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Governor John Kasich State of the State Address

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Governor John Kasich delivers his fifth State of the State Address before a joint session of the Ohio General Assembly. During the address, Gov. Kasich presented Courage Medals to Shane & Brittney Robinson and Lauren Hill.

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00:00:19	Also come to order.
00:00:21	I want to welcome you all here
00:00:21	to Wilmington, Ohio.
00:00:25	It's.
00:00:26	I'm really glad to be home.
00:00:28	Before we get started
00:00:28	and I make my introduction,
00:00:30	I just want to take
00:00:30	the opportunity
00:00:32	to thank my neighbors,
00:00:34	my friends, our community,
00:00:34	the legislators, the governor,
00:00:37	Senator Faber, and all those
00:00:37	who have made today possible.
00:00:41	This has been a great day
00:00:41	to showcase Wilmington, Ohio,
00:00:44	southwest Ohio,
00:00:44	but more importantly,
00:00:47	our number one
00:00:47	asset as a state.
00:00:48	And that's our workforce,
00:00:48	our people, in the spirit
00:00:52	of every one of them.
00:00:53	And I'm so blessed.
00:01:01	And we're so blessed to
00:01:01	have you each here today
00:01:03	to have this great event,
00:01:05	and the city of Wilmington
00:01:05	and Wilmington
00:01:07	and to the community.
00:01:07	Thank you.
00:01:09	Thank you for hosting.
00:01:11	Thank you for sharing
00:01:11	your story.
00:01:12	Thank you
00:01:12	for sharing your example.
00:01:14	Thank you for sharing
00:01:14	what you do. God bless you.
00:01:16	I will always love you.
00:01:18	Thank you for the opportunity
00:01:18	to represent you
00:01:20	and I look forward
00:01:20	to continuing.
00:01:21	Before we get started,
00:01:22	father,
00:01:23	I want to take the moment
00:01:24	to recognize those are most
00:01:24	important to every one of us.
00:01:27	And so
00:01:27	if you're a military veteran,
00:01:29	if you're a firefighter
00:01:29	or a police officer,
00:01:30	if you're an EMS personnel,
00:01:30	if you're in this room,
00:01:34	please rise and be
00:01:34	welcome to to this chamber.
00:01:50	I've had the privilege
00:01:50	of having a great partner.
00:01:52	And, Senator Peterson here
00:01:52	as we represent
00:01:54	the people
00:01:55	of the 91st district
00:01:55	and as he represents
00:01:56	those of the 17th
00:01:56	Senate district.
00:01:58	But I've also
00:01:58	equally have a great partner,
00:02:01	in the leadership role.
00:02:02	And it's my great privilege
00:02:02	to introduce
00:02:04	a man that, doesn't follow
00:02:06	the populace, doesn't
00:02:06	follow polls, does
00:02:08	what's right
00:02:08	for the people of Ohio
00:02:10	to ensure that our number one
00:02:10	priority is a great quality
00:02:13	of life.
00:02:13	Ladies and gentlemen, please
00:02:15	welcome
00:02:15	the president of the Senate.
00:02:29	Is there a quorum
00:02:29	of the Senate president?
00:02:31	The chair recognizes president
00:02:31	pro tem, Senator Whitener.
00:02:35	Mr. president, the the the
00:02:35	form of the Senate president.
00:02:38	Is there a quorum of the House
00:02:38	president?
00:02:40	The chair recognizes speaker
00:02:40	pro tem representative arm.
00:02:44	Stutz, president. Or the. For
00:02:48	a quorum of the 131st General
00:02:48	Assembly being present.
00:02:51	This joint session
00:02:51	will come to order.
00:03:09	I invite everyone
00:03:10	to stand for the presentation
00:03:10	of colors by the William
00:03:13	Wilmington Veterans Post
00:03:13	49 Memorial Color Guard Unit.
00:03:17	Please
00:03:17	remain standing thereafter
00:03:18	for the Pledge of Allegiance.
00:03:23	Riflemen or PA?
00:03:30	Right. For.
00:04:02	War. Oh!
00:04:06	Left.
00:04:06	Right.
00:04:09	Or color.
00:04:20	There. PA.
00:04:35	I pledge allegiance
00:04:36	to the flag of
00:04:36	the United States of America.
00:04:40	And to the republic
00:04:40	for which it stands.
00:04:42	One nation under God,
00:04:45	indivisible, with liberty
00:04:45	and justice for all.
00:04:48	All right.
00:04:55	Left.
00:04:56	Thank
00:04:58	rifle
00:04:59	the corner.
00:05:01	While we're at the.
00:05:17	Please be seated.
00:05:35	Ladies and gentlemen,
00:05:37	it is my distinct honor
00:05:37	and pleasure
00:05:40	to present the governor
00:05:40	of the great state of Ohio,
00:05:43	Governor John Casey.
00:07:24	Ladies and gentlemen,
00:07:24	governor John Kasich.
00:07:40	Thank you.
00:07:42	Thank you, Mr.
00:07:43	President. Keith.
00:07:46	Thank you, Mr.
00:07:48	Speaker. Cliff,
00:07:50	you little nervous tonight?
00:07:51	First time? Yeah.
00:07:54	Give him
00:07:54	a great round of applause,
00:07:56	Our brand new speaker.
00:08:15	Well, I want to thank you.
00:08:16	Members
00:08:16	of the General Assembly.
00:08:18	Thanks for coming here
00:08:18	tonight.
00:08:20	I want to thank the members
00:08:20	of my cabinet
00:08:22	who had a fantastic day
00:08:22	in Wilmington. Mike.
00:08:25	I'm told over 80 meetings,
00:08:25	including
00:08:28	a meeting with 200 veterans
00:08:28	at a jobs fair.
00:08:31	That's why we do this.
00:08:32	So we can come into
00:08:32	the community and help and,
00:08:36	and my staff,
00:08:36	my captain and my staff.
00:08:38	God bless you.
00:08:39	You know, I'm just one person
00:08:39	that gets to direct,
00:08:43	but without you,
00:08:43	we can't do it.
00:08:46	So I want to thank you.
00:08:47	And of course, to my special
00:08:47	wife, Karen Kasich.
00:08:53	Karen, would you stand and let
00:08:53	them let them recognize you?
00:09:06	Okay.
00:09:15	You know.
00:09:17	Yes. That's right.
00:09:19	She has to live with me.
00:09:21	That's worth
00:09:21	that standing ovation.
00:09:25	And I want to thank the
00:09:25	Roberts family for hosting us.
00:09:27	It's really a unique spot,
00:09:29	and we are just
00:09:29	so thrilled to be here.
00:09:32	Some of you may wonder why
00:09:32	I ask the General
00:09:35	Assembly to come right here
00:09:35	to Wilmington tonight.
00:09:38	And I really want to tell you
00:09:38	why I am here.
00:09:42	A lot would think
00:09:42	was just because a cliff.
00:09:44	And I love Cliff.
00:09:45	And I'll tell you a little bit
00:09:45	about Cliff and Wilmington
00:09:48	and me
00:09:48	a little bit further along.
00:09:51	But I came here to Wilmington
00:09:53	during my campaign in 2010,
00:09:57	and I saw the devastation
00:10:00	that this town had suffered
00:10:03	was written on the faces
00:10:03	of the people of Wilmington.
00:10:07	And these are people
00:10:07	who had played by the rules.
00:10:10	They didn't do anything wrong.
00:10:13	So much reminds me of stories
00:10:15	across the country,
00:10:15	including in my old hometown.
00:10:19	They worked hard, but one day
00:10:23	the rug was pulled from under
00:10:23	them.
00:10:26	People lost their savings.
00:10:28	People lost their homes.
00:10:31	A lot of people
00:10:31	were losing hope
00:10:35	in what their future
00:10:35	was going to be.
00:10:38	And many of them were only
00:10:38	able to feed their families.
00:10:41	Thanks to the good work
00:10:41	of the people at food pantries
00:10:46	like Sugar Tree Ministries.
00:10:49	What a great operation it was.
00:10:52	Yes, you can applaud for Sugar
00:10:52	Tree Ministries.
00:10:59	In 2010, I visited Sugar
00:11:01	Tree with my campaign staff
00:11:01	and my wife.
00:11:04	You remember sweetheart,
00:11:04	when we were here,
00:11:08	we left the pantry
00:11:10	and we got back on the bus.
00:11:14	And I was getting
00:11:15	pretty emotional.
00:11:18	I turned to
00:11:18	the people who were with me,
00:11:22	the people
00:11:22	who were on my campaign staff,
00:11:25	many of whom had been with me
00:11:25	for many years.
00:11:29	And I said,
00:11:29	you better understand
00:11:32	this is not just another
00:11:32	political campaign.
00:11:36	Did you see what was happening
00:11:36	in that pantry?
00:11:41	Did you see the pain,
00:11:43	the anguish
00:11:45	on their faces?
00:11:48	You know,
00:11:49	I told them that day
00:11:49	our mission
00:11:52	is to help fix this community
00:11:56	and to restore some hope.
00:11:59	Our mission is to help
00:11:59	get people back on their feet
00:12:03	in places like Wilmington.
00:12:06	And you know, folks, I have
00:12:06	very good news to report.
00:12:10	The state of the state
00:12:10	is getting stronger, and
00:12:13	we have regained our footing.
00:12:16	But we must act decisively now
00:12:16	to seize
00:12:18	the greater opportunities
00:12:18	that await all of us.
00:12:21	We are better today than
00:12:21	we were.
00:12:24	And we are rising.
00:12:33	Wilmington is in
00:12:35	many ways
00:12:35	a reflection of Ohio.
00:12:39	We are doing better,
00:12:39	as shown by going from
00:12:43	think about this $0.89
00:12:47	in our rainy day fund
00:12:49	and an $8 billion budget
00:12:49	shortfall
00:12:53	to a balanced budget today,
00:12:56	and a $1.5 billion surplus
00:13:01	from $0.89
00:13:01	and $8 billion in the hole
00:13:05	to a balanced budget
00:13:05	and a $1.5 billion surplus.
00:13:10	And we are looking forward
00:13:10	to adding another $400 million
00:13:15	to that piggy bank,
00:13:15	to that surplus for Ohio.
00:13:19	And I have to tell you,
00:13:22	not half, but nearly half.
00:13:25	The states
00:13:27	are not structurally balanced.
00:13:30	They're struggling now
00:13:31	to try to figure out
00:13:31	how to how
00:13:32	to bring their books in line.
00:13:34	And you know what that's like
00:13:36	when you have
00:13:36	to go and do major surgery,
00:13:40	when you don't know how
00:13:41	you're going
00:13:41	to put it all together.
00:13:42	And it happened
00:13:42	because we've all agreed
00:13:46	to use current
00:13:46	conservative economics
00:13:46	and act like a
00:13:49	good old Ohio family
00:13:49	that says, we've
00:13:52	got to be conservative
00:13:52	with the money that we have.
00:13:55	We've gone from losing
00:13:58	the records really, frankly,
00:13:58	pretty amazing that we
00:14:01	all should feel proud of.
00:14:02	We went from losing 350,000
00:14:02	jobs.
00:14:07	That's three and a half times
00:14:07	Ohio Stadium
00:14:11	to where we are up
00:14:11	almost 300,000 new private
00:14:15	sector jobs over the period
00:14:15	of the last four years.
00:14:19	It's amazing.
00:14:25	We've gone from
00:14:27	very high taxes
00:14:27	across the board
00:14:29	to the largest tax cuts
00:14:29	in America, including tax cuts
00:14:33	for the working poor,
00:14:35	which is a very important part
00:14:35	of our philosophy.
00:14:38	We're seeing wages
00:14:38	grow faster than the national
00:14:41	average,
00:14:41	and the unemployment rate
00:14:43	has dropped to the lowest
00:14:43	level in more than a decade.
00:14:48	That is something
00:14:48	for all of us
00:14:50	to feel good about
00:14:50	and to share with our friends
00:14:53	and neighbors across Ohio.
00:14:55	This is
00:14:55	all really great stuff.
00:14:58	But if I were
00:14:58	to leave this hall tonight
00:15:00	and say that our mission
00:15:00	is accomplished,
00:15:04	there's no way
00:15:04	I would be doing my job.
00:15:07	We haven't
00:15:07	finished our mission.
00:15:09	We have a lot more battles
00:15:09	to wage,
00:15:13	and I cannot wage them
00:15:13	without you,
00:15:16	my colleagues
00:15:16	in the General Assembly.
