00:00:23>> WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN
THE ROOM, SO IF WE COULD QUIET
00:00:28DOWN, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR
00:00:31BEING HERE TODAY.
THIS WAS ABOUT AS BIZARRE AS
00:00:36ANYTHING GETS AS A MEMBER OF THE
GOVERNMENT, A PUBLIC SERVANT,
00:00:42AND AS A GOVERNOR.
WE KNEW WE HAD A PROBLEM EARLY
00:00:47ON.
AND WE STARTED LOOKING AT IT,
00:00:51AND THEN OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE
UNBELIEVABLE EVENTS IN
00:00:58ZANESVILLE.
WE HAVE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT
00:01:03PEOPLE WHO HELPED TO BRING SOME
SECURITY TO THAT AREA BEFORE THE
00:01:12CABINET, BECAUSE IT WAS A
HARROWING TIME.
00:01:24IMAGINE BEING TRAINED A POLICE
OFFICER AND THE NEXT THING YOU
00:01:27KNOW, YOU'RE BEING CHARGED BY
LIONS AND GRIZZLY BEARS.
00:01:31IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE.
OHIO REALLY WAS THE WILD, WILD
00:01:38WEST.
WE HAD VIRTUALLY NO RULES.
00:01:39AND NO REGULATIONS IN TERMS OF
ALL OF THIS.
00:01:43AFTER ZANESVILLE, I HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL AROUND THE
00:01:52STATE AND I MADE IT A PURPOSE TO
ASK A LOT OF OUR COUNTY
00:01:55SHERIFF'S IF THIS IS A PROBLEM
AND YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE HOW
00:02:03MANY OF THEM TOLD ME, OH, YEAH,
I JUST DOWN THE STREET THERE IS
00:02:07A GUY YOU AS A GRIZZLY BEAR OR A
GUY THAT HAVE A LION, OR ANOTHER
00:02:12GUY THAT HAS A TIGER.
THIS IS NOT JUST SOMETHING OVER
00:02:15IN ONE COUNTY.
THE OTHER THING THAT BECAME
00:02:20CLEAR TO ME WAS THAT SOMEBODY IS
GOING TO GET KILLED.
00:02:24IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME
BEFORE ONE OF THESE ANIMALS GOT
00:02:27OUT.
WE KNOW THAT OVER IN ZANESVILLE
00:02:32THERE WERE SO MANY EXOTIC
ANIMALS, OF WHICH I NUMBER WERE
00:02:38KILLED THAT MORNING, BUT WHAT
I'M ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT IS
00:02:42WHAT THE RISK TO THE PUBLIC IS.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT THESE
00:02:47GAINESVILLE -- ZANESVILLE
INCIDENT, HAD ANY OF THESE
00:02:55ANIMALS MADE IT ACROSS A
HIGHWAY AND GOTTEN INTO
00:02:59SCHOOLYARDS OR GOD KNOWS WHAT,
YOU SEE ONE OF THESE WE THE
00:03:04GIRLS AND ONE OF THEM OR
SOMEBODY LIKE THAT COULD HAVE
00:03:09BEEN AT RISK.
IT TOOK A LOT OF MONTHS AND AN
00:03:15AWFUL LOT OF HOURS BECAUSE WHEN
YOU ARE CHANGING THE CULTURE OF
00:03:18A STATE TO BRING ABOUT RULES AND
REGULATIONS, IT IS NOT SOMETHING
00:03:21THAT HAPPENS EASILY.
ON MY STAFF, JIMMY SHEPARD,
00:03:26COUNTLESS HOURS.
CRAIG, THEN, CAN, JANELLE, --
00:03:33CRAIG, BEN, KIM, JAINAL, AND THE
DOCTOR, WE SPENT HOURS TRYING TO
00:03:44FIGURE OUT IF WE COULD GET A
HANDLE ON SOMETHING.
00:03:48THEY SCOUR THE BOOKS TO FIND OUT
WHAT KIND OF LAWS WE HAVE NO
00:03:51RIGHT TO PREVENT THIS.
-- IN OHIO TO PREVENT THIS.
00:03:55THERE WERE SOME TO THE COUNTY'S
SOCIETY AND TO THE COUNTY
00:04:03SHERIFFS, WHICH WERE CLEARLY
LIMITED IN NATURE.
00:04:06IT MEANT WE NEEDED TO DO MORE.
AND TO THE PEOPLE THAT POSSESS
00:04:11THE ANIMALS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE
COMMITTED TO THEM.
