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>> IT WAS A BUSY HOLIDAY SEASON
00:00:35AT THE STATEHOUSE, AS LAWMAKERS
SHOVELED THROUGH A PILE OF BILLS
00:00:37IN THE FINAL DAYS OF THE LAME
DUCK SESSION.
00:00:39AND TWO LONGTIME LAWMAKERS
WORKED ON THOSE BILLS FOR THE
00:00:41FINAL TIME AS LEGISLATORS.
I'LL SIT DOWN WITH THE
00:00:44REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC
LEADERS OF THE HOUSE TO TALK
00:00:47ABOUT THEIR LAST DAYS IN OFFICE.
ALL THIS WEEK IN "THE STATE OF
00:00:50OHIO."
?
00:00:54THESE LAST FEW WEEKS SINCE THE
ELECTION HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY FOR
00:01:04STATE LAWMAKERS, WHO SPENT MUCH
OF THE SUMMER AND FALL IN THEIR
00:01:06DISTRICTS, SINCE THE ENTIRE
HOUSE AND HALF THE SENATE WAS ON
00:01:09THE BALLOT.
BUT BEFORE LAWMAKERS LEFT, THERE
00:01:13WERE SOME BIG PIECES OF
LEGISLATION THAT WENT THROUGH,
00:01:16INCLUDING A TWO-YEAR FREEZE ON
THE GREEN ENERGY STANDARDS THAT
00:01:19WERE PUT IN PLACE A FEW YEARS
AGO AND A BUDGET UPDATE BILL
00:01:25THAT INCLUDED TAX BREAKS FOR LOW
INCOME TAXPAYERS.
00:01:33LAWMAKERS IN THE HOUSE TOOK
ACTION ON INCOME TAX REFORM,
00:01:36CHANGES TO TESTING IN PUBLIC
SCHOOLS, CALAMITY DAYS, AND AN
00:01:37INCREASE IN THE SEVERANCE TAX,
BUT NOT ENOUGH OF A HIKE FOR
00:01:41GOV. JOHN KASICH, WHO HAS CALLED
IT "A JOKE."
00:01:45BUT THERE WERE SEVERAL BILLS
THAT DIDN'T GET FAR, INCLUDING
00:01:47THE SO-CALLED HEARTBEAT BILL,
BILLS LEGALIZING MEDICAL
00:01:49MARIJUANA AND REQUIRING
RETAILERS TO PAY TRIPLE OVERTIME
00:01:53FOR WORKERS ON THANKSGIVING, AND
GOV. KASICH'S PROPOSAL TO HIKE
00:01:56THE TAX ON CIGARETTES BY 60
CENTS.
00:02:05IN TOTAL, THEY PASSED NEARLY 200
BILLS.
00:02:06AROUND THE SAME AS THE FINAL
NUMBER IN THE PREVIOUS ASSEMBLY.
00:02:10RECENTLY I SPOKE TO TWO LONGTIME
STATE LAWMAKERS WHO ARE LEAVING
00:02:13THEIR SEATS BECAUSE OF TERM
LIMITS.
00:02:15SPEAKER BILL BATCHELDER IS A
REPUBLICAN FROM MEDINA, AND HAS
00:02:18BEEN ON A FAREWELL TOUR OF SORTS
THIS YEAR, BECAUSE HE'S LEAVING
00:02:20AS THE SECOND-LONGEST SERVING
LAWMAKER IN OHIO HISTORY.
00:02:24THAT INCLUDED A CEREMONY IN THE
STATEHOUSE ATRIUM.
00:02:31AND A SPECIAL TRIBUTE ON THE
HOUSE FLOOR.
00:02:32MINORITY LEADER TRACY MAXWELL
HEARD OF COLUMBUS IS THE FIRST
00:02:34AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN TO SERVE
AS MAJORITY LEADER OF THE OHIO
00:02:36HOUSE - SHE'S BEEN MINORITY
LEADER FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A
00:02:38HALF.
I'M SORRY IT IS THE LAST TIME WE
00:02:40GET TO TALK TO YOU.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT TERM LIMITS
00:02:45IN A MOMENT.
FIRST OF ALL, LET ME ASK YOU,
00:02:46SPEAKER BATCHELDER, YOU SAID
THIS IS NOT CALLED LAME-DUCK FOR
00:02:50ANY REASON EXCEPT YOU NEVER KNOW
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING TO
00:02:52HAPPEN.
