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Immigrant populations. It is just huge the effect that will be unleashed for the country and thats part of why you know business is so strongly supportive. I agree with that. I think the argument that were missing is an argument an economic argument that connects with the average american. Levels are low compared to theyre compared to the years carter was in office. What we need to show americans, immigrants dont take jobs away from American Workers, like some people think. They actually help create jobs, good paying jobs for americans. Thats an argument that resonates with americans. I think we need a populous economic message to American Workers to say look, dont fear immigrants. Theyre actually helping create jobs for you. If you have people in the kitchen, cleaning dishes it would be very difficult to create good paying jobs for waiters that are going to be taken, jobs taken by americans. This is a very Important Message that we have failed to make. And thats part of the problem were having with a lot of American Workers middle class americans, opposing immigration. Let me i think hes right. Hes completely correct on that point. I would add that i just dont think it is that hard of a message to articulate to americans. They see what the work ethic is and in a lot of places this is going to go im a latina woman. Part of my frustration listening about Immigration Reform and executive action is that Immigration Reform has become more of a topic on hispanics and latinos. I feel we personally leave out a bunch of communities that are not hispanic latino, who will be affected by Immigration Reform. How do we aggress thisaddress this and become more inclusive . I have a nonprofit taking communities to work in and were working in northwest arkansas now because of the large latino population that went to work there in the poultry industry with very little support. Our focus is large populations with very little support. Who do we find when we get there . The largest population of people from the marshal islands is in northwest arkansas. You find pockets of ethiopians and people from the Pacific Islands and just an amazing mosaic across the country. We need to do a better job of making this discussion larger than latinos. And you confront it on issues of language, you confront it on cultural morets within communities. It is a real challenge. And were learning as we go. Let me just say quickly, the unstated piece of Immigration Reform that we havent focused enough on is the integration of immigrants for the long run. This is the right thing to do. I would argue it is harder for immigrants to be integrated today in a society that doesnt have the same kind of cohesiveness at the street level that we did in the last large immigrations, when the churches wanted parishioners and the unions wanted members and the businesses wanted workers and the Political Organization and machines wanted workers and they took them turkeys at thanksgiving and coal that doesnt exist anymore. It is harder in a country where you need Financial Literacy to function to integrate. We need to do a much better job of thinking about immigrant integration, no matter how this goes. Really quick. Im with the hispanic outlook, i cover congressman covering immigration for eight years. I agree, immigration is not just about latinos. It has become a political thing about the latino vote that is not that big. It is not that big. In some states it is. My question is it seems the real battle is between comprehensive and piecemeal. Republicans have passed several bills in the house watch this event in its entirety at cspan. Org. We take you to see Kevin Johnson who is the president of the u. S. Conference of mayors give the state of the citys address. The conference of mayors in washington, d. C. This is live coverage and this is mayor jn son. Politically and otherwise. The second Vice President mick cornell. Give mick a round of applause. Oklahoma state. Our Vice President Stephanie Rowley blake will join us later. Shes attending a swearing in. I want to acknowledge all our past president s. Mayor callous, mayor nutter mayor riley please give them a round of applause. And tom cochran hes handling business, we cannot thank tom for his leadership and the whole entire staff of the u. S. Conference of mayors, give them a round of applause. All of our plenary sessions are live streamed and available on demand at usmayors. Org. Use our uscmwinter15 when share about this particular conference. We have the Vice President joining us tomorrow at 1 00. Go through security and once you get to the second floor, youll be able to move along freely. Secondly, please take a look at your name badges. If you have a star you have the clearance you need to get to the white house. If you do not have a star you need to see the u. S. Conference of mayors staff today to make sure youre not left out of our white house visit. Yes, you need a gold star to get in. Let me thank the sponsors for this years winter meeting. Id like to thank let me get through all of the sponsors and give them one round of applause at the end. I want to thank wells fargo, our 2015 winter meeting Title Sponsor, american beverage association, americans for the arts, black and beach corporation, Engine Research foundation google, hdr Jpmorgan Chase and company lindbergher, sampson llp, Motorola Solutions target corporations uber technologies, the Walton Family foundation. Lets give all of our sponsors a round of applause. Im also pleased we have over 50 new mayors registered for this winter meeting. Lets give our rookie mayors a round of applause. To help introduce and welcome them to the organization, were going to show all of their names behind me. And if we missed or left out a mayor, i want to apologize in advance. All right. All right. All our new mayors in the audience, please stand up. We need to see who you are. [ applause ] all right. We know that this group will be instrumental in defining our priorities and helping this organization go forward. I am now very pleased to bring to the podium one of those rookie mayors she reigns from the great city the District Of Columbia, mayor balder served as a city council member. The conference has been fully supportive of full Voting Rights for the District Of Columbia. Mayors, lets give a round of applause for mariel bowser. Thank you. Thank you. Well, good afternoon mayors. And welcome to your Nations Capital capital, my hometown, our capital city washington, d. C. And thank you mayor johnson for your kind introduction, but most importantly for your leadership of this conference and your great city. I am honored to stand before you as mayor of the District Of Columbia and bring you greetings on behalf of all 660,000 of us. As a new mayor this is my first time at the u. S. Conference of mayors, but it wont be my last. I look forward to working welcoming you every january to our city. Here in washington, as you know, we are a little bit different. Were a city of county and state all rolled into one. We are a city that is growing and certainly on the move. You probably heard that were adding about a thousand people every month to d. C. That were attracting businesses at almost an equal pace were focused on technology and innovation in our city, and becoming a healthier, greener and safer washington, d. C. Were investing in our future every step of the way by building highways, sewer systems, schools to ensure that our children are inheriting an even better city. And we are most importantly investing in our people. I just left one of our schools over 100 million investment, where the chancellor and i announced a focus on young men and boys of color. And i want to acknowledge another great mayor in addition to you, k. J. , our friend and former mayor of the District Of Columbia adrian vinci. Give him a round of applause. And i do that because as a new mayor i know im building on quite a lot of the progress that we have been able to make in our city, from leaders like adrian and many others who have worked to build our city to where we are today. We know as mayors we dont have the luxury of kind of wringing our hands but were charged by our residents to get things done. And we need to get big things and small things done each and every day. We set aside partisanship to deliver for our residents and we have to lead by example. And just like kevin did in sacramento, when he secured 34 million in state and federal funding, to strengthen police fire, and Emergency Preparedness in sacramento, we do what we need to do to protect our communities. Just like mayor nutter was able to do when he increased High School Graduation rates and enhanced College Readiness in philadelphia. We do what we need to do to ensure our childrens success. Like my sister mayor to the north of us Stephanie Rollins blake, who closed baltimores largest deficit in modern history. We do what is needed to be done to balance our budgets, and govern in a fiscally responsible way. As demonstrated by so many mayors in this audience, we set aside politic and focus on the future of our cities. The gridlock in congress does not reflect how we operate in our cities. Across this nation under the leadership of mayors in this room, we get things done. And we understand that while our cities are on the rise, we still have major challenges to overcome. While we have growth and wealth, we also see staggering inequality. Affordable housing is out of reach for too many and too many lack the skills necessary to get good paying jobs. My goal our goal is to take those challenges head on. Like many of you i believe in making bold and pragmatic plans and executing on them every single day. During this conference i look forward to exchanging best practices, sharing ideas, and leveraging our resourcefulness as an organization. We will continue to get things done for our city and i pledge the support of the District Of Columbia to this organization to get things done for all of us. So i want to thank you, again for being in washington. I hope while youre here that you will enjoy the restaurants the museums arts and culture available to you in your capital city. Welcome, everybody. [ applause ] all right. Thanks mayor. Appreciate those comments. We will certainly enjoy the capital while we are here. I want to thank wells fargo for being our Title Sponsor for this particular winter meeting. This is a major commitment to our organization, so, again please join me in giving wells fargo a round of applause. Mary coppin, executive Vice President of wells fargo is with us today. Mary is head of Customer Excellence for wells fargo home lending. In this role, she collaborates with leaders across these;h entire wells fargo enterprise to deliver differentiated Customer Service to every wells fargo customer, every day. Mary will be sharing an important announcement. Mary, welcome to this meeting. We thank you for your commitment. Come on up, mary. Uzwxn thank you, mayor johnson, for that warm welcome