00:04:15AND THEY HALL LAWN PRETTY
TIGHTLY.
00:04:16I THINK WE CRAFTED -- THEY HUNG
ON TO THEM PRETTY TIGHTLY.
00:04:21I THINK WE CRAFTED LEGISLATION
THAT IS REASONABLE.
00:04:25AND IT WILL BRING SECURITY.
I DO NOT WANT ANYONE TO THINK
00:04:28THAT THIS IS ALL SOLVED AND
THERE WILL NOT BE ANOTHER
00:04:30PROBLEM, BUT THE PEOPLE OF OHIO
NEED TO KNOW THAT THE
00:04:34LEGISLATURE HAS ACTED AND WE
HAVE NOW PUT IN TO PLACE A
00:04:39SERIES OF OPTIONS -- A SERIES OF
LAWS THAT WILL BE COMMON SENSE
00:04:44FOR OHIOANS.
THAT AND THE FACT THAT THERE
00:04:49WILL BE PROPER TREATMENT FOR
THESE ANIMALS.
00:04:51DAVE EVANS HAS PUT A LOT OF WORK
INTO THIS.
00:04:57A LOT OF THE RESPONSIBILITY WILL
NOW FALL TO HIM AS WE HAVE
00:05:04PROPER INSPECTION FROM ONE
GENERATION OF ANIMALS TO
00:05:08ANOTHER.
I'M THRILLED THAT DAVE WILL BE
00:05:10IN THIS POSITION.
IF SOMEONE WANTS TO GIVE UP AN
00:05:15ANIMAL BECAUSE THEY CANNOT
REACH THE SPECIFICATION, IT WILL
00:05:18BE UP TO ALL OF US TO FIGURE OUT
WHERE TO PLACE THOSE ANIMALS.
00:05:21I DO NOT SEE JIM ANYWHERE.
OH, JIM IS HERE.
00:05:28.
ADSDNR HE HAS -- OVER AT DNR HE
00:05:42DID TREMENDOUS WORK.
AND THIS GUY HERE, HE GOT A
00:05:45TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF HEAT FROM
PEOPLE WHO OWN THESE ANIMALS.
00:05:48THEY ARE SMALL IN NUMBER, BUT
LOUD AND AGGRESSIVE AND
00:05:51EMOTIONAL.
I DO NOT WANT TO CRITICIZE THEM.
00:05:56THEY JUST FEEL VERY STRONGLY
THAT THESE ARE MINE AND NO ONE
00:06:00IS GOING TO TAKE THEM FROM ME.
TRY NOT LONG AGO WAS A CAR
00:06:04DEALER.
-- TROY, NOT LONG AGO, WAS A CAR
00:06:08DEALER.
I LIKED HIM.
00:06:11I SPENT SOME TIME WITH HIM.
HE WENT INTO THE HOUSE, AND
00:06:15BEFORE YOU KNEW IT, HE WAS IN
THE SENATE.
00:06:17AND HE DID A FANTASTIC JOB.
AND YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF
00:06:23WHAT YOU OF DONE.
-- HAVE DONE.
00:06:25IT WOULD BE EASY TO COME UP
WITH A DIFFERENT SOLUTION.
00:06:33BRIAN HILL HEADED THIS.
BUT SOMEHOW HE FIGURED OUT THIS
00:06:36WAS THE THING TO DO.
AND IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO
00:06:40DO.
MOST IMPORTANT, TO MAKE SURE THE
00:06:43ANIMALS ARE SAFE AND TO MAKE
SURE THE PUBLIC IS SAFE.
00:06:47AND CLIFF OVER HERE, THE SENATE
CHAIRMAN, CLIFF HITE HAS DONE A
00:06:53GREAT JOB IN MAKING SURE THIS
GOT THROUGH HIS COMMITTEE.
00:06:58DAVE HALL IS NOT HERE TODAY.
WELL, DAVE, COME UP HERE.
00:07:03THEY LEFT YOU OFF THE LIST.
I'M JUST KIDDING.
00:07:06DAVE HALL HAD THIS BILL COME TO
THIS COMMITTEE.
00:07:12THIS WAS NOT EASY FOR HIM
BECAUSE HE HAD FOLKS IN THAT
00:07:19COMMITTEE THAT JUST DID NOT WANT
TO DO THIS.
00:07:20MY UNDERSTANDING IS -- IN FACT,
I CALLED HIM A COUPLE OF DAYS
00:07:27AFTER.
HE SAID, LOOK, THIS IS A TRAGEDY
00:07:30WAITING TO HAPPEN.
