Gov. Wes Moore

Why do you need to talk to eight different people to get an answer? I actually have questioned that for a while. So it's not saying I'm defending the status quo. What I'm saying is there's a way to do this. There's a way to do this is actually data informed. There's a way to do this that is humane. And there's a way to do this that actually makes sense.

And so, for example, one of the first people that I hired when I became the governor was I hired a chief performance officer for the first time in the history of the state. Their job exclusively for the past two and a half years, two years that I've been the governor, their job exclusively has been find the waste waste. within our state agencies. Find the things that were not working.

And so, for example, one of the first people that I hired when I became the governor was I hired a chief performance officer for the first time in the history of the state. Their job exclusively for the past two and a half years, two years that I've been the governor, their job exclusively has been find the waste waste. within our state agencies. Find the things that were not working.

And so, for example, one of the first people that I hired when I became the governor was I hired a chief performance officer for the first time in the history of the state. Their job exclusively for the past two and a half years, two years that I've been the governor, their job exclusively has been find the waste waste. within our state agencies. Find the things that were not working.

Find the things that we cannot give any quantifiable evidence of efficacy and let's go fix it or eliminate it. And so, for example, we started doing things like saying, OK, take a look at fleet management. Take a look at data consolidation and IT consolidation. Take a look at real estate. Why are there certain buildings that are sitting on our state balance sheet? I'm like, what does that do?

Find the things that we cannot give any quantifiable evidence of efficacy and let's go fix it or eliminate it. And so, for example, we started doing things like saying, OK, take a look at fleet management. Take a look at data consolidation and IT consolidation. Take a look at real estate. Why are there certain buildings that are sitting on our state balance sheet? I'm like, what does that do?

Find the things that we cannot give any quantifiable evidence of efficacy and let's go fix it or eliminate it. And so, for example, we started doing things like saying, OK, take a look at fleet management. Take a look at data consolidation and IT consolidation. Take a look at real estate. Why are there certain buildings that are sitting on our state balance sheet? I'm like, what does that do?

Get it off our balance sheet. Right. Do a focus on procurement reforms, focus on consolidation of agencies that we can actually start to make sense so we can cut down costs, but also making sure that they're more efficient. That is a smart way of doing efficiency. And in turn, we have saved the people of this state tens of millions of dollars in doing so.

Get it off our balance sheet. Right. Do a focus on procurement reforms, focus on consolidation of agencies that we can actually start to make sense so we can cut down costs, but also making sure that they're more efficient. That is a smart way of doing efficiency. And in turn, we have saved the people of this state tens of millions of dollars in doing so.

Get it off our balance sheet. Right. Do a focus on procurement reforms, focus on consolidation of agencies that we can actually start to make sense so we can cut down costs, but also making sure that they're more efficient. That is a smart way of doing efficiency. And in turn, we have saved the people of this state tens of millions of dollars in doing so.

What Doge is doing is just blatant, inhumane and frankly, uninformed cuts by people who have no idea what the hell they're talking about. There's a difference. The irony is, is that there are some things that Trump and them are doing that I'm like, you know, in theory, I actually I kind of get it and it kind of makes sense. But, yo, like how we do things matters.

What Doge is doing is just blatant, inhumane and frankly, uninformed cuts by people who have no idea what the hell they're talking about. There's a difference. The irony is, is that there are some things that Trump and them are doing that I'm like, you know, in theory, I actually I kind of get it and it kind of makes sense. But, yo, like how we do things matters.

What Doge is doing is just blatant, inhumane and frankly, uninformed cuts by people who have no idea what the hell they're talking about. There's a difference. The irony is, is that there are some things that Trump and them are doing that I'm like, you know, in theory, I actually I kind of get it and it kind of makes sense. But, yo, like how we do things matters.

And they are just deciding to, I mean, literally come after Trump. These people come after these agencies in a way that is not at all informed and in a way that is deeply inhumane.

And they are just deciding to, I mean, literally come after Trump. These people come after these agencies in a way that is not at all informed and in a way that is deeply inhumane.

And they are just deciding to, I mean, literally come after Trump. These people come after these agencies in a way that is not at all informed and in a way that is deeply inhumane.

The way we treat our veterans. I'm so pissed about this, man. I'm like, yo, these are people who, and I serve with a lot of them, right? These are people who just every time the country is asked, they've raised their hand. Every time the country is asked, they have said, I will take pay cuts. They said, I will leave my family. They said, I will pick up and move every two years.

The way we treat our veterans. I'm so pissed about this, man. I'm like, yo, these are people who, and I serve with a lot of them, right? These are people who just every time the country is asked, they've raised their hand. Every time the country is asked, they have said, I will take pay cuts. They said, I will leave my family. They said, I will pick up and move every two years.

The way we treat our veterans. I'm so pissed about this, man. I'm like, yo, these are people who, and I serve with a lot of them, right? These are people who just every time the country is asked, they've raised their hand. Every time the country is asked, they have said, I will take pay cuts. They said, I will leave my family. They said, I will pick up and move every two years.

They have said, I will miss occasions. I will miss children's birthdays because the country asked me to. Right. And the thing that gets me most about this is we didn't ask for anything in return. Just simply make sure that you honor your promises to us. Simply make sure that you're taking care of our families. We're not asking for anything that has not already been promised.