Our response is, Please, Mr. President, do your job. To which I say I'll ask the president, and we will provide you with the next steps. But in all seriousness, The federal government has been preparing plans, the White House has been in contact with FEMA, with the Army Corps of Engineers, with the Environment Protection Agency. Again, we've been standing by. This is a problem we want to fix, not just for the federal government, but for everyone who lives in the District of Columbia, including all of you. (15:22–15:30)
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