HE WORKED ACROSS PARTY LINES AND
00:07:34GOT DEMOCRATS ON BOARD AND IT IS
A BIPARTISAN BILL.
00:07:39DAVE SHOWED A TERRIFIC
LEADERSHIP.
00:07:43PEOPLE LOOKED AT IT AND THEY GO,
WHY IS THIS NOT A SLAM DUNK?
00:07:46IT IS SO SIMPLE.
JUST DO IT.
00:07:49BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU WITH ALL
OF THE QUESTIONS, IT IS SO
00:07:53COMPLICATED.
WHERE DO YOU PUT THE ANIMALS?
00:07:56WHICH ANIMALS DO WE TAKE?
WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT VENOMOUS
00:08:00SNAKES?
WHO IS GOING TO TAKE THEM?
00:08:01WE DO NOT HAVE A PLACE TO PUT
THEM.
00:08:03WHAT IS THE PROPER TRANSITION
BETWEEN THIS GENERATION OF
00:08:07ANIMALS AND THE NEXT?
YOU CANNOT BELIEVE THE AMOUNT OF
00:08:14TIME.
IT WAS FRUSTRATING TO ME BECAUSE
00:08:17THERE ARE SO MANY ISSUES.
THIS TOOK MORE TIME THAN YOU
00:08:21WOULD THINK.
BUT WE HAVE NOW CHANGED OHIO.
00:08:27THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER STATES
OUT THERE THAT I BELIEVE WILL
00:08:31LEARN FROM WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN
OUR STATE.
00:08:33THIS WILL BE A MODEL PIECE OF
LEGISLATION FOR THE WAY TO GET
00:08:37THIS DONE.
WHILE WE STOOD OUT IN THE
00:08:41NEWSPAPER FOR HAVING THIS
TRAGEDY, I THINK WE WILL BE ON
00:08:44THE FRONT PAGE OF NEWSPAPERS
WITH PEOPLE SAYING, MAYBE WE
00:08:48SHOULD SEE HOW OHIO DID IT.
WHAT IS THE REASONABLENESS OF
00:08:52THIS?
I THINK THIS IS A MODEL TO
00:08:58AMERICA ABOUT HOW TO DO THIS IN
A REASONABLE WAY.
00:09:01ON SCENE THAT MORNING WAS JOHN
WALCZAK.
00:09:04-- JUNGLE JACK.
AND AS ONLY HE COULD SAY, IT
00:09:14FELT LIKE NELL WAS ART CRASHED
THAT MORNING.
00:09:17-- LIKE NOAH'S ARK CRASHED THAT
MORNING.
00:09:28I DO NOT THINK I'VE EVER SEEN
HIM SO EMOTIONAL.
00:09:31THIS IS ONE ISSUE THAT REALLY
GRIPPED HIM BECAUSE HE HAS SUCH
00:09:37A LOVE FOR THE ANIMALS, BUT HE
ALSO KNEW WE NEEDED TO MAKE
00:09:40REASONABLE CHANGES.
I ALSO NEED TO TELL YOU THAT
00:09:49PEOPLE SAY, WE WANT TO PUT THEM
IN ZOOS OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
00:09:57THERE ARE ALSO SANCTUARIES, WAYS
TO RESCUE THESE ANIMALS THAT
00:10:03HAVE BEEN ABUSED.
I AM PROUD OF MY COLLEAGUES.
00:10:08IT TOOK SOME GUTS.
I HAVE GOT TO TELL YOU, TROY,
00:10:14THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN A LONG
SERIES OF STEPS OF BECOMING A
00:10:18LEADER.
DAVE, HE HAD A STEADY HAND.
00:10:21I THINK WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF
WHAT HAS HAPPENED TODAY.
00:10:29WHO DO RECOGNIZE FIRST?
I GUESS, DAVE?
00:10:34>> YOU ARE IN CHARGE.
YOU CAN RECOGNIZE WHOEVER YOU
00:10:39WANT.
[LAUGHTER]
00:10:40>> I WILL BE THE COMMENTATOR.
FIRST, I RECOGNIZE DAVE DANIEL.
00:10:46BUT IF YOU BOTH WANT TO COME UP
AND SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THIS
00:10:51PROCESS AND HOW IT WORKED AND
WHERE YOU THINK WE ARE, JUST TO
00:10:55GET THE SHOW ROLLING.
>> THANK YOU, GOVERNOR.
00:10:58YOU HAVE TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY
TO THANK MANY PEOPLE HERE TODAY,
00:11:04BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP AS WE WORKED THREE
00:11:07DIFFICULT PROCESS IN REGULATING
A BRAND NEW SET OF LAWS.
