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Obama, Barack - President
Thank you so much, everybody. I’m going to be relatively brief. I came up here right after the storm, was on the Jersey side, and I promised to... |
| 00:26:0132 sec. |
Obama, Barack - President
I want to thank the outstanding leadership that’s been provided by state and local officials. Obviously, Governor Cuomo and Mayor Bloomberg have... |
| 00:26:3345 sec. |
Obama, Barack - President
Across the board, what we’ve seen is cooperation and a spirit of service. And for the first responders who are here, the police officers, the firefighters,... |
| 00:27:1821 sec. |
Obama, Barack - President
And during difficult times like this, we’re reminded that we’re bound together and we have to look out for each other. And a lot of the things... |
| 00:27:3949 sec. |
Obama, Barack - President
Now, more specifically, we are now still in the process of recovery. As you can see, as you travel around parts of Staten Island, as we flew over parts... |
| 00:28:2828 sec. |
Obama, Barack - President
But what we’ve also already heard is that there’s going to be some long-term rebuilding that’s required. You look at this block and you know... |
| 00:28:5621 sec. |
Obama, Barack - President
So what I’ve committed to doing is to work with the outstanding congressional delegation led by your Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand,... |
| 00:29:1722 sec. |
Obama, Barack - President
And I’m confident, as Governor Cuomo said, that we’re going to be able to do it. But it’s going to require everybody focused on getting the job... |
| 00:29:391 min. |
Obama, Barack - President
On the federal level, because this is going to be such a big job, I wanted to assign one particular person who would be in charge from our perspective,... |
| 00:30:5533 sec. |
Obama, Barack - President
I had the opportunity to give some hugs and communicate thoughts and prayers to the Moore family. They lost two young sons during the course of this... |
| 00:31:2834 sec. |
Obama, Barack - President
But they came here in part because they wanted to say thank you to all the people who have been supportive of them. They in particular mentioned Lieutenant... |
| 00:32:0230 sec. |
Obama, Barack - President
That's not in the job description of Lieutenant Gallagher. He did that because that's what so many of our first responders do. They go above and beyond... |
| 00:32:3231 sec. |
Obama, Barack - President
And that spirit and sense of togetherness and looking out for one another, that's what's going to carry us through this tragedy. It's not going to... |
| 00:33:039 sec. |
Obama, Barack - President
But when I hear the story of the Moores and I hear about Lieutenant Gallagher, that's what makes me confident that we're going to be able to rebuild. |
| 00:33:126 min. |
Obama, Barack - President
I'm very proud of you, New York. You guys are tough. You bounce back, just as America always bounces back. The same is going to be true this time... |