we go. i m a douglas county commissioner. thank you for being here this morning. this morning i m here to introduce each of our speakers. but before i do that, i want to thank our governor and our federal delegation for being here to support us in these very difficult days. each of the speaker is going to give their statement and we re not going to do any questions. we re here today to let the federal delegation have a chance to explain their thoughts and as time goes by, we ll have more opportunity to understand more of what s happened and have further dialogue. the first speaker i d like to introduce and i m thankful for the governor for being here and coming down yesterday to help with this difficult situation is governor brown. thank you. thank you, commissioner freeman, and thank you for your leadership yesterday.
i m tim freeman, a douglas county commissioner. thank you for being here this morning. this morning, i m here to introduce each of our speakers. but before i do that, i want to thank our governor and our federal delegation for being here to support us in these very difficult days. each of the speakers is going to give their statement and we re not going to do any questions. we are here today to let this federal delegation have a chance to explain their thoughts and as time goes by we ll have more opportunity to understand more of what s happened and have further dialogue. so the first speaker i d like to introduce and i m very thankful for the governor for being here and coming down yesterday to help with this really difficult situation is governor brown. governor? thank you. thank you, commissioner freeman and thank you for your leadership yesterday. all of oregon stands with umpqua