00:15:19	I can't do it
00:15:19	unless we all work together.
00:15:22	Earlier this month,
00:15:23	I proposed the budget
00:15:23	for the next two years.
00:15:26	And while people may think
00:15:27	budgets are about numbers
00:15:27	and dollars,
00:15:32	it's not really it.
00:15:33	I've been working on budgets
00:15:33	since I was just a
00:15:35	kind of a kid, but they were
00:15:35	never just about numbers.
00:15:40	They are about people.
00:15:42	Budgets are about vision.
00:15:44	They're about economic growth.
00:15:46	A 21st century
00:15:46	education system
00:15:50	and not leaving anybody
00:15:50	behind,
00:15:53	particularly those people
00:15:53	who live in the shadows.
00:15:56	We're starting to get
00:15:56	a glimpse of where our vision
00:15:59	can take Ohio
00:15:59	when we work hard and we make
00:16:03	the tough and right choices.
00:16:05	But we have more work to do.
00:16:09	We need to win more battles
00:16:09	against the status quo.
00:16:14	We can't drift, folks.
00:16:16	We cannot drift.
00:16:17	We have to continue to win
00:16:17	battles
00:16:21	against the status quo.
00:16:22	If we want to take Ohio,
00:16:22	where we want it to be,
00:16:25	where we need to be.
00:16:27	And that means
00:16:29	we have to continue
00:16:29	to battle special interests
00:16:32	that want to lock us
00:16:32	in where we are today.
00:16:36	And the plan my administration
00:16:36	has laid out provides a path
00:16:39	that I believe will propel us
00:16:39	higher
00:16:43	and higher.
00:16:45	I'm proud of what we've done
00:16:45	so far, and I'm grateful
00:16:48	that I've had the chance
00:16:48	to serve alongside leaders
00:16:51	with vision
00:16:52	and a certain sense
00:16:52	of toughness,
00:16:54	because leadership
00:16:54	is the willingness
00:16:56	to walk a lonely path.
00:16:58	Leadership is not a finger
00:16:58	in the air to figure out who's
00:17:01	who's going to be with you.
00:17:01	It's not about who likes you.
00:17:04	It's about using your judgment
00:17:04	to deliver the best results.
00:17:09	And I've been able to serve
00:17:09	with leaders just like this.
00:17:13	Two I want to
00:17:14	mention Senate former
00:17:14	Senate President Tom Niehaus.
00:17:18	He's in the audience tonight.
00:17:18	Is he here?
00:17:20	I'd like him to stand.
00:17:21	Where is Tom Niehaus?
00:17:23	Is he here? Way in the back.
00:17:24	Give him a round of applause.
00:17:30	And, of course.
00:17:32	Former speaker of the House
00:17:32	Bill Batchelder.
00:17:34	I'm told he's here
00:17:34	tonight as well.
00:17:36	Where is Bill?
00:17:37	Bill, stand and be recognized.
00:17:45	You know, I'm grateful
00:17:45	to serve
00:17:47	with someone like Keith Faber.
00:17:51	Keith and I are buddies.
00:17:53	You know, that's
00:17:53	a really wonderful thing.
00:17:55	When you can cross the line
00:17:55	from a colleague
00:17:58	and you can tease,
00:17:58	and you can kid.
00:18:01	And Keith, Keith's my buddy.
00:18:04	And, you know,
00:18:04	what can I say about Cliff?
00:18:09	I first understood the passion
00:18:09	that burns inside of
00:18:13	of Cliff's Rosenberger
00:18:13	when he came constantly
00:18:16	to see me about the things
00:18:16	that we needed to do
00:18:20	to get Wilmington on its feet.
00:18:23	Always thinking differently.
00:18:24	Always thinking outside
00:18:24	the box, inside the box.
00:18:27	With such great passion.
00:18:28	To the people of Wilmington,
00:18:30	to the people
00:18:31	of Clinton County,
00:18:31	but most particularly here
00:18:31	in Wilmington.
00:18:34	You could not have a better
00:18:34	friend than Cliff Rosenberg.
00:18:39	He is heart and soul.
00:18:40	Committed to you.
00:18:47	And then how about Bob
00:18:47	Peterson?
00:18:49	He's one of the
00:18:49	great ones, too.
00:18:51	Where is Bob
00:18:51	Peterson? Bob! Stand up.
00:18:52	Get recognized.
00:18:53	He's also a great leader here.
00:19:00	So I've said that
00:19:01	I'm proud
00:19:01	about what we've been doing.
00:19:04	But let me be clear about what
00:19:04	is making a difference.
00:19:08	It's balanced budgets.
00:19:11	It's surpluses.
00:19:12	It's smart management.
00:19:14	It's common sense regulations.
00:19:16	Thank you, Mary Taylor,
00:19:17	for all of your work on common
00:19:17	sense regulations.
00:19:21	It's tax cuts.
00:19:22	Yeah.
00:19:22	Give Mary a round of applause.
00:19:24	She's terrific.
00:19:31	These are the ideas that are
00:19:31	producing the economic growth,
00:19:34	which is making so many of the
00:19:34	other good things possible.
00:19:38	These accomplishments
00:19:40	are sending a message to job
00:19:40	creators around the state,
00:19:42	around the country
00:19:42	and around the globe
00:19:44	that Ohio is open
00:19:44	for business.
00:19:46	And let me tell you,
00:19:46	I talk to them all the time
00:19:51	when I tell them what we were
00:19:51	8 billion in the hole,
00:19:53	and now we're 2
00:19:53	billion in the black,
00:19:55	that we've got $3 billion
00:19:55	worth of tax cuts,
00:19:59	that we've got a private
00:19:59	sector entity that can respond
00:20:02	to them quickly
00:20:03	when it comes to the need
00:20:03	to give them answers
00:20:05	on the opportunities for job
00:20:05	growth.
00:20:07	I talk to them all the time,
00:20:07	every week, almost every day.
00:20:12	It's hard for them to believe.
00:20:14	But now we're starting
00:20:14	to get a reputation
00:20:17	because what we celebrate here
00:20:17	tonight is for real,
00:20:20	and particularly when compared
00:20:20	to others, it's impressive.
00:20:24	From here,
00:20:24	we're now poised to take
00:20:26	what I believe
00:20:26	are major leaps forward
00:20:28	so we can begin locking
00:20:28	in the progress we've made
00:20:32	and preparing for the
00:20:32	challenges that are looming
00:20:35	all too close on the horizon.
00:20:40	Challenges like
00:20:41	the aging of our workforce
00:20:41	as baby boomers retire.
00:20:46	We're getting older
00:20:46	in Ohio to.
00:20:52	Understand the implications
00:20:52	of not being able
00:20:55	to refill those jobs
00:20:55	with the young people.
00:21:00	When we face the inevitable
00:21:00	next economic downturn,
00:21:03	one minute we're up,
00:21:03	the next minute we're down.
00:21:05	Just look at the stock market.
00:21:07	Look at the economic news
00:21:07	and the unexpected crises
00:21:10	that always seem to strike.
00:21:13	They always seem to strike
00:21:13	when we least expect it.
00:21:17	I believe the most important
00:21:17	thing that we can do to plan
00:21:20	ahead is to continue
00:21:20	strengthening Ohio's economy
00:21:25	by further cutting taxes.
00:21:27	And that means we must
00:21:27	restrain government spending.
00:21:32	We need to cut taxes,
00:21:32	and we need to restrain
00:21:35	the growth of government.
00:21:37	I'm proposing that we cut
00:21:37	taxes by $500 million,
00:21:41	on top of the $3
00:21:41	billion in tax cuts
00:21:44	we've already made,
00:21:44	because high income taxes
00:21:48	punish risk taking,
00:21:48	high income taxes,
00:21:52	punish risk taking, investment
00:21:52	and job creation.
00:21:56	And they drive
00:21:56	some of our best
00:21:58	and some of our brightest
00:21:58	to other states in search
00:22:01	of lower taxes
00:22:01	and better opportunities.
00:22:05	And you all know what I mean.
00:22:07	I don't care what part of Ohio
00:22:07	you come from.
00:22:10	You know that some of our best
00:22:10	and our brightest
00:22:13	and most
00:22:13	successful. They leave.
00:22:17	Those are our jewels.
00:22:19	And yet they go other places.
00:22:21	So we've got to continue to do
00:22:21	the things we need to do
00:22:25	to cut their taxes.
00:22:26	The budget
00:22:26	I've proposed holds growth
00:22:30	to below historic inflation.
00:22:32	It's only 2% the first year
00:22:32	and 2% the next 2.5%
00:22:37	the next year.
00:22:37	So think about this.
00:22:39	We want to restrain the growth
00:22:39	in government spending.
00:22:43	And it is critical
00:22:43	that we grow at a level where
00:22:45	we can meet our priorities,
00:22:45	but at the same time
00:22:49	can have the space
00:22:49	for tax cuts.
00:22:51	That doesn't mean
00:22:52	we don't invest in some
00:22:52	priorities like education,
00:22:56	but we're always
00:22:56	looking for ways to innovate
00:22:58	and improve and reduce
00:22:58	because our administration
00:23:01	has been successful
00:23:01	in doing that.
00:23:04	We've been able
00:23:04	to keep growth in check
00:23:06	so that there's money to give
00:23:06	back to Ohioans in the form
00:23:10	of a $500 million tax cut,
00:23:12	because we have restrained
00:23:12	ourselves.
00:23:14	We're able to give 500
00:23:14	a half $1 billion back
00:23:19	to the people of this state.
00:23:21	So. So now we're going to.
00:23:28	Have a little bit
00:23:30	of an explanation of all this.
00:23:33	So to make sure
00:23:33	we're all on the same page,
00:23:35	let's remember what tax cuts
00:23:35	do to strengthen Ohio.
00:23:40	When people get to keep more
00:23:40	of their money,
00:23:43	the money they earn,
00:23:43	they have more control
00:23:46	over their lives.
00:23:48	When they get to keep more,
00:23:48	they've got more control.
00:23:51	They have more power
00:23:51	to decide their futures.
00:23:54	More flexibility to respond
00:23:54	to changes in their lives
00:23:58	or changes in the economy.
00:24:01	Folks, it's
00:24:01	not the government's money
00:24:03	that we let them keep.
00:24:05	It's Ohioans money.
00:24:07	It's our money.
00:24:07	And we want them to keep
00:24:09	as much of it as possible,
00:24:09	because what they do,
00:24:13	they will always know
00:24:14	how to spend it better
00:24:14	than government ever could.
00:24:17	In other words,
00:24:17	when they've got the money,
00:24:19	they're going to do a better
00:24:19	job of exercising choice
00:24:22	than any government
00:24:22	will ever do for them.
00:24:25	Don't forget that.
00:24:29	But here's another
00:24:29	thing you need to understand.
00:24:32	Low taxes
00:24:32	signal to job creators
00:24:36	that Ohio is a safe and
00:24:36	attractive place to invest.
00:24:40	When you're
00:24:40	looking at investing,
00:24:42	you want to go
00:24:42	where things are solid,
00:24:45	where budgets are balanced,
00:24:45	where you know the government
00:24:48	is being restrained.
00:24:50	And you also know that
00:24:50	that is a it is a government
00:24:53	or a group of leaders
00:24:53	who understand
00:24:55	the philosophy
00:24:55	of reducing taxes
00:24:58	and empowering people
00:24:58	from the bottom up.
00:25:00	It sends you
00:25:00	a signal of strength.
00:25:04	And that's exactly
00:25:04	what we want to do.
00:25:05	Let's take a small business
00:25:05	owner, for example.
00:25:09	Small business that has more
00:25:09	money can hire more people.
00:25:12	They can buy
00:25:13	more machinery and equipment
00:25:13	to increase production
00:25:17	and therefore have
00:25:17	a better chance to thrive.
00:25:20	Small
00:25:20	businesses get healthier.
00:25:23	They can hire.
00:25:24	They can be stronger.
00:25:25	This is not a Republican
00:25:25	philosophy.
00:25:28	This is just a simple fact.
00:25:30	High taxes discourage it.
00:25:32	High taxes,
00:25:32	especially the income tax,
00:25:35	punish a small business owners
00:25:37	willingness to take the risk
00:25:37	to hire more people to invest
00:25:41	in improvements and work
00:25:41	harder to be successful.
00:25:44	Lower taxes incentivize
00:25:44	all of those things.
00:25:47	And when small businesses
00:25:47	across this state take risks,
00:25:51	when they invest and expand.
00:25:53	It echoes
00:25:53	throughout our economy.