THERE ARE THOSE WHO SAY THAT IS
00:02:55NOT ENTIRELY TRUE.
IT IS CAREFULLY ORCHESTRATED.
00:03:05IS LAME-DUCK A FREE FOR ALL OR
SOMETHING THAT IS CAREFULLY
00:03:07PLANNED AND PUT INTO FAST
MOTION?
00:03:08>> BOTH.
THAT IS THE STRANGE PART OF IT.
00:03:10SOMETHING PEOPLE WOULD HAVE
EXPECTED TO BE HANDLED IN A
00:03:13CERTAIN WAY.
ALL OF A SUDDEN IT HITS THE
00:03:17WALL.
ONE OF THE THINGS ALSO THAT IS
00:03:21DIFFICULT IS THE FACT WE HAVE A
NUMBER OF MEMBERS IN EACH HOUSE
00:03:25WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN THROUGH THIS
BEFORE.
00:03:28THAT ADDS EXCITEMENT.
I BELIEVE WHAT I SAID WAS
00:03:33CORRECT.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS
00:03:37PEOPLE KNOW ARE GOING TO BE
ISSUES.
00:03:41>> YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW UNTIL
WE KIND OF GET IN IT OR ARE WE
00:03:45APPROACHING IT.
IT DEPENDS ON WHAT DID OR DID
00:03:48NOT HAPPEN BEFORE RECESS.
AND WHAT THINGS MAY HAVE
00:03:51OCCURRED OVER THE SUMMER THAT
REQUIRE US TO BE RESPONSIVE.
00:03:58SOME THINGS BECOME MORE URGENT.
YOU EVEN HAVE THE SITUATION WITH
00:04:00EXITING MEMBERS, ACTUALLY I WAS
ONE OF THOSE ON THE FLOOR TODAY.
00:04:03THINGS YOU ARE TRYING TO GET
THROUGH.
00:04:08ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE LEAVING
AND THAT IS THE LAST
00:04:11OPPORTUNITY.
THAT ADDS TO THE URGENCY AS
00:04:16WELL.
>> YOU HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A
00:04:22WHILE.
LET ME ASK YOU FOR THE CLIMATE.
00:04:23WOULD YOU SAY IT IS COOPERATIVE
OR A CONFRONTATIONAL CLIMATE?
00:04:25>> I DON'T THINK IT IS
CONFRONTATIONAL.
00:04:27>> I THINK IT HAS BEEN BOTH.
IT DEPENDS ON WHO THE MEMBERS
00:04:29ARE.
THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MEMBERS
00:04:33WILLING TO COME TO THE MIDDLE
AND WORK TOGETHER.
00:04:38SOMETIMES IT JUST COMES DOWN TO
WHAT THESE SUBJECTS ARE.
00:04:42WE HAVE DEMONSTRATED OUR ABILITY
TO WORK TOGETHER ON DIFFICULT
00:04:46THINGS.
SOMETIMES WE DO IT WELL AND
00:04:48SOMETIMES WE DON'T DO IT GREAT.
>> I WOULD ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH
00:04:53THAT.
I WAS VERY FRANKLY NOT AT ALL
00:04:59CERTAIN WE COULD GET A CHANGE IN
APPORTIONMENT THROUGH.
00:05:06I WAS PLUGGED INTO IT BECAUSE IT
IS SOMETHING THE PUBLIC FEEL
00:05:10STRONGLY ABOUT.
I'M NOT SURE SOMETIMES LIE.
00:05:17-- WHY.
PUTTING THAT ASIDE AND THEN
00:05:21PEOPLE CAME TOGETHER AND IT WENT
OUT OF HERE WITH A TREMENDOUS
00:05:22SUPPORT.
IT DOES NOT GET BETTER THAN
00:05:25THAT.
AND OF COURSE PART OF THAT IS
00:05:30BECAUSE YOU HAVE SOME SENIOR
MEMBERS WHO ARE LOOKING TO
00:05:33ACCOMPLISH THINGS.
HE HAS BEEN ONE OF MY FAVORITES.
00:05:38HIS DISTRICT CAME UP AGAINST
MINE.
00:05:44>> YOU CALLED HIM YOUR SEATMATE.