00:11:12ALSO TO YOUR STAFF AS WELL AS
THE SENATORS WHO HAVE WORKED ON
00:11:22THIS.
LIONS AND TIGERS AND VENOMOUS
00:11:27SNAKES AND OTHER DANGEROUS WILD
ANIMALS ARE NOT DOMESTIC PETS
00:11:33AND FOR -- AND FOR FAR TOO LONG
IN OHIO, WE HAVE TREATED THEM AS
00:11:36SUCH.
PRIOR TO THIS BILL THERE WERE NO
00:11:41RULES ABOUT STANDARDS FOR HOW TO
PROTECT PUBLIC SAFETY.
00:11:46THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP OF GOV.
KASICH AND MEMBERS OF THE
00:11:50GENERAL ASSEMBLY, WE NOW HAVE
COMMON SENSE STANDARDS AND RULES
00:11:53THAT WILL PUT IN PLACE TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE ANIMALS ARE WELL
00:11:57TAKEN CARE OF, THAT THE PUBLIC
IS SAFE FROM THESE, AND THAT THE
00:12:01INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED IN
ZANESVILLE WILL NOT HAPPEN
00:12:08AGAIN.
OUR STAFF AND THE DEPARTMENT OF
00:12:12AGRICULTURE UNDERSTAND THAT
THESE ARE NOT HOUSEHOLD PETS.
00:12:14THERE ARE LARGE CARNIVORES AND
PREDATORS.
00:12:16THEY DO POSE A SIGNIFICANT
HAZARD TO THE PUBLIC IS NOT WELL
00:12:26TAKEN CARE OF AND WELL
MAINTAINED.
00:12:28OUR RESPONSIBILITY THROUGH THIS
PROCESS WILL BE TO MAKE SURE
00:12:31THAT AS PEOPLE REGISTER THESE
ANIMALS, WILL MAKE SURE THAT
00:12:35THEY ARE CAGED IN PROPER
FACILITIES NOT ONLY TO PROTECT
00:12:39THE PUBLIC, BUT FOR ANIMAL SELF
-- ANIMAL HEALTH AND SAFETY AS
00:12:44WELL.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY
00:12:50ARE HEALTHY AND LEADING GOOD
LIVES IN THE CONDITIONS THEY ARE
00:12:55IN.
NOW WE HAVE THE TOOLS NECESSARY
00:12:59TO MOVING FORWARD.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
00:13:01THE DOCTOR AND OUR STATE
VETERINARIAN WHO WILL BE HEADING
00:13:09THIS PROGRAM UP FOR US.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE PEOPLE
00:13:12ON MY STAFF THAT HAVE WORKED
HARD ON THIS.
00:13:14GEORGE MCNABB, FROM THE
LEGISLATIVE STAFF.
00:13:19DURNELL MEETING HAS WORKED WITH
ALL OF THE INTERESTED PARTIES --
00:13:22JANELLE NEAD HAS WORKED WITH ALL
OF THE INTERESTED PARTIES.
00:13:30I WOULD BE REMISS NOT TO THANK
MY PREDECESSOR, WAS STARTED THIS
00:13:35PROCESS AND LEFT A VERY GOOD
FOOTPRINT TO FOLLOW.
00:13:41SO, JIM?
>> [INAUDIBLE]
00:13:42>> [LAUGHTER]
>> YOU GOT EVERYBODY THANKING
00:13:47EVERYBODY AND IT IS LIKE ABOUT
WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?
00:13:51YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE HOW
COMPLICATED THIS WAS.
00:13:54IT WAS NOT A SIMPLE DEAL.
EVERYBODY HAD TO BE INVOLVED AND
00:13:59THERE WERE A LOT OF ARGUMENTS
AND YELLING AND SCREAMING.
00:14:02JIM, HOW ABOUT A WORD FOR THE
FACT THAT YOU DO NOT YELL AND
00:14:05SCREAM, BUT YOU LEFT ALL OF THIS
TO DAVE DANIELS AND WALKED AWAY?
00:14:09[LAUGHTER]
>> ON BEHALF OF EVERYBODY
00:14:13BEHALFDNR, WE ARE VERY HAPPY
THIS IS THE DEPARTMENT OF
00:14:19AGRICULTURE.
BUT ALL OF OUR WHARTONS AND GAME
00:14:26FOLKS WILL BE ABLE TO ASSIST.