00:25:56	It's called growth.
00:25:57	It's called job creation.
00:25:58	And it lifts Ohio.
00:26:00	That's why one reason why
00:26:00	we worked so hard
00:26:03	to cut workers
00:26:03	compensation premiums by 12%
00:26:06	and 409 million in savings,
00:26:06	and we have given employers
00:26:11	$1.75 billion back in
00:26:14	rebates in workers comp while
00:26:14	investing in worker safety.
00:26:18	You think that's us
00:26:18	and free up money.
00:26:20	Call your small business
00:26:20	and ask them.
00:26:23	It's also why
00:26:23	I want to eliminate
00:26:26	income taxes for virtually
00:26:26	every small business
00:26:29	in our state, to help
00:26:29	fuel and accelerate growth.
00:26:39	I want to send a message
00:26:41	that if you want to start
00:26:41	a small business
00:26:45	with no income taxes
00:26:45	on a small business up
00:26:47	to $2 million.
00:26:48	If you want to start
00:26:48	a small business,
00:26:50	if you want to be
00:26:50	an entrepreneur,
00:26:52	if you're a young person
00:26:52	coming out of college,
00:26:55	do it in Ohio.
00:26:57	Think about it. Do it in Ohio.
00:26:58	Come here.
00:27:00	Stay here or come here
00:27:00	because we're going
00:27:02	to give you the help
00:27:02	you need to open the doors.
00:27:07	And that helps us
00:27:07	with the population drain
00:27:10	that we've seen in this state.
00:27:12	We see similar. Right?
00:27:14	Exactly right. Tim.
00:27:18	We see similar
00:27:18	good things happen
00:27:20	when families get to keep more
00:27:20	of their own money.
00:27:22	They've got more power and
00:27:22	control over their own lives.
00:27:26	They have the freedom
00:27:26	to direct their own futures.
00:27:29	They can save for a rainy
00:27:30	day or for college education,
00:27:32	or they can make needed home
00:27:32	repairs.
00:27:34	Maybe they can
00:27:35	go into business,
00:27:35	or maybe take a special trip,
00:27:39	like my mom and dad
00:27:39	used to take us when they had
00:27:42	a little bit more money
00:27:42	in their pockets.
00:27:45	I want to give families
00:27:46	this kind of power
00:27:46	over their own lives.
00:27:49	And that's
00:27:49	why I'm propose proposing
00:27:51	to cut the income tax rates
00:27:51	by 23%.
00:27:55	We've already cut Ohio's
00:27:55	tax rate from 5.9 to 5.33%,
00:28:00	and our budget will take it
00:28:00	all the way down
00:28:03	to 4.1%
00:28:03	over the next two years.
00:28:07	Now, I want you
00:28:07	to think about it.
00:28:08	And I would love you
00:28:08	to support it.
00:28:13	Let's keep going
00:28:15	and let the common sense
00:28:15	growth
00:28:16	strategy of cutting taxes
00:28:16	do more to strengthen Ohio,
00:28:20	as well as help us attract
00:28:21	the best and brightest
00:28:21	to our state.
00:28:23	Don't forget,
00:28:25	many of our most successful
00:28:26	job creators, entrepreneurs,
00:28:26	CEOs, and innovators leave
00:28:29	Ohio for states
00:28:29	with zero income taxes.
00:28:32	And when they do,
00:28:32	they take their good ideas,
00:28:34	their philanthropy, with them.
00:28:37	Let me
00:28:37	put this in simple terms.
00:28:40	So you work a whole lifetime.
00:28:42	Maybe you build a business,
00:28:42	you become successful.
00:28:47	My dad carried
00:28:47	mail on his back.
00:28:49	I used to say, dad,
00:28:49	how do we feel about the rich?
00:28:51	He said, Johnny,
00:28:51	we don't hate the rich.
00:28:53	We want to be one of them.
00:28:55	The fact is, in Ohio,
00:28:55	punishing
00:28:57	success will drive people out.
00:29:00	So these folks, many of whom
00:29:00	we all know,
00:29:04	whether we live
00:29:04	in Steubenville,
00:29:05	whether we live in Youngstown,
00:29:06	whether we live in Cleveland,
00:29:06	whether we live in Toledo,
00:29:09	whether we live in Cincinnati
00:29:09	or Columbus.
00:29:13	Somebody has an opportunity
00:29:15	to cash in what they earned,
00:29:17	and they want to sell
00:29:17	some stock.
00:29:20	I want you all to think
00:29:20	about this for a second.
00:29:22	They want to sell some stock.
00:29:25	If they
00:29:25	go to Florida and live,
00:29:27	they pay the federal capital
00:29:27	gains rate 20%.
00:29:32	They don't pay anything else.
00:29:34	If they live in Ohio,
00:29:34	they pay the federal capital
00:29:37	gains rate
00:29:37	plus an additional 5.3%.
00:29:44	Now, what would you
00:29:44	rather pay?
00:29:46	25.3% in taxes or 20%?
00:29:50	And for many of these people
00:29:51	who are successful,
00:29:51	it's a large amount of money.
00:29:55	So that's why
00:29:55	when you go to Naples
00:29:57	and you drive around down
00:29:57	there,
00:29:58	you keep bumping into Ohioans
00:29:58	because they've all moved.
00:30:02	And with the savings they make
00:30:04	by not paying
00:30:04	Ohio's income tax,
00:30:06	they can buy another house
00:30:06	down there.
00:30:08	This is not complicated.
00:30:10	We can't not lose our best
00:30:10	and brightest.
00:30:13	I'm just.
00:30:14	I'm just pleading with you
00:30:14	to understand that we drive
00:30:18	them out
00:30:19	and they go down there.
00:30:20	And when they go down there
00:30:20	to Florida, they're
00:30:22	building a new performing arts
00:30:22	center down in Naples.
00:30:26	You know, they're down there
00:30:26	hanging out there.
00:30:28	They're creating
00:30:28	jobs down there.
00:30:30	I want a building.
00:30:31	Performing arts centers
00:30:31	in Wilmington,
00:30:32	Ohio,
00:30:32	not down in Naples, Florida.
00:30:35	I want to keep them here.
00:30:41	So that's the easy.
00:30:42	That's
00:30:42	the easy part of it. Okay.
00:30:44	And you can all debate
00:30:44	about how you want to do it.
00:30:47	That 500 million gets paid for
00:30:50	by the savings that
00:30:50	we've been able to generate.
00:30:53	But I've got to tell you
00:30:53	about something
00:30:54	that, frankly, I think
00:30:54	is almost as important.
00:30:58	I believe we can even
00:30:58	we can achieve even more
00:31:01	if we start fundamentally
00:31:02	changing the way that Ohio's
00:31:02	tax system works.
00:31:06	So the taxes have less of
00:31:06	a drag on the private economy.
00:31:10	Look,
00:31:11	no tax is great,
00:31:13	but some
00:31:13	are worse than others.
00:31:15	I don't know if you
00:31:15	if you've ever studied that
00:31:18	some taxes have a greater drag
00:31:18	on economic growth
00:31:22	than other taxes.
00:31:23	So if we're going to
00:31:23	raise taxes
00:31:25	or if we're going to have
00:31:25	taxes,
00:31:26	let's have the taxes
00:31:26	that have the least
00:31:28	negative impact
00:31:28	on the private economy.
00:31:31	So we can create jobs.
00:31:32	A certain level of taxes,
00:31:32	of course, is inevitable
00:31:35	to pave the roads, to pay for
00:31:35	schools, care for the needy.
00:31:40	Government's
00:31:40	got to make that money
00:31:41	go as far as it can,
00:31:43	and those taxes
00:31:43	must be generated in the least
00:31:46	harmful way.
00:31:46	This means we must reduce
00:31:46	Ohio's
00:31:48	traditional overreliance
00:31:48	on income taxes
00:31:52	and lean more on consumption
00:31:52	taxes.
00:31:54	Now, let me finish this.
00:31:56	I think
00:31:57	we should
00:31:57	lean less on income taxes,
00:32:00	which punish the investment
00:32:00	and the growth we all seek
00:32:03	and lean more on consumption
00:32:03	taxes.
00:32:06	Hey, the states that
00:32:06	have followed that formula,
00:32:09	they're going
00:32:09	faster than we are.
00:32:11	They're younger than we are.
00:32:12	Where are they?
00:32:12	Florida. Texas.
00:32:15	Look at what's happening
00:32:15	in Tennessee.
00:32:16	I have to compete
00:32:16	against those states
00:32:18	when I make these calls
00:32:18	to the CEO.
00:32:20	The fact is,
00:32:20	is that the states
00:32:22	that have had either lower
00:32:22	or no income tax, Nevada
00:32:26	people are moving,
00:32:28	playing with fire out there
00:32:28	and may raise taxes.
00:32:30	People are moving
00:32:30	from California to Nevada.
00:32:32	This is happening
00:32:32	because money flows
00:32:35	to the place that has the
00:32:35	that has the lower taxes.
00:32:40	Our income taxes are a severe
00:32:40	drag on economic growth.
00:32:43	They essentially punish those
00:32:43	who go out and work harder.
00:32:46	We're supposed to celebrate
00:32:46	hard work.
00:32:49	We want more of it,
00:32:49	more hard work.
00:32:51	We all say that we want to
00:32:52	create more good middle
00:32:52	class jobs,
00:32:55	and we want to bolster
00:32:55	family incomes.
00:32:56	But it can't happen without
00:32:56	growing, thriving businesses.
00:33:00	And they can't grow
00:33:00	and they can't thrive without
00:33:03	new investment.
00:33:04	This is just
00:33:04	simple, really simple stuff.
00:33:07	Investment should be
00:33:07	nourished, not discouraged.
00:33:09	And by cutting income taxes,
00:33:09	we're freeing up more capital
00:33:13	to be invested in businesses
00:33:14	so they can grow and create
00:33:14	more good paying jobs.
00:33:18	New jobs need new businesses.
00:33:21	Think about what's happening
00:33:21	over there in Steubenville.
00:33:24	New jobs need new businesses
00:33:24	and new businesses
00:33:28	need new investments.
00:33:30	And let's encourage investment
00:33:30	by cutting taxes.
00:33:33	It's common sense.
00:33:35	It's a process
00:33:35	that begins with investment
00:33:37	and ends with higher family
00:33:37	incomes.
00:33:40	Folks, this isn't Republican.
00:33:42	This isn't Democrat.
00:33:44	It's a lot of what we've been
00:33:44	trying to do over the last
00:33:46	four years
00:33:46	and look at our results.
00:33:50	So let's not stop.
00:33:51	Let's do more of it,
00:33:51	more of it
00:33:53	so we can have more jobs
00:33:53	so we can secure our place
00:33:58	here in America.
00:33:59	If, in addition
00:34:00	to keeping our spending
00:34:00	in check,
00:34:01	we also move away
00:34:01	from income taxes
00:34:03	and more towards consumption
00:34:03	taxes.
00:34:05	We're both encouraging
00:34:05	hard work and believe it,
00:34:08	and we're also giving people
00:34:08	more control
00:34:10	over the amount of taxes
00:34:10	they ultimately pay.
00:34:13	You see, in a consumption
00:34:13	tax model, you're in control.
00:34:17	You only pay taxes
00:34:17	on the purchases
00:34:19	you choose to make.
00:34:21	You're the one
00:34:21	who decides what you buy
00:34:21	and how much you spend.
00:34:24	And for the poorest Ohioans,
00:34:26	we're providing
00:34:26	additional income tax relief.
00:34:29	So they're not
00:34:29	disproportionately impacted
00:34:31	by the change in consumption
00:34:31	taxes.
00:34:33	Our philosophy
00:34:33	is to bring the top rate down
00:34:36	and help people
00:34:36	who are the working poor.
00:34:38	That's why we created,
00:34:38	for the first time in Ohio,
00:34:41	the earned income tax Credit.
00:34:42	It's not refundable,
00:34:42	but it's breathtaking that we
00:34:45	I wouldn't say breathtaking,
00:34:45	but it is certainly new.
00:34:48	It's never happened before.
00:34:49	The communities
00:34:49	that represent the poor,
00:34:51	the working poor were for it.
00:34:51	We created it.
00:34:54	And now we're significantly
00:34:56	increasing
00:34:56	the personal exemption so that
00:34:59	the working poor
00:34:59	can have incentives.
00:35:01	But you got to remember,
00:35:01	the best help for low income
00:35:04	Ohioans is a better job,
00:35:05	which they have
00:35:05	a better chance of getting
00:35:08	when we improve
00:35:08	Ohio's tax climate.
