american

manufacturing is ideally, problem solving and nimble and ready to move. and that's why i think as we think about whether or not it's america building ships or airplanes or chips, having that kind of mindset and a strategy that really is focused and insuring that we are leading in these spaces instead of catching up or relying on others. so the work force is always going to be central to our notion of whether or not we can be with successful there. bringing down the cost of a 4-year degree in michigan is something that we've done for michiganders, creating working with the u.s. navy to create m3s which is a michigan maritime and manufacturing undertaking with our community colleges and mccolm county. just spoke to the graduates of that program, and they all came out with jobs. and we want to create, we want to make sure that america's building ships again.

we've got to have the skills to do it, and that's what our focus has been in a big part in terms of building an ecosystem that thrives in the manufacturing sector. ..

even more so a future workforce. they can go to one of our colleges get a two-year degree, a four year degree the talents is the key and we customize that to work with companies. virginia's talents excelerator we have been rated as the best customize talent workforce velma program for the last three years, best in the country really works with companies to match their needs without talent pipeline. if we do not have power we are going to be in trouble. this is one of the great opportunities not just for virginia but for america to continue to demonstrate that we are going to affordable, reliable increase in the clean power. when you lead and nuclear

introduce natural gas and es have solar and wind development going have increasingly power. that's affordable and reliable. that's one of our great competitive advantages. the one thing i would add is pipelines for your supply chain. i think supply-chain certainty is critically important. as we watch some polite chains move to the united states and to our trusted allies that's regional supply chain that's yes in the united states but was entrusted allies. i think will be the absolute cornerstone chip manufacturing going forward. watching the dynamic nature of supply chain movement around the world as we are seeing at regionalized, regionalized in the united states is when we are most excited about in virginia and some of these key areas like

semiconductors and pharmaceuticals and advanced manufacturing as we things see things coming to the united states. we get education right, workforce right we get supply chain right for the united states is going to dominate for a long time. >> so let's talk about a different kind of pipeline. on the project. katy who runs the alaska chamber of commerce are affiliate in your state you are one of the most incredibly pro-business governors she has seen in alaska. what is one issue on your mind for investment in the state cluster. >> alaska has different challenges that represent a few seven or 40000 folks. it's a green field operation sea to support the united states.

came into the union as a resource estate is what we do best president trump executive order were the only set alaska is the only state because of the energy potential alaska has got enormous amounts of gas. largest graphite find in north america largest nickel, lead, zinc, you name it. alaska is looked upon by the white house as a solution to many of the world's problems and america's problems. that gas line is a huge project supported but also needed for alaska for the utilities are bases in future it manufacturing as well as the asian allies. the pipeline to talk about for decades and decades and decades as a whole different pipeline today all of our permits, all of her right of ways. with this surge in electrification of the world the

appetite and the enthusiasm is something we've never seen before. this pipeline will be phased out in three phases. the pipeline itself, we hope to have it built in the next two or two and half years delivering gas to alaska. we just got back from a trip the folks in taiwan same with tile and got a contingent we pioneer for the world in 1969. most people do not know that alaska was shifting gas to alaska for 50 years. large oil pipelines 1974 -- 7718000000000 have gone to the pipeline.

the pipeline concept is huge energy conference here june 4, and fifth in alaska. secretary wright, lead zelda with epa is going to be there and probably 1000 folks from all over the world the one to invest in alaska. energy is the key to everything we are talking about education alaska has a lot to offer the energy world. especially for cooks governor moore, mary kain of the maryland state of commerce is getting a high praise for the work you will do together on the reins act. we appreciate that as well but what is one thing on your mind. >> the importance of apprenticeships and workforce

development in all of this. very clear or going to invest. create better pipelines we have quadrupled in apprenticeship that we have now in the state of maryland. to provide pathways for high school students being very clear some of the best four-year institutions in america not everyone of her students seem to attend one. not just a strong pipeline of talent but without on board we've been able to drive the unemployment rate in the state of maryland one of the lowest in the entire country. while the apprenticeship work and the pipeline orc does become incredibly important. the other thing to be focused on how are you leveraging what are uniquely tethered to your

jurisdiction? make sure we are creating education system that teaches our young people to employees but employers. being entrepreneurs themselves look at the access we have with interstate we invest and whether it be the port of baltimore not just one of the largest but also one of the more active ports within the knighted states by two thirds of the united states gets the good from the port of baltimore. in fact many of you have cooperation partnerships. we think about that leverages that we have the aerospace industry, we have a few businesses here i had a chance to meet with earlier. the work they are doing in middle river within maryland. the reason they chose middle river is maryland is also the

home of fort meade and the u.s. naval academy. and u.s. cyber command. some of our largest not just thought leaders but industry producing assets for a lot of hurt large businesses specifically and advanced manufacturing want to be near. they want to be around they want to be able to leverage. we've got to be able to focus on educational pipelines we have to focus on apprenticeship platforms from the chamber of commerce was speaking about. we have to make sure were creating to get back in the workforce. and leverage the assets that are already there. for lord large corporation small corporations looking to invest those of the questions they're asking. how can i leverage the things

but also the business and governmental entities. our ability to stream line that make it easier, provide the right kind of incentives is going to give us the court pathways to win and the advanced manufacturing right now. >> think you governor perry were going to go back in alphabetical order now. i'll start with you. we will do is speed around here. this different questions for each one of your break technology and a.i. companies look for competitive destination or investment what makes alaska a strong contender for data centers in digital infrastructure. how is alaska shaping the next generation? the next several decades in some respects because of our energy and ability to post data centers. alaska's large tracts of continuous' acreage of land we

are talking thousands of acres small population and land mass. three times a freshwater of any other state in the country. we have cool temperatures obviously but once a pipeline is built expert going through my 2031 we are looking at potential electrical costs in state around 4 cents a kilowatt hour. this bodes well for any outfit looking to relocate and diversify as opposed to one place or one area inexpensive large tracts of land, cool temperatures we have a number of military bases in there. starting here in a few years very inexpensive gas. very inexpensive electricity. it's a tremendous opportunity and be a stable tax rate the tax system and tax regime.

