Wes Moore

And as thankful as I am,

To be one of only 51 people in the world who can pardon an American for something, right?

Only 51 people have that power.

And I'm grateful to be one of them.

If that's how it's going to be used, I would take it from all of us.

And that's one example.

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It's great to be with you, Francesca.

Thank you.

So what the president is talking about is a break in a DC pipe that took place on federal land.

How Maryland gets caught up in this, I have no idea.

That is just some very creative facts from the presidents of the United States.

The reason that we were involved starting in early January when this first happened was because we heard from our neighbors about this break and I wanted to make sure that there was no contagion that hit the state of Maryland

And I believe in helping your neighbors.

And so that's why our Maryland Department of the Environment were some of the first boots on the ground, that they've been testing water quality, that they have assisted Washington, D.C.