00:35:11	You know, the single biggest
00:35:11	cure for poverty a job.
00:35:15	And when we are growing jobs.
00:35:21	Okay.
00:35:25	So we're
00:35:25	talking about not just
00:35:28	saving money in government
00:35:28	spending,
00:35:30	but we're talking about tax
00:35:30	reform.
00:35:33	Some things
00:35:33	go up, other things go down.
00:35:36	But to provide the incentive
00:35:37	for the least negative impact
00:35:37	on the private economy,
00:35:42	severance taxes.
00:35:44	That's another place
00:35:44	where we need tax reform.
00:35:47	The reason is simple.
00:35:49	Our current system doesn't
00:35:49	reflect our current reality.
00:35:53	Ohio's severance
00:35:53	tax was created decades ago,
00:35:55	long before Ohio's shale boom
00:35:55	was ever envisioned.
00:35:58	Its current low rate.
00:36:03	$0.20
00:36:05	on a barrel of oil.
00:36:08	I don't know
00:36:08	anybody who lives in Ohio
00:36:10	who would not like to sign up
00:36:10	for this.
00:36:13	$0.20 on a barrel of oil.
00:36:17	It's unconscionable
00:36:17	as far as I'm concerned.
00:36:20	It's not right.
00:36:21	It isn't fair to Ohioans
00:36:22	because these resources
00:36:22	are being depleted.
00:36:26	They're never coming back.
00:36:27	Ohio's being made poorer
00:36:29	as a result of the depletion
00:36:29	of our resources.
00:36:33	It's like oil and gas itself.
00:36:34	Much of the wealth
00:36:34	the shale boom is
00:36:36	generating is being
00:36:36	shipped out of our state,
00:36:40	being shipped out of Ohio.
00:36:43	We need to change that,
00:36:43	while at the same time making
00:36:45	sure that Ohio's long time
00:36:45	small drillers,
00:36:48	the ones who have been around
00:36:48	for years,
00:36:50	the ones
00:36:50	that don't make a little bit,
00:36:52	you know, make
00:36:52	very little money.
00:36:53	We want to just get
00:36:54	rid of their taxes,
00:36:54	their income taxes altogether.
00:36:57	But we also
00:36:57	we also want to make sure
00:37:00	that local governments
00:37:00	are supported when their costs
00:37:03	for first responders
00:37:03	and infrastructure
00:37:05	or other
00:37:06	essential services are forced
00:37:06	to go up because of oil
00:37:09	and gas activity. Okay.
00:37:11	All of it.
00:37:18	The prosperity
00:37:18	created by our oil and gas
00:37:21	deposits can be great, but
00:37:21	not just for shale country.
00:37:26	This is not just for part
00:37:26	of Ohio, but for all of Ohio,
00:37:30	because it makes possible
00:37:30	the income tax cuts
00:37:33	that provide
00:37:33	an economic boost statewide.
00:37:37	I'm disappointed
00:37:37	by those that say
00:37:39	the severance tax
00:37:39	reform will kill the industry.
00:37:43	That's a joke.
00:37:45	That's a big fat joke
00:37:45	because I've talked to him
00:37:47	in private.
00:37:50	And I'll tell you what.
00:37:51	Our severance
00:37:51	tax will still be competitive
00:37:53	with other energy rich states.
00:37:55	And you know what?
00:37:56	Let's reform the severance tax
00:37:56	so Ohioans
00:37:59	can have lower income taxes.
00:38:00	And we all benefit
00:38:00	from this whole industry.
00:38:03	That's what it should be
00:38:03	all about.
00:38:06	I want to tell you a story.
00:38:09	I'm out in Wyoming.
00:38:10	I meet with Governor
00:38:10	Mead in Wyoming.
00:38:12	I said, who's the greatest
00:38:12	governor in Wyoming?
00:38:14	Because, well, you know,
00:38:15	maybe, maybe the greatest one
00:38:15	is Governor Hathaway.
00:38:18	I said, why is that?
00:38:19	He said, well, I was
00:38:19	he was an oil and gas guy.
00:38:22	So really know
00:38:22	he was an oil and gas guy.
00:38:25	He showed up one day and said,
00:38:27	we need to have
00:38:27	a severance tax,
00:38:28	and we need to make sure
00:38:28	we capture the loss
00:38:31	that we're experiencing here,
00:38:32	because someday
00:38:32	we won't have those minerals
00:38:35	and now they're running
00:38:35	these big kind of surpluses
00:38:38	in this fund,
00:38:38	this special mineral fund.
00:38:42	So what happened?
00:38:44	Oil and gas guy.
00:38:45	He goes to an event
00:38:45	with a bunch of the oil
00:38:47	and gas people.
00:38:47	They say to him,
00:38:50	well, we supported you
00:38:50	in your campaign.
00:38:54	He reached into his pocket
00:38:54	and pulled out his
00:38:56	checkbook and said,
00:38:56	how much do I owe you, boys?
00:38:59	Because we're going to have
00:38:59	A7X in the state of Wyoming.
00:39:03	And guess what?
00:39:03	He's gone down
00:39:03	now as one of the greatest
00:39:05	governors
00:39:05	in the history of Wyoming.
00:39:07	Let's learn from Governor
00:39:07	Hathaway. Okay.
00:39:10	And what the
00:39:10	people of this state want.
00:39:14	All right.
00:39:14	Let's talk.
00:39:17	Let's talk about the cap tax.
00:39:18	You don't do that, by the way.
00:39:20	You won't get the reduction
00:39:20	in these other taxes.
00:39:22	Won't happen.
00:39:24	You're either
00:39:24	for more economic growth
00:39:26	for these lower taxes,
00:39:27	or we're getting stuck
00:39:27	on the status quo.
00:39:30	These are not easy decisions.
00:39:31	I understand it.
00:39:33	I used to be in office
00:39:33	when people come around
00:39:35	and beat on me and say this
00:39:35	and that and.
00:39:39	You know,
00:39:39	let's talk about cap tax.
00:39:41	It was created ten years ago.
00:39:44	It's been a huge benefit
00:39:44	to large companies,
00:39:46	especially manufacturing
00:39:46	companies.
00:39:49	Of course,
00:39:49	we want to see them succeed,
00:39:52	but we also want Ohio
00:39:53	small enterprises
00:39:53	to succeed as well,
00:39:55	because they're the real
00:39:55	engines of economic growth.
00:39:59	They're like fighter
00:39:59	jets of Ohio's economy
00:40:01	small, nimble,
00:40:01	able to respond on the dime to
00:40:04	changes in the marketplace.
00:40:07	It's time
00:40:07	for these small businesses
00:40:09	to receive
00:40:09	the same kind of shot
00:40:11	in the arm that big businesses
00:40:11	receive ten years ago.
00:40:14	So let's reform
00:40:14	the tax and eliminate
00:40:16	small business income taxes
00:40:16	altogether.
00:40:20	Now that's
00:40:20	a very interesting proposal
00:40:22	and a very interesting
00:40:22	thought.
00:40:31	I get it that any change to
00:40:31	tax policy is hard.
00:40:33	It's like barnacles laying up
00:40:33	on a pier in the ocean.
00:40:38	The special interests
00:40:38	cling to the status quo,
00:40:40	and any change at all
00:40:40	is disruptive to them.
00:40:42	Ironically,
00:40:43	even change that improves
00:40:43	their overall situations,
00:40:48	like the tax cuts and the tax
00:40:48	reforms in our budget.
00:40:52	But the special interests that
00:40:52	are already beating on you.
00:40:56	They're inherently
00:40:56	shortsighted.
00:40:58	Please keep in mind
00:40:58	the basics.
00:41:01	We have a larger mission
00:41:01	than just making
00:41:02	some special interest
00:41:02	group happy.
00:41:05	Our mission is to lift Ohio.
00:41:08	Now taken
00:41:08	as an integrated package,
00:41:12	all of these changes
00:41:12	help us continue to diversify
00:41:16	Ohio's economy
00:41:17	and achieve
00:41:17	a crossover of sorts where
00:41:21	we can maintain a vibrant
00:41:21	manufacturing climate.
00:41:25	We want to continue to do
00:41:25	the steel.
00:41:27	We want to do the cars.
00:41:28	We want to do all those things
00:41:30	and a little bit of change
00:41:30	in the cap tax
00:41:33	and helping small businesses
00:41:35	and the suppliers
00:41:35	grow and flourish and hire
00:41:38	in small businesses,
00:41:38	by the way,
00:41:39	they're the ones that will
00:41:40	take a chance,
00:41:40	an awful lot of time on people
00:41:43	who others consider
00:41:43	marginal workers.
00:41:46	We can maintain a vibrant
00:41:46	manufacturing company,
00:41:49	but we can spark a fire
00:41:49	for the cutting edge companies
00:41:52	and the disruptive
00:41:52	technologies
00:41:54	that have the greatest
00:41:54	potential for job growth.
00:41:58	There was
00:41:58	an article today I read online
00:42:01	the biggest businesses
00:42:01	in America.
00:42:03	Less employees
00:42:06	look at the ones
00:42:06	that are really skyrocketing
00:42:08	in this country.
00:42:10	Cloud computing.
00:42:12	3D printing.
00:42:14	3D printing.
00:42:15	You ever seen it?
00:42:16	It's amazing what it means
00:42:16	and what it can mean.
00:42:19	Telemedicine and the medical
00:42:19	devices that make it possible.
00:42:22	Logistics.
00:42:23	Financial services I.T.
00:42:25	services.
00:42:27	These are the cutting edge
00:42:27	industries we must have
00:42:30	in Ohio.
00:42:32	They just can't be
00:42:32	somewhere else.
00:42:34	And then we continue
00:42:34	to be known as the Rust Belt.
00:42:38	The only person that I think
00:42:38	likes to be called,
00:42:40	you know, have a little rust
00:42:40	on him is Bill Batchelder,
00:42:42	because he's been around
00:42:42	for 100 years. Okay.
00:42:45	No one likes rust.
00:42:47	We need the new industries.
00:42:49	We need the new economy
00:42:49	in this in this state,
00:42:53	as our population ages
00:42:53	and more and more baby
00:42:56	boomers retire.
00:42:58	You know what happens?
00:42:59	These kinds of cutting edge
00:43:00	jobs help
00:43:00	us keep our young people
00:43:02	and help us attract new ones.
00:43:06	And when combined
00:43:06	with the cool factor
00:43:07	we're seeing created
00:43:07	in our cities,
00:43:10	as well as our state's low
00:43:10	cost of living,
00:43:12	because, Al Ratner points out,
00:43:12	we can truly take our state
00:43:16	to the next level
00:43:16	with better and more exciting
00:43:16	opportunities for everyone.
00:43:20	We got to do the heavy lifting
00:43:20	and make these bold,
00:43:22	brave choices.
00:43:23	Now, look,
00:43:23	you don't have to do
00:43:23	everything I want here
00:43:25	and I'm sure you won't, okay?
00:43:27	But here's
00:43:27	what I'm going to tell you.
00:43:29	Here's what I'm going.
00:43:30	But most of it is going to be
00:43:33	most of it.
00:43:34	If it's based on a good
00:43:34	logical argument, I'm fine.
00:43:39	But here's what I'm going
00:43:39	to suggest to you.
00:43:41	and we are only
00:43:41	If we look back on Ohio
00:43:45	big, heavy manufacturing
00:43:48	and we
00:43:48	forget the cloud computing
00:43:51	where we now have $1
00:43:51	billion investment,
00:43:53	the data analytics
00:43:53	that IBM brought to our state,
00:43:57	the medical device
00:43:58	companies,
00:43:58	the medical imaging companies,
00:44:01	the new IT services,
00:44:01	the new financial services.
00:44:04	That's
00:44:04	where the jobs are, folks.
00:44:06	That's
00:44:06	where the world is going.
00:44:08	You want to keep young people
00:44:10	in this state
00:44:10	when they graduate.
00:44:11	If they can get an exciting
00:44:12	new job,
00:44:12	they're not going anywhere.
00:44:15	We got cool cities.
00:44:16	We got low cost of living.
00:44:18	Just got to give them the jobs
00:44:18	so they don't have to go
00:44:21	somewhere else to get excited
00:44:21	about their life.
00:44:24	That's what
00:44:24	this is really all about.
00:44:27	So I want you to think
00:44:27	about this carefully, please.
00:44:30	I ask you to think about it
00:44:30	carefully,
00:44:33	because I believe the future
00:44:33	of our state is at risk.