cooks governor moore to accelerate a.i. research and development in general recent collaboration you might be able sure this? >> we are very clear if you're going to win particularly in the industry that we indicated aerospace and defense the ability to win in this industries you have your best partner possible. in fact we recently came back from eight foreign trade chip trip to japan and korea. it's great seeing so many of you had a chance to be with over there. if we are going to built a focus on these industries that means making sure you have the strong partnerships. make sure you partner with mitsubishi. and partner with costs that we are, aerospace and defense.

our ability to grade those bilateral relationships became imperative that's going to be where a lot of the future is going to be. i think people south of the state of maryland which you have is stability. what you have is transparency. what you have is a really right atmosphere with the growth we all believe in. we get the idea of the date at centers and data forms for one example. the truth is been completely transparent maryland was not always the best place to have david data center. and a lot of our neighbors were able to move much faster and dit move much faster. sort of the first things we did was introduce legislation on critical infrastructure. and enhancing critical and the structure assets many of us ande same things the governors talking about access to energy supply. access to water supply. 70% of my state is a water line

or water locked you think about access to washington d.c. and where that larger set of data farms were in, that were in virginia for expanded growth the best place to look is a look at the spaces within maryland. that was a muscle we had to develop and create. i'm thankful for the progress we have seen now. it's focusing on bilateral relationships between our state and our foreign partners that can be really unique and help to win the next decade that we are all competing for. cracks are right governor whitmer, i have literally the most important question of the day that is going to you. who's going to win the big game this saturday after thanksgiving? [laughter] on the second most important question can you give me into your box? i'm an ohio state guy. [laughter] >> the question is about not michiganohio state footballt fall. it's really not that important.

[laughter] oxo give a different one maybe we can talk about that later. michigan advanced manufacturing base as you know it's rapidly iy integrating artificial intelligence. what we see michigan having and the competitiveness and leadership in a.i.? >> a major role. michigan, one of the great things about michigan as people who call at home they are humble, it is a diverse population. had they work hard for their gritty people know how to get things done. i am really proud of a lot of the work we've been able to do to diversify our economy. obviously advanced mobility continues to be an important part of the initiate economy think about defense in particular i was thrilled were able to announce michigan will be home to a number of the f-15 we've been growing our defense industry and aerospace. saab just announced munitions

plants and michigan. one of the great things about where we are located geographically on the map we are home to over 20% of fresh service water i'll set one more time because sometimes even people in michigan do not appreciate what a big deal ... 20% of the world's fresh surface water is in and around the great lakes. these are wonderful strengths we have as we look to diversify our cutting edge with higher education. so many fortune 500 countries that are headquartered in the state because of these important assets. but also the collaboration between government, industry, the foreign direct investment we have benefited from over the years. level set it's a challenging time right now globally. i note policies creating stress

in the industries all across our economies. i can tell you that went west says he believes that state their country relationships more important than ever we believe that as well. we want to make sure companies who invest in michigan have got reports from other state government we are working overtime to do that. the goal is to make sure we're on shoring and doing more manufacturing something michigan strongly position to be successful at doing combining that with our cutting edge technology when it comes to a.i. it's an exciting time it's a stressful times a challenging time for anyone in here who's not been down to the michigan booth please check it out would love to work with you. >> think you governor. governor youngkin a little over two years ago i had the

privilege of joining you in other state leaders at the lego ground breaking in chesterfield county. now, my own bias as a chief of staff are one of governor duncan's predecessors but, like all states appear virginia does know how to build. tell us how you're making more places in the commonwealth shovel ready for manufacturers especially for a.i. focused projects like data centers and facilities for advanced manufacturing companies? and i am asking that because as you well know industrial availability is cited as a challenge from expanding manufacturing. cooks one of the biggest opportunities for economic development is to shrink the timeline. we all know that when time lines expand projects going from great to mediocre or mediocre to bad. having an accelerated timeline for every aspects of economic develop project is critical.

