White House Daily Press Briefing by the Press Secretary, 5/9/2016

by Press on May 10, 2016

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Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)-

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room

1:15 P.M. EDT

MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. Happy Monday. Before we get started I wanted to just bring to your attention a statement that was issued today by the National Governors Association. So the NGA is a bipartisan organization that represents governors from across the country. They issued a statement, and I was going to take the liberty of reading it to you.

So this is…