to your conference and washington, d. C. I want to personally ask you, i did travel here and i have three children back home and one of them is a 63, 15yearold aspiring basketball player who has no clue what his mother does, but i think if i took a picture with you he might think whatever it is i do im pretty cool. Thank you. It truly is my honor and privilege to be here with all of you today and to be provided the opportunity to share just briefly a few comments about the exciting and energizing work happening across our country and in your cities. From strategies that stabilize revitalize local neighborhoods to those that create and support jobs and especially those that help support our veterans, may i commend you all for your efforts and leadership you are in this room it is just incredible what you have been doing as we have worked to turn around our country, our communities our cities. Wells fargo is appreciative of the opportunity we had to partner with you in our alliance and stands ready to continue to support you with the efforts needed to stabilize rebuild, and grow the communities in which we live and work. Over the last few years our collaboration with the United States conference of mayors has, of course, first centered on the practical needs of our city sies but our alliance has become so much more as it established a Solid Foundation for us to build on into the future. Together we work defectively on important issues related directly to the nations crisis. They were practical. They were focused on foreclosure prevention, Property Maintenance and care and promotion of responsible Home Ownership. Together, we shared concerns we created plans from best practices, and then we developed the necessary unique actions needed within your communities with answers directly provided to the constituents at our outreach events directly held in your city sies. Were very proud, energized and excited about our neighborhood lift program. It is one that helps promote affordable us susand sustainable Home Ownership. I would like to share with you a brief video from one of our lift events, i think held in new orleans, and one of the grant recipients and the testimony. Like many who visit new orleans, valerie never got around to leaving. Originally from france shes called the big easy home for more than a dozen years now, living in apartments in some of the citys historic neighborhoods. I came to new orleans out of curiosity. And just fell in love with the rent renting was easy, affordable. So i was a happy renter for years. Until katrina hit. And then post katrina situation was a lot different. We had landlords, more than doubling our rent overnight. And that was a wakeup call for me. She decided to buy a house. And as a single mom, wanted a duplex or double as theyre known in new orleans so they could earn rental income to help with mortgage payments. I also wanted a real neighborhood where you can walk to places and also something where i would feel safe living with my daughter. Valerie found this barge board house built in the late 1800s from pieces of the barges that sailed the mississippi and once again fell in love. But knew the renovations it needed would push her Financial Resources to the limit. It is beautiful old house in new orleans, but there was some structural work to do, reinforcing the outside walls, foundation work. I had to put in central ac. And a lot of other things that needed to happen. So when valerie heard about the neighborhood lift program, which provides home buyer education and down payment assistance, she was immediately interested. I contacted the wells fargo representative who guided me through what i had to do to make it happen. The program allowed me to have an extra 15,000 that i dont have to pay back that i could use toward the renovation of the house. And in five years it is forgiven so it is just equity for me. Since 2012, lift programs, a Public Private collaboration between wells fargo and the nonprofit neighbor works america have helped make more than 8,000 people like valerie become homeowners in locations hit hard by the economic downturn. Now with the renovations complete, she and her daughter sophie are enjoying their new neighborhood and their home. I like the backyard with my tree house. It is a piece of new orleans history. So really, excited about that. I have a tenant. I have a very comfortable situation financially. It is not the perfect place, but just knowing that this is ours and nobody will tell us to pick up and move, this is a good feeling. Thank you. As i said we believe in programs such as neighborhood lift that we believe have a real impabst impact to the communities and families. While were proud of our accomplishments and the Housing Market does appear to be improving, wells fargo understands there is a lot more work to be done. We believe it is not time to take a step back, but to continue to move forward and bring best practices that deliver tangible benefits directly to your constituents. Wells fargo is a company and knows this. Were only successful when your communities are successful. When customers and constituents can afford and sustain Home Ownership and when the communities in which they live continue to thrive and grow. So as i stated a moment ago, our work continues and last summer wells fargo committed to a new threeyear 3 Million Grant Program through our wells fargo foundation. And today i have the opportunity, im delighted to share with you were ready to begin encouraging nonprofits in your communities to apply for this new program. It is entitled Community Wins on your table are the flyers about the program. It is aimed directly at providing support to local nonprofits who engage in important efforts such as workforce development, cleaning up neighborhoods, and renovation of housing. It will be 1 million per year, awarded through a competitive application process, that is going to be administered by the United States conference of mayors. These grants will assist cities of all sizes, and we hope that youll want to be educated and find more information about Community Wins by the flyers or you can see our booth outside. So in closing, to keep my remarks short and brief, i hope all of you see our Work Together is both practical and inspirational. And as we continue to expand our programs and our alliance with you, we know we can have and will achieve great things into the future. Thank you so much for the opportunity to speak to you today. Ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure to rise and to announce this is a historic moment, a defining moment for our organization. Last year last nights state of the union by the president was a command performance. You asked who commanded it . Article two, Section Three of the constitution of the United States provides that the president must give a state of the union. In 1790, George Washington gave the first state of the union and in a provincial city called new m york. Thomas jefferson said i will not sit on a throne like a king i will send a written message and a clerk read the state of the union to the congress until 1913 when Woodrow Wilson said, im going to do it. Anne 1934 Franklin Delano roosevelt dubbed the words state of the union taking them from the constitution. We know that governors give state of the states address. We know that mayors give state of the cities address. We know that university give state of the university address. And we know that tom donahue last week gave the state of the business address. But ladies and gentlemen, im here to tell you, for 82 years, no president of this organization has ever stood before its members republican and democrat, and given a state of the cities address. And so today, we are commanding our president and all president s forward from 2015 to appear before you and your members and give a state of the cities address. We thank please know that is a vote of approval. We thank our current president for establishing this initiative. It is very important as we go forward. Ladies and gentlemen it is my distinct honor and pleasure to present to you to give the 2015 state of the cities address, the one, the only, from sacramento california, the 72nd president of the United States, Kevin Johnson. F s2n [ applause ] thank you. That was a heck of a buildup. I just want to say, again, how humbled i am to be here before you today. And if youre a mayor, you know when im what im talking about. We have great jobs, no job we would rather have in america and to be able to come together and gather with our colleagues a few times over the course of the year is really, really special. So it is an honor that i stand before you today, tom, thank you, again the u. S. Conference ofhb mayors staff ive also already thanked the past president s as well as our second Vice President. You guys do an amazing job and this is just a heart felt thanks to all of you for what you do. So mayors, give yourselves just a round of applause for the great work you do. [ applause ] so im not one for long speeches. Let me jump in. Last night president obama addressed congress and the nation to say that the state of the union was strong. Today we convene our at our 83rd winter meeting of the u. S. Conference of mayors and as your president im here to say that the state of the union is strong because the state of our cities is strong. [ applause ]. Im halfway through my presidency. I got a chance to give my first address in dallas. And i want to thank really quickly the mayor of dallas mayor rollings, for your leadership. Stand on up. [ applause ] and were so glad that you decided to run again. We were all going to send our posses out in security to make sure we twisted your arm and got you to run, but you did the right thing. We wish you the best on that. I also want to take a moment and thank a past president , a past president , ran for governor, but hes a mayor of all mayors is scott smith here . Mayor smith please stand. When it began in dallas six months ago came before you and introduced a concept of cities 3. 0, a new era of American City s s. At the heart of the vision is a fundamental idea that cities of yesterday are not the cities of today. Which means that we must function and be governed in a more innovative and efficient and effective manner. Cities were built around ports river, freight rail, transportation routes. They served as the center of commerce and trade. The Second Generation of cities, or cities 2. 0, came much later the industrial revolution. These cities were marked by factories, Big Industries smokestacks, automobiles, and electricity electricity. In cities 3. 0, cities have become the leaders the hub of innovation entrepreneurship and technology. They are the epicenters for economic progress. To adapt to our new reality, we must practice what i call open source leadership. Which means we have to be pragmatic problem solvers who look for Common Sense Solutions regardless of where they come from. Democrats, republicans, labor business, doesnt matter, to us we want to just make a difference in our community sies. Our focus must be meaningful and measurable so that the promise we make to our cities becomes a reality of our cities. Today i want to expand on that vision of cities 3. 