LET'S MOVE TO SOME MORE
00:05:51CONFRONTATIONAL ITEMS, SINCE WE
HAVE TO.
00:05:55ONE OF THE ITEMS WAS THE
TWO-YEAR FREEZE ON THE GREEN
00:05:57ENERGY STANDARDS.
YOU SAID CURRENT LAW WOULD LEAVE
00:06:02CUSTOMERS PAYING INCREASED COSTS
AND THAT WAS UNSUSTAINABLE.
00:06:07YOU SAID IT JEOPARDIZES $6
BILLION IN POTENTIAL INVESTMENT.
00:06:14AND THAT THE STANDARD SAVE
CUSTOMERS MONEY.
00:06:18WHO IS RIGHT?
>> EACH OF US HAS --
00:06:22[LAUGHTER]
HAVE A POINT OF VIEW.
00:06:26I'M VERY CONCERNED WE HAVE
FEDERAL THINGS GOING ON WITH THE
00:06:31COAL INDUSTRY WHICH ARE TERRIBLY
DESTRUCTIVE IN OHIO.
00:06:38I THINK A NUMBER OF US FROM DAY
ONE, THAT LANGUAGE ASSUMED IT IS
00:06:43NOT SUSTAINABLE.
THAT IS WHERE I AM.
00:06:49>> WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO BE
RESPONSIBLE AND TAKE ADVANTAGE
00:06:52OF THE OPPORTUNITY OF CHANGE.
WE TALK ABOUT OUR DEPENDENCY ON
00:06:56FOREIGN OIL AND WE CAN'T SEEM TO
COME TO ANY CONSENSUS ABOUT HOW
00:07:00TO MANAGE COAL.
THAT IS A BIG CONVERSATION.
00:07:04THE PRESSURE FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AROUND THE TIMELINESS
00:07:06OF IT.
THERE IS NOT A LOT OF OBJECTION
00:07:09OF HAVING TO DO BETTER AROUND
MANAGING AND PRODUCING COAL.
00:07:17THE TIMELINE IS AGGRESSIVE FOR
PEOPLE TO BE RESPONSIVE AND NOT
00:07:19COST US JOBS.
THAT IS WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO
00:07:22DO.
AND WE HAVE TO CREATE AND OPEN
00:07:26UP OPPORTUNITY FOR ALTERNATIVE
ENERGY TO DEVELOP AND CREATE
00:07:30ADDITIONAL JOBS.
THAT WILL LAST INTO THE FUTURE.
00:07:33>> I AGREE WITH THAT.
>> LET ME ASK YOU BOTH WHAT THE
00:07:40OTHER ONE TALKED ABOUT, THE
MAJORITY CAUCUS SAID THE MAIN
00:07:44APPROPRIATIONS BILL, THE ONE
VOTED ON, HELPS ALL INCOME
00:07:55TAXPAYERS AND LIFTS LOW INCOME
OHIOANS AND IT ALSO LIFTS THE
00:07:57EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENT BY
LOWERING THE TAX BURDEN ON SMALL
00:07:59BUSINESSES.
>> THERE WERE SOME EFFORTS MADE
00:08:03TO KIND OF BALANCE OUT WHAT HAD
BEEN DONE ON THE OTHER END WITH
00:08:07THE INCOME TAX RELIEF.
I DO NOT THINK IT DID ENOUGH TO
00:08:11BRING US TO THE MIDDLE, TO
CREATE BALANCE AND GIVE ENOUGH
00:08:16RELIEF TO THE LOW INCOME AND AND
BRING BALANCE TO THE MIDDLE
00:08:20CLASS, WHICH WE NEED FOR
SPENDING AND THAT WHOLE CYCLE,
00:08:26WE ARE MISSING THE OPPORTUNITY
AND THAT CATALYST TO RESTART OUR
00:08:28ECONOMY.
IT IS NOT ENOUGH OF A RELIEF.
00:08:39>> LEADER HEARD SAID IT
UNDERSCORED GIVING FOLKS THE TOP
00:08:42MORE TAX BREAKS WHILE THE
ECONOMY CONTINUES TO
00:08:44UNDERPERFORM AND THE
MIDDLE-CLASS GETS WEAKER.
00:08:47YOUR THOUGHTS.