-- ALL OF OUR GAME WARDENS AND
00:14:33OTHERS WILL BE ABLE TO ASSIST.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR TO WORKING
00:14:40WITH THEM AND THIS IS A GREAT
BILL.
00:14:41>> TROY, THE GUY THAT TOOK A LOT
OF HEAT ON THIS THING, HE DID A
00:14:48GREAT JOB.
>> THANK YOU, GOVERNOR.
00:14:51THAT IS VERY NICE.
THE GOVERNOR HAS BEEN VERY KIND
00:14:54TO ME THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, EVEN
BEFORE I WAS IN OFFICE.
00:14:58I WILL SAY THAT I'VE GOT THE
HONOR AND PRIVILEGE OF RIDING
00:15:01AROUND WITH HIM FOR SEVEN HOURS
IN THE VEHICLE.
00:15:05IT WAS QUITE AN EXPERIENCE.
HE TALKED ABOUT LEADERSHIP AND
00:15:09SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I NEEDED
TO DO.
00:15:11AND THIS WAS THAT MOMENT.
>> [UNINTELLIGIBLE]
00:15:19>> I WANTED TO SAY FEW WORDS IN
THANKS TO PEOPLE IN THE ROOM
00:15:24TODAY.
I CANNOT THANK MATT ENOUGH FOR
00:15:30WHAT HE DID IN MUSKEGON COUNTY,
BUT ALSO THE PRESSURE HE WAS
00:15:37UNDER AND THE DIFFICULT
CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH HE HAD TO
00:15:42MAKE DECISIONS.
FOR ME TO HEAR HIM AND TALK TO
00:15:46HIM ON THE TELEPHONE AND TO HAVE
HIS DEMEANOR, IT WAS A
00:15:50PRIVILEGE TO LEARN FROM THAT
EXPERIENCE.
00:15:53BUT HERE WE ARE, 16 DRAFTS LATER
FROM THE ORIGINAL BILL.
00:15:58THIS WAS A TON OF WORK, AS THE
GOVERNOR SAID.
00:16:02ALL OF THE STAFF, JIMMY, CRAIG,
MATT, BEN.
00:16:11IT WAS A GOOD PRIVILEGE TO DO
IT.
00:16:13THE NUMBER-ONE THING WITH THIS
BILL WAS TO PROTECT OUR CITIZENS
00:16:19IN THE STATE OF OHIO.
BUT WE HAVE ALSO PROTECTED THE
00:16:23PERSONAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF
PEOPLE.
00:16:26THEY WILL KEEP THE ANIMALS THEY
HAVE, BUT FOLLOW THE RULES LIKE
00:16:29EVERYONE ELSE DOES.
AND THE WILDLIFE, WE WANT TO
00:16:32PROTECT THE ANIMALS.
I THINK THAT BILL HAS THAT
00:16:35BALLOTS.
-- THAT BALANCE.
00:16:40I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY STAFF.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
00:16:47AND GOVERNOR, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
00:16:50>> BRIAN IS A RELATIVELY NEW
MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE.
00:16:54I AM SURE YOU ARE THRILLED YOU
WERE HERE FOR THIS.
00:16:57>> ICON ON JULY 28 AND THIS WAS
ONE OF THE FIRST BILLS I WAS
00:17:02ABLE TO WORK ON.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY WIFE
00:17:07AND THREE CHILDREN FOR COMING UP
TO THIS SPECIAL EVENT TODAY.
00:17:10WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT PUBLIC
SAFETY AS I VISITED SOME OF
00:17:16THESE OPERATIONS.
AT THE END OF THE DAY I DID
00:17:21STRUGGLE WITH SOME OF THIS BILL
WITH RESPECT TO THE PRIVATE
00:17:27OWNERSHIP RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS
IN OHIO.
00:17:30WE LIVE TWO OR 3 MILES FROM
WHERE THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED.
00:17:33WE SAID, THIS MAKES GOOD SENSE.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS
00:17:38WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
LIKEWISE, THE SHERIFF, HE AND
00:17:41HIS STAFF AND ALL OF THE
COOPERATION THEIR LOCALLY -- THE
00:17:50COOPERATION THERE LOCALLY.
I WANT TO THANK CHAIRMAN DAVE
00:17:56HALL FOR NOT HAVING A KNEE-JERK
REACTION TO THIS INCIDENT, BUT
00:18:04HAVING TESTIMONY INTO THE WEE
HOURS OF THE MORNING MANY TIMES.
00:18:07IT DID ALLOW EVERYONE TO HAVE
THEIR VOICES HEARD.
