HONOLULU (Eagle News) – Governors across the United States conducted their annual Winter Meeting of the National Governors’ Association (NGA) on Thursday, February 25. Topics included efforts to end the COVID-19 public health crisis and ways to ensure a strong and equitable economic recovery.

The governors also had the privilege to engage in conversations with President Joe Biden and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

“I’m encouraged by the administration’s pledge to fight for infrastructure improvements that will make our communities more resilient and aid our economic recovery moving forward,” said Hawaii Governor David Ige.

“Governors from across the country and the political spectrum have said for months that flexible and direct aid to state and local governments is essential for our continued front-line response to the COVID-19 crisis and our national economic recovery,” New York Governor and NGA Chairman Andrew M. Cuomo, along with Arkansas Governor and NGA Vice Chairman Asa Hutchinson, said in a joint statement. “The President and his team made clear that they recognize and appreciate how critical this targeted relief is for our ability to recover from this pandemic.”

Cuomo and Hutchinson continued, “The finish line of this pandemic is in sight, and this support will give states and territories the resources we need to reach it, while continuing to provide the essential services our constituents rely on.”

(Eagle News Service)