>> FIRST OF ALL, BASED ON MY
00:08:51DISTRICT, I'M INTERESTED IN TAX
BREAKS FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS.
00:08:59AS THE LEADER KNOWS, I COME FROM
A MIDDLE-CLASS DISTRICT.
00:09:07HER DISTRICT, IF SHE WERE AT
HOME, IF ANYTHING, THAT IS A
00:09:13WELL-TO-DO AREA.
THOSE OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
00:09:20GOING TO CONTINUE TO INVEST AND
SEND THEIR KIDS TO COLLEGE.
00:09:25THEY ARE PART OF OUR FUTURE.
HOWEVER, I ALSO HAVE SYMPATHY
00:09:32FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SKILLS WHO
HAVE NOT GOTTEN BACK TO WORK.
00:09:36UP IN OUR AREA, INDUSTRY, ALL
KINDS OF DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES
00:09:41AROUND THE STATE.
I THINK WE HAVE TO BEAR DOWN ON
00:09:44STRENGTHENING THOSE INDUSTRIES.
THE THING IS NOT FIXED YET.
00:09:53>> LET ME ASK YOU BOTH, THE
PARTICIPATION OF CLIFF
00:10:05ROSENBERGER, THE FIRST ASIAN
AMERICAN SPEAKER IN OHIO
00:10:07HISTORY.
AND MOST LIKELY THE YOUNGEST.
00:10:08WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT -- IS
THERE A TRANSITION TO THE
00:10:10MILLENNIAL GENERATION?
YOU ARE HANDING IT TO A YOUNGER
00:10:12GENERATION?
>> THERE IS EVIDENCE THEY ARE
00:10:18VERY SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS AND VERY
INVOLVED, VERY ENGAGED ON THE
00:10:21ELECTORAL SIDE OF THIS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE
00:10:29INTERESTED WORKING HERE IN THE
HOUSE AND THE LEGISLATURE WITH
00:10:31US.
THEY FEEL A SENSE OF
00:10:35RESPONSIBILITY AND DUTY.
WHICH IS ENCOURAGING.
00:10:41>> AND OF COURSE WHEN I WAS THE
AGE OF A LOT OF THEM, WE WERE IN
00:10:45WAR.
WE LOST 54,000 AMERICANS.
00:10:51IT WAS A DIFFERENT FOCUS.
I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE THAT
00:10:58TODAY PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO DO
THINGS THAT WILL BE LONG-TERM
00:11:02CONSTRUCTIVE AND WE SEE THAT IN
THE STATE.
00:11:07I GET INTO THE INTERCITY AREAS
OF CLEVELAND QUITE A BIT.
00:11:14I HAVE SOME FRIENDS UP THERE.
GEORGE FORBES, WHO EVERYBODY
00:11:16REMEMBERS.
THOSE ARE GOOD FRIENDS OF MINE
00:11:22AND I VISIT WITH THEM AND THEY
OFTEN HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE WITH
00:11:24THEM.
THERE IS A SHIFTING OF GEARS, NO
00:11:27QUESTION.
>> ONE HISTORY MAKING THING IS
00:11:32THEY WILL BE A RECORD HIGH 65
REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE NEXT
00:11:35YEAR.
THE LARGEST MAJORITY SINCE 1967.
00:11:40I IMAGINE, LEADER HEARD, THAT IS
NOT SOMETHING YOU WILL MISS.
00:11:50>> I'M NOT THRILLED TO LEAVE
THAT AS THE LEGACY.
00:11:53THAT IS A CHALLENGING POSITION
TO BE IN.
00:11:57IT MAKES COOPERATION DIFFICULT
BECAUSE IT IS NOT REQUIRED.
00:12:02I'M HOPING THAT THE SPEAKER
ELECT WILL SIMPLY BE MORE OPEN
00:12:07TO BIPARTISAN WORK.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO
00:12:13BE HAVE TO BE DECIDED
CONSCIOUSLY BECAUSE IT IS NOT
00:12:15REQUIRED TO GET WORK DONE.
THEY WILL HAVE TO DECIDE THAT IS
00:12:24HOW THEY ARE GOING TO WORK.
>> SPEAKER BATCHELDER, YOU HAD
00:12:25DISAGREEMENTS IN THE CAUCUS YOU
WERE MANAGING.
00:12:27COULD IT GET MORE UNRULY?