that starts with the state that understands what it means to run fast. last week we announced built in virginia investment accelerator. it takes every aspect of state government. we have an economic we can accelerate everything from two site investment site investment becomes critically important. when we came in i work with the general assembly we have divided government in virginia to get this done because it's critically important weaver appropriate $500 million in site readiness to make sure this the sitesare graded and connecto utilities. the transportation infrastructure from realtor road is ready to go. as a result companies coming to virginia are able to build immediately. when you can accelerate that

whole timeline everything changes. and now what we are seeing is businesses like lego that came to virginia because we had a shovel ready site. they are now investing again. after a huge statement of affirmation for that business from the ecosystem we built. we have to combine this great ecosystem. we press through 15000 hydro- started to emerge and it was set a goal for 10 over four years we have hit 15003 years of innovative companies that want to grow. went to connect them to advanced manufacturing so they have customers and i think finally one of the biggest attributes we have to pay attention to is where our people wanting to live? at the end of the day are more people moving into state or out of state we in fact net in

migration in 2023 at a level that part is ninth in the nation of the desired place to live. people coming much faster than they are moving away. i think of certain sets of customers. we have people who live here, people who don't live here yet but may want to come. we have businesses that are already here and want to expand. i believe if we create an environment lower cost of living at $9 billion we have streamlined regulation we have great talent development, we have a military at one of the largest presence and the entire united states we can keep those people have them feed into our workforce. finally we have a government that understands that it is your pace that matters, not ours. therefore we've got to run fast to help you be successful. then we can be great partners to help build not just a successful business for you but to open up opportunities for the people that will serve.

as i said at the beginning, this is about doing business in america. the net opportunity for all of you is to invest. you get to invest in what i believe will be the most dynamic economy in the world by far with great growth opportunities, innovations that will overwhelm any problem. incredibly talented workforce. the home market that will provide you places sell your product and i think a new trade deals around the world are going to open up markets that have historically not been open like this should be. what an opportunity for you just select usa. i appreciate everybody for being here and giving up the opportunity to advocate for our own state. but, to give us a chance also why the united states is the best place to invest capitol, to build businesses, to invest in research to live and work and raise her family so thank you. >> thank you very much governor.

and, as you can see the number one job of every governor in this country is to be a chief achieveeconomic development off. these governors do that tremendously well. to echo what governor youngkin said if you're looking to invest anywhere in the world the best place to invest is right here in the united states you will find no better partner than these four governors as well as the others throughout the country. the one thing i hope everyone here really takes away from today's discussion we have two republican governors to democratic governors. when it comes to jobs, when it comes to investment when it comes economic opportunity that is a nonpartisan issue all across this country. we want americans to succeed. so, want to thank these four governors they are tremendous leaders. what they said it during this discussion is the right policy decisions, manufacturing will continue to grow in this

country. 13 million people that make things in this country will become many millions more. thank you all for having us here. [applause] ♪ [applause] >> thank you. thank you so much. thank you patrick for that phenomenal introduction. we are excited to have centered senatorvan hollen here for our d in a series on the path forward. the path forward is a series is dedicated to describing how we fight back in this moment. but also in that fight how we think about the past. how we think about the future and how we basically ensure that we have ideas. we will get to both of those today.

first i would love for you to talk to us about why you made the trip to el salvador. what you found there. and why you thought it was so important to do what you did. >> sure. first thank you and patrick in the whole team at the center for american progress. it's good to be with you. i met with garcia's wife who's down there with his mother. with his brother. and heard the story firsthand he was driving with his 5-year-old son who had autism. federal agents pulled up pulled the car to the side of the road essentially seized illegally he went to baltimore try to make a phone call to let know were how he was who's denied that opportunity is taken to texas, there he is handcuffed, shackled put on a plane not know where he

heis going be the next thing he knows he ends up in this notorious prison in el salvador. that was around the same time the president of el salvador was coming and visiting the united states. i wrote the letter to the ambassador of el salvador here and said i'd like to meet with him when he is here to talk about abrego garcia not being complicit in the scene to undermine constitution. he did not meet with me. i said in my letter if he didn't i was going to down to el salvador. both to see if abrego garcia was alive. but also to ask for his release at some point. all of this in the frame of our constitutional rights and due process. i am been very clear not vouching for a person i am

vouching for a constitutional right to due process. and making it very clear that if you allow president trump to trample over his constitutional rights, you do threaten them for everybody. everybody in this room. what bullies do is a start by picking on people they think are most vulnerable but they don't stop there. this is part of a pattern we are seeing from this president that was recently asked whether he had to comply with the constitution and said he does not know. i will close with this. we have 89 nothing ruling on the supreme court. ordering president trump to facilitate the return of abrego garcia to the united states. and as we sit here at donald trump is thumbing his nose at the courts. where it sits right now is come back to federal district court in maryland. judges essentially worthy of ministration you provided information with the drawing to

comply with the supreme court order to treat so far they have been stonewalling. most recently claim the state secrets act to prevent them from providing information is the critical moment for the country. this case and some others but this is the one with most this case is really a test about whether going to stand up for the constitution. in my view it is never wrong to fight for the constitution of the united states and for that's what makes us who we are. [applause] >> we will definitely get to the constitutional principles. i support. you. essentially you were shadowboxing the government in the disinformation and try to put out which is a whole

challenge here. you described it elsewhere but it's good to give you an opportunity to describe what happened when you got there. how they tried to set the stage. i do think this is an element of authoritarian government. >> you saw this happening from the trauma administration as well as the el salvador answer. on the u.s. side who have a constant flood of information, disinformation on social media. trying to change the subject in this case for trying to make it all about fighting gang violence. i've said we can fight gang violence without suspend the constitution of the united states. in this region back in the early 2000's i headed up antigang regional task force. but we should not just let them spew this information changes subject. the judge in this case has said very clearly, the administration

has provided quote no evidence linkingid abrego garcia to any terrorist activity. my response on the social media side mandatory -- i ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum call with respect to the rubinstein nomination be waived. the presiding officer: without objection.

