WEBVTT 00:00.340 --> 00:02.340 I go right after the voice of God . 00:02.440 --> 00:04.580 Ladies and gentlemen , please welcome 00:04.580 --> 00:07.040 National Governors Association Chairman , 00:07.040 --> 00:09.690 Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York and 00:09.690 --> 00:11.746 the president of the United States , 00:11.746 --> 00:15.450 Joseph R . Biden . Yeah , Thank you . 00:15.940 --> 00:18.051 On behalf of all the governors , it's 00:18.051 --> 00:19.773 my pleasure to welcome our new 00:19.773 --> 00:22.020 president and a dear friend to the 00:22.020 --> 00:24.800 National Governors Association 2021 00:24.800 --> 00:27.490 Winter Meeting . Traditionally , the 00:27.490 --> 00:29.601 president has been invited to address 00:29.601 --> 00:31.879 the governor's at their winter meeting , 00:31.879 --> 00:34.010 and the president would often be kind 00:34.010 --> 00:36.440 enough to invite us to join him at the 00:36.440 --> 00:39.020 White House . Of course , that was in 00:39.020 --> 00:42.310 the pre covert world . However , we do 00:42.310 --> 00:44.088 miss our White House visit , Mr 00:44.088 --> 00:46.610 President , and we look forward to a 00:46.610 --> 00:49.410 possible invitation next year , fingers 00:49.410 --> 00:52.780 crossed and maybe even an extra special 00:52.780 --> 00:56.280 meal to make up for the absence off . 00:56.290 --> 00:58.570 Of course , I would recommend Italian 00:58.570 --> 01:00.940 food , but the way the N g A operates , 01:00.940 --> 01:02.996 I'd have to put that up for a vote . 01:03.840 --> 01:05.820 Let us begin by thanking you , Mr 01:05.820 --> 01:07.890 President , for your true spirit of 01:07.890 --> 01:10.730 partnership . Governors have been on 01:10.730 --> 01:13.150 the frontlines of Kobe for the past 01:13.150 --> 01:15.960 year . Many of us have felt that we did 01:15.960 --> 01:18.270 not always get the federal support we 01:18.270 --> 01:20.980 needed . We reached . You reached out 01:20.980 --> 01:23.530 to us right after your election for our 01:23.530 --> 01:26.140 first meeting . We then had a second 01:26.140 --> 01:28.084 meeting . Justus , you were taking 01:28.084 --> 01:31.720 office . Your promise of an ongoing 01:31.720 --> 01:34.610 functional partnership has already come 01:34.610 --> 01:37.970 to fruition . Our weekly calls with 01:37.970 --> 01:40.780 Jeff Science and his covert team are 01:40.780 --> 01:43.390 truly extraordinary . They are genuine 01:43.390 --> 01:45.340 discussions , and they are problem 01:45.340 --> 01:47.420 solving sessions , and they've made 01:47.420 --> 01:49.940 real progress . Mr . President , we 01:49.940 --> 01:52.210 thank you not just for your effort , 01:52.510 --> 01:54.910 but even mawr for the results you have 01:54.910 --> 01:57.870 achieved . We understand the difficult 01:57.870 --> 02:00.120 situation you inherited upon taking 02:00.120 --> 02:02.910 office . You have a country anxious for 02:02.910 --> 02:05.380 vaccinations and that when you went to 02:05.380 --> 02:07.436 the cupboard , it was all but bear . 02:07.940 --> 02:09.830 You have made amazing progress in 02:09.830 --> 02:12.700 securing enough vaccines . So Americans 02:12.700 --> 02:15.090 now know that July is a workable 02:15.090 --> 02:18.870 timetable . Certainty quells 02:18.880 --> 02:22.210 anxiety . In the meantime , you have 02:22.210 --> 02:25.400 secured enough vaccines to increase our 02:25.400 --> 02:29.080 state allocations by 70% . 