>> WITHOUT QUESTION.
00:12:30JOHN BOEHNER HAS SIMILAR
PROBLEMS.
00:12:38PERSONALLY, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
GOING TO BE IN THE LEADERSHIP
00:12:42ARE GOING TO BE OUTWARD LOOKING.
I KNOW THEM WELL.
00:12:48I AM HOPEFUL THAT WILL BE THE
CASE AND OF COURSE SOME OF US
00:12:52WHO HAVE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME,
IN MY CASE THE SECOND LONGEST IN
00:12:55THE HISTORY OF THE STATE, WE
HAVE HAD AN OUTREACH MENTALITY.
00:13:04WE WILL SEE MORE OF THAT KIND OF
THING.
00:13:07THERE WILL BE ECONOMIC
QUESTIONS, WITHOUT A DOUBT.
00:13:15THOSE WILL BE THE TOUGH
DIVISIONS.
00:13:16>> AS YOU LEAVE, I'M WONDERING,
WHAT DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE LEFT
00:13:17UNDONE THAT YOU WISH YOU COULD
HAVE DEALT WITH?
00:13:19TERM LIMITS, THE HEART BEAT
BILL.
00:13:22WHAT DO YOU LEAVE UNDONE?
>> OH MY.
00:13:30FIRST OF ALL, I'VE HAD A
WONDERFUL CAUCUS AND THEY HAVE
00:13:34BEEN SUPPORTIVE OVER THE MAJOR
ISSUES.
00:13:36MUCH LESS IS LEFT UNDONE THAN
WHEN I LEFT THE LAST TIME.
00:13:43I DO THINK WE ARE GOING TO FACE
A CHALLENGE AND I TAKE NOTHING
00:13:47FROM OUR GOVERNOR IN THIS.
IF HE IS GOING TO RUN FOR
00:13:58PRESIDENT, AND THERE IS NO
REASON HE SHOULDN'T, GIVEN HIS
00:14:00NUMBERS, THAT WILL BE A MORE
DIFFICULT THING TO GET PEOPLE
00:14:02TOGETHER.
I AM WORRIED ABOUT JOB CREATION
00:14:11BECAUSE HE IS ON THAT DAY AND
NIGHT.
00:14:14ONE NIGHT I WAS WORKING AND I
SEE THIS FOOT AND I LOOK UP AND
00:14:19THERE IS THE GOVERNOR.
HE SAYS WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
00:14:22I'M DRAFTING THE BILL.
HE HAD NOT BEEN DOING THAT FOR A
00:14:28WHILE.
HE WAS SURPRISED SOME OF THOSE
00:14:30THINGS REQUIRE AN ATTITUDE OF
MUTUALALITY IN THE KIND OF
00:14:38THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE.
>> LEADER HEARD, SAME QUESTION.
00:14:45>> THE BIGGEST THING WOULD BE
EDUCATION.
00:14:48WE COME WITH OUR SPECIFIC
PLATFORMS AND IDEAS AND
00:14:52AMBITIONS ABOUT HOW MANY PIECES
OF LEGISLATION WE ARE GOING TO
00:14:55PASS AND THEN YOU REALIZE HOW
LONG IT TAKES TO PASS AND YOU
00:15:02R AMBITIONS DROP JUST A LITTLE
BIT.
00:15:05I'M PLEASED WITH THE SUCCESSES
I'VE HAD.
00:15:09I THINK THOSE I WILL BE KNOWN
FOR WERE DIFFICULT.
00:15:13SO I'M PLEASED WE WERE ABLE TO
SUCCEED, TO DO IT IN A
00:15:15BIPARTISAN MANNER.
IT WAS NOT ONLY THE LEGISLATION,
00:15:22BUT THE MANNER IN WHICH WE
PASSED IT THAT MAKES ME PROUD.
00:15:26I REMAIN CONCERNED ABOUT
EDUCATION AND I BELIEVE UNTIL WE
00:15:31TAKE THE APPROACH THAT WE WILL
NOT BE SUCCESSFUL, IT IS GOING
00:15:35TO REQUIRE BIPARTISAN COMMITMENT
TO SOMETHING THAT WILL HAVE AN
00:15:39OPPORTUNITY TO DEMONSTRATE
SUCCESS.
00:15:43IT CAN'T CONTINUE TO BE THE
POLITICAL FOOTBALL WE FLIP.