mr. barrasso: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr. barrasso: i ask unanimous consent that we proceed immediately to the vote. the presiding officer: without objection. the question occurs on the nomination. h is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. alsobrooks. ms. baldwin. mr. banks. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. ms. blunt rochester. mr. booker.

mr. boozman. mrs. britt. mr. budd. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons.

no known to. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. welcome, welcome to the nine states of america.

it is such an honor for us to have you here today. this is the land of the free. i am chris land it would introduce myself i'm deputy secretary of state of the united states this is my friend. troy> on the deputy secretary of homeland security, welcome it. great to have because here. website know you've gone through a long flight i cannot believe there are babies and children who are so well behaved so much better than minor. i am so happy it makes me so happy to see it with our flag in your hand that flag symbolizes liberty for so many of us. many of us, our families have had a journey not that different from the journey you are embarking on today. my own father was born in europe. and had to leave his country

when hitler came in and the 1930s and made his way to south america first and eventually to the united states. so he is an immigrant who was actually able to benefit from the many blessings of this family one of the reasons i wanted to go and work for the government is because i wanted to give back to this country who brought freedom to my family allowed us to escape a very difficult situation in another country. and so i know, any adjustment in life, any change takes a while to get used to. but i want you all to know that you are really welcome here. we respect what you have had to deal with these last few years we respect the long tradition of your people. and what you have accomplished over the years.

and i am sure you will be successful. i know a lot of you are farmers, right? when youmr have quality seed you can put them in foreign soil they will blossom and bloom. we are excited to welcome you here to our country where we think you will bloom we will hopefully allow your child fulfilling lives for your children we will bloom and in a fit alongside you so thank you very much for coming here. [applause] [applause] >> i would like to add again on behalf of president trump, secretary noem we are so grateful you guys are here. everyone within dhs were so excited to get you here to process you guys get a really warm start. i was tracking your flight 12 hours and so thank you for the patience of being able to get here. very similar to chris my wife

came for my run. same thing persecution, found christianity she's come here and speaks five languages she is a schoolteacher she is a great american story we are so grateful chris and i both wanted to, and make sure we greet you guys are give our contact information to you. is anything we can do just want to welcome you personally. we look forward to after this to spend a little time with you to spend time so thank you guys. >> struck secretary's going to give a few remarks regards thanks very much thank you for coming out this afternoon. the deputy secretary of homeland security and i just met with this first flight of south african refugees to arrive in our country pursuant to the

president's executive order on certain egregious actions in south africa. the president made it clear the victims of just racial discrimination wouldn't beat welcome to come to the united states. he is now delivering on that promise. the deputy secretary and i just spoke to some of the folks who have arrived on this flight. they tell quite harrowing stories of the violence they faced in south africa. that was not addressed by the authorities, by the unjust application of the law. the united states come as we are proud to say, stands for equal justice under law. and the fair and impartial application of the law.

and again this is a group that is not experience that and has to the contrary experienced violence and really fear for their lives in south africa. they were really subject to very serious egregious and targeted threats. we wish them wellin their journey to the united states. we underscore for them the american people are a welcoming and generous people. we underscore the importance of assimilation into the united states. which is one of the very important factors we look to in refugees and missions. through the resettlement program

for these folks that were vetted in south africa. really reject the egregious persecution and race in south africaor. we welcome these people to the united states and thank you very much. >> could after deputy secretary troy edgar. first alone to think president trump, secretary noem for the opportunity to come down here and welcome these folks from south africa. we do a lot of work together to further the objectives of the president spent a very important day. thank greet these folks to come in and hear their stories. stearate they have been through. the real situation these been through a lot of stuff or grateful to have them in the

u.s. the united states has a long history of bringing people or my wife schoolteacher they were super excited for them. deputy secretary and myself have given these people are personal information is anything we can do to help them be successful. want to wish them the best. we want to thank you for coming down and celebrating, thank you. >> hi, thank you for your time. what are some of the examples of racial discrimination or attacks that caught the eye of the trump administration? zero pathway to american citizenship for these refugees? quick sure, thank you for that question. if you look at the executive order the president issued back on february 7 of this year it talked about the terrible explosion nation act that was enacted last year in south africa.

that allows without compensation of farmland. a fair number of these refugees were farmers who farmed this a particular land for generations. and now face the threat of not only of but also of direct violence. we had a chance to speak with them many of these foes have experienced the threatening invasions of their homes, their farms, and a real lack of interest or success of the government and it doing anything about the situation. as well obviously several very south african politicians repeating things like these people have been living under a shadow of violence and terror for some time now. thank you.

[inaudible] >> i want to know from bbc there are many people who fit this criteria. they are feeing persecution. but they are being denied refugee status i am wondering especially when the south african government says there's open up the rest of the program? thank you for that question. i think you may recall on the president's first day in office on january 20 of this year exec issued executive order that pause u.s. refugee programs that had been going at record levels under the prior administration and it brought in people we were not sure have been carefully

vetted for national security issues. and put a pause on that refugee admission program in general. that pause was subject from the very beginning two inspections were it was determined this would be in the interest of the united states. some of the criteria are making sure refugees did not pose any challenge to our national security they could be assimilated easily into our country. the president on february 7 issued executive order about the egregious conditions in south africa. all of these folks who have just come in today have been carefully invented pursuant to our refugee standards. whether or not the broader refugee programs for others around the world. lifted is stil an ongoing consideration. but again the president has

recognized this is a dire situation of this particular group of people and again they went through the process. it is not surprising that a country from which refugees come does not concede they are refugees. and unfortunately the south african government has not done what we feel is appropriate to guarantee the rights of the citizens to live in peace with their fellow south africans which is why under our domestic law they were given refugee status. thank you very much. >> how many people been brought over? do you have a number?