02:29.090 --> 02:32.820 Just since you were elected , you 02:32.820 --> 02:34.931 successfully provided the states with 02:34.931 --> 02:37.010 100% FEMA reimbursement through your 02:37.010 --> 02:39.000 executive action , which makes an 02:39.000 --> 02:41.860 enormous difference on the ground . And 02:41.860 --> 02:44.138 finally , and perhaps most importantly , 02:44.740 --> 02:47.480 after years of lobbying by the n G 02:47.480 --> 02:51.240 eight , you proposed $350 billion in 02:51.240 --> 02:54.190 direct unrestricted aid for states and 02:54.190 --> 02:57.260 localities . We sincerely thank you . 02:57.640 --> 03:00.580 We stand ready to help you pass the 03:00.580 --> 03:03.740 American rescue plan . And please just 03:03.740 --> 03:06.450 tell us how we can help . And we also 03:06.450 --> 03:09.580 stand ready to help you pass a national 03:09.580 --> 03:12.730 infrastructure bill . Riel . Federal 03:12.740 --> 03:14.684 infrastructure investment has been 03:14.684 --> 03:17.580 promised many times before . Indeed , 03:17.580 --> 03:20.600 by at least five former administrations , 03:21.330 --> 03:25.300 some have said that we have airports 03:25.310 --> 03:27.890 that look like they are in a Third 03:27.890 --> 03:31.150 World country . And they are right . Mr . 03:31.150 --> 03:34.110 President , I remember . But we believe 03:34.120 --> 03:36.630 that you can get it done and that now 03:36.630 --> 03:38.797 is truly the time to do it because the 03:38.797 --> 03:40.860 nation needs it . We stand ready as 03:40.860 --> 03:44.320 your partners shovels poised to hit the 03:44.320 --> 03:47.420 ground . So , governors , let's give a 03:47.420 --> 03:50.140 warm welcome to the 46th president of 03:50.140 --> 03:52.530 the United States President Joseph 03:52.530 --> 03:54.970 Biden . Thank you very much . Thank you . 03:54.970 --> 03:57.210 And I appreciate a lot Appreciate your 03:57.210 --> 03:59.360 friends and let me start by saying , 03:59.360 --> 04:02.130 Guaranteed of Rabel do will not only 04:02.130 --> 04:04.930 have you next , uh , next year at this 04:04.930 --> 04:06.986 time for the governor's conference , 04:06.986 --> 04:09.270 but we'll have whatever food you want 04:09.390 --> 04:11.501 we can go around each one of you . We 04:11.501 --> 04:13.520 just order individually . But all 04:13.520 --> 04:15.576 kidding aside , I'm anxious to see I 04:15.576 --> 04:17.520 wish you could all be here because 04:17.520 --> 04:19.631 that's much better . We're all we all 04:19.631 --> 04:21.631 do better . We're able to look each 04:21.631 --> 04:23.964 other in the I know we're talking about , 04:23.964 --> 04:23.850 but thank you . Some of you have been 04:23.850 --> 04:25.906 here in the meantime , but I hope to 04:25.906 --> 04:27.906 have the governor's conference here 04:27.906 --> 04:29.961 next year . God willing , you know , 04:30.240 --> 04:32.240 I've been talking to several of you 04:32.240 --> 04:34.510 quite a lot a bit lately , and as you 04:34.510 --> 04:36.550 know , we've have approved disaster 04:36.550 --> 04:38.494 declarations in Texas , Oklahoma , 04:38.494 --> 04:41.920 Louisiana , in Texas . FEMA was already 04:41.920 --> 04:43.920 on the ground providing support for 04:43.920 --> 04:46.320 Cova 19 vaccination efforts , so they 04:46.320 --> 04:49.510 were able to move quickly Thio supply 04:49.510 --> 04:52.220 generators , food , blankets and , most 04:52.220 --> 04:54.690 importantly , water . Governor Abbott . 