0. A 3. 0 city is how we interact with the federal government and that must be done in a different way, in my opinion. I begin with a simple truth. Washington has not stepped up to solving challenges. Powerful forces are transforming the way we interact in terms of our jobs, our neighborhoods and our cities. New industries are replacing old manufacturing, while new technologies threaten to automate their jobs. Income inequality is eroding the middle class making it harder for hard working taxpayers to support a family, to own a home and get a good education. Major demographic changes are bringing very different cultures into closer contact while baby boomers are entering the retirement age, which is straining pension and health care budgets. Climate change threatens our homes and infrastructure. And what has emerged to be the most critical issue of the day and certainly of my presidency is a growing gulf of the mistrust between communities of color and Law Enforcement in many of our cities. We are a nation built on trust. When that trust is grown we must find ways to rebuild that trust. Clearly the challenges are significant, and it is clear the federal government has been unwilling or unable to design and implement meaningful solution to these problems. So what does that mean . It means they landed firmly on the doorsteps of our nations mayors. That means that being a mayor is no longer just about making sure the trash is being picked up or buses are running on time. Today, we are the ones grappling with these very big real big picture challenges. The good news is that the American People generally think that mayors are best suited to do this work. As noted Polster Frank lunts will tell you washington and americans have a perspective that may be different. Americans want washington to do less, and want cities to do more. The u. S. Conference of mayors and zogby, we released a poll today. Think about this mayors. Nearly half of the American Public believes that cities are on the right track, compared to only 29 who think the nation is on the right track. Although americas trust in elected officials generally is not something to write home about, but mayors rank higher among the public than the president , a governor congress, and their state legislature. That means we rank top as it relates to our constituents and who and where they have trust. The federal government of states has the capacity and mandate to confront our global challenges. But right now, they are out of step and out of touch with people and the new metropolitan realities that we all face. So it is up to us. This is our opportunity to lead, to say what we mean and to mean what we say. It is up to us to deliver the results, our citizens deserve. As steve jobs said it is time for us to think different. So what does that mean, mayors . It is time for a new understanding between the local and national powers. City simply cannot be expected to be passive players waiting around for resource and direction that may or may not materialize. These dynamics need to be flipped on their head. We need to organize differently to deliver better results. Were modernizeing the way we run our cities. We need what im calling a new federalist contract that recognizes the areas that require federal attention while leveraging and strengthening what truly drives the prosperity in our nation. It is our cities and our metropolitan areas. These [ applause ] mayors, you know all too well, these ideas have been written about extensively in a book i often cited, the metropolitan revolution. Bruce katz and jennifer bradley. Is bruce here . Stand on up, lets give bruce a round of applause for his leadership. [ applause ]. So what exactly does a new federalist contract mean . We desperately need our federal government to lead where it must. Only the federal government can act with the national vision, direction and purpose because some of the problems that we face transcend local borders and require federal action. Metropolitan areas arent able to provide a robust safety net. The safety net provides stable economic foundations upon which Everything Else grows from. Metros cant overhaul our enormously inadequate immigration system. Metros lack the resources to fully fund economy transforming research and development or new infrastructure without federal help. In a world of Climate Change cities cant change the behavior of companies and consumers. Those are the areas where the federal government must lead because they reflect the realities of Global Forces that dwarf states and local capacities. The federal government must take the commitment forward and they must act now before it is too late and they have to do so aggressively. While the feds are working on those issues, we need our National Government to empower cities where it can. Think about this. We said this over and over again, we want the federal government to empower cities where it can. Because American Cities are the metropolitan areas were the ones who can deal more efficiently and effectively with the challenges before us. It is simple common sense that one size cannot and does not fit all in a nation as large and as diverse of the United States. The federal and state programs and policies will be successful only if theyre flexible and are individually tailored to meet the unique challenges facing our cities. Because it is in the American Cities where the challenges are being met with innovative pragmatic results. Oriented around solutions. In philadelphia, ill give mayor nutter a shoutout. I dont do that very often. Ill make an exception. In philadelphia, mayor nutter who cochairs my brothers Keeper Task Force has engaged in deep partnership with his Police Commissioner to establish an Innovative Community policing m model because the longstanding us versus them mentality between Africanamerican Community and philadelphia Law Enforcement needs to end. In bridge port, mayor finch, who cochairs the Energy Independence and Climate Protection Task force has transformed an old, unused land fill into a green energy park. This Clean Energy Project generates five megawatts of power through panels and cells. It is supporting bridge port local economy, creating 92 jobs and generating 7 million in new tax revenue. Knowing that a reasonable export driven approach was needed to foster a 21st century economy and keeping jobs in the United States, mayor fisher and gray initiated a partnership between louisville and lexington to spark the growth of high quality jobs in advance manufacturing. In an effort to revitalize the downtown of tacoma there is an urban renewal for light rail Affordable Housing and Street Retail development. There are countless examples like the ones i mentioned with many in the room here today were the ones who are best suited to immediate the demanding needs in a better way. Is mayor lee here from San Francisco . I was going to give him a shoutout but i doesnt get it because he didnt show up. Roll the teleprompter. 03 is mayor cabalden here . If hes not here im rolling i love it. Okay. Heres what im going to do on the next segment of my state of the cities tom. I wouldnt to say these cities have modernized their ports and their freight, rail and airports. Miami, jacksonville, chicago, denver, l. A. And dallas. Lets give all the mayors a round of applause. Imagine how much more we could do if. Federal government had empowered us rather than hinder us with rules and restriction and regulations, which brings me to my final point. We need the federal government to invest where it should because we all know that some of the National Problems it takes not just resolve, but resources. We need resources to come to cities and give us autonomy. Mayors, you need to clap for that. [ applause ]. If the money comes through states, it comes with the flexibility to be spent on local priority s priorities. Imagine the power of a modern day wpa that is focused on local public work projects. Whether it is water mains or street repairs or sewage system upgrades, every city has significant infrastructure needs. Investing in local infrastructure creates a winwinwin situation. First [ applause ] first, it is an economic win because these public work projects, they create jobs. Second, it is an environmental win because we can modernize our inextrastructure in more sustain sustainable ways. Lastly, it is a Public Safety win to upgrade our deteriorated pipes, sewers and streets. We all know think about it, the role of the federal government is to ensure the u. S. Is competitive in an increasingly global world. One thing that will allow america to be more competitive is to improve the integrity of our infrastructure especially in our city sies. [ applause ]. The bottom line is we need our federal government to fundamentally restructure the way it does business. The days of solutions that are exclusively made in washington, d. C. Are over. Because progress begins with a status quo ends. Let me conclude with this thought. Today, were facing an inversion of the hierarchy of power. Were flipping the ole paradigm on its head. Cities are the leaders in the nation, experimenting, taking risks, making hard choices yes mayors, youre doing that. If we can adopt a new federalist compact that ensures the federal government leads where it must invest where they should, the cities can drive the nation to economic and civic heights we have never seen. Although we have many challenges, my message is clear. This is our moment, it is our time. Cities lets seize the day. Lets make measurable difference in our cities and our communities and our nations. Thank you very much. And god bless mayor and the city cities. [ applause ] all right, thank you so much for that. Excited for this next part of the program. As youre thinking about your trip in washington and while were here, please really think about what a 3. 0 city looks like what is our role in that 3. 