>> good afternoon everybody. i'm here with the administrator of the faa chris i appreciate them being here with me. we want to talk and frank from the faa is here as well. listen we've all been reporting and seeing what's happening at newark airport. and i think it is clear that the blame belongs with the last of ministration. joe biden did nothing to fix the system they knew was broken.

and so i want to lay out how we got here, what's going on in newark and what our plan is to actually fix it under the trump administration. who by the way it fixes a problem doesn't cause problems or hundreds we get here? july of 2020 for the biden buddha judge faa move control of the new york newark airspace from new york or also known as and 92 philadelphia tower or the philadelphia trick on his part of the move the stars assistant processes radar data for newark remain based in new york city move from new york down to philly where the controllers would be. redundant diverse client feeds this data from new york to philadelphia where they had out newark arrivals and departures. the faa bungled this move without properly hardening the telecom lines feeding the data. which was already known to be error-prone.

the infrastructure they added more risk to the system. in fact, there are issues in october and november under biden and buttigieg that would have highlighted the prior administration the underlying hardware would continue to cause problems. that, along their overall the overall neglectof the wholed the aging issues we have highlighted of the course of the last several weeks, clear mistakes of their administration. so, let's talk about where we are now. what is going on in newark? true of recent issues on april 28, may ninth may 11 with communication radar displays have highlighted the antiquated nation of the air traffic control system which is still using copper wires and other outdated technology. the incidents on april 28 and may 9, resulted in very brief outages that impacted the stars

rated data displays going down. most serious of these outages lasted approximately 30 seconds. this includes the radar data that displays going down again for 30 seconds the displays took approximately 50 seconds then to reboot and come back online. there's been some discrepancy 30 seconds versus 90 seconds the outage was 30 seconds but the displays took another minute to boot. that is where you get 30 and 90 seconds. the telecom was out for 30 seconds. the outage also interrupted the phone line and radio frequencies for very short period this is how controllers talk to pilots. connections to phone lines via voice switches are the primary weight those do talk to pilots these frequencies returned almost immediately which is why you heard of pilots actually telling airplanes they could not see them with the raider.

they're able to talk to the airplanes but could not see the airplane on their scope. these issues along with staffing shortages at philadelphia and broadway construction at newark have led to the delays for passengers. the response and finance the faa implemented a software update to prevent future outages a software patch was successful. our redundant lines are now both working. we know this because on sunday there was an outage you all reported on them. the outage was the main line went down but the redundant line did stand up meaning our patch, our fix worked. now because of that the controllers and it's in this the prior two times when they saw the mainline go down, they were concerned even though they could see airplanes and talk to airplanes out of an abundance of caution they asked to shut down the airspace for 45 minutes. but we still have our scopes

entered telecom functioning on sunday morning. so, it is important to note and we'll talk about this in a little bit. this system is so old that even if you have high speed fiber information coming into it très con or a tower, the equipment that we as is so old the information has to be slowed down. it comes into fast it has to go at the speed of copper wire. so if two issues the reliability of the telecom. but also the old equipment we are using paired together causing a lot of issues in the system but let's talk about what the trump administration is doing moving forward to fix the problems that were left to us from the biden buttigieg administration. these temporary software fixes i mentioned earlier that worked on sunday morning should prevent future outages the core issue is the telecommunication line.

one, i will be requesting oig investigation to the failures of the lastll administration and te decisions that were made to move from n90 in new york down to philadelphia the work that was done to plan for this move and making sure the lines were hardened. the faa today is assembling a tiger team of experts to fully fast-track the fixes that we have identified need to be done to make sure this works. the faa has her place copper lines with fiber lines at newark, jfk and laguardia. that work is done. it was done in the last couple of weeks. however it will take another week or two should be testing those two lines before he put the switch to make them live. we are also it's one -- two weeks is going to happen we hope at the end of me.

we've spoken with the heads of verizon and harris to understand why the telecom issues persist. how we can expedite this fixes and again we work with their asa contractor verizon is on the ground offering the support on the lines that run telecom into the très con. trey con. they have assured me this is their top priority specially verizon i spoke with the ceo yesterday as a top priority they're going to move this work as fast as possible to get efficient and effective lines working for newark. the goal is to add three nutellw telecommunication between new york and philadelphia. this will provide more high-speed reliability and redundancy of one goes down we are sure the others will stand up. the goal is to have this done as soon as possible. i'll give you an update as soon as we hear back frommr verizon n

how quickly they can progress with this work. let me be clear even with these new lines we still, as i mention mentioned we have to dumb down the data feed for these outdated systems inside of our towers and. again, i shove this last week we are using equipment that looks like it's off of the apollo 13 set. today we have high-speed fiber when it comes in we do slow it down. it can be used by the old equipment. our hope is to have high-speed fiber connection and then new technology in these towers so we can maximize the use of american airspace. number five the faa has tempered backup system to facilitate will provide redundancy during the switch. this system will ensure both