00:15:48>> WHERE DO YOU GO FROM HERE?
>> I'M NOT SURE YET.
00:15:51I WAS GOING TO CHECK WITH THE
SPEAKER.
00:15:55A LOT OF CABLE SHOWS.
>> YOU WOULD DO VERY WELL WITH
00:16:00THEM.
I'M GOING TO TEACH A LITTLE LAW
00:16:03AT CLEVELAND STATE.
I THINK THE SAME AT AKRON.
00:16:17I WILL BE PART OF THE
INSTITUTE.
00:16:19I'M PROBABLY THE LAST GUY WHO
KNEW HIM PERSONALLY AND KNEW HIM
00:16:20WELL.
MY FATHER WAS COUNTY CHAIRMAN.
00:16:27THEY WERE FRIENDS.
>> WILL YOU BE INVOLVED IN THE
00:16:32CONSTITUTIONAL COMMITTEE?
TERM LIMITS, SOMETHING YOU
00:16:37WANTED TO SEE CHANGED.
>> THAT IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT
00:16:41HAS BEEN THE HARDEST ON THE
ETHIC AND THE FOCUS ON THE HOUSE
00:16:45OF REPRESENTATIVES.
LESS SO IN THE SENATE BECAUSE
00:16:50THEY HAVE TO RUN TWICE.
THAT IS IT.
00:16:51IT IS A TOUGH SITUATION FOR SOME
OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.
00:16:56I CAME HERE, CHAIRMAN OF THE
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
00:17:00ROUTE A FISHER FROM WAYNE
COUNTY.
00:17:05IT WAS A DIFFERENT INSTITUTION.
I DON'T BELIEVE THE VOTERS ARE
00:17:12GOING TO DECIDE THEY LOVE
EVERYBODY AND WHO IS RUNNING FOR
00:17:15OFFICE?
THAT HAS NOT BEEN MY EXPERIENCE.
00:17:17I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT IN
TERMS OF HOW PEOPLE REACT.
00:17:23YOUR REMARKS TODAY REMINDED ME
OF WHEN I CAME HERE EXCEPT WE
00:17:32DID NOT HAVE OFFICES.
WE HAD OUR CHAIR ON THE FLOOR.
00:17:33THAT WAS IT.
I WORKED THERE AT TONIGHT.
00:17:38I CAN REMEMBER WHEN THEY TURNED
DOWN THE LIGHTS.
00:17:40SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN
THERE ON THE FLOOR, BEFORE ME,
00:17:45AND SOME OF THEM WERE GIANTS.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
00:17:50I APPRECIATE IT.
NOW THAT THE HOUSE AND SENATE
00:17:52ARE OFFICIALLY DONE, WE CAN SAY
THAT IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING
00:17:54AND BUSY YEAR - ESPECIALLY THESE
LAST FEW WEEKS.
00:17:57HERE TO GO OVER SOME OF THE
HIGHLIGHTS ARE THE REPORTERS OF
00:18:00THE STATEHOUSE NEWS BUREAU, ANDY
CHOW AND JO INGLES.
00:18:03ANDY, YOU ARE HERE VERY LATE
WHEN THE SENATE WENT ALL THE WAY
00:18:10INTO 3:00 IN THE MORNING ON THE
REDISTRICTING.
00:18:15THE RESOLUTION.
THAT IS NOT THE ONLY THING.
00:18:17>> THIS WAS THE YEAR THAT
FINALLY SAW THE PASSAGE OF
00:18:25SEVERAL BILLS WE HAVE HEARD
ABOUT A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW.
00:18:27CONSERVATIVES WHO HAVE BEEN
CALLING FOR A ROLLBACK OR FREEZE
00:18:33OF THE GREEN ENERGY STANDARDS
FINALLY GOT THAT IN THE FORM OF
00:18:39A TWO-YEAR FREEZE.
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS WHO
00:18:40WANTED REGULATION ON RED LIGHT
CAMERAS FINALLY GOT THAT IN THE
00:18:45FORM OF REQUIRING A POLICE
OFFICER BE AT THE INTERSECTION
00:18:49WHERE A CAMERA IS USED.
THIS WAS THE YEAR A LOT OF THESE
00:18:53BILLS WE HAVE BEEN HEARING ARE
FINALLY PASSED.
