Biden directs up to 1,000 troops to help with relief efforts as the storm killed 176 people

Walz spoke about his role as co-chair of the Board of Governors.

“We are working together on this emergency management. Governors have no partisanship. They are working together, all the governors and the emergency responders on the ground, this is happening on the front lines. The federal government is coming in to make sure we recover. But we’re still at the stage where we need to make sure they stay there and stay focused,” Walz said.

Both were asked about climate change and its impacts in relation to more severe storms like Helene.

Vance called climate change “a very important issue,” adding, “Donald Trump and I support clean air and clean water. We want the environment to be cleaner and safer.”

Meanwhile, Walz pointed out that Trump has previously called climate change a “hoax.”

“My farmers know that climate change is real. “You've had 500 years of droughts and 500 years of floods in a row,” Walz said. “We are producing more natural gas and more oil at any given time than ever before. We are also producing more clean energy. This is the solution.” It is absolutely important for us to continue to push forward climate change. But that's not a wrong decision. “You can do this and at the same time create the jobs that we all see across the country, this government has done exactly that.”