fiber connections fail at the same time air traffic controllers will still be able to communicate with aircraft and with other controllers. this fortifies communication. ensures it's uninterrupted if a dual failure ever occurs. the faa is going to establish the philadelphia the facility do some of the pullman data from new york so we're pulling it from new york. we want to bring that down to philadelphia. by the way the star system should've been brought down to philadelphia before this was moved. buttigieg did not bring it down. they quickly moved without testing how hard the equipment actually was in regard to telecommunications. using authority, i have the secretary of dod. dot will convene delayed reduction meeting this wednesday

with all airlines who have flights at newark. the goal is have a manageable number of flights lent at newark but family should not to wait for five hours for a flight that never takes off. lowering the number of flights we can ensure the once capped, they do actually take off who do actually land for this is not been used in over 20 years as i've stated publicly of congress approves our plan, the president's plan to build a brand-new air traffic control system work at newark will be a priority. we will do that first. to recap i'm going to pass it off to the administrator. we are in a situation where telecom is going down. it has taken some time to isolate the problem. we believe we have done that but i don't believe you're out of the woods yet we have to spend the time now to build the

network that should've been built before it was moved. i know this is frustrating. i note hard for the airlines operating out of newark. the families of flight out of newark. it is problematic but our commitment is safety were going to make sure of your flight you're going to fly safely. if we reduce the number of flights we are not doing it to annoy people. we are not doing it to delay people's travel. what we are doing is guaranteeing safety. when you have problems you slow things down and that's what we have done we slowed down the flights at newark until we can stand the system up and be assured we have controllers in a system that's actually working to keep everybody safe. and again we did not have to be here this did not have to be our story. in the last four years they knew this was a problem by the wagering covid when people were not flying that was a perfect time to fix these problems.

1.2 trillion dollars for infrastructure none went to fix the biggest american infrastructure problem we have which is our air traffic control system. and so what you see in newark we are going to have to fix were going to be fast but do it right. my concern is because the other situations like this around the country because the system is old. it is old we are fighting to make sure we work with congress, get the money and begin building a brand-new system as quickly as possible. this cannot happen without the leadership of president trump he talked to me he knew how old the system was when i presented him this plan he said listen i wanted to walk through it. are we going to the whole thing? a sonic patchwork us on a band-aid this is everything will build a brand-new i said yes mro

build everything new. it's going to be complicated. but we do not want more newark's. we do know what more newark sap until the country were going to fix it. we have a plan to fix it. we ask for your patience and then were looking to congress to give us the resources to fix air traffic for the whole country no one has to deal with this in the future with that i like to pass it off to them guys done an amazing job in orchestrating his team in building a tiger team to make sure we can quickly and efficiently address the problems we face at newark and throughout the system are acting administrator of the faa. close good afternoon yes as a secretary just described do we have an action plan moving forward here? starting today under the secretary direction we have initiated a task force emergency

task force comprised of experts executive experts from the faa as well as from verizon. we are very focused on making sure travel into newark is safe and efficient. i can take on categorically the travel into newark today is safe. we will continue to monitor that situation as it relates to the technologies the secretary referenced earlier. we will also work with the airlines and the second reference through this delay reduction task force or meeting we are having on wednesday. that will be critical to working with the carriers to make sure the travel season this summer is good for the american traveling public. again first and foremost we have a task force starting today with the right technical experts to keep focus on this every single day.

going to be transparent of the progress we're making for the second piece is make sure were working with the airline in the airport the port authority and newark and new jersey to make sure the travel into newark this summer is safe for the final thing i would mention in the secretary touched on this as well. it is time. we have seen delays and disruptions in the system. we need to get ahead of that by being bold and taking action on this new air-traffic modernization program that will be a long term effects even that mid term fixed to make sure we continue to provide safe and efficient travel. [inaudible] cooks think it mr. secretary is a former controller and manager and all of my conversations with her management team and with the controllers they look forward to new infrastructure print they look forward to the commitment

that's being made by this administration and the leadership by mr. duffy to work on equipment that's younger than the children they have. i will tell you what i was in the air force and a controller 1999 laid the testbed for stars for this when it first came out was 1999 the air force base retested them. as a controller in albuquerque center almost 20 years ago. automation for centers for the issue we have a static on the frequencies are problematic then and at the exponential now. so we look forward mr. secker mr. secretary's then infrastructure top to bottom we applaud your efforts. thank you sir. cooks were taking questions if you have any. cooks can we see more air-traffic controllers from better step towers onto newark to help out? excel take a stab at that, tell

me if i'm wrong. it does take time to train controllers from other organizations. if they move up to philly 45 that nomination the nominee is confirmed. >> mr. president. >> majority leader bert meister present ask unanimous consent the motion because it would be made led from the table on the present be immediately notified of the action of the nomination. >> of that objection progress mr. president asking m's consent the senate resume legislative session following closure vote on the rubinstein at nomination precooked of that objection regrets asking us consent when the senate complete its business states and adjourned until 10:0y when the senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until 10:00 a.m. on tuesday, may 13; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, morning business be closed, and the senate proceed to executive session and resume consideration of calendar number 69, reed rubinstein, postcloture. if cloture is invoked.