00:18:10I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SUPPORT AND I WANT TO EXPRESS MY
00:18:21GRATITUDE TO JACK HANNA FOR HIS
SUPPORT.
00:18:23AND THE PEOPLE IN THAT AREA WHO
STEPPED UP THROUGHOUT THIS
00:18:28PROCESS.
THANK YOU, JACK.
00:18:31WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE THAT
WITHOUT YOU.
00:18:34I APPRECIATE THAT.
THIS BILL PROVIDES PUBLIC SAFETY
00:18:39NEVER WON A WHILE RESPECTING THE
-- PUBLIC SAFETY, NUMBER ONE,
00:18:46WHILE RESPECTING THE PRIVATE
PROPERTY RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS.
00:18:49>> I AM CHAIRMAN OF THE
AGRICULTURAL AND NATURAL
00:18:53RESOURCES COMMITTEE IN THE
HOUSE.
00:18:54I WANT TO THANK CHAIRMAN HITE
FOR BRINGING THE BILL, AND TROY
00:19:00BALDERSON FROM THE SENATE.
WE WERE NOT.
00:19:03TO GET THIS THING DONE WITHOUT
TROY.
00:19:06HAVING HIM INVOLVED IN THE
PROCESS AND IN WORKING WITH THE
00:19:12HOUSE, USUALLY, YOU DO NOT SEE
THAT.
00:19:14I BROUGHT TROY IN DURING THE
COMMITTEE PROCESS.
00:19:18I WANT TO THANK THE RANKING
MEMBER FEDOR AND THE WORK WE DID
00:19:30IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS.
I WANT TO GIVE THAT SHOUT OUT TO
00:19:36OUR WORKING RELATIONSHIP.
I WANT TO THANK THE GOVERNOR FOR
00:19:39HIS LEADERSHIP AND PATIENTS FOR
ALLOWING US TO GO THROUGH THE
00:19:43PROCESS AND THE EDUCATIONAL
PROCESS OF COMMITTEE WORK.
00:19:45WE DID GO PAST MIDNIGHT MANY
NINTH, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE
00:19:51SURE THAT EVERYONE WAS HEARD.
-- WE DID GO PAST MIDNIGHT MANY
00:19:57NIGHTS, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE
SURE THAT EVERYONE WAS HURT.
00:19:59WE WANTED EVERYONE IN THIS
PROCESS -- THAT EVERYONE WAS
00:20:04HEARD.
WE WANTED EVERYONE IN THIS
00:20:08PROCESS.
>> DO I HAVE TO LET YOU SPEAK?
00:20:10[LAUGHTER]
>> THANK YOU, GOVERNOR.
00:20:15WE HAD OUR MEETINGS IN THE
MORNING SO WE DID NOT HAVE TO BE
00:20:18HERE ALL NIGHT.
>> THANK YOU.
00:20:19[LAUGHTER]
>> I DO WANT TO THANK THE
00:20:24GOVERNOR.
I USED TO HAVE A SAYING ON MY
00:20:27WALL IN MY CLASS.
SOMETIMES THE GREATEST OR
00:20:31GRATUITIES COME FROM THE MOST
DIFFICULT PROBLEMS.
00:20:32-- THE GREATEST OPPORTUNITIES
COME FROM THE MOST OF THE OLD
00:20:39PROBLEMS.
THE EFFORT INVOLVED WITH THIS
00:20:44BILL IS PHENOMENAL.
I THINK HE IS THE FACE OF THIS
00:20:49BILL AS MUCH AS ANYBODY,
INCLUDING TROY.
00:20:51OUR HATS ARE OFF TO HIM.
HE DOES NOT TAKE HIS HAT OFF,
00:20:56BUT OUR HATS ARE OFF TO HIM.
[LAUGHTER]
00:20:59AND I DO NOT THINK WE GOT THIS
PROCESS DONE FAST ENOUGH FOR
00:21:05YOU, JACK, BUT WE WORKED HARD TO
TRY.
00:21:07SHERIFF, I JUST MET HIM TODAY
AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF YOU,
00:21:19TOO.
IT WAS A TOUGH SITUATION.
00:21:23AND WHEN JACK HANNA SAID YOU DID
A GOOD JOB AND I KNOW YOU DID.
00:21:26I'LL ALSO WANT TO THANK MILD --
MY RANKING MEMBER, LOU GENTILE.
00:21:33WE HAD A UNANIMOUS VOTE.