04:54.700 --> 04:56.867 I don't want to ruin your reputation , 04:56.867 --> 04:58.756 but I look forward to coming down 04:58.756 --> 05:00.811 tomorrow to Houston to be with you , 05:00.811 --> 05:02.990 and I want you and the residents to 05:02.990 --> 05:04.990 know that we're here to provide the 05:04.990 --> 05:07.157 federal assistance you need to support 05:07.157 --> 05:09.160 your state , your local and tribal 05:09.160 --> 05:11.560 response efforts . And it's clear that 05:11.560 --> 05:14.060 even when the immediate crisis passes , 05:14.070 --> 05:16.300 there's gonna be more work to be done 05:16.310 --> 05:19.650 toe help constituents recover , and my 05:19.650 --> 05:21.872 administration will be there every step 05:21.872 --> 05:23.817 of the way with you . Because when 05:23.817 --> 05:25.761 people in this country need help , 05:25.761 --> 05:27.872 they're not Democrats , Republicans . 05:27.872 --> 05:29.928 They're all Americans and people who 05:29.928 --> 05:32.094 need work . They're the people getting 05:32.094 --> 05:34.039 sick from covert and people facing 05:34.039 --> 05:36.261 eviction , people going hungry , people 05:36.261 --> 05:38.260 struggling with opioid crisis on . 05:38.260 --> 05:40.400 People need broadband . Uh , they're 05:40.400 --> 05:42.622 not Democrats , Republicans . There are 05:42.622 --> 05:44.678 fellow Americans , and I I think the 05:44.678 --> 05:46.400 whole spirit of this Governors 05:46.400 --> 05:48.456 Conference and our administration is 05:48.456 --> 05:50.400 changing the attitude a little bit 05:50.400 --> 05:52.567 about how we deal with one of at least 05:52.567 --> 05:54.567 I hope so . As governors , you know 05:54.567 --> 05:56.678 this . You know that you have one job 05:56.678 --> 05:58.622 and has to deliver . You're in the 05:58.622 --> 06:00.789 front lines over use that phrase , but 06:00.789 --> 06:02.844 it's hard to overuse it . And as the 06:02.844 --> 06:04.956 saying goes , you're the laboratories 06:04.956 --> 06:07.080 of democracy . Your challenges can 06:07.080 --> 06:09.320 provide , proved to be lessons for 06:09.320 --> 06:11.542 everybody . Your successes can prove to 06:11.542 --> 06:14.620 be a model for everybody . The storms 06:14.620 --> 06:16.950 that hit the South were painful 06:16.950 --> 06:19.720 reminder that so many of our challenges 06:19.720 --> 06:21.790 don't stop with our border of our 06:21.790 --> 06:23.770 states . They don't , uh , make 06:23.770 --> 06:26.810 distinctions based on how the states 06:26.810 --> 06:29.740 made up today . I want to focus on two 06:29.740 --> 06:32.350 of those challenges that cross borders , 06:32.360 --> 06:34.950 Cove , it and the economy . You know 06:34.950 --> 06:37.006 better than I do . As you know , the 06:37.006 --> 06:39.720 ability to deal with one will determine 06:39.720 --> 06:42.320 our ability to address the other . On 06:42.320 --> 06:45.040 Monday , our nation passed a grim , 06:45.040 --> 06:47.860 grim milestone . Cova , 19 , has now 06:47.860 --> 06:51.830 taken over 500,000 of our fellow 06:51.830 --> 06:54.540 Americans . That's more than died in 06:54.540 --> 06:56.770 World War One , World War Two and the 06:56.770 --> 06:59.920 Vietnam War combined and most governors . 06:59.920 --> 07:02.142 That's more than the population of your 07:02.142 --> 07:04.142 largest cities in your state , your 07:04.142 --> 07:07.290 territories gone , gone and as a 07:07.290 --> 07:09.346 country we have to remember those we 07:09.346 --> 07:11.568 lost . But particularly those were left 07:11.568 --> 07:14.120 behind . And but as we remember , we 07:14.120 --> 07:17.040 also have to act to end . The politics 07:17.040 --> 07:19.300 of misinformation is divided families 07:19.300 --> 07:21.410 communities in the country . It has 07:21.410 --> 07:24.060 cost too many lives already . We have 07:24.060 --> 07:26.650 to fight this together as one to state 07:26.650 --> 07:28.928 the obvious . I know you all know this . 