further, notwithstanding rule 22, at 11:30 a.m., the senate vote on confirmation of the rubinstein nomination and, if cloture is then invoked on calendar number 71, troy meink, the senate recess until 2:15 p.m. to allow for the mal weekly conference meetings, and that at 2:15 p.m., the senate vote on confirmation of the meink nomination, followed by the motion to invoke cloture on calendar number 83, james danly. finally, if any nominations are confirmed during tuesday's session, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. following the cloture vote on the rubinstein nomination. the senate resume something legallyingive session. -- resuming legislative session. the presiding officer: without objection. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of reed rubinstein of

maryland to be legal advisor of the department of state, signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of reed rubinstein of married to be legal advisor of the department of state shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will now call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. alsobrooks. ms. baldwin. mr. banks. thank you, mr. chairman, ranking member shaheen, members of the committee. it's an honor of a lifetime to appear before you here today as

a president donald j terms nominee to serve as legal advisor to the department of state. i am humbled and grateful for the confidence of the trust the president and secretary of state rubio have shown. i will work relentlessly to help make america safe, strong, and prosperous again. thank you as well to the members and staff of this committee. i deeply appreciate the time you have made available to me. if confirmed i look forward to working closely with you. over the course of my career has a great good fortune to work with and learn from accomplished men and women of great moral strength, height character deepp commitment termination, are citizens under constitution but some are here with us today when the legal foundation.

my many colleagues and teachers thank you to my dear family. my wife betsy is here at this today our children our threesome daughter-in-law seven and god willing soon to be eight grandchildren my siblings and their spouses i wish especially acknowledge my mother she and her twin sister natives of flint, michigan they just turned 893 days ago both are still going strong. they prove flint for a decade american manufacturing and powerhouse once knew how to make great things that last. i am incredibly blessed to be here before you. if confirmed they will be my privilege to lead more than 300 lawyers and staff in the officer this great professionals are widely acknowledged to be the best international lawyers in the world. edward williams and serve a great distinction as a legal advisor for secretary of state

james baker the lisle advises responsibility and role should be to use the best legal skills to use decisions give client the most single options for reaching the client's desired goal. i start mr. williamson's opinion. president trump and secretary rubio's policies orders and directives are crystal clear. the department must champion core american interest and always put america and america citizens first. too that end has been tasked with defending america's sovereignty and protecting the rule of law. this means, among other things excluding or removing aliens including student visa holders who violate our laws who preach or call for sectarian violence or overthrowing or place in the culture in which our her constitutional republic stands. or provide advocacy, aid or support for foreign terrorists such as the perpetrators the

department has also been charged with securing venture and national economic security results for citizens by restoring commercial statecraft as a foreign policyan priority. if confirmedss as a legal advisr i will work with mike career and political colleagues to provide the best possible legal advice and counsel to get these things done. if confirmed this to be the second time i have served as a cabinet agency general counsel. you're the first trump administration after stints at the department ofer the treasur, agriculture injustice i was the acting general counsel for the department of education. they are, among other things over closely and collaboratively with career and political attorneys, department of justice colleagues, other federal agency partners congressional members and staff to expose and combat maligned foreign influence in the u.s. higher education industry. we uncovered approximately 20000

previouslyd. unreported foreign transactions totaling over $17 billion. we facilitated multiple law enforcement action and we amplified congressional oversight. our work was lawful and respected andcl put america and american citizens first. if confirmed i will bring that same energy commitment and collaborative east coast to my work at the department of state. january secretary rubio appeared before you and confirm bringing a strong and confident america that engages in the world of putting her court national interest above all else. president trump was elected to keep a promise a strong america promotes peace abroad and security and prosperity here at home. therefore secretary rubio was pledged every dollar we spend, every program we fun, every policy we pursue must make america safer, stronger and more prosperous. if confirmed under my leadership the office of the legal advisor will provide the advice and

counsel secretary needs to help the department honor this pledge. to do so we will carefully study the facts that each issue before us in a rigorously test, analyze and apply the applicable law. will be faithful to the constitution to the controlling supreme court precedent. we will do our work with excellence, with honor and with integrity. thank you for your consideration of forward your questions. [inaudible conversations] [applause]

[applause] >> good afternoon graduates to be. welcome to our 2025 georgetown. this is in a few days you will be graduating. you will be embarking on the next stage in your legal careers. we started a tradition a few years ago of having a leading member of venture bar, and talked about their experience and offer some advice. this is a particularly meaningful election for me and it's actually a conversation, not a lecture. this is meaningful for me because this is my last time with you. i am so delighted and so honored that our speaker this year is the honorable chief justice of the united states john j roberts.