>> BEFORE I INTRODUCE YOU, I
00:21:39WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT CLIFF
HITE WAS THE GUY THAT DECIDED
00:21:44THAT BEN ROETHLISBERGER WAS NOT
GOOD ENOUGH.
00:21:46[LAUGHTER]
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT TALENT, KEEP
00:21:51IT WITH A GRAIN OF SALT.
JUNGLE JACK, MY GOOD BUDDY.
00:22:01>> I HAVE SOME NOTES, BUT I WILL
PUT THOSE ASIDE AND SPEAK FOR MY
00:22:05HEART.
I WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW I
00:22:10APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU
HAVE DONE.
00:22:12THIS IS ONE OF MY MOST OF THE
OLD TIMES IN MY LIFE.
00:22:18I HAD A DAUGHTER DIED OF CANCER
AND I'VE HAD TO PICK UP A LITTLE
00:22:25BOY WHOSE ARM WAS TAKEN OFF BY
AN AFRICAN LION.
00:22:28THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF THOSE
MOMENTS.
00:22:35I DREAM ABOUT IT.
SHERIFF, COME ON UP HERE.
00:22:39THIS MAN SAVED NOT A HUMAN
LIFE, BUT HUMAN LIVES.
00:22:45I KNOW THAT BECAUSE OF MY
EXPERIENCE WITH THESE ANIMALS.
00:22:48THEY ARE CAPABLE OF TAKING DOWN
A PERSON.
00:22:50I WOULD NOT EVEN SAY CHILD, BUT
A PERSON IN LESS THAN 10
00:22:55SECONDS.
IT IS AMAZING WHAT JOHN SAID.
00:22:57HE SAID A LOT OF GREAT THINGS,
BUT ONE THING THAT STANDS OUT IS
00:23:03THE LOVE THESE PEOPLE HAVE FOR
THESE ANIMALS.
00:23:05THEY REALLY HAVE A LOVE, BUT
THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
00:23:08HAVING A LOVE AND BE ABLE TO DO
SOME OF THESE THINGS.
00:23:11AND BY THE WAY, WE ARE NOT
TAKING THE NEWS AWAY FROM
00:23:15ANYBODY.
WE ARE TAKING ANIMALS FROM
00:23:18PEOPLE.
WE ARE SETTING A BILL FOURTH
00:23:21THAT WILL HELP EVERYONE,
INCLUDING THE PEOPLE WORLD AS
00:23:24WELL AS THE ANIMAL WORLD.
YES, I HAVE RECEIVED LETTERS
00:23:28RECENTLY ABOUT HOW I GOT TO DO
IT BACK IN THE 1970'S.
00:23:32THAT IS TRUE, BUT THINGS CHANGE.
I WILL SAY ONE MORE TIME.
00:23:37JUST LIKE THE HOCKEY PUCK THAT
KILLED THE 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL THAT
00:23:48ONE DAY.
THEY PUT NETS UP AFTER THAT.
00:23:51I HAVE A DOCUMENTED BY ONE OF
OUR LEGISLATORS THAT SAID FOR ME
00:24:01TO STAY OUT OF THEIR BUSINESS.
IT WAS NOT ME THAT WANTED THIS.
00:24:05IT WAS ANDERSON COOPER, DIANE
SAWYER.
00:24:08I DO A LOT OF THESE MEDIA SHOWS.
IT WAS NOT JUST THE STATE OF
00:24:12OHIO.
IT WAS NOT THE UNITED STATES.
00:24:14IT WAS THE WORLD WATCHING.
WHATEVER HAPPENS WILL NOT JUST
00:24:19BE SEEN IN OHIO.
IT WILL BE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE
00:24:22WORLD BECAUSE THE WORLD IS
WATCHING OHIO.
00:24:25NOW WE CAN BE VERY PROUD.
WHAT YOU'RE SETTING YOUR IS A
00:24:31PRECEDENT FOR OTHER STATES AS
WELL.
00:24:35AND GOD FORBID THAT OTHER THINGS
WOULD HAPPEN IN THESE OTHER
00:24:38STATES WITH THESE ANIMALS.
IT COULD HAVE, EXCEPT FOR THE
00:24:44WORK WE HAVE DONE.
I HAVE MORE OF IT -- AN
00:24:49APPRECIATION OF WHAT HAD TO BE
DONE.
00:24:50I ALWAYS SAY THIS -- I AM PROUD
TO GO ON THESE SHOWS THAT I DO
00:24:58AND SAY COLUMBUS, OHIO, THE
STATE OF OHIO.