00:44:35	This isn't about John Kasich.
00:44:37	This is about this
00:44:37	precious state
00:44:38	and how I think
00:44:38	it will look in 20 years,
00:44:42	because the decisions we make
00:44:42	now, Jim, are the decisions
00:44:45	that really affect us a little
00:44:45	bit farther down the road.
00:44:49	You know,
00:44:49	look, another critical part
00:44:50	of our economic revival
00:44:50	is education.
00:44:55	Our colleges and universities
00:44:55	understand this.
00:44:57	And I get to tell you,
00:44:57	they they have been heroic.
00:45:00	I don't think there is
00:45:00	another state in America
00:45:04	where the presidents
00:45:05	of our universities
00:45:05	and community colleges
00:45:07	have a better relationship
00:45:07	with the governor.
00:45:10	We work together
00:45:10	hand in glove.
00:45:12	And I got to tell you, it's
00:45:12	pretty stunning
00:45:13	because I ask them
00:45:13	to do things
00:45:15	that they don't do in
00:45:15	any other state.
00:45:18	You know,
00:45:19	you remember
00:45:19	when we did our capital bill?
00:45:22	I said, look,
00:45:22	we're not going to spread
00:45:24	the peanut butter
00:45:24	across a whole, a whole,
00:45:27	slice of bread.
00:45:29	We'll do a capital bill
00:45:29	if you will agree
00:45:32	that we will help
00:45:33	those people who need help
00:45:33	while
00:45:35	not taking stuff for yourself.
00:45:37	So you know what happened
00:45:37	in Stark State.
00:45:39	You know what happened in
00:45:39	Zane's state.
00:45:41	They got to build
00:45:42	these new centers,
00:45:42	this new technology,
00:45:44	so people could learn the oil
00:45:44	and gas industry.
00:45:46	It never would have happened
00:45:46	before,
00:45:48	and they agreed to do it.
00:45:49	How about our funding formula?
00:45:51	I tell people in other states
00:45:52	about our funding formula,
00:45:52	they can't believe it.
00:45:54	The universities have said
00:45:54	we will not take one
00:45:57	single dime of public money.
00:46:00	Not one single
00:46:00	dime of public money
00:46:02	until a student completes
00:46:04	a course, gets a certificate,
00:46:04	or graduates.
00:46:06	That's unbelievable.
00:46:08	And that helps our kids
00:46:08	to get through school.
00:46:10	Our students get through
00:46:10	school quicker,
00:46:13	to have more attention
00:46:14	placed on them
00:46:14	when they're in school.
00:46:16	And all these folks have gone
00:46:16	along with it.
00:46:18	Now we're telling them
00:46:20	we're going to have
00:46:20	this big task force,
00:46:21	and we're
00:46:21	going to get into your costs.
00:46:24	My friend
00:46:25	Keith, he feels about this
00:46:25	as passionately as I do.
00:46:29	I want to give him
00:46:29	a little chance.
00:46:31	We're going to have
00:46:31	this study,
00:46:32	and we're going to
00:46:33	look at everything
00:46:33	that drives the costs
00:46:35	up at our universities
00:46:35	now across this state.
00:46:38	This is really touched
00:46:38	a nerve.
00:46:40	All of the newspapers,
00:46:40	Keith, have editorialized
00:46:43	in favor of this plan.
00:46:43	And you know what they say.
00:46:46	We will join Kasich and Faber,
00:46:50	and we will
00:46:50	join Rosenberger as well.
00:46:52	And we will slice
00:46:52	these universities
00:46:54	if they do not come back
00:46:54	and get this mission
00:46:57	accomplished over
00:46:57	the period of the next year.
00:46:59	And some of them are here
00:46:59	tonight
00:47:01	and give them
00:47:01	a round of applause
00:47:02	for their leadership
00:47:02	that these universities.
00:47:13	You know, they're
00:47:13	they're going along with
00:47:13	this idea of two year schools
00:47:16	being able to award a bachelor
00:47:16	degree.
00:47:19	Unbelievable.
00:47:21	And they're going to adopt
00:47:21	new online competency
00:47:24	based courses.
00:47:24	So in other words,
00:47:24	if you're a nurse
00:47:26	and you're 32 and you want
00:47:26	to get a bigger certificate,
00:47:29	you can be able to
00:47:29	go online and get that done,
00:47:32	and you'll be able
00:47:32	to take those courses
00:47:34	and get that degree,
00:47:34	you won't even
00:47:35	have to sit in a classroom
00:47:35	if you
00:47:36	if you got it all together.
00:47:37	It's sort of like what we did
00:47:37	with the veterans
00:47:39	when we said,
00:47:39	if you can drive a truck
00:47:41	from Kabul to Kandahar,
00:47:41	you don't have to come here
00:47:43	and take all those tests
00:47:43	and license, or you can
00:47:46	you can test your way out
00:47:46	and get ahead.
00:47:51	Here's the other thing
00:47:51	we're talking about.
00:47:53	We want the insurance
00:47:53	companies to go online
00:47:56	and post up
00:47:56	and post curriculum.
00:47:58	They all want people.
00:47:59	You're working at McDonald's.
00:48:01	You think you're stuck.
00:48:02	You go down to public library,
00:48:02	Fred.
00:48:05	You take the online
00:48:05	course at your pace.
00:48:08	And if you pass it,
00:48:09	you either get a job working
00:48:09	at the insurance company,
00:48:12	or you can also get
00:48:12	a certificate and a credential
00:48:16	for the fact that you now
00:48:16	have a skill.
00:48:18	We need to make sure
00:48:19	we give hope to people
00:48:19	who think they are stuck.
00:48:22	And that's exactly
00:48:23	what these universities
00:48:23	are cooperating with us on.
00:48:26	So let's see how it goes.
00:48:28	And, Keith,
00:48:29	I promise you, and I'm
00:48:29	promising you here tonight.
00:48:31	If they don't come back
00:48:31	with a plan,
00:48:33	you and I are sitting down.
00:48:35	It'll be a tough day for them.
00:48:36	But let's give them
00:48:36	a little bit of time,
00:48:38	and we're going to work
00:48:38	together on this.
00:48:39	And we'll have this task
00:48:39	force.
00:48:41	And I hope you'll be
00:48:41	a major part of it.
00:48:43	With lower costs,
00:48:43	a cap and a freeze on tuition,
00:48:46	more students
00:48:46	can afford college
00:48:48	hopefully finish without
00:48:48	the same kind of huge debts.
00:48:51	And you know,
00:48:51	we have $120 million in this
00:48:51	student debt relief fund.
00:48:56	Honestly, I think
00:48:57	it's probably like a symbol
00:48:57	in the ocean
00:48:58	when we look at all
00:48:58	the massive debt.
00:49:00	But we want to send a signal
00:49:00	that we know how tough it is.
00:49:03	We know
00:49:03	you have a lot of debt,
00:49:05	and we want to do something
00:49:05	to help you.
00:49:07	And it could be related
00:49:07	to the fact
00:49:08	that if you take
00:49:08	an in-demand job
00:49:10	and you stay in Ohio for five
00:49:10	years,
00:49:12	we'll give you the help
00:49:12	that you want.
00:49:13	We think it's
00:49:13	absolutely critical.
00:49:16	Now, the strategy of embracing
00:49:16	change
00:49:18	and thriving from it
00:49:18	that our colleges are adopting
00:49:22	it is a model for the country,
00:49:25	but it's also a model
00:49:25	for our K through 12 leaders,
00:49:28	K through 12 leaders
00:49:28	who all too often struggle
00:49:32	to improve and innovate hard
00:49:32	for them.
00:49:36	I don't understand
00:49:36	all the reasons.
00:49:37	I understand some of them.
00:49:40	It's not
00:49:40	fair to Ohio's children,
00:49:42	and it's not fair
00:49:42	to the dedicated teachers
00:49:45	who teach when the innovations
00:49:45	are not brought.
00:49:49	We've made our education
00:49:49	system a priority
00:49:52	to think about this.
00:49:54	We're
00:49:54	growing a government to 2.5%.
00:49:56	We're cutting taxes.
00:49:57	We put $1 billion
00:49:57	into K through 12 funding,
00:50:01	$1 billion.
00:50:03	Now we're going to stick 700
00:50:03	million more into K through
00:50:07	12 education.
00:50:08	I checked on this, Randi, $1.7
00:50:08	billion investment
00:50:13	over these four years,
00:50:13	the largest investment
00:50:16	in education in the history
00:50:16	of the state of Ohio,
00:50:20	because we consider education
00:50:22	and K-12 education
00:50:22	to be a top priority.
00:50:25	And I hope you agree
00:50:25	with that.
00:50:34	Let me tell you what
00:50:34	the underlying philosophy is.
00:50:37	Look, I'm the governor, right?
00:50:39	I don't represent a district,
00:50:39	so I got to figure out
00:50:42	how to take this money
00:50:42	and allocate it
00:50:46	across the state in
00:50:46	the fairest way possible. So
00:50:52	what are we saying?
00:50:53	If you
00:50:53	can do more for yourself,
00:50:55	you should,
00:50:57	because there are others
00:50:57	who are worse off
00:50:59	and need more help.
00:51:01	We can't take from schools
00:51:01	that are worse off.
00:51:03	Let me repeat.
00:51:04	We cannot take from schools
00:51:04	that are worse off
00:51:07	and give it to those
00:51:07	who have more.
00:51:10	We often do that today.
00:51:13	It's not fair.
00:51:16	We got to do better than that.
00:51:20	It's about capacity
00:51:20	to help yourself.
00:51:24	And we say that
00:51:24	if you are poor in property
00:51:26	taxes and poor in income,
00:51:26	and you have more students,
00:51:30	we ought to do more
00:51:30	to help you.
00:51:32	But if you are wealthier
00:51:33	in property taxes
00:51:35	and wealthier in income, and
00:51:35	maybe you're losing students,
00:51:38	we can't. We shouldn't
00:51:38	do as much for you.
00:51:40	You can
00:51:40	do more to help yourself.
00:51:43	You know,
00:51:44	education funding
00:51:44	is not about buildings,
00:51:46	equipment or adults. And
00:51:48	I'll tell you one other thing
00:51:48	that it's not about.
00:51:52	It's not about a state
00:51:53	print out.
00:51:57	It's not about getting
00:51:57	some state print out to look
00:51:59	whether you got a minus
00:51:59	or a plus.
00:52:02	It's about distributing
00:52:02	precious resources
00:52:06	as best as we can
00:52:06	to be in a position
00:52:11	where kids
00:52:11	can all have an equal chance.
00:52:12	Somebody said, well,
00:52:13	you know,
00:52:13	we pay all these taxes
00:52:15	in the suburban areas
00:52:16	and look at all the money
00:52:16	they get in Cleveland.
00:52:19	I'll give you about
00:52:19	25% of the students
00:52:21	in Cleveland
00:52:21	who have so many challenges.
00:52:25	You grew up in a family
00:52:25	where you.
00:52:30	Were the family is not strong.
00:52:32	Let me say that.
00:52:34	You grow up in a neighborhood.
00:52:37	You hear
00:52:38	gunshots at night.
00:52:42	They deserve a chance to.
00:52:45	And so the bottom line
00:52:45	for me is
00:52:48	let's help those
00:52:48	that cannot help themselves.
00:52:51	And let's have some personal
00:52:51	responsibility in those areas
00:52:54	where they can.
00:52:55	Now look, this formula.
00:52:58	You know, we've monkeyed
00:52:58	around with this for so long.
00:53:02	There's some things in here
00:53:02	that I'm not even thrilled
00:53:05	with, but we're looking at it
00:53:05	and we're working at it.
00:53:08	But I would ask you,
00:53:08	as members of the legislature,
00:53:12	keep the principle.
00:53:14	Keep the fundamental
00:53:14	principle.
00:53:17	It's good for our state.
00:53:18	It's good for our kids.
00:53:20	It's good for our educators.
00:53:23	And I believe it can work.
00:53:24	Now, we've done some fantastic
00:53:24	things.
00:53:26	This third grade
00:53:26	reading guarantee.
00:53:27	Remember all the hassle
00:53:27	we had through that.
00:53:30	That thing is going great.
00:53:32	Now we're getting kids
00:53:33	who can read,
00:53:33	and we're not getting them
00:53:35	in the
00:53:35	sixth or the seventh grade.
00:53:38	And then
00:53:38	we find out they can't read.
00:53:41	That's a rip off.
00:53:42	We can't do that.
