Federal vs Local Control - Balancing Responsibilities During Crisis, with Judge Ed Emmett

Hold These Truths with Dan Crenshaw

Dan Crenshaw

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4.6 • 16K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Every American city is different in terms of its transportation infrastructure and population density, two variables (among many others) which have major implications for the spread of COVID-19. So to what extent should the response to this crisis be handled by the federal government vs state and local governments? Former County Judge Ed Emmett, who led the recovery efforts after Hurricane Harvey hit the Houston area in 2017, joins Dan to examine this complicated question and talk about the urgent need for governments to begin looking ahead to re-opening the economy and allowing Americans to get back to work.

Judge Emmett is an expert in emergency management at the local level, serving for almost 12 years as the County Judge for Harris County - the third most populous county in the country. He currently serves as a professor of public policy at The Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University.

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0:00.0	We hold these truths to be self-evident.
0:02.0	That all men are created.
0:04.0	Because I remember Congress, I get to have a lot of really interesting people in the office.
0:07.0	Experts on what they're talking about.
0:09.0	This is the podcast for insights into the issues.
0:11.0	China, bio-terrorism, Medicare for all, in-depth discussions.
0:16.0	Breaking it down into simple terms.
0:18.0	We hold these truths with Dan Crenshaw.
0:24.0	Hey everybody, welcome back to the show.
0:26.0	Today, I want to talk about federalism.
0:29.0	And the role of local and state government, the role of federal government,
0:34.0	especially as it pertains to a crisis and the pandemic that we're facing right now,
0:39.0	it seems to me that as I look across the nation, different governors, different mayors dealing with this problem differently,
0:46.0	it really is, in a sense, a rebirth of people's knowledge of federalism
0:50.0	and this understanding that the federal government is there to support the actions and management of state and local officials.
0:57.0	To help us with that conversation, I'm hugely honored to have Judge Ed Emmett here with us.
1:03.0	He was the county judge for Harris County for a number of years.
1:06.0	Judge, thank you so much for being on the show.
1:08.0	Well, thank you, Congressman.
1:10.0	Well, again, we really appreciate it.
1:12.0	Let me read to people what your career has been like.
1:14.0	You have been a Texas State Representative, a member of Interstate Commerce Commission,
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