07:28.928 --> 07:31.039 You a za friend of mine . You say you 07:31.039 --> 07:33.150 not only understanding you over stand 07:33.150 --> 07:35.206 me where the United States America , 07:35.206 --> 07:37.450 this cruel winter is not over . If we 07:37.450 --> 07:39.520 come together , we cannot share more 07:39.520 --> 07:41.950 hopeful spring we gonna show it in and 07:42.340 --> 07:44.118 that's what we're working to do 07:44.118 --> 07:46.062 together . As you know , I came in 07:46.062 --> 07:48.229 office , I set a goal which was mocked 07:48.229 --> 07:50.610 for by some none of you . But by some I 07:50.610 --> 07:52.832 set a goal of saying We're gonna do 100 07:52.832 --> 07:54.943 million shots , get 100 million shots 07:54.943 --> 07:57.054 in people's arms . In my 1st 100 days 07:57.054 --> 07:59.560 as president , I directed Jeff Science , 07:59.560 --> 08:01.810 My covert response coordinator , uh , 08:01.820 --> 08:03.960 toe lead my administration and work 08:03.960 --> 08:06.127 with vaccine manufacturers to buy more 08:06.127 --> 08:09.220 vaccines and speed up delivery . We 08:09.220 --> 08:11.387 used , as some of you have suggested , 08:11.387 --> 08:13.690 the Defense Production Act to speed up 08:13.690 --> 08:15.880 supply chains for key equipment like 08:15.890 --> 08:18.500 Phil pumps and filters , which have 08:18.500 --> 08:20.556 helped increase vaccine production . 08:20.840 --> 08:22.951 We've increased vaccine allocations , 08:22.951 --> 08:25.430 as as Andrew said , the governor said , 08:25.440 --> 08:28.560 to your state's almost 70% since coming 08:28.560 --> 08:30.671 into office . Whatever number of days 08:30.671 --> 08:33.230 ago spent 37 or something like that . 08:33.540 --> 08:36.810 We secured enough vaccine to supply 300 08:36.820 --> 08:40.320 million Americans 300 million to take 08:40.320 --> 08:42.320 care of all their needs in terms of 08:42.320 --> 08:45.600 vaccination by the end of July . And 08:45.600 --> 08:47.810 we're all we've all seen in the news 08:47.810 --> 08:51.190 that Johnson and Johnson vaccine eyes 08:51.190 --> 08:53.430 if the FDA approved the use of this new 08:53.430 --> 08:55.850 vaccine , we have a plan to roll out as 08:55.850 --> 08:57.906 quickly as Johnson and Johnson could 08:57.906 --> 08:59.961 make the vaccine . Of course there's 08:59.961 --> 09:01.906 not . Just getting the vaccines is 09:01.906 --> 09:04.072 getting the vaccines in the arms , and 09:04.072 --> 09:06.183 this is another place where your work 09:06.183 --> 09:08.183 and our partnership is making a big 09:08.183 --> 09:10.239 difference . I've signed in order to 09:10.239 --> 09:12.460 allow retired doctors and nurses to 09:12.460 --> 09:15.840 give shots we deployed as you reference 09:15.840 --> 09:18.120 indirectly at least , and the way we 09:18.120 --> 09:21.980 deployed over 1500 federal personnel 09:21.990 --> 09:25.580 as vaccinators . We're funding 1200 09:25.580 --> 09:27.747 year guards , men and women to service 09:27.747 --> 09:29.913 vaccinators as well , and we're paying 09:29.913 --> 09:32.136 for your guard for that purpose . We're 09:32.136 --> 09:34.302 working with you to create more places 09:34.302 --> 09:36.358 where Americans can get vaccinated , 09:36.358 --> 09:38.524 supporting communities and high volume 09:38.524 --> 09:40.802 vaccine centers and across your states . 