00:53:43	So the third grade reading
00:53:43	guarantee is turning out to be
00:53:47	a very significant success.
00:53:49	How about the straight
00:53:49	A's fund?
00:53:51	It's another thing.
00:53:52	We took a check.
00:53:52	We had to give them incentives
00:53:53	to think about new ways
00:53:53	to do things.
00:53:56	So I went through the rotunda
00:53:56	the other day,
00:53:58	and they had a gathering of
00:53:58	all these straight-A fun kids.
00:54:01	And I had these girls, three
00:54:01	of them,
00:54:04	12, 11, and ten.
00:54:07	And they came up to me
00:54:07	and they say, Mr.
00:54:09	Governor,
00:54:11	can you take a look at my 3D
00:54:11	printing project?
00:54:15	I couldn't believe it.
00:54:17	This little ten year old girls
00:54:17	like grabbing me by the,
00:54:20	you know, the by my cuffs,
00:54:22	you know,
00:54:22	come over here and look,
00:54:24	because
00:54:24	I'm excited about learning.
00:54:27	Because I'm
00:54:27	excited about being in school.
00:54:31	Thank you for that.
00:54:32	Straight-A fund.
00:54:33	And there'll be more
00:54:33	more school choice.
00:54:36	Giving families
00:54:36	more control over
00:54:38	how and where
00:54:38	to educate their kids,
00:54:39	including more options
00:54:39	in student
00:54:41	careers and technical
00:54:41	vocational education.
00:54:44	Parents.
00:54:46	Technical and vocational
00:54:46	education is okay.
00:54:49	It's good.
00:54:50	Okay.
00:54:50	It's good.
00:55:00	And did you know that
00:55:00	we have individual
00:55:01	we have individual
00:55:01	education plans.
00:55:03	If you're a kid and say
00:55:04	you want to be a newspaper
00:55:04	reporter,
00:55:06	you can make a deal
00:55:06	with your school board.
00:55:08	We can go down and work at the
00:55:10	at the Wilmington Paper,
00:55:10	the Columbus Dispatch,
00:55:12	for 2 or 3 hours
00:55:12	on a Monday morning
00:55:14	and really get fired up
00:55:14	about what education is
00:55:16	and about
00:55:16	and what a career is about,
00:55:18	about individual education
00:55:18	plans.
00:55:21	And our budget builds
00:55:21	on these important steps
00:55:23	forward with new approaches
00:55:23	to areas like raising up
00:55:26	guidance counselors
00:55:26	with standards and training
00:55:29	so they can better help
00:55:29	our kids understand
00:55:31	their abilities,
00:55:31	assess their interests,
00:55:33	explain
00:55:33	what careers are available,
00:55:35	and help get on a path
00:55:35	to achieve their potential.
00:55:38	Our guidance counselors
00:55:38	not be a set of extra hands
00:55:41	that spend their time
00:55:41	guarding the lunchroom
00:55:43	or rolling the basketball
00:55:43	out in the gym.
00:55:46	They are critical
00:55:46	people for our children in
00:55:46	K through 12 and in college.
00:55:56	Let me
00:55:56	give you another one here.
00:55:57	The college credit plus.
00:56:01	I want everybody to know
00:56:03	that we're putting more money
00:56:03	into train teachers
00:56:05	so they could administer
00:56:05	these college level courses.
00:56:07	Do you realize that
00:56:07	if you take that
00:56:08	in high school,
00:56:08	they cost you nothing?
00:56:11	Did you also know
00:56:13	that when that a student
00:56:13	can get this college credit,
00:56:15	plus in any school
00:56:15	in this state.
00:56:18	And do you know, there's
00:56:18	a lot of parents who are
00:56:20	totally unaware of this?
00:56:22	This is not right.
00:56:23	Get out in your districts
00:56:23	and tell people
00:56:26	that if they want to get
00:56:26	a start on college at no cost,
00:56:30	college credit plus and don't
00:56:30	take no from your school
00:56:35	when they say we can't do it,
00:56:35	that's a situation.
00:56:38	Call my office.
00:56:38	We'll help you out. Okay?
00:56:43	Peggy.
00:56:44	Later.
00:56:45	Peggy. Later.
00:56:46	Early childhood education.
00:56:49	Back in 2011,
00:56:52	5700 preschool slots
00:56:56	were going to 17,000.
00:56:58	17,000 preschool preschool
00:57:02	slots for kids.
00:57:05	They'll be better
00:57:05	prepared for school.
00:57:08	Hey, we're cutting
00:57:08	testing hours by 18%,
00:57:11	and we're going to give
00:57:11	the districts more flexibility
00:57:14	on teacher evaluations,
00:57:14	cut back
00:57:16	red tape and regulations
00:57:16	for high performing schools.
00:57:19	Keith, you wanted it.
00:57:19	If we got high performing
00:57:21	schools,
00:57:21	let's not hassle them.
00:57:23	Let's give them freedom
00:57:24	to do what it is
00:57:24	they need to do. Now.
00:57:29	Our work together
00:57:29	has demonstrated
00:57:31	the strong commitment
00:57:31	to education
00:57:33	choices and charter schools.
00:57:35	Okay. We need charter schools.
00:57:37	We need them. Okay.
00:57:39	Oh, yeah.
00:57:40	We need them.
00:57:43	But at times, Ohio hasn't
00:57:44	provided enough guidance
00:57:44	and oversight for charters.
00:57:47	We're changing that
00:57:47	by cracking down on charter
00:57:50	school sponsors
00:57:50	who turn a blind eye
00:57:52	to their failing schools
00:57:52	for the worst sponsors.
00:57:54	We're going
00:57:54	to give their schools
00:57:56	to better sponsors,
00:57:57	and we will ban them
00:57:57	from sponsoring new schools
00:57:59	if they're not doing the job.
00:58:01	For sponsors that struggle,
00:58:01	but who show promise
00:58:04	we'll incentivize them
00:58:04	with some facility upgrades.
00:58:07	Now, here's the thing
00:58:09	if you're not loving kids,
00:58:11	if that's not what you're
00:58:11	doing with the charter,
00:58:13	we don't want you.
00:58:15	You're loving kids.
00:58:16	You're trying your best.
00:58:16	We want you.
00:58:18	Dick Ross,
00:58:19	the greatest superintendent
00:58:19	in modern Ohio history.
00:58:22	Because he loves children.
00:58:22	He loves kids.
00:58:25	He's going to write
00:58:25	these rules.
00:58:26	You've got opinions on them.
00:58:26	Tell us what your ideas are.
00:58:29	We want to hear them.
00:58:31	But I also want to say to you
00:58:33	that just because a charter
00:58:33	school is not
00:58:36	producing
00:58:36	great results in grades,
00:58:39	it doesn't mean
00:58:39	they're failing.
00:58:41	Some of these charter schools
00:58:41	have kids
00:58:44	that if they weren't
00:58:44	in that charter school,
00:58:46	they'd be out on the streets.
00:58:49	So, Mr.
00:58:50	Leader, we've got to figure
00:58:50	out a way to make sure
00:58:53	that we give everybody
00:58:53	a chance.
00:58:56	No, no, no situation here.
00:58:58	We're not loving our kids.
00:59:00	But let's not judge.
00:59:01	Somebody
00:59:01	is not doing their job
00:59:02	because they've inherited
00:59:02	a group of students who are
00:59:05	just struggling.
00:59:06	And we're going to help them
00:59:06	to get up.
00:59:09	Plain and simple.
00:59:10	You know, all these ideas.
00:59:12	We got to get away
00:59:12	from the old agrarian system,
00:59:14	you know, like you
00:59:14	sit in a classroom this way.
00:59:16	They did it 100 years ago.
00:59:18	You sit in a classroom,
00:59:18	everybody learns the same way.
00:59:20	Forget about that.
00:59:21	We got to break free of that
00:59:21	model,
00:59:23	and it's really hard to do.
00:59:25	And I'd love for you
00:59:25	to help me do it.
00:59:27	All of you
00:59:27	Republicans and Democrats,
00:59:29	so that we can individualize
00:59:29	education like that ten year
00:59:33	old who was so excited
00:59:33	about our 3-D printing.
00:59:36	We want to turn education
00:59:36	into an idea
00:59:40	where kids just can't
00:59:40	wait to go to school.
00:59:43	This Tri Rivers
00:59:43	Technical Vocational school,
00:59:45	they got to lock the doors
00:59:45	because the kids are trying
00:59:48	to get in
00:59:49	at all hours
00:59:49	of the day and night,
00:59:51	because they're so excited
00:59:51	about learning.
00:59:53	That's what we want to do
00:59:53	in our state.
00:59:56	I think we can.
00:59:58	I think
00:59:58	we can probably get that done.
01:00:00	Look what
01:00:00	we've done in Cleveland.
01:00:01	And by the way,
01:00:01	those Cleveland schools,
01:00:03	they're turning it around.
01:00:04	And I want to
01:00:05	thank all the people
01:00:05	that were involved
01:00:07	in the Cleveland
01:00:07	school reform.
01:00:08	And if you know
01:00:09	any other school district
01:00:09	in this state
01:00:11	that wants to innovate
01:00:11	and change, you come see us
01:00:15	because we're all about
01:00:15	getting kids the opportunity
01:00:18	that they deserve
01:00:18	and that they they need.
01:00:22	Look,
01:00:22	I said in my inaugural address
01:00:24	that economic growth
01:00:24	is not an end in itself.
01:00:27	Boy, this is really got
01:00:27	people's attention, you know?
01:00:30	What does that mean?
01:00:32	Well,
01:00:34	we got to make sure
01:00:34	that when we are prosperous,
01:00:36	that we share it. So we're
01:00:36	taking on infant mortality.
01:00:39	We started it back in
01:00:39	my first state of the state.
01:00:42	When we've done
01:00:42	well enough on this, frankly.
01:00:45	I mean, I've been demanding
01:00:45	my folks let's do more.
01:00:47	So you know what we're doing?
01:00:48	We're getting
01:00:48	community leaders to make sure
01:00:50	that those who are most at
01:00:50	risk gets the help they need
01:00:53	so they can have
01:00:53	healthy babies.
01:00:55	And if you live in a zone,
01:00:55	a zone of acute
01:00:58	problems, you're
01:00:58	automatically qualified.
01:01:01	But we got to have the people
01:01:01	in the community
01:01:03	giving credibility to those
01:01:03	who live in the community
01:01:06	to make sure
01:01:06	they get the services.
01:01:09	Where will gain on this?
01:01:11	We're raising up
01:01:11	people with mental illness
01:01:13	and developmental
01:01:13	disabilities.
01:01:16	I'd say that the entity
01:01:16	of developmental disabilities,
01:01:18	I think, is getting the
01:01:18	largest raise in this budget,
01:01:21	because what we want to
01:01:22	do is to get them in a setting
01:01:22	where they can prosper.
01:01:25	Some of them
01:01:25	are in their homes
01:01:27	unbelievable stress.
01:01:27	where parents are under
01:01:30	We want to get them in a home.
01:01:32	Some of them are institutions.
01:01:33	We'd like to get them
01:01:33	in a home.
01:01:35	If they want to stay in
01:01:36	the institution,
01:01:36	we'll leave them there.
01:01:38	But what we find is most of
01:01:39	the developmentally disabled,
01:01:39	once out
01:01:41	and once in a community
01:01:41	setting, do far better.
01:01:44	And we want to do that.
01:01:45	And with mental health,
01:01:45	of course,
01:01:48	we've come a long way,
01:01:50	but we need better care
01:01:50	coordination
01:01:52	and we're doing it
01:01:52	through managed care, stronger
01:01:52	housing supports.
01:01:55	We've hollowed out
01:01:56	those services
01:01:56	when times were tough,
01:01:58	and we're
01:01:58	trying to rebuild them.
01:02:00	And I never want to read
01:02:00	a story in Ohio,
01:02:02	like with a terrible story
01:02:04	in Virginia,
01:02:04	where the dad, Creigh Deeds,
01:02:07	couldn't get his son a bed.
01:02:10	And that next morning,
01:02:12	a disaster happened.
01:02:13	The tragedy happened.
01:02:15	So Tracy is working
01:02:16	hard to open up more space
01:02:16	and more beds.
01:02:20	We've got to keep doing what
01:02:21	we're doing
01:02:21	with the mentally ill.
01:02:22	Because you know what I think?
01:02:24	I think because the good Lord
01:02:24	has given some of our people
01:02:27	great brains
01:02:28	to figure out how to deal
01:02:28	with the chemical imbalances.
