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