09:40.840 --> 09:42.784 Result is that we have doubled the 09:42.784 --> 09:45.350 daily vaccination rate from where it 09:45.350 --> 09:47.670 was and we took office and we've 09:47.670 --> 09:51.160 completed 50 million shots 09:51.700 --> 09:55.640 in 37 days , and we're now we're now 09:55.640 --> 09:58.180 given more shots than any nation in the 09:58.180 --> 10:01.580 entire world . Nearly 60% of people 10:01.590 --> 10:04.210 over the age of 75 have now received at 10:04.210 --> 10:07.960 least one shot . It was 14% 6 weeks ago , 10:08.440 --> 10:10.720 close to 50% . Because of your help . 10:10.720 --> 10:13.440 Of the people , over 65 have received 10:13.440 --> 10:16.950 one shot . It was 8% 6 weeks ago . This 10:16.950 --> 10:19.120 is so important because people over 65 10:19.120 --> 10:21.064 is , you know , better than anyone 10:21.064 --> 10:24.360 account for 80% 80% of all the Cova 10:24.360 --> 10:28.230 desk . Additionally , about 75% of the 10:28.230 --> 10:30.640 people who live in long term care 10:30.640 --> 10:32.973 facilities have gotten their first dose , 10:33.140 --> 10:35.520 and those cases are at the lowest level 10:35.520 --> 10:38.040 since reporting began in May . At the 10:38.040 --> 10:40.207 same time , we're also delivering more 10:40.207 --> 10:43.890 than 25 million masks . Order this last 10:43.890 --> 10:47.550 week . 25 million mast over 60,000 food 10:47.550 --> 10:50.470 pantries , soup kitchens , community 10:50.470 --> 10:52.550 health centers all across America , 10:53.040 --> 10:55.096 helping protect some of our nation's 10:55.096 --> 10:57.670 most vulnerable people and all . And 10:57.670 --> 10:59.503 these are all necessary steps to 10:59.503 --> 11:01.820 helping the economy rebuild necessary 11:01.820 --> 11:05.120 steps not only but not only steps . 11:05.130 --> 11:07.710 It's enough to build back to where we 11:07.720 --> 11:09.720 were before . We need to build back 11:09.720 --> 11:12.570 better , and I think we all of us know 11:12.570 --> 11:14.840 how to do that . We remember what 11:14.840 --> 11:17.790 happened in the States back in 2000 and 11:17.790 --> 11:20.330 eight , hundreds of thousands of jobs 11:20.330 --> 11:22.730 disappeared every month in the great 11:22.740 --> 11:25.490 recession , and we passed The Recovery 11:25.490 --> 11:28.010 Act provided state local fiscal aid . 11:28.010 --> 11:30.177 We send funding near school district's 11:30.177 --> 11:33.550 help save over 300,000 education jobs 11:34.140 --> 11:36.650 provided middle class tax relief . We 11:36.650 --> 11:38.872 invested in the future rebuilding roads 11:38.872 --> 11:41.039 and bridges , making the biggest clean 11:41.039 --> 11:43.094 energy investment in history and the 11:43.094 --> 11:44.800 single biggest investment in 11:44.810 --> 11:47.310 infrastructure since Eisenhower's 11:47.320 --> 11:49.840 interstate highway program . We create 11:49.840 --> 11:52.200 in the process you will create in the 11:52.200 --> 11:55.470 process over thousands , hundreds of 11:55.470 --> 11:58.080 thousands of good paying jobs . Now 11:58.080 --> 12:00.302 economists tell us that saved us from a 12:00.302 --> 12:02.700 depression . Well , that's the approach 12:02.700 --> 12:05.200 I think we need to take today . But 12:05.200 --> 12:07.311 there's one big difference we need to 12:07.311 --> 12:09.420 beam or ambitious right now . The 12:09.420 --> 12:11.810 greatest risk from all the major 12:11.810 --> 12:13.590 economists from Wall Street toe 12:13.600 --> 12:17.460 overseas to to the major think tanks 12:17.840 --> 12:20.030 is that we don't do enough of what is 12:20.030 --> 12:22.760 needed . That's where we do too little , 12:23.640 --> 12:26.660 you know , in every one of your states 12:26.670 --> 12:28.930 and territories , red and blue millions 12:28.930 --> 12:32.030 Americans are hurting badly . We see it 12:32.030 --> 12:34.230 in ways that we've never expected in 12:34.230 --> 12:38.040 America . 400,000 small businesses 12:38.040 --> 12:41.350 gone in an instant gone . People who 12:41.350 --> 12:43.540 thought they had secured jobs out of 12:43.540 --> 12:45.762 work due to no fault of their own . The 12:45.762 --> 12:47.873 difference here is people are hurting 12:47.873 --> 12:50.060 through no fault of their own lines , 12:50.060 --> 12:52.840 miles long in your states . People who 12:52.840 --> 12:54.930 never , ever , ever , ever thought 12:54.930 --> 12:57.041 they'd ever have to worry about going 12:57.041 --> 12:59.152 hungry , waiting for someone to put a 12:59.152 --> 13:02.070 box of groceries in the trunk . Women's 13:02.070 --> 13:04.237 participation in the workforce You all 13:04.237 --> 13:07.100 know this is driven to his lowest level 13:07.100 --> 13:09.780 in more than three decades . So many 13:09.780 --> 13:12.002 women are facing the devastating choice 13:12.002 --> 13:14.350 between a paycheck and care and 13:14.350 --> 13:17.550 education of their child . Our cities 13:17.550 --> 13:21.110 and towns have shed 1.3 million jobs 13:21.380 --> 13:24.380 since just last March . Educators , 13:24.390 --> 13:26.720 nurses , cops , firefighters , other 13:26.720 --> 13:30.410 essential workers . The economic toll . 13:30.410 --> 13:32.632 This pandemic continues to tear through 13:32.632 --> 13:34.820 our country as brutally as the virus 13:34.820 --> 13:38.560 itself . And so we need to comfort 13:39.240 --> 13:41.880 the economic . You know , we just have 13:41.880 --> 13:45.200 to step up the economic toll we have to 13:45.200 --> 13:47.256 address with the same aggressiveness 13:47.256 --> 13:49.478 and seriousness of purpose as we do the 13:49.478 --> 13:51.533 virus . And that's what the American 13:51.533 --> 13:54.850 rescue plan does . Instead of chasing 13:54.850 --> 13:57.072 Kovar , 19 allows us to get ahead of it 13:57.840 --> 13:59.550 with more testing supplies of 13:59.550 --> 14:02.380 vaccinations it gets our kids back to 14:02.380 --> 14:04.380 school safely , many of you already 14:04.380 --> 14:06.547 doing that so students can catch up on 14:06.547 --> 14:09.230 learning they've lost , and parents can 14:09.230 --> 14:12.440 finally catch a break . American Rescue 14:12.440 --> 14:15.490 Plan finishes the job , getting a total 14:15.490 --> 14:19.280 of $220 in direct payments to people 14:19.940 --> 14:22.940 getting direct relief to people . Eyes 14:22.940 --> 14:26.300 a lifeline for that and bumps our 14:26.300 --> 14:29.710 economy in the higher gear . And 14:29.710 --> 14:31.710 there's MAWR to the American rescue 14:31.710 --> 14:33.932 plan and much more it will do . Provide 14:33.932 --> 14:36.600 flexible aid to your cities and states 14:36.600 --> 14:38.711 to help essential workers stay in the 14:38.711 --> 14:40.933 job . Essential services . Keep going . 14:41.040 --> 14:42.929 Provides rent , relief , food and 14:42.929 --> 14:44.929 nutrition assistance to millions of 14:44.929 --> 14:47.040 Children and families facing hunger . 14:47.640 --> 14:49.970 The American rescue plan also expands 14:49.970 --> 14:52.137 access to affordable child care that's 14:52.137 --> 14:54.303 going to enable parents , particularly 14:54.303 --> 14:56.430 mothers , to get back to work . It 14:56.430 --> 14:58.374 provides assistance to mom and pop 14:58.374 --> 15:00.486 small businesses that are the engines 15:00.486 --> 15:02.597 of our economic growth on the glue of 15:02.597 --> 15:04.700 our communities . And it covers the 15:04.700 --> 15:06.980 cost of paid leave for businesses whose 15:06.980 --> 15:10.190 workers are sickened by covert 19 , and 15:10.190 --> 15:12.023 it fills an important gap in our 15:12.023 --> 15:14.134 nation's safety net that helps reduce 15:14.134 --> 15:16.830 the spread of the virus . I could go on . 15:16.830 --> 15:18.941 I'm all probably already going on too 15:18.941 --> 15:21.760 long , but you know a lot of it already 15:22.140 --> 15:24.362 because the plan was created to include 15:24.362 --> 15:25.918 many of the things you have 15:25.918 --> 15:28.084 individually and collectively asked me 15:28.084 --> 15:29.973 for in recent conversations . The 15:29.973 --> 15:32.196 bottom line is the American rescue plan 15:32.196 --> 15:35.620 meets the moment . Analysis by analysis 15:35.620 --> 15:38.090 by Moody's estimates that it will help 15:38.100 --> 15:41.570 the economy create seven million more 15:41.570 --> 15:45.380 jobs this year alone , and it would 15:45.390 --> 15:48.440 be on the way to another 18 million 15:48.440 --> 15:50.540 jobs . Moody's estimates would be 15:50.540 --> 15:52.762 created over the next four years . With 15:52.762 --> 15:54.818 our bill back . Better Recovery Plan 15:55.540 --> 15:58.750 Look , what we do now will determine 15:58.750 --> 16:00.750 whether we build from a position of 16:00.750 --> 16:02.680 strength whether we lose years of 16:02.690 --> 16:05.770 sluggish and unequal recovery . The 16:05.770 --> 16:08.100 only way to contain this pandemic and 16:08.100 --> 16:10.267 help the American people as quickly as 16:10.267 --> 16:12.489 possible is passing the plan as quickly 16:12.489 --> 16:14.433 as possible . The vast majority of 16:14.433 --> 16:16.322 American people from both parties 16:16.322 --> 16:18.544 supported , according to the data . I'm 16:18.544 --> 16:20.544 grateful that many of you Democrats 16:20.544 --> 16:22.656 Republicans have expressed support as 16:22.656 --> 16:25.980 well . We are not the type of nation 16:26.050 --> 16:28.950 that can or will stand by and watch our 16:28.950 --> 16:30.950 people suffer needlessly through no 16:30.950 --> 16:33.117 fault of their own it goes against our 16:33.117 --> 16:35.760 conscience . It goes against sound 16:35.760 --> 16:39.010 economics . It's not who we are . Were 16:39.010 --> 16:41.066 people who know that there's nothing 16:41.330 --> 16:43.552 we've ever failed to do when we set our 16:43.552 --> 16:45.880 mind to doing it . So let's get this 16:45.880 --> 16:48.430 done . I've gotten over 400 mayors 16:48.430 --> 16:51.750 contacted me to get this plan past . Ah , 16:51.750 --> 16:54.440 lot of you have moved to do that . Send 16:54.440 --> 16:56.440 millions of Americans wherever they 16:56.440 --> 16:58.329 live , whoever they voted for , a 16:58.329 --> 17:00.440 strong message that help and hope are 17:00.440 --> 17:02.970 on the way . We conduced this and I 17:02.970 --> 17:04.914 hope that Jill and I , as I said , 17:04.914 --> 17:06.859 could welcome you all of the White 17:06.859 --> 17:08.859 House . Next year's for next year's 17:08.859 --> 17:11.010 media and God bless you all . And may 17:11.010 --> 17:13.121 God protect our troops . We got a lot 17:13.121 --> 17:15.121 to do , guys , but we could do it . 17:17.040 --> 17:17.850 She was the president .