01:02:31	We're going to get better
01:02:31	and better on this,
01:02:33	where somebody
01:02:34	with bipolar disease can lead
01:02:34	a normal life, and many do.
01:02:38	We got to keep pushing.
01:02:40	The Lord wants us to do that.
01:02:42	Let's talk
01:02:42	about public assistance.
01:02:46	We want to get people
01:02:46	back on their feet.
01:02:49	We have a common sense
01:02:49	approach.
01:02:51	We want to begin
01:02:51	to treat everybody
01:02:53	in a holistic manner.
01:02:54	So you go into welfare
01:02:55	office, you go,
01:02:55	you stand in three lines.
01:02:57	You got, you know,
01:02:57	you go to this building,
01:02:59	you go to that line,
01:02:59	you think you got caseworkers.
01:03:01	And I mean, you can't figure
01:03:01	we can't figure it out.
01:03:04	You know, us
01:03:04	and the government
01:03:05	can't figure out how to do it.
01:03:07	And we got somebody
01:03:07	on public assistance
01:03:09	and we're running them around.
01:03:11	And all too often we never say
01:03:11	to them, why are you here?
01:03:15	What's your problem?
01:03:16	Why are you in poverty?
01:03:18	So what we want to do
01:03:18	through the leadership of, of
01:03:21	of Doug Lumpkin
01:03:22	and of course, Cynthia Dungey,
01:03:22	she's just awesome
01:03:25	is we're saying
01:03:25	break down the silos.
01:03:27	You go into a welfare office,
01:03:29	and here's
01:03:29	what should look like.
01:03:31	We're going to give you help.
01:03:32	Food stamps, general relief.
01:03:34	We want to know
01:03:34	what's problem.
01:03:37	Okay. What do you need?
01:03:38	How do we train you?
01:03:40	And by the way,
01:03:40	we're not going to train you
01:03:41	for underwater basket weaving.
01:03:42	We're going to train you
01:03:42	for a job
01:03:44	that we know
01:03:44	exists in the community.
01:03:46	So that if you get trained,
01:03:46	you can have satisfaction
01:03:48	and you can get up
01:03:48	on your feet,
01:03:50	because welfare
01:03:50	must not be a way of life.
01:03:53	It should be a way station
01:03:53	so we can get you
01:03:55	up on your feet
01:03:55	and you can become independent
01:03:58	and become a fantastic
01:03:58	role model for your kids.
01:04:01	That's what it's all about.
01:04:11	It's not easy.
01:04:12	I'm down in Cincinnati
01:04:14	where they're doing
01:04:14	a pretty good job down there.
01:04:16	They're working hard.
01:04:17	We think they can make
01:04:17	more improvement.
01:04:18	They're doing great.
01:04:19	So I meet Natasha.
01:04:22	You know, she didn't
01:04:23	live up to the rules
01:04:23	when she was on welfare.
01:04:25	She was sanctioned,
01:04:25	lost her money.
01:04:27	She's now
01:04:27	working as a caseworker.
01:04:30	She has, I think she said
01:04:30	three, four, 3 or 400 people.
01:04:36	Took her nine years
01:04:36	to get off.
01:04:39	I'd love to tell you that.
01:04:40	It's going to be simple,
01:04:42	but I believe that
01:04:42	by changing welfare.
01:04:45	And by the way,
01:04:47	if you make more money
01:04:47	in your job,
01:04:49	we're not going to take away
01:04:49	your daycare.
01:04:51	You're going to be able
01:04:51	to have your child care
01:04:53	because we don't want
01:04:53	to penalize you
01:04:54	for getting ahead, okay?
01:04:56	It's another
01:04:56	thing we need to do.
01:05:03	We all should love this.
01:05:05	And I think we all do.
01:05:07	Even the, you know,
01:05:07	these folks that work in these
01:05:09	in these social service jobs,
01:05:09	they work hard.
01:05:12	A lot of bureaucracy.
01:05:13	It's hard work.
01:05:15	They're excited about this.
01:05:16	That's what I'm told.
01:05:19	Another place
01:05:19	we can't fail
01:05:19	Ohioans is in our
01:05:21	law enforcement
01:05:21	and justice systems
01:05:23	when we see and hear entire
01:05:23	sections of our population.
01:05:26	And I know Mike DeWine shares
01:05:26	this with me.
01:05:29	When we see large
01:05:29	sections of population say
01:05:32	they don't think
01:05:32	their voices are being heard,
01:05:35	or that something as important
01:05:35	as our justice system
01:05:38	really doesn't
01:05:38	ever work for them.
01:05:41	We better pay attention.
01:05:43	That's why we acted swiftly
01:05:43	last year to create
01:05:45	what we believe
01:05:46	is the only statewide effort,
01:05:46	the only one we know of
01:05:50	to examine the relationship
01:05:50	between communities
01:05:53	and police and serve them.
01:05:55	We're holding listening
01:05:55	sessions across Ohio.
01:05:57	So the people and communities
01:05:57	who have stories to tell,
01:06:00	who have concerns,
01:06:00	pain, anger,
01:06:03	they deserve to be heard.
01:06:04	They can be heard.
01:06:05	And we want to turn
01:06:05	those voices into action now,
01:06:08	and to turn the best ideas
01:06:10	for community
01:06:10	and police partnerships
01:06:12	into action plans
01:06:13	that any community in
01:06:15	the state can put in place
01:06:15	right away
01:06:17	to strengthen the fabric
01:06:17	of who they are and be safer
01:06:20	and more inclusive of plain
01:06:20	and simple. Now.
01:06:29	Alicia Reese.
01:06:31	Alicia Reese.
01:06:32	Last time I checked, Democrat
01:06:34	Sandra Williams,
01:06:37	Democrat.
01:06:40	And Nina Turner.
01:06:43	John Bourn is our cochairman
01:06:43	head of public safety.
01:06:47	Former
01:06:47	head of the highway patrol.
01:06:48	They're working together
01:06:48	beautifully.
01:06:50	Tonight,
01:06:50	I want to salute Nina Turner.
01:06:54	She's done a fantastic job
01:06:54	on this commission.
01:06:56	She has done a fantastic job.
01:07:04	You know, it's
01:07:04	so funny in politics today.
01:07:06	You praise a Democrat
01:07:06	or you you got an idea, but,
01:07:10	you know, a police commission
01:07:10	or something.
01:07:12	And people are like,
01:07:12	where are you?
01:07:13	Why were you doing that for?
01:07:16	You know,
01:07:16	that's not Republican.
01:07:19	Who cares?
01:07:21	We're not here to serve
01:07:21	a party or an ideology.
01:07:24	We're here to solve problems.
01:07:26	And that's exactly what
01:07:26	we're trying to do.
01:07:33	Okay, so now the time has come
01:07:37	to honor some people
01:07:40	who have real courage.
01:07:42	Because when we see them,
01:07:42	hopefully
01:07:45	it gives us some more courage.
01:07:50	So I was at Nationwide
01:07:52	Children's Hospital.
01:07:55	Visiting some friends.
01:07:56	Who has a daughter who,
01:08:02	had some sort of tumor
01:08:02	in her brain.
01:08:07	They think they got it all.
01:08:09	And I went to see her.
01:08:10	Not because I'm a great guy,
01:08:12	but I just
01:08:12	wanted to go see her because
01:08:15	maybe I could
01:08:16	do something
01:08:16	that would be good.
01:08:19	I met the nurse.
01:08:23	Amazing,
01:08:25	amazing.
01:08:27	You're in the ICU.
01:08:30	You're been on the oncology
01:08:31	floor.
01:08:35	These people are unbelievable.
01:08:37	These nurses.
01:08:40	You know, I hugged that nurse
01:08:41	in my friend's
01:08:41	daughter's room,
01:08:45	you know,
01:08:46	and I'm choking up,
01:08:46	and I'm saying, God bless you.
01:08:49	God bless what you're doing.
01:08:52	Think about the way
01:08:52	they visit with us
01:08:54	when our families
01:08:55	are in distress
01:08:55	or when we're in distress.
01:08:58	Just think about what
01:08:58	that's like.
01:09:00	And then how about the public
01:09:00	health nurses?
01:09:03	I mean, we find out
01:09:04	we may have Ebola,
01:09:04	and these nurses
01:09:05	have to go in there
01:09:05	at risk to themselves.
01:09:08	Or this lady
01:09:08	who was here with us tonight.
01:09:12	Her name is Jackie Fletcher.
01:09:14	She's from the Knox County
01:09:14	Public Health Department.
01:09:17	She worked
01:09:17	with the Amish community
01:09:19	to overcome last year's
01:09:19	measles outbreak.
01:09:21	You wouldn't believe
01:09:21	what she had to go through
01:09:24	to get this fixed.
01:09:25	Now she's going to represent
01:09:25	all the nurses.
01:09:28	You know, I'm just.
01:09:30	If you go into a setting.
01:09:34	By the way,
01:09:34	I in that hospital, I was
01:09:37	I ran into our friend
01:09:37	Mike Dedeaux.
01:09:42	He was there
01:09:42	visiting his goddaughter,
01:09:46	six years old,
01:09:48	who had just died.
01:09:52	I went up that way.
01:09:57	And Mike did us a good man.
01:10:00	And you look at these people
01:10:00	in these hospitals,
01:10:04	and they just do it day
01:10:04	after day after day,
01:10:08	and they struggle to, you
01:10:08	know, just keep serving us.
01:10:13	So, Jackie,
01:10:14	you're going to represent
01:10:14	all the nurses in Ohio
01:10:17	because we love you.
01:10:18	We love the nurses in Ohio,
01:10:18	don't we,
01:10:21	ladies and gentlemen?
01:10:22	And we want to give them
01:10:22	a courage award.
01:11:00	Okay, Jackie.
01:11:01	Thank you. Now.
01:11:05	One full
01:11:05	evening, not long ago,
01:11:08	a man and a woman came upon
01:11:08	the scene of a single car
01:11:11	accident in Huntington
01:11:11	Township in Lorain County.
01:11:15	Who's here
01:11:15	from Lorain County tonight?
01:11:17	Oh, are you guys
01:11:17	come on up here.
01:11:21	I never did this before.
01:11:22	I do everything, you know,
01:11:23	like, let's do something
01:11:23	different here, okay?
01:11:27	Who else?
01:11:29	Now, this wasn't
01:11:29	a fender bender, okay?
01:11:31	It wasn't a fender bender.
01:11:32	The car had broken into flame,
01:11:32	but despite that, Brittany
01:11:35	Smith, Smith, Robinson
01:11:35	and her then
01:11:38	fianc, Shane Robinson.
01:11:42	So, Shane,
01:11:42	you got Brittany to say yes.
01:11:44	Is that what I'm to gather
01:11:44	here?
01:11:47	They stopped.
01:11:47	They got out and check
01:11:47	for passengers in the car.
01:11:50	Inside,
01:11:50	they found a man and a woman
01:11:51	critically injured
01:11:51	and trapped unconscious.
01:11:54	Brittany ran to call 911.
01:11:57	Shane
01:11:57	pried open the passenger door
01:11:59	and pulled the woman
01:11:59	away from danger,
01:12:01	and then went back to remove
01:12:01	the man.
01:12:03	As fire
01:12:04	began to literally consume
01:12:04	the passenger compartment.
01:12:09	Shane and Brittany,
01:12:12	if you hadn't done this,
01:12:14	those people wouldn't
01:12:14	have survived.
01:12:17	Have you ever heard about
01:12:17	the Good Samaritan?
01:12:21	The Good Samaritan
01:12:24	goes all the way.
01:12:25	Transcends history.
01:12:27	You're great, good Samaritan.
01:12:29	You could have driven by.
01:12:30	But you didn't.
01:12:31	You stopped
01:12:31	and you risked your own life
01:12:34	for somebody else.
01:12:35	God bless you.
01:12:36	Come and get a courage award.
01:13:23	The final Courage Award
01:13:25	this year is actually
01:13:25	not an Ohioan.
01:13:28	But as someone whose story
01:13:28	has touched inspired
01:13:30	many people in our state
01:13:30	and really across the nation.
01:13:34	She was a student
01:13:34	at Mount Saint
01:13:36	Joseph
01:13:36	University in Cincinnati,
01:13:39	but can't go anymore
01:13:39	because she's too sick.
01:13:43	She has incurable, inoperable
01:13:45	brain cancer.
01:13:49	Let's watch the video.
01:14:01	I was told that it was
01:14:04	inoperable brain tumor.