please join me in welcoming him. [applause] thank you. [applause] >> before our conversation let me too a little bit about justice roberts. john g roberts junior was born in buffalo new york. you were there until he was the age of nine. >> write, write very. >> he receivedll an ab from harvard college in 1976 and from harvard law school 1979. and as we were talking before i had not known was that after high school and during college summer he worked in the steel meals provokes right united steelworkers of america. electrical helper. >> you have a union card question works i have my union card absolutely. the electrical helper carried around the electricians toolbox. every now and then he went a little fun you tighter tighten the screw that was still alive you'd tighten it and get

shocked. [never got tired. [laughter] so then he was a harvard law school. >> yes. >> i asked you when did you decide to become a lawyer? >> about the second year of law school. [laughter] >> which was true i did not want to lie schoolbooks going to be a lawyer. truthfully coming out of college i was being driven by logan airport and started talking to the cab driver and is awaiting to them a history major at harvard. he said i was a history major at harvard. [laughter] nothing against cabdrivers. it made law school seemed like an reasonable alternative. when i got there he grew to like it. >> that does not mean you are that managing editor. you graduated magna simcoe cum laude. her first job as you clerked for judge henry finley on the second

circuit. what was that light? >> to be honest it was transformational. at that time in the late 70s law schools of the law profession i think was a pretty cynical endeavor. i do not think there many have viewed the law of some intrinsic value that was instrumental. if people had value of it i was wondering if i'd made a good choice not having the money to go there in the first place. then to spend a year at this remarkable man one thing was clear, he looked at the law as something more than just instrumental. i do not want over playthings. as a reaction is a system of ordering. and then was just brilliant at it.

after arguments we sent out in his office to little legal pads on either side is our writing opinion. and footnotes or other questions on the other side. on the other side it says sometimes it took a half hours hoursometimes just day and a ha. she would type it up and give it to one of the law clerks. i would look at it and it was just, you know, i do not want to exaggerate but it was poetry in everything fits together. you could understand how it works. less than wanted to do was change it. he said no, do it you can with this or that and look at this point. and it really change my whole view of the law. that was important. >> i was that henry was someone who that that were best answers even the toughest legal questions. that is what he wanted. he's very bored with the easy cases he wanted the tough ones. those of you and you probably

read some of his opinions can see is like an ongoing dialogue. erase some competition that's important and then the qualification and linking up with something else it's also beautifully written. >> then you clerked for ben justice question. >> right. >> what was that light? what was different in a lot of ways he was said generation he was almost like two generations above me and rehnquist was between the two of us. so is a much more casual music casual person anyway. and it was a very different approach to the law. not cynical but lindquist was very logical. to reach his opinion to follow very quickly you build step-by-step. friendly was more flowing. in terms of learning how to write is a great combination.

you could see two different styles. i do not know people would say my cell is but you could see some opinions but some need to a more logical projection others seem to involve little more need for a new nuance. they fit different types of cases better. but the justice was just a delight to work for. he was very comfortable. very casual. he was nominee by president nixon everyone made fun of the way he looked he had allowed ty and he was like buddy holly. but he was comfortable in his own skin. he's very interested the law clerk spoke judge friendly's and justice -- make us most law clerks are the very loyal to their office. >> is this is interesting to very different approaches the

league of writing. think of them as different approaches to legal analysis. you know i'm talking about the different influences when you start your career for. >> i felt very lucky to not only have but from seeing different perspectives in different ways and different waysof approachin. different work products that come out is a good way to start. and then he started working next as an aide she was attorney general william fraser smith. vinnie had when the white house counsel during the reagan administration. we were at hogan and hartson and then solicitor general by president george h.w. bush. that lasted for three years and then he returned to hogan in 1993. and then you were there until another president bush took office brick works right. >> you were nominated and confirmed the court of appeal

d.c. 2003. >> are skipping over some drama. [laughter] i have been nominee for the court of appeals previously. i was in nominated on my birthday they wanted to make it look like a older than 37 result for a long time, 20 hours. [laughter] .not work out, i didn't get the hearing because the summit man named biden. it's interesting because i was naturally disappointed by that because the administration james and the nomination lapsed. did not really expect to find my place again. but then it shifted back to private practice.

looking back on it in terms of advice, you want your bad luck to be good i think if i had been confirmed at that early age when the vacancy came up on the court i probably would've had far too much baggage should be considered for. they gave me a chance to move on to private practice to make some money. >> 2003 nominee for the court of the peels this time it worked. and then in 2005 at the supreme court first with the seat sandra day o'connor was very up-and-down from. judge rehnquist died he became nominated for chief justice teresa price? >> i was surprised at every step along the way to be honest with you. i had only been a judge for two

years i did not have much of a record. turns out that was an advantage. moves very quickly. it's very difficult to have cheese chief justice pass away. it was appeared of great drama. you almost cannot grasp it. i get the nomination and then i think was a week and half later, chief justice dies and they postpone my hearings for little while. the changes being announced. i remember being a monday. president bush talked to me at the white house again sunday night and said, i will still wondering what was going to happen, who's going to be the chief justice of i was going to replace justice o'connor. he said you given any thought to

being the chief justice? and i said no i had and he said well start. so that they're going to went to beard tomorrow morning sleep on it and all this i said fine then it was announced that morning and the next day i am hearing his basket up the steps of the court. armed with all the stuff going back and forth i almost did not have time to digest it. >> that is a lot. >> yes. quick so then you are confirmed. you are 50? >> yes but you are the youngest chief justice in 100 years. >> at 200. [laughter] >> maybe i'm skipping somebody.

you're counting shoots he was already on the court's associate joseph. i'm going to confess the air of that but i research for this the youngest chief justice. >> maybe i. maybe i. [laughter] >> maybe it's in texas. report nomination. the clerk: department of state, reed rubinstein of maryland to be legal advisor. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate will resume legislative session. under the previous order, the senate shall stand adjourned until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. state department nominees including monica crowley to be chief of protocol. lawmakers also worked on the nomination of reid at rubinstein to be legal advisor.

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