00:25:02TO REPRESENT THE STATE OF OHIO
EVERY WEEKEND TO ALMOST 6
00:25:06MILLION PEOPLE, VERY PROUD OF
WHAT WE HAVE DONE.
00:25:09AND I KNOW WHAT IT FELT LIKE,
BECAUSE I WAS THERE.
00:25:18I'M GLAD NONE OF YOU WERE THERE.
WE HOPE WE DO NOT HAVE TO GO
00:25:23THROUGH THIS AGAIN THANKS TO THE
WORK OF THIS MAN RIGHT HERE.
00:25:28I'VE NEVER BEEN TO A BILL
SIGNING BEFORE, BUT PRAISE THE
00:25:32LORD FOR WHAT WE'VE JUST DONE.
MY DAUGHTER CALLED ME AT 4:00
00:25:39A.M. AND SAID, WHY ARE YOU
SHOOTING THE ANIMALS?
00:25:42IT SAID IT RIGHT HERE ON THE
FRONT PAGE OF THE LONDON TIMES.
00:25:46I AM NOT SHOOTING ANYTHING.
WE ARE TRYING TO SAVE HUMAN
00:25:51LIVES.
THESE -- THIS BILL IS NOT TAKING
00:25:55ANYTHING.
WE'RE TRYING TO PROTECT ANIMALS
00:25:58AND PEOPLE AS WELL.
THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY
00:26:03HEART AND FROM THE ANIMAL WORLD
AS WELL FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE.
00:26:06>> LET'S SIGN THE BILL.
BRIAN, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE YOUR
00:26:12CHILDREN COME UP HERE.
WHERE ARE THOSE LITTLE GIRLS?
00:26:15LET'S HAVE THE CHILDREN COME ON
OUT.
00:26:20>> I WOULD HAVE BROUGHT AN
ANIMAL, BUT I LEFT IT AT HOME.
00:26:27[LAUGHTER]
>> YOUR DADDY DID A GOOD JOB.
00:26:38>> A GREAT JOB.
>> YOUR DADDY DID A GREAT JOB.
00:26:44>> ONE OF THE GREAT MOMENTS IN
MY LIFE IS I AM UP IN MONTANA
00:26:48WITH JUNGLE JACK AND WE ARE
HIKING, HIS WIFE, SUSIE, AND
00:26:57KAREN ANTI-, AND THIS LADY COMES
WALKING UP -- KAREN AND I, AND
00:27:04THIS LADY COMES UP AND SHE GASPS
AND SHE SAYS, OH, MY GOODNESS.
00:27:08SHE OBVIOUSLY RECOGNIZED JACK
AND JACK STOOD UP AND SHE WALKED
00:27:13RIGHT PAST HIM TO SHAKE MY HAND
AND SAID "I AM SUCH A FAN OF
00:27:20YOURS."
IT PROJECTS HEART.
00:27:22[LAUGHTER]
OH, IT WAS GREAT, WASN'T IT?
00:27:26[LAUGHTER]
I'M USING A DIFFERENT HAND FOR
00:27:31EVERY LETTER AND I AM DOING IT
SO THAT WHEN I AM DONE EVERY ONE
00:27:37OF THESE PENS WILL BE PART OF
HISTORY IN OHIO.
00:27:40THESE ARE COMPLETELY NEW.
OH, BY THE WAY, I WANT TO THANK
00:27:56WADE PURCELL FOR HELPING US WORK
ON THIS BILL, TOO.
00:27:58>> I WANT TO THANK THE ACADEMY.
[LAUGHTER]
00:28:09THERE, RIGHT NEXT TO THE "R."
JUST PUT THAT RIGHT THERE.
00:28:18>> WAY TO GO.
>> WHERE IS BRIAN?
00:28:25WHO IS THE OLDEST?
AMID THE YOUNGEST?
00:28:28ARE YOU FIVE?
DO YOU KNOW HOW TO DOT THE "I
00:28:43"?
LET'S LET YOUR BROTHER DO IT AND
00:28:50HE WILL TELL YOU ABOUT IT.
I DO NOT THINK THAT?
00:28:53IT IS VERY CLEAR, SAOIRSE SISTER
WILL COME OVER TO DO IT.
00:28:58-- SO YOUR SISTER WILL COME OVER
TO DO IT.
00:29:01AND YOUR SISTER BETTER?
AT ONE, TOO.
00:29:04YOU ARE GOING TO GO TO THE ZOO,
RIGHT?
00:29:09DID YOU KNOW THAT?
OK, IT IS NOW LAW.
00:29:14[APPLAUSE]
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