01:14:07	She said two years at best.
01:14:10	And I just
01:14:10	remember hitting home like,
01:14:10	wow, two years.
01:14:15	Like two Christmases.
01:14:23	Today.
01:14:24	I mean, something
01:14:24	so much bigger than
01:14:27	what I can even understand.
01:14:30	To me, it means
01:14:32	my first college game,
01:14:34	not my last one.
01:14:36	My first college game.
01:14:44	And at 520.
01:14:45	Left wing freshman,
01:14:45	former Greenville, Indiana,
01:14:50	22 oh, hey.
01:14:58	The Jim
01:15:00	and. Lauren sets on.
01:15:06	The screen comes, the ball.
01:15:08	Goes down the Lauren hill.
01:15:10	And the layup is good.
01:15:12	A layup for Lauren.
01:15:16	She was the best thing
01:15:20	I had.
01:15:22	Probably in my entire life.
01:15:25	Today
01:15:27	I wanted to play basketball
01:15:29	and that's what I did.
01:15:36	She played in four games
01:15:36	for Mount Saint Joe's, raised
01:15:38	nearly $1.5 million so far
01:15:38	for the Cure starts now.
01:15:42	And tonight
01:15:42	at a private ceremony,
01:15:44	Lauren received an honorary
01:15:44	doctorate at her university.
01:15:54	Next on
01:15:54	the check list, giving her
01:15:56	homecoming queen crown away.
01:15:57	This month, there's
01:15:57	Valentine's Day to celebrate
01:16:01	and then the summer completion
01:16:01	of the new Lawrenceburg gym,
01:16:04	where her retired 22
01:16:04	jersey will hang.
01:16:07	I want to see that
01:16:07	gym finished
01:16:09	because I feel like
01:16:12	I've done God's work.
01:16:14	When he sent me her new.
01:16:19	And I feel like.
01:16:22	Maybe I'm not done yet.
01:16:24	Maybe that's
01:16:24	why I'm still here.
01:16:37	Everyone who grew up.
01:17:00	Well, I talked to Lauren
01:17:00	today, and her mother, Lisa.
01:17:03	And. She said,
01:17:08	I hope I'm
01:17:08	being a good role model.
01:17:12	I hope I'm a good example.
01:17:14	You imagine that?
01:17:16	I said, sweetheart,
01:17:19	the Lord is
01:17:19	going to honor you.
01:17:23	You are going to wear
01:17:24	one of the biggest crowns
01:17:24	because of your courage,
01:17:28	because
01:17:28	of the fact that you are
01:17:29	just such a special woman
01:17:29	and such a special angel.
01:17:36	With us is Rick Merck.
01:17:38	He's with Cincinnati's.
01:17:40	The Cure starts now
01:17:40	foundation, for which Lauren
01:17:43	has raised over 1.4 million.
01:17:47	I don't know
01:17:47	if Lauren's watching.
01:17:48	She may be.
01:17:51	I promise you,
01:17:51	her mother is watching.
01:17:54	So I'm going
01:17:54	to give this medal to Rick.
01:17:59	But maybe Lauren could hear us
01:18:02	from this place
01:18:02	in Wilmington tonight
01:18:06	to her hospital room.
01:18:07	God bless you.
01:18:08	Lauren Hill.
01:18:49	So you know, I hope.
01:18:51	Well, you can't help but
01:18:51	be inspired by these people.
01:18:53	Not just because
01:18:53	of their courage, but,
01:18:56	you know, they they take
01:18:56	matters into their own hands.
01:18:59	They're rolling up
01:18:59	their sleeves.
01:19:00	They're making things happen.
01:19:03	We need to follow
01:19:03	their example
01:19:04	and rededicate
01:19:04	ourselves to citizenship.
01:19:07	Start talking.
01:19:09	Do you all know about this?
01:19:10	Got a lot of new members here.
01:19:12	If a young person hears
01:19:12	do not do drugs,
01:19:16	there is a 50% less chance
01:19:16	they will ever do it,
01:19:22	a 50% less chance.
01:19:25	Now, in your districts,
01:19:25	you can spread it.
01:19:28	We've spoken now, I think.
01:19:29	Well, I know the last time
01:19:29	I checked the over 26,000
01:19:33	kids, we've got teachers
01:19:33	involved
01:19:35	and ladies and gentlemen
01:19:35	that are here in Wilmington,
01:19:39	I don't care where you are.
01:19:40	You're in a restaurant.
01:19:42	You walk over there
01:19:42	and you see those kids,
01:19:45	you tell them to stay off
01:19:45	the drugs.
01:19:47	Cliff will tell you
01:19:49	the tsunami of trouble
01:19:49	that we have just here
01:19:51	in this community.
01:19:51	Because of addiction.
01:19:54	We need to be in our schools.
01:19:56	We need to be
01:19:56	in our communities.
01:19:57	We need to be
01:19:57	in our synagogues.
01:19:58	We need to be in our churches.
01:19:58	We need to be everywhere.
01:20:02	Don't
01:20:02	leave it to somebody else.
01:20:05	Community connectors
01:20:08	we got
01:20:08	we've got proposals coming in.
01:20:12	Every child needs a mentor.
01:20:14	I don't care
01:20:14	whether they're poor,
01:20:16	whether they're middle
01:20:16	or whether they're rich.
01:20:19	Community connectors
01:20:19	allows us to work
01:20:22	with a business,
01:20:22	a faith based or a value
01:20:25	based organization
01:20:25	in our communities
01:20:27	to go into the schools.
01:20:27	And what do we do
01:20:29	when we're there?
01:20:31	We say, we love you.
01:20:33	We care about you.
01:20:34	You can be something special.
01:20:37	Down in Cincinnati
01:20:37	at the Cincinnati
01:20:38	Collaborative
01:20:38	in a school district
01:20:40	that struggles to graduate,
01:20:40	this is not unusual
01:20:44	in an urban district.
01:20:45	They trying their best,
01:20:45	and they've got a
01:20:46	lot of great things going on.
01:20:48	They got about a 63%
01:20:48	graduation rate.
01:20:50	But in a high school
01:20:50	where mentors go in for one
01:20:53	hour a week for a year,
01:20:53	their graduation rate is 97%.
01:20:57	That's what
01:20:57	we want to do in this state.
01:21:02	Are our efforts on
01:21:04	infant mortality,
01:21:04	community leaders,
01:21:08	on any of the things
01:21:08	in the front lines that are
01:21:11	our neighborhoods
01:21:11	calling us to do?
01:21:13	You know, here's the thing.
01:21:14	Sometimes government
01:21:14	can get so big
01:21:16	that we just don't think
01:21:16	there's a place for us
01:21:18	or some or somebody else
01:21:19	to do it,
01:21:19	or the government will do it.
01:21:21	And government can be
01:21:21	a very blunt instrument.
01:21:24	Government can drown out
01:21:24	charity if we're not careful.
01:21:28	So we need to be partners
01:21:28	sometimes we don't need
01:21:30	any government to go and care
01:21:30	and help and change and
01:21:35	and change the world
01:21:37	like that.
01:21:37	One great leader, Vaclav
01:21:37	Havel, used to say.
01:21:42	So there's always a need
01:21:42	for us to get involved,
01:21:44	to practice
01:21:44	the values that we live by
01:21:45	and to recommit ourselves
01:21:45	to him.
01:21:47	In the inaugural address,
01:21:47	I talked about the ones
01:21:49	I think matter the most
01:21:49	personal responsibility,
01:21:52	empathy, resilience,
01:21:52	fighting back, teamwork.
01:21:56	But we need that
01:21:56	in our legislature.
01:21:58	Republicans and Democrats.
01:22:00	Family. Boy, we need family.
01:22:03	We need to strengthen
01:22:03	the family.
01:22:05	It is so important.
01:22:06	And faith, which means
01:22:06	at the end of the day,
01:22:10	that we know that we've been
01:22:10	given a great opportunity
01:22:13	to change the world.
01:22:14	Values are what guide
01:22:15	the choices we make
01:22:15	and the way we live.
01:22:18	And we only make ourselves
01:22:20	and our state and our nation
01:22:20	better when we live by them.
01:22:23	Is Ohio better?
01:22:25	No question.
01:22:26	There's no denying
01:22:26	we're doing better.
01:22:27	It would be easy to drift.
01:22:30	And look,
01:22:30	I've got all this, but
01:22:32	I'm going to tell you this.
01:22:35	We're on the move.
01:22:37	We're rising.
01:22:40	We're creating jobs.
01:22:42	People are more hopeful.
01:22:44	And you know
01:22:44	what's really great?
01:22:46	No one's being left out.
01:22:48	No one.
01:22:49	If you're poor, if you're
01:22:49	sick, if you're addicted.
01:22:55	We want to help you.
01:22:56	If you're in the prison,
01:22:56	Gary Moore,
01:22:58	we'll give you a path that
01:22:58	you can have a second chance.
01:23:02	But it all starts
01:23:02	with a strong economy.
01:23:05	If we're not creating jobs,
01:23:05	ladies and gentlemen,
01:23:09	all the other good
01:23:09	things don't happen.
01:23:12	They just don't happen.
01:23:14	And what I'm asking all of you
01:23:14	to do is to think down deep
01:23:18	of changing the very way
01:23:18	in which we do business in
01:23:21	this state.
01:23:23	We can talk about
01:23:23	it, we can change some of it,
01:23:27	but do not miss
01:23:27	the opportunity
01:23:29	to create a new Ohio,
01:23:29	an exciting new Ohio,
01:23:34	into this 21st century.
01:23:37	The people want it all.
01:23:38	Sometimes
01:23:38	you're going to get carping,
01:23:40	and sometimes you get people
01:23:41	pounding on your door
01:23:41	and all this other stuff.
01:23:45	But what we've learned over
01:23:45	these last four years
01:23:48	follow the plan.
01:23:49	The plan that we know works
01:23:51	and everybody in Ohio
01:23:51	will be lifted.
01:23:54	Isn't that our job?
01:23:55	It's our job to make sure
01:23:55	that everyone in this
01:23:58	great state feels a part
01:23:58	of the Buckeye family.
01:24:03	I'm optimistic
01:24:03	about what we can achieve,
01:24:06	and I'm going to be here
01:24:06	working with
01:24:07	you shoulder to shoulder.
01:24:09	Okay? I'm here to serve.
01:24:11	I'm here to lead.
01:24:12	But I am here to serve.
01:24:14	And I know
01:24:14	at the end of the day,
01:24:16	if we go together,
01:24:16	we will look back
01:24:18	and they will say, wow,
01:24:18	what a generation of leaders
01:24:23	that shined up
01:24:23	Ohio, that saved Ohio,
01:24:26	that moved Ohio strongly
01:24:26	into the 21st century.
01:24:31	You know, this tie.
01:24:35	I wear this gold tie
01:24:38	whenever I come to Wilmington,
01:24:41	because in 2010,
01:24:44	I said that the sun
01:24:47	was going to come up again
01:24:47	in Wilmington.
01:24:51	The sun is coming up again
01:24:51	in Wilmington.
01:24:53	Cliff.
01:24:55	The sun is coming up in Ohio,
01:24:58	but it's not reached
01:24:58	its zenith.
01:25:01	It's not in that cloudless,
01:25:01	bright
01:25:04	blue sky
01:25:04	shining for everyone to see.
01:25:09	But we can push it there.
01:25:10	We can help it to get there
01:25:10	if we do it together.
01:25:14	God bless Ohio, God bless
01:25:14	America, and God bless you.
01:25:18	Thank you.
01:25:30	I want to be stuck on.
01:26:03	Ladies and gentlemen,
01:26:04	please remain standing.
01:26:08	For the retirement
01:26:08	of the colors.
01:26:10	Gentlemen.
01:26:13	Right.
01:26:15	I work hard,
01:26:19	fought hard.
01:26:48	Well,
01:26:50	let's face.
01:26:53	Forward.
01:26:56	Plan. Face
01:26:59	I for more.
01:27:40	Let's get the color.
01:27:40	Go to round.
01:27:41	Applause.
01:27:51	Thank you.
01:27:52	May you,
01:27:52	would you please be seated?
01:28:03	Chair recognizes
01:28:04	President Pro Tem Senator
01:28:04	Weidner for a motion. Mr.
01:28:07	president,
01:28:07	I move the joint session.
01:28:09	Adjourn without objection
01:28:09	and hearing no objection.
01:28:13	The joint session
01:28:13	is adjourned.
01:28:17	Thank you for coming.
01:28:18	Travel home safely.

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