00:18:58CAPPING IT OFF WITH THAT
LATE-NIGHT REDISTRICTING DEAL.
00:19:03>> WHICH KEPT YOU HEAR TREATING
OUR SHOTS OF THE STATEHOUSE.
00:19:11>> WHEN YOU HAVE NOTHING TO DO,
IT IS FUN TO TAKE PICTURES OF
00:19:14THE STATE HOUSE.
>> JO, SEVERAL BILLS DID NOT GO
00:19:20VERY FAR.
TELL ME ABOUT THOSE.
00:19:21>> THE ENVIRONMENTAL BILL THAT
WOULD HAVE REGULATED FARM AND
00:19:27RUN OFF, THAT WAS A HUGE ISSUE
IN THE FALL.
00:19:30THAT DID NOT GO ANYWHERE.
THAT HAS BEEN PUT OFF.
00:19:34IT DIED.
IT JUST DIED.
00:19:37AND THEN THE BILL TO ELIMINATE
COMMON CORE.
00:19:43IT DID NOT GO THROUGH THE FULL
PROCESS.
00:19:48THERE WAS THE BILL TO CONTRACT
THE MEDICAID PROGRAM.
00:19:49IT WOULD HAVE REINED IN WHO
COULD HAVE GOTTEN COVERAGE UNDER
00:19:55THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
THAT BILL WAS REINED IN AND DID
00:20:02NOT GO ANYWHERE.
I'VE HEARD ABOUT VOTER ID,
00:20:06HAVING A GOVERNMENT ISSUED PHOTO
ID TO BE ABLE TO VOTE.
00:20:10THAT DID NOT GO ANYWHERE.
THE HEART BEAT BILL, WHICH WE
00:20:13HAVE HEARD A LOT ABOUT, THAT WAS
BROUGHT UP FOR A VOTE IN THE
00:20:19HOUSE AND DID NOT PASS IN THE
HOUSE.
00:20:21IT DID NOT GO TO THE SENATE.
I'M GOING TO PREDICT THAT WILL
00:20:23SURFACE AGAIN.
AND ALSO SOME BILLS THAT WERE
00:20:30KIND OF -- WE DID NOT HEAR A LOT
ABOUT WHAT WERE NATIONAL NEWS.
00:20:32BANNING WOMEN FROM USING PRIVATE
INSURANCE FROM THE MARKETPLACE
00:20:37TO GET IUD'S.
THAT DID NOT GO ANYWHERE.
00:20:44A LOT OF BILLS DID NOT GO
ANYWHERE.
00:20:45>> ONE OF THE OTHER BILLS THAT
DID NOT PASS WAS THE SEVERANCE
00:20:51TAX ON OIL AND NATURAL GAS
DRILLERS.
00:20:54KAREN KASLER -- GOVERNOR KASICH
CALLED IT A JOKE ON THIS SHOW.
00:21:02ANDY, YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING IT
THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
00:21:05WHAT YOU THINK THE FUTURE OF
THAT IS GOING TO BE?
00:21:07>> IT IS GOING TO BE A VERY BIG
FIGHT BETWEEN THE KASICH
00:21:14ADMINISTRATION AND THE OIL AND
GAS ASSOCIATION.
00:21:15THEY HAVE NOT COME TO AN
AGREEMENT ON HOW THE RATE SHOULD
00:21:20BE AND WHERE THE MONEY SHOULD
GO.
00:21:21THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
SAY WE NEED TO CAPITALIZE THIS
00:21:26AND WE NEED TO RAISE THE TAX
BECAUSE THE SEVERANCE TAX DEALS
00:21:28WITH THE EXTRICATION OF OIL AND
GAS FROM SHALE.
00:21:33WHILE THE COMPANIES ARE
DRILLING, WE NEED TO RAISE THE
00:21:40TAX TO CAPITALIZE ON THE
REVENUE.
00:21:41SO WE MIGHT SEE SOMETHING AS FAR
AS A BALLOT MEASURE TO GET
00:21:46THINGS GOING BECAUSE THIS
STALLED IN THE HOUSE OF SENATE.
00:21:49>> AND THE GOVERNOR WANTS TO SEE
AN INCREASE.
00:21:52VOTERS WANT TO SEE AN INCREASE.
YOU ARE MENTIONING THERