Trump President Trump attended a briefing. [indiscernible] thank, everybody. Thank you very much. And thank you to our great admiral. All of thelso to exceptional leaders and talent we have in this room. U. S. Southern command is an Outstanding Group of people. Thank you very much. We are here to discuss our vital effort to keep deadly drugs out of our country and away from our children, and wow, are we making progress in a short period of time thanks to you. [applause] pres. Trump i wanted to make this trip personally. We were going to do a phoner, but i came to personally thank you for your valued fight to defend our borders and take our ofe traffickers out business, knock them out of business, the criminal cartels. We want to knock them out. You are on the front lines every day saving countless american lives and delivering the righteous under of american justice. No adversary can match the awesome power of the United States army, navy, air force, coast guard, marines. And very soon, we are going to have a thing called space force. One of the many things we have done in this administration that will be one of the most important, i think. Let us show our deep appreciation for your Law Enforcement partners at the department of Homeland Security and department of justice. Thank you very much. We will always stand with the incredible men and women of Law Enforcement. We will never defund our police, that i can tell you. What is going on, when you hear defund the police, you probably say that is a foreign language, right . Its a terrible thing. But i assume this will be a fad. But it is not something that will work very well. We are pleased to be joined by secretary of defense mark esper. Thank, mark. Thank thank you very much, mark. [applause] i think we are keeping him very busy. Admiral carl schultz. Thank you very much. And a great warrior. He is a strong guy, a great guy. Congressman diaz, thank you very much. On the first of this year, i announced the armed forces would begin a surge of military assets in the western hemisphere unlike anything seen in recent history, and that is a fact. One of the reasons is we have better equipment than we ever had. We have new equipment that comes trillion in2. 5 spending, all made in the usa. American service members, joined by partner nations, have patrolled regional waters from the Caribbean Sea to the east pacific. The United States deployed an arsenal of cutters, naval combat ships, coast guard helicopters, and they are powerful weapons. Hightech Maritime Patrol aircraft as well as roughly 1300 additional personnel. 65 e forces represent a increase in ships and a 65 increase in Surveillance Aircraft from last year alone. We are taking the fight directly to the sinister criminal cartels and showing them no mercy. We are doing numbers like nobody thought possible, even the admiral. He would say he never thought this would happen to the extent it is happened to the extent it has happened. You will not poison our children and you will not in for tori you will not infiltrate our borders. Findll put everyone we behind bars, if you are lucky. The results of this Historic Campaign have been absolutely phenomenal. This joint operation has metricd in more than 120 tons does anyone know how much that is of illicit narcotics. That is massive, billions. And the arrest of more than 1000 drug traffickers. These actions have denied the cartel of billions of dollars in cash and prevented the loss of untold american lives. We have seen the results in the United States. In a fourday period in may, our courageous coast guard stopped three submarines packed with poisonous drugs, keeping thousands of pounds of lethal narcotics off our streets and off our city areas. We got rid of it. We have it, and i dont know what you do with it. What do you do with it, by the way . What do you do with it, admiral . I want to hear. What do you do with it . It is destroyed. Pres. Trump you blow it up or dump it someplace . We burn it. Pres. Trump that sounds like a good way to do it. I want to express our countrys pride and gratitude for your lifesaving actions. My administration is committed to making sure you have the tools and support you need, and the support that you deserve and have always deserved. And you used to run short. You now have the best equipment in the world. After years of painful budget cuts, i ended last years sequester and secured almost the 2. 5 billion dollars i mentioned to rebuild the military. We are giving you the finest airplanes, submarines, tanks, and missiles of every single kind, even uniforms in the army, all made in the usa. Two newapproved the stateoftheart National Security cutters and polar security cutters for the United States coast guard, and so much other equipment, including we have under construction right now the largest icebreaker in the world, and we are going to be trying to get an extra 10 icebreakers. We only have one. Russia has 40, we have one. So we will have two, but we think we will have 10 because we are trying to do a deal with a certain place that has a lot of icebreakers. We cangoing to see if have a deal. I think we can surprise you at a very good price. Much cheaper than the one we are building, about five of them. Our enemies are on notice because the military is much more powerful, much more lethal, and much more prepared than ever before. We are in a position we have never been in equipmentwise, and we have the greatest people on earth. We are also supporting the courageous men and women of ice, border patrol, dea, fbi, and all the heroes of Law Enforcement. Great people. As long as i am president , i will never allow your mission to be undermined or attacked in any way. We will not abolish the police, and we will not slash the budgets for our military, and we will not allow our country to be swamped with deadly drugs. We have stopped numbers we have never stopped before, or even close. We have done it in a way that our enemy understands, and they are getting a little bit concerned because they have never had losses like this. They have never had submarines taken from them. They built submarines because they have smaller versions. They have never seen anything like what has happened to them in the last year and a half. We will defend our country, defend our borders, our children, our heroes, and our Great American flag. We are very proud of our flag. We will promote the american way stayfe, and we will always strong for god, country, family, and freedom. I want to thank everybody for being here. This is a very special moment, especially so because you have done so much over the last short period of time to bring life and safety to the United States of america and other parts of the world, by the way, but to the United States. I want to thank you. God bless you all. Admiral, thank you very much. [applause] the president s, from public affairs, available now in paperback and ebook. Presents biographies of every president , organized by their ranking by noted historians from best to worst, and features perspectives into the lives of our nations chief executives and leadership styles. Visit our website, cspan. Org thepresident s, to learn more. An order your copy today. And order your copy today. The hill hosted a Virtual Health care summit yesterday to talk about the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic. Speakers talked about lessons from the pandemic, medical breakthroughs, treatments, and cures, and eliminating racial disparities. Next, we will hear from the representatives. First, here is fred upton of michigan. Often then not, congress is called upon to use its policymaking powers to solve problems, but the body is not designed to move fast. That is to say the least. There