0 city and how can we redefine the relationship between cities and our federal government . We have a real opportunity because they are listening to us in real ways. Im proud to leave that message as the first one and i know mayor corpsn et will do the same. It is now my pleasure to introduce dr. Frank lunts. One of the top messaging experts, he visited our leadership meetings. Hes no foreign person to us. We have seen him on a regular basis. He wrote a famous book called words matters. He understands what policy leaders, hes a republican. What he grapples with is trying to find Common Ground in how we communicate in a responsible way. Lets give a round of applause for frank lunts. [ applause ] as i stand here im neither a republican, nor a democrat im an american. And it give me such great pride to speak. I need to ask the mayor, the reason why i actually agreed to do this is because i wanted an autograph, so if you can help me out out okay, i do the jokes here. All right. Thank you. Wait, i got who is Kevin Johnson . You told me you were michael jordan. It is a pleasure and i welcome you also to washington. I see the mayor has left. I blame thissing on on congress. You can drive 25 miles in any direction and never leave the scene of the crime. I want to welcome the i know cspan is here. I want to say hello to the viewer. Youll not forget today. Mayor, perfection. Absolute perfection. If the public could hear what you just said and i hope that this is replayed and replayed, they would have faith in their leadership that they do not have now. [ applause ] and i begin with humor because im nervous and intimidated. And i mean that. Of everything ill do this year there is none more important. I listen to the people every day. I do focus groups every day and every night. If you could hear the fear the anxiety, the skepticism even cynicism with the American People right now, and the only people they have faith in the only people that they think that can lead is the people in this room. You have no idea how important you are, you have no idea the potential that you have and ill do my best over next 15 minutes to give you the language to succeed. So i urge you to take notes. The words arent chosen because these words arent chosen lightly. These are the words of the American People. Its hard to follow the mayor because he did it so well. And i will try to best i can. But of all of the things that the public is looking for, its not about budgets are welfare or education or taxes. There are simple daytoday concerns that matter to nemthem. I would create this checklist. These are the things theyre asking you for. You all know, those of you who have seen me, is that i would like to be down there than up here. They want you to feel their fear and their anxiety and standing behind a podium doesnt do it justice. But ive been told i have to stay here. How do your policies deliver fewer hassles were more chases, more money, more time . How do you policies deliver a better lifestyle, a better work life balance. These are day to day concerns that everyone has whether theyre 16 or 65. So it isnt philosophy. It isnt even policy. Its what happens to you in the day to day existence. And in fact this is the question that people are asking. Not many people in this room live paycheck to paycheck. Do you realize that 40 of americans do. For many of you its 60 or 70 of your cities. And they think that politicians dont understand that living paycheck to paycheck, learning to do more with less. If they have to do it why cant government . Thats the question theyre asking of you and its a legitimate question in a 3. 0 city. Which i love that phrase, 3. 0. It fits with whats happening in america. Heres the deal. Every time you talk about a problem from this point forward you got to provide a solution. Dont just talk about what is wrong until you give them specific ideas about what is right, or your ideas for what is right. They live it. They know it. And in a 3. 0 mayor youll be focused on results and solutions with not just what is going wrong. This isnt just about your turn or even the person who follows after you. But the public is so deeply asking for are leaders that look a generation ahead, that see the challenges of cities not in 2015 2015, but 2025 and 2035. Start it now so that ten 15 20 years from now, long after youre gone, theyll feel the benefits of the future by two to one. They would rather have you focus on tomorrow than today. In terms of language, i we heard about efficiency and effectiveness. I got two more words, accountability and results driven. The reason why account act matters to much by the way i just caught myself in the monitor over there and i am really fat. Can you put the thin persons veil up back there . Look at this. I feel like governor christie my god. I have to live it every day. I turned dch i dont believe in hugging. I turned 51 last year and blew out all of the candles on my cake. Do you know what i they asked me for . Another birthday cake. Washington has failed them. They want to know that if you make a promise that you dont keep, they have the chance to hold you responsible. And results driven because theyre tired of the rhetoric that they get out of their town and they want you to deliver for them. If you give them an agenda that says you deserve schools that actually teach children, you deserve a police force that keeps the cities safe and keeps us feeling secure, you deserve a cleaner, safer healthier, environment, you list five or six points and you do it now in your state of the city speeches you deserve, i promise you that that impowerment the people that you represent, how they will take that is that you respect them, you appreciate them and you want to deliver for them. You deserve is the most empowering way you can communicate your agenda going forward. Now i want to get i done checklist. In fact, ive got one more thing here. Of all of the things that you can do you want to prove that you have a record of results. Action. Solutions. So i want you to deliver a get it done commitment. No more conversation no more talk, no more excuses. You will get it done. And so, mayor i know its the wrong sport but i want to give you my get it done football. It is fully inflated by the way. And if you will leave that in your office it will remind you every day of so many good things that youve done for the city of sacramento. You know, hes not just a bill i cant player. Hes a brilliant mayor. And you are what gist me faith in the future. I have not given that ball to any democrat until today. [ applause ] thats pretty good. Dallas and sacramento, both teams not in the super bowl. And for the record the mayor of Fort Lauderdale fort worth throws better than the mayor of dallas. Proak sif akctiveactive problem solvers. Its a. Pra active because they dont want you to wait. Pragmatic, and problem solvers because youll get it done. The combination of all three is what theyre seeking from you. Thats what they want you to be. Im going to give you a checklist. A 3. 0 mayor doesnt know from partisanship. They dont think of themselves as republicans and democrat. A 3. 0 mayor has a partnership with a Business Community and the labor unions and theyre all brought in together. Youre holding town halls. The key to a town hall, do this for me please. How many of you mayors here hold town halls at least once a month. Raise your hands. Its not many. The ones that do, do me a favor. Let your audience speak first. Let your citizens go first. Let them talk for 10 or 15 minutes first. The person who came the furthest to get there, let them go first. Something obviously matters to them. If you let your citizens go first, theyll know that youre listening to them, that youre learning from them. Engage in Community Leaders organizations, its bringing more people in rather than less. Yes, the meeting may last a little longer but the Public Values a variety of voices. And the more voices the better. Im going to give you some language now. Of all of the words some of you heard me say this. Of all of the words you can possibly use, the most powerful of all is imagine. If you ask someone to majesties of perfection, everyone in this room, 300 people, 400 in here each one of you would have a different imagination of cities at perfection. You speak with imagine and it allows people to dream and then it allows you to accomplish. A healthy economy is so much more powerful than Economic Growth because a healthy economy means good things are happening. Healthy schools, healthy neighbors, healthy families. Its not about health care. Its about what we want from your daytoday lives. Stability and security. By the way, something we found, which i think is very interesting, man actually put security number one and women put stability. But either way, it communicates peace of mind which is the highest value of all. Youre in control. In any city 3. 0, citizens are more engaged many in what theyre doing in their lives. By the way i welcome you to take pictures of this. I really do. This is the language of your constituents and if you attach the language around the people you represent theyll understand you better, theyre more likely to follow you, theyre more likely to invest in you and thats good for cities. Let me show you a couple more in terms of phrases. I did an uncompromising commitment. Thats what youre all about why you work 20 hours a day, seven day as week. Uncompromising commitment means thajscle youre all in. Youre not going to give up, give in and youre going to get it done. A more efficient accountable government. You heard it from the mayor. Of all of the things the public is looking for were that is the number one attribute. Efficient, effective and accountable accountable. You demonstrate that you can do more with less, you prove efficiency within effectiveness and accountability openand youve done your job well because we can clearly say, no matter what party you are, that is not happening here in washington. Local resources with a neighborhood approach we are becoming smaller and smaller as we look forward. Were now looking and we are engaged in our neighborhoods but we want to make a difference in the places and the people who are close to us. And thats the idea of a neighborhood approach. Because its how we live and its how we think. No fine print it means that theres no out. There is no excuses. There are no exceptions. What you say is what you mean. And that last one cities of opportunity. I got that idea from the mayor. Because the greatest innovations are happening in americas cities. Greatest changes. The greatest focus on the future and opportunity is the number one value when you ask american what is are they looking for themselves or for the future. Couple more points and then ill close. Even more important that results, and youll hear that a lot, its the idea that youre working together to get the job done. This is why i love the organization. Yes, i have been here a lot. I actually feel good when i leave here. I feel optimistic watching these people Work Together trying to get the job done. This doesnt happen in washington. It doesnt happen in congress. Congress has a 14 job Approval Rating. Gaddafi had a 19 job Approval Rating and that was among the people who killed him. You show that you work across the aisle, that there is no partizanship and youre communicating the philosophy that they appreciate. Another point which i need to challenge some of you are. You talk about creating jobs. Jobs are great. Jobs are particularly important for those that dont have it. But what do the American People really want . A career. A job is 9 00 to 5 00. A career is 24 7. A job is something you get up to go to and you cant wait to get home from. A career is everything and thats what your residents, thats what your citizens really want from you. If you talk about experimenting, this is warning for you or taking risks thats not what theyre looking for. They expect from you proven leadership, proven results. Theyre not laboratory animals. Theyre human beings and they do expect you and they have the right to expect for you to get it right. I hear Economic Prosperity Economic Justice and growth. A healthy economy is all of that and more. Thats what we hope for in america. In terms of the infra chur it isnt just a road or a bridge. Its quality of life. You need to focus on the benefit, not just the process. You need to focus on what it does for safety, what it does for making life hassle free or worryfree. If you focus on what youre going to spend on then the public sees expenditure. If you focus on what it does, the public is willing to make the investment. And finally, a couple, just a couple of points in education. I used to believe that accountability was number one, and its number two. Number one is every child, every family every school every community. What ive learned about education in terms of what they expect from you, its every and all so that every child benefits, every child has the opportunity that is so essential. You see up there number 11, prepare for College Career and life. That takes in every child. 40 of kids still dont go to college, dont graduate from college. For some kids its vocational training. And the fact is the more that we do in that area, the more rounded this country will be. And lets not forget the parents who want their kids to have a trade, to have a skill and how profitable that can be. Look at number 13. Its not how much we spend its how we spend it. Thats the efficiency and effectiveness. In a 3. 0 city it really is about the result. It is not about the process. And this last one here every student deserves an effective education. Its not about education reform. Its about education excellence. Its about what we do. One more point on education. You have to do it because they dont trust washington to. And theyve seen the schools fail under washington control. They truly are looking to you to make a difference, to get into those schools to demand accountability, to measure them, the ensure that their children are getting the education that they deserve. This is how you define the schools, the parents the curriculum teachers that are inspiring and pash nate parents that are involved, Public Schools challenging, motivating and effective. Dont pass it off. Take responsibility for it. And finally heres your daily checklist. The things that they expect from you. They want you to know what they live, which is why you need them to speak first. They want to know that you understand their daily concerns, that you respect their hard work, and i use that term deliberately. Because americans feel like theyre working harder than ever before and they have less to show for it. They want to know that you hear their fears and anxieties, another word they use. Because if you hear it and know it you can use it. You can change because of it. They expect you to coit differently and they want to know that their day to day life is going to benefit. Of all of the things i will do this year this is by far the most important. I know that every day is tough. And i know that you can look back on a day tore two where you would say i would rather not have this job. But in most cases you ran for it, you wanted it and you have it. Youre going to have a great conference here because youve got an amazing leader here. But when you go back to your room to night, dont just go back and look at the agenda for tomorrow or respond to emails. I want to inspire you to inspire your constituents. I want to encourage you to tell them to ask for more and demand more. A 3. 0 city does not accept the status quo. A 3. 0 city does not say well weve made it better so thats good enough. A 3. 0 city delivers what washington cannot do. And that is the quality of life and a standard of living and the inspiration of hope and opportunity for everyone you represent. In any mind you people in here are heroes for what you do. Deserve that label. Earn the position that they have given to you. And do what mayor johnson has done make a daily difference in the quality of life of the people that you represent. Thank you very much. [ applause ] lets give a round of applause. [ applause ] all right mayors. We are supposed to be done at 2 15. We are going to get done early. Youll have a little extra time. If you dont have your security clearance, please make sure to see a u. S. Conference of mayors staff person to make that happen. Theres Standing Committee meetings and Task Force Meetings throughout the rest of the day and tonight theres an open reception honoring women mayors. Thank you very much. God bless you. Thank you. [ applause ] and more live event korchl come coverage coming up. At 2 30 eastern the house sine Committee Hears about Research Conducted by the faa and nasa on how to integrate drones into the National Aerospace system. Thats 20 minutes from now. And later this afternoon, the day after his state of the union address, president obama travel to boise, idaho. Well have that live at 5 00 eastern time. National journal hosted a series of Panel Discussions at the museum yesterday to talk about immigration and its ongoing effect on the demographics of cities around the country. They discuss their work and the ongoing changes in their cities, specifically nashville and st. Louis. Thank you very much. Id like to start with nashville, tennessee. Now you would not expect a lot of diversity from, you know, the Country Music capital. But just in the last ten years that city has seen an enormous demographic shift. Ten years ago 2. 5 of the population were foreign born. The number has risen to 12 ap. And it makes sense that that would be the city in which president obama in december would try to promote some of the executive actions that he took. And the woman that introduced him was the executive director. She helped start a nonprofit collect pif. Id like to start off, can you please explain what that collective does and how you started it . Great. So its been around for 12 years and we have a sich tom of the demographic change that you mentioned that is happening in nashville and in places around the southeast. When latinos are now a population everywhere in country and not just in the states or the communities where we usually think of latino strong holds. And the formation is a reaction and proactive approach to make sure that we understood that the immigrants need not only supports and resources to achieve the dreams they were coming to pursue in nashville but also that the Host Community was going through an adjustment to seeing a changing city in front of their eyes and that we needed as much support to the newcomers to a conversation with nashvillianance tennesseeans about confronting the fierce of that demographic change but also to make sure that we were taking steps forward and learning from the strong history of civil rights in nashville and how we had moved so far in 50 years. And this new challenge of new communities coming into town were another opportunity to talk with each other and raise those challenges and opportunities head to head. Its a symbolic and literal manifestation of nashvillians coming together. Its a nonprofit collective that bring together under one roof ten nonprofits all of us working with immigrants and refugees refugees, supporting through direct services organizing Mental Health services, direct Health Clinic uk, education through our prek. By our local School System that is based in the center. But its also an idea where they get to hang out together in casual and natural way, primarily through the performing arts and many other ways in which we make excuses and opportunities for nashvillians and immigrants. Were located at the gateway to the International Direct where many of the immigrant families have settled in the last 20 years. Its not just latinos. Nashville has the highest collective of curbedish immigrants in the country. Its not just that. If you could explain the kind of support for the food trucks or the collective kitchen. I think people would like to hear that as well. Weve been supporting Small Business develop for 12 years. When we created this nonprofit supported by public and private investment and the government, we took the opportunity to grow the support of businesses particularly in the food industry. And we went around the country and learnedq about shared commercial kitchens as a model where access is what matters and ownership, creating a shared commercial kitchen for the food entrepreneurers who need the expensive oven and stove and the prep area that meets the health codes, we created that kitchen as part of the development. We have 12 fulltime entrepreneurs who call the kitchen home, from food truck to wholesalers and caters. Its one of the reasons that federal government made a donation to the group. President obama didnt just high lite your experiences, he also high lated david lubell. Hes the founder. There are organizations out there that help immigrants when they come to this country but we also want to address how communities deal with new immigrants. Id love to hear some thoughts on that as well sure. Definitely. Thank you so much for having me. I want to say at the forefront here that cities are in the future we saw that through the mayors and other participants up to this point. And so we live in an era now where being welcoming to immigrants and to diversity is the positive for you community or for your institution. And congress is living in the past and cities are living in the future. I just had to say that. Its been on my mind. But as far as the issue of climate, most of the country lives in a new gateway, immigrant gateway which is i lived in nashville. I now live in atlanta. Lived in nashville through the transformation. And most cities in the country have seen large growth in their urban population or are trying to attract immigrants to their city. But not the traditional gateways are in six states and theres 44 states that dont have traditional gateways. In those new gateway communities and states, people are not used to seeing immigrants and have real fears and concerns that are not being answered, except for maybe by talk show radio host ors people you wouldnt want to be answering those kinds of questions. Theyre not answering them accurately. So the work that we did in tennessee and the work that we do around the country is partially focused on creating a welcoming client, educating u. S. Born individuals and communities about the realities, the positive elements that you know immigration and immigrants bring to communities and also bringing immigrants and u. S. Born individuals into direct contact with one another. When you have a welcoming climate you can get to welcoming policies and initiatives. I believe youve expanded to 48 different cities, is that correct . . How are you engaging with municipal governments . Thats a major factor in what you organization does. We started in nashville open at the time we started the municipal government was not in a position to be joining with us to say they wanted to welcome the immigrants because the climate was really bad. Now the municipal government, the mayors and others are support i and creating policy changes. So when we as things started to change in nashville, we saw that if you change the climate then the municipal climate could get involved and create institutional change. We changed the model. We started as a network of 50 nonprofits around the country that were doing this work of changing the climate. But then we, you know, realized that we could work with municipal government to change policies on the local level. About 15 months ago we started working with municipal governments. We now have 48 municipal government, 70 communities overall. And municipal governments work hand in hand with nonprofit groups, business groups to develop a plan for immigration, planning for immigrants and planning to create a welcoming environment and then figuring out what types of policies and what types to have programs that could exist. Before i get to anna, i do want to ask a question about reaching communities that you know, small meat packing, small towns in iowa that are dealing with this immigration issue. Its stirring the very you know, the social fabric of those small towns. How do you plan to reach those communities . We consider ourselves sort of the johnny op lseed of welcoming. Were spreading quickly and we have a model thats not about us doing all the work but providing tools. This is what question do now with nashville. This is what we do to help you know st. Louis and the mosaic project, for example. We provide cools and coaching and training and templates for communities to do this. But then, you know, they do it themselves. And they lead it themselves. For st. Louis, they found out about it after they already started doing this work. I hope they were happy to find out that there was National Support for them. So we do a lot of outreach to big cities to rural cities or towns. We have a lot of counties in our network. And you know if youre a community you know my wife comes from a Rural Community thats losing its population. And if youre losing your population, youre losing your tax base and you find out theres a way to change that and you could actually attract people to your community, really become actively involved in the community and Everything Else, you might look up welcoming america. Thats a story thats happening all across america in small towns with this immigration issue. If we could move on to st. Louis then you know theres i read that st. Louis only has act 4. 5 immigrants in the city, which thats an increase. Right. Thats a quarter of what its like in other major metropolitan cities across the country. Now there is the mosaic project which has been allude to a couple of times. Could you explain the mosaic project and how your organization supports that . Let me say about the percentages also because what startles people so much is to think that st. Louis in 1850 was the fourth largest city in the United States and 50 immigrant. Weve kbon from that in 150 years to 4. 5 . What happened in 2012, several of us, three of us actually were working in Different Directions trying to be able to figure out how to get a handle on how do we get the message out about the value of americans. And we realized that we were stronger as a group than they were individually. And we were able through a local donor, to contract for an Economic Development study at that point. And what was wonderful about it is it give gave us the data. What we found wur immigrants were 60 more likely to start a business than a native born individual. We found all kinds of interesting thing. The population loss was dramatic. So what happened was we were able to put all of this together and really n engage Public Private, the businesses, government, get the message out. And get people interested from and out of that, then came something called the immigration invasion initiative which grew into a year later the st. Louis mosaic project. Along the way we heard about welcoming america, got engaged with them and now work with them on several Different Levels including the municipal governments initiative. You mentioned this earlier about Small Business owners and immigrants. Your organization, i read gives 35,000 microloans to immigrant refugee entrepreneurs and you puppet others. Up to 35,000. We serve about 7500 immigrants a year from. 5 countries. Its a large group l when you figure 4. 5 in the metro area. But really we focus weve been around nearly 100 years. We focus on emersion, investment and inclusion. Immersion is language and jobs. All of the things that are necessary. Investment, how do we help them start a business and help their own families and get back to the economy. Inclusion fits many of the things were talking about in terms of creating a welcoming community, connecting through a twoway street. Were not just talking about immigrants here. Were also talking about refugees which in many cities across the country are having tremendous difficulties in terms of aid and inclusion into a new society. I understand though that your group has helped start 600 refugee owned businesses since 1989. Thats about 150 million in Economic Growth which is excellent. Right. St. Louis might be different than other towns across the country. Can you talk about briefly the challenges that many of the refugees face . One of the things is just the fact that we have a larger immigrant population that is refugee versus the general population. As there is much in common among different cities where there are predominant language groups, et cetera, in the refugee populations, aside from the boz kneeians when you get then among the other groups we have dozens and dozens of languages. There is no cost efficiency to hiring a person to work the desk at a local Grocery Store or something that speak ascertain language because the person may not walk in that day that speaks the language. There are some difficulties because of the very diverty of the refugees that we serve that make it a challenge. What it does is it adds pressure very early on in many of the refugee communities to them being able to communicate at least at a minimal level in english because they dont have the reliance on being able to find native language speakers. Before i ask you about the president s speech and recent congressional action i do want to ask you excuse me. I just lost my train of thought. Oh. I wanted to ask you about 2009, the english only amendment that was struck down by nashvillianss with there was a collective effort. And that seems to have kind of started, you know a growth a trend for you all. Can you explain why you were against it so much . David, were proud that he us a proud nashvillians. We were early on when there were no coalitions. There was a coalition of individuals that came together to start responding to some of the legislature that was responding to the demographic change in our state. And primarily the first symptom was the drivers license issue of the state level. Thats what brought groups and individuals together that then led to formation of our organizations. In 2007, for the first time in nashville, that conversation took a very specific tone when one of our Council Members proposed this english only idea to the council that didnt go too far because the mayor vetoed it without going out of the council. But then it was brought back to life in 2008 and this time in the form of a referendum to the general public of nashville. And that required a whole other set of skills the nonprofits engaged in the world but also the partners that we needed to bring to the conversation. And i think that the english only coalition that formed that brought together businesses faith leaders, our chambers the aclu and nonprofits like ours really was a great test for nashville. And if our mayor was speaking here earlier with the other mayors that just spoke he would say thats one of his moments of pride as a mayor. Because it was really a moment whenx nashvillians decided what not only where were headed but what do we want to be recognizing that the demographic change was going to continue to happen. We know that by 2040, 30 of our population will be hispanic. It was an important test. Nashville was the first city of its size to take a referendum of that kind to its voters. It took a lot of organizing and campaigning. We were celebrating actually almost six years ago january 22nd when nashvillians went to the polls and defeated the english only referendum. Unfortunately like many things we see now in politics, it wu funded by groups from out of nashville. It was also an important question of where nashvillians stood in terms of what they wanted to bring to nashville. It was a defining moment. You would hear the mayor, the chamber, leaders without the community, Public Investment projects, would say if english only would have passed nashville would probably not have looked the way it does today. Our nonprofit may not havearxc existed. The continued economic progress that weve done the many accolades that nashville received would not be there. It was an important defining moment not only for the message that we sent to the world, it became a positive message. But also what we said as nashvillians for how we wanted to define the conversation moving forward. It was one of those moments where we said what really do wae want to achieve. There are deliberate choices that we make. Were becoming diversity but we have to make deliberate choice to become truly inclusive. It was a great moment i know in both of our lives to see nashville as a city come together and say this is not who we are, as far as becoming the largest city in the country to pass this which unfortunately didnt come. I guess to say that something really i was talking before about cities being in the future. Nashville is ahead of its time. Its a city that has been previously in the Civil Rights Movement its played that role before. Basically, nashville because of the position it took defeating english only and because of the economic success its seen since then its demonstrated that being welcoming gives us a competitive advantage over other southern cities. If a corporation is looking at moving to a city in the south, theyre going to want to be somewhere where their International Families are going to want to feel welcome immigration programs exist so they can be successful. Sin thence, you know after nashville, atlanta joined and charlotte and a lot of other cities in the south and all other the country. Theres a competitive dynamic in the country where cities see themselves having to be welcoming to stay ahead. Thats, again thats very different dialogue and conversation that you hear on a national level. Thats bubbling up from the local level. We have a minute left. I did want to ask your thought to go full circle. You introduced the president when we spoke about executive actions and then most recently House Republicans voted to limit those executive actions. How did you react to that and what are you seeing them move forward. Unquestionably, the step that the president took is the most important, the boldest step that we have taken in immigration policy in this policy in the last 25 years, even if its temporary, its an important step forward. I think were disappointed that our congressional leaders are focused on politics and not policy and are still stubbornly not talking about the progress that the American People speaks about, right . So i think that we are encouraged of the conversation that the president has resumed with everybody in our communities. We see it in the young people who are now seeing that path for maybe i have a chance to go to college, i can drive legally i can get a job to save money to go to college. And i think that mayors and people in the community see that as a positive investment in our community. And i think that we are all eager to see this just taking the next step which is Congress Giving us full comprehensive Immigration Reform. Were going to open up for questions but briefly your thought on this as well. I am inspired by nashville and hope that we will, in dr. Lose, learn in fact from some of the lessons that they have already face add valiantly overcome. We have a few minutes for questions and i would like to open it up to the audience. Do we have any takers . I have a question. I can speak from here rather than jumping up there. Its for anna. I think if people first of all, i work for the National Institutes of health on social behavior but i dont want to represent them in my statement, obviously. But in the policies that you have there in st. Louis ki imagine that many people, other cities citizens would be like shocked in awe like were giving people money incentive to start their new life when theres such an atmosphere of resistance for them even being here. I see it as a great thing myself. But just like we asked before, is there anything negative . Is there a negative repercussion for giving people that need a start in this country before you answer that i would like to make a statement about the liable immigration because its such a negative label. But everybody here immigrated. So its just, its interesting that we just use that label. I guess its the newly part here. So these new neighbors that we have coming to st. Louis, is there anything negative by giving them financial incentive to get established . Well let me first of all say that the financial incentives that particularly refugees have occur within a few months after they arrive not years et cetera. And the lending for instance, that we do in our microlending program, thats not free money. Thats money that we get from the banks at prime or whatever the rate is and we lend it for 4. 5 higher than we get it for. These are people who do not have Credit History or collateral that allows them to go to the bank to get a traditional loan. They come to us for the first loan to be able to put together the Business Plan and get going. Then once they were credit worthy, in fact we recommend that for their second loan they go to a bank. This is a way to help people start but it is not a handout in any way, shape or form. Many of the other programs that were talking about the kmee on science space and technology will come to order. The chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at me time. Before we go forward i want to mention that at the ranking minority members request we post posed the organizational meeting until next tuesday. I asked unanimous consent to proceed with todays full Committee Hearing under the rules of the house. Without objection so ordered. Its unusual for us to have a hearing before weve organized but at the Ranking Members request were going to postpone that organizational hearing. Welcome took todays hearing titled Unmanned Aircraft Systems Research and development. In front of you are pacting containing the written testimony for todays witnesses. Ill recognize myself for an Opening Statement open then recognize the Ranking Member as well. Todays hearing will examine research and development ofd Unmanned Aircraft systems also known as uas. The hearing will provide an overview of how the research, development and flight test enable the integration into the u. S. System. Im going to use the term drone since that is how most people refer to them. The term Unmanned Aircraft system is a more complete and accurate term. Uas are complex systems made up not only of the aircraft but also the ground air and communications infrastructure. Drones come in a variety of shapes and sizes. In the past ten years the public has become familiar with military drones. Less discussed are civilian and nonmilitary drones that have the ability to transform or everyday lives. Commercial drones have to potential to carry out a wide range of tasks across a broad range of sectors including agriculture, Weather Energy and Disaster Relief. The teal group predicts america will spend over 11 billion on uas research, development testing, evaluation and procurement over the next decade. Total Worldwide Spending is projected to be 91 billion. In 2013 the association for unmanned vehiclesest kate mated in the next ten years over 100,000 u. S. Jobs could be created. The report also notes that continued delays in integrating drones in the National Air Space system could cost the u. S. More than 10 billion per year or 27 million per day in potential earnings from investment in Drones Research and development. In june 2014 the department of Transportation Office of Inspector General released an audit report that criticized the faa for being slow to integrate drones into the National Air Space system. The aund it the faa and nasa are working together to ensure safe and successful integration of drones in the National Air Space system. Some of the research being done seek to ensure that drones have the technologies necessary to avoid midair collisions and the ability to be controlled from a value location. Drones can greatly benefit our society. Farmer consist use small drones to monitor their crops. Emergency responders should move quickly to access disaster areas to search for survives. Energy companies would examine power lines or pipe lines to assess damage or prevent leaks. The testing and high school and universities might lead to Technology Breakthroughs as well as inspire students to enter s. T. E. M. Fields. The public is not yet allowed to use drones to do many of these things. Many other countries have developed a Regulatory Framework supportive of drone use. Our goal today is to better understand the research under way to overcome these barriers. Were particularly interested in hearing how government funded and private sector uas research and development informs or should inform the sbeg grags. Uas intermentation integration of uas into the National Air Space system. That concludes my Opening Statement. But i want to mention before recognizing the Ranking Member that were going to have a demonstration in a minute that to my knowledge will be the first such demonstration in this Committee Room. We had to get permission to fly a drone in the Committee Room as well. The rules are still pretty strict. I appreciate the wide spread interest in the particular subject. Hardly a week goes by where the subject of drones is not covered in some National Publication or on the front of the local newspaper or leads the news. This is a timely subject for lots and lots of reasons. Without objection i have a letter i would like to put into the record from the National Association of realtors supporting what were doing here today and supporting the integration as well. With that ill recognize the Ranking Member, the gentleman woman from washington for her comments. Thank you very much. I join you in welcoming our distinguished panel of witnesses and i look forward to your testimony. I want to state that Ranking Member johnson is currently detained at another committee and will join us shortly as well as some of ore other members are currently in other committee ps. Lack of other members does not indicate a lack of interest in the issue certainly. In the meantime i want to start by thanking chairman smith for calling this hearing on unmanned air draft Systems Research and development. Because of the work in my home state of oregon its close to washington, mr. Chairman, but its im sorry. One state off. My home state of oregon, im particularly interested many hearing how we can provide universities with the flexibility they need for performing uas test in a safe and Cost Effective manner and private Sector Developers with the regulatory certainty necessary to support the growing industry. We, oregon were a participate in the pan u. S. Test range led by the university of alaska fair banks and we have three test sites in oregon. The potential benefits of this technology to agriculture environmental research, Natural Resource management and i want to add that the chairman acknowledged some of those emergency Disaster Relief efforts is multiplied by expanding the workforce focused on the development of new products, which is creating of course, new Job Opportunities throughout not only oregon but in other testing areas as well. So i do look forward to hearing how we in congress and across the federal government can help safely and responsibly support the development of this exciting industry with so many potential. I thank you, mr. Chairman, and i yield back the balance of my time. Thank you. And ill now introduce our witnesses today. Our first witness is dr. Ed wagner. The Research Director of sna sos integrated Systems Research Programs Office seeking to integrate next gen opportunities. In this kpausty hecapacity hes worked for nasa since 1982. We welcome you. Our second witness today is mr. Jim williams. Mr. Williams is manager of faas uas integration office. As much she is responsible for coore nating faas efforts to integrate uas into the National Air Space system through rule making and research and development. Mr. Williams has served as the director of faas engineering sflss and as the director of the air Traffic Control communications service. He received his bachelors keg in aerospace engineering. Our third witness is j. John lauber. He was he has previous yes served abairbuss senior Vice President of product safety. Also served as a member of the transportation board. Todays fourth witness is brian wynn. Mr. Wynn formally served as the president of the electric drive transportation association, ceo of the association for automatic identification and mobility and held a leadership role at the sbeg gentleman transportation mr. Wynn received a bachelor degree from the university of scranton, a masters degree from at Johns Hopkins university and was a full bright scholar. Testifying fifth today will be mr. Colin grin chief revenue officer of north americas largest personal drone company. Hes the cofounder and former ceo of dji north america and has been featured on 60 minutes, fox and in tech crunch. Before working here, mr. Grin founded a company that specialized in producing marketing materials for luxury home builders. He received his bachelors degree from university of texas at austin. Our final witness is dr. John hansman, the professor of air naughtics at mit where he leads the humans and Automation Division and serves as director of the Mit International center for air transportation. Dr. Hansman is a fellow and has received several awards including the 1987 excellence in aviation award the 1990 osts diploma for technical contributions and the 1986 award for best paper. He received his ph. D. From mit. We thank the witnesses again for being here today and dr. Wagner well begin with you. Chairman smith, Ranking Member and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on nasas air nautics Research Program and the challenges associated with uass and autonomy. We define our vision and approach for supporting the near term integration of uas into the National Air Space system. This new Term Research builds the foundation. Uas hold great promise for the transformation of our Aviation System. Wear witnessing the dawn of a newer era, ushering in flight vehicles that run manualable today, opening up the commercial markets much the way that jet engines did 60 years ago. Nasa is performing research to the faa and other stakeholder to help them define the requirements, the regulations and standards for safe routine mass access. There are significant barriers and challenges associated with this. This requires these complex systems to be comprehensively evaluated, to verify and validate that theyre operating as designed. Thus allowing the faa to establish operations and equipment standards. The majority of nasas new Term Research work towards safe uas integration is focused in three areas. Were helping to determine performance requirements for a certifiable system to ensure safe separation of uas with all vehicles operating in the nas. Were developing secure robust, reliable Communication Systems and protocols as well as addresses the design of Ground Control stations and displays to maximize pilot effectiveness and safety. To transfer our Research Findings nasa has built effective relationships with key customers, department of defense, department of homeland security, and as well as industry and academia. And this partnerships that a so is playing a key role supporting critical activities from the executive level to our subject matter experts. For midterm applications were researching technologies to facilitate safe operation of uas at altitudes that are not actively controlled today, for example, low altitude operation of small Unmanned Aircraft. Initial investigations into this trade space have drawn interest among a broad range of traditional and nontraditional companies and shows promise of opening up entirely new markets. Nrd to safely enable wide spread civilian operations at lower developing air Traffic Management like system. You can think of this as much like todays surface Traffic Management where vehicles operate under a rulebased system of roads lanes, signs and traffic lights. Ghp÷ the growing uas industry is a harbinger that auto ton to ensure the safety and efficacy of these systems. Nasas longTerm Research would deliver technologies that integrated applications advance the safety efficiency and flexibility of the nas and increase competitiveness of the u. S. Civil aviation industry. Nasa is a national resource. Enables growing sustainable and transformative Aviation System. Nasa is partnering with other Government Agencies Standards Development organizations and industry to achieve routine uas access into our National Air Space system. Our partnerships are built on clear roles and responsibilities, long and productive working relationships and close and continuous collaboration and coordination for the specific needs of the uas integration challenge. As the challenges of uas operations evolve and broader implications of integration develop, nasa aeronautics will advance the research and will the safe rooels realization of the transformative benefits of these systems. Chairman smith Ranking Member and members of the committee this concludes my prepared statement. Ill be pleased to answer any questions at this time. Thank you, dr. Wagner. Mr. Williams. Charp smith, Ranking Member, members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss unmanned arm systems commonly referred to as uas. Federal Aviation Administration has successfully integrated new technology into the National Air Space system forla developing standards for command and control radios to detect and avoid systems. The faa, dod and nasa are working closely together to develop a technical standard for uas detecting systems that will remain uas to remain well clear of other aircraft. The research, engineering and Development Contributions of the dod and nasa have benes essential to developing that standard. Together with nasa and our Industry Partners the faa is developing standards for command and control roos. These radios provide the link between the pilot and the aircraft and it is essential they be secure and reliable. Nasa and our Industry Partners are building prototype radios to validate the standard. The faa plans to use the nasa software to test the ability of those roos to function on a small uas with size weight and power limitations. The faa is actively supporting the research and Development Efforts undertaken by other Government Entities in the area of Unmanned Aircraft. Since 2012 the faa has participated in the dod joint test and evaluation effort for uas, air space integration sponsored by norad northcom and the army to evaluate standardized procedures to effectively conduct manned and ogn]o cf1 o uas operations in the environment. The faa provideses engineers, controllers and Laboratory Assets at william< center for simulations. Were supporting this effort by evaluating the joint test results for potential applicability at civil airports. We look forward to continuing these valuable partnerships and working together with industry and other Government Agencies to advance uas research and development. The Faa Technical Center is the nations premiere air Transportation System laboratory. It has a specialized uas Simulation Laboratory for conducting integrated simulations to research and development, uas integration procedures and standards. The uas lab has a variety of test assets including the ability to link faa air Traffic Control systems with high fidelity unmanned air simulators provided by our Industry Partners. A data lead from the technical center, regional representatives and Research Engineers are also visiting each uas test site to see how data is captured and maintained. The team will ensure the integrity of the data and ensure whether Additional Data collections. We continue to work with the test sites to obtain the most valuable information possible to help the faa integrate uas into the nas. We are tremendously grateful for the support and Funding Congress has provided to establish a uas center of excellence. Our goal is to create a costsharing relationship between between am deem yeah, industry and government that will focus on Research Areas of primary interest to the faa and u. S. Community. The center of excellence will form short and longterm basic and applied research through Analysis Development and prototyping activities. To that end, the faa solicited proposals from acredited institutions of Higher Education with their partners and affiliates. Were in the process of reviewing proposals. Together with congress we remain committed to the safe efficient and timely integration of Uas Technology into the National Air Space. We look forward to continuing to work with our partners and government and industry to continue making steady progress toward that goal. Mr. Chairman, this conclusion my testimony for today and i look forward to answering your questions. Thank you. Mr. Williams. Thank you, chairman smith, Ranking Member and members of the committee. Thanks for the opportunity to discuss with you today the work of the National Research Councils Committee on Autonomy Research for Civil Aviation, which i had the pleasure of coair chairing along with John Paul Clark from Georgia Institute of technology. Our final report was issued last summer after about 18 months of effort and was done at the request of Nasas Aeronautics Research directive. We were charged with developing that would support the introduction of what we call increasingly autonomus. Copies of our report have been provided to you. We recognize that several key characteristics of the Civil Aviation system set the content for our study and first and foremost, is safety. Our air Transportation System operates at unprecedented levels of safety and it is clear that the introduction of increasingly autotonomus capabilities will be acceptable only if they preserve or further enhance this high level of safety and reliability. Secondly, we had to recognize that that the diversity of aircraft, ground systems and personnel that comprise our Civil Aviation system, because socalled legacy aircraft and systems will continue to operate for the foreseeable future. Its clear that civil air space must safely and efficiently accommodate everything from piper cubs designed in the 1930s to increasingly autotonous fixed wing and rotary vehicles whose design and applications are continually evolving. Todays Aviation System sets the baseline for the system of tomorrow. In this context, autonomy is a characteristic of feature of future aviation Automation Systems that enable operations over extended periods of time without direct human supervision or intervention. This has some profound implications for Urgent Research and development in machine, vision and cognition to provide the functional of see and avoid capability which is a cornerstone for Collision Avoidance in our national Aviation System. And this is but one example of what we mean when we talk about increasingly increasingly autonomus. Our report identifies eight technical barriers such as Cyber Security and weve identified four barriers associated with regulation and certifications which include things such as air space access. Finally we note in our report barriers related to public policy, law and regulation and very importantly social concerns about privacy and safety of autotonomous systems. We recommend eight broad tasks of which we consider the first four to be the most urgent and most difficult. These include fundamental issues about how to characterize the behavior of systems that change dynamically over time. Modeling in simulation will be a fundamental importance to the development and deployment of these systems and, finally we discuss a wide range of Research Issues involving validation, verification and certifications. The remaining four Research Areas include issues having to do with the safe