Borders piece but Kiersten Nielsen who i also had the privilege to work with during the bush and ministration, she also has plum island. I bet you theres nobody here who knows what plum island is. We leave this discussion to go live to the u. S. Conference of the mayors winter meeting. Members are expecting to hear from Virginia Governor mark warner. Live coverage on cspan2. When he left office his state was ranked as the best date for business, the best managed state and the best date in which to receive a public education. In the senate he is distinguished himself as a leader who works with colleagues from both parties on behalf of his state and everyone in our country. He serves on the finance, banking, budget and rules committee and as vice chairman of the select committee on intelligence. Senator warner is with us today. He has been a great leader for our country. Please help me welcome him to speak to us. Senator warner. [applause] thank you match. Thank you for that introduction
And time for washington to match up to cap our tax dollars we pay in this town come back to our communities and make sure they rebuild our streets and Public Transportation and electrical grid. So as we move forward here today, we may see some people who send out tweets but we are fixing the streets. We are going out there, taking politics seriously as something we want to see get things done. And we have had often help each other out. Today we may have to bail each other out. But these threats i have enough for you. Im glad to hear that. Ill contribute. These threats, i want to say this toorks are nothing short of a distraction. Because when you are threatening people with things that arent going to happen, if you dont listen to the Police Professionals of this nation as we do every day and understand how best to serve immigrant communities, if you are too pro family to see families broken up, if you are too pro economy, be it women shut out or immigrants part of founding our nations
Kristol. This is just over an hour. Thank you all so much. Welcome back. Our final session will speak on the current state of politics and i am pleased to begin with senator mark warner from virginia. From 200222006 senator warner served as governor of the great state of virginia and when he left Office Estate was right that the best day for business the best managed state in the best state in which to receive a public education. In the senate he has distinguished himself as a leader works with colleagues from both parties on behalf of the state and every one in our country. He serves on the finance banking budget and rules committee and is vice chairman of the select committee on intelligence. Senator warner is with us today. He has been a great leader for our country and please help me welcome him to speak to us as well. Senator warner. [applause] thank you mitch, thank you for that introduction and thank you for the great work you are doing in new orleans. Thank you for your familys
The state and every one in our country. He serves on the finance banking budget and rules committee and is vice chairman of the select committee on intelligence. Senator warner is with us today. He has been a great leader for our country and please help me welcome him to speak to us as well. Senator warner. [applause] thank you mitch, thank you for that introduction and thank you for the great work you are doing in new orleans. Thank you for your familys longterm contribution. I started in politics indirectly working for moon landrieu. Its a real honor to be here with you and let me also give a shoutout to the remaining virginia mayors who are here. Hello you guys, how are you . Let me also realize i had more Senate Sessions and i know you are winding down so presume i spend another three minutes complimenting everyone in the room site you get to the meat of my message. The truth is and i know this has been a subject of your conversations over the last couple of days obviously cities a
All right, mayors. Mayors of america, welcome and thank you for joining us for our winter meeting. Think to welcome and mayor stephen benjamin, brian ornette, fellow mayors from across america representing 85 of the americans who live in this country. We are thrilled to be here in our winter meeting. This week we are here to learn from each other and share best practices and also to help the folks in washington to understand cities and present ourselves as a willing, constructive, able partner in governing the United States. We are here to engage and lead. This week we have already met with members of congress from membersties, business and civil rights leaders. We just finished a great meeting with the Business Community and mayors across america. Conversationshard about what it takes to solve washington cannot begin to touch on them. Detailed discussions about infrastructure. How it helps all americans and how we can all go Forward Together. The same issues with jobs, health care, im