00:00If I could, I just signed some executive orders. I'd like to have Will please come up and we'll let the people know what we signed. Do you want to put them down?
00:11Yes, sir.
00:12A short while ago in the Oval Office, President Trump signed two crucial executive actions to deal with the emergency crime conditions we currently face in the District of Columbia.
00:23The first of these was an executive order, as President Trump said before, invoking his powers under Section 40 of the Home Rule Act to take federal control of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department.
00:36Along with that executive order, President Trump signed the statutorily required notification letters to Mayor Bowser and to the relevant House and Senate committee leaders.
00:46The second major executive action that President Trump signed was a presidential memorandum directing the Secretary of Defense to utilize the National Guard to address the conditions we see on on our streets here in D.C.
01:01It also authorized the Secretary of Defense to work with state governors to utilize their National Guard units if necessary as well.
01:09These are bold, decisive steps intended to combat the out-of-control crime conditions we've seen on D.C. streets for far too long.
01:18And I, for one, am deeply proud to be part of an administration that's finally coming to terms with these issues, sir.
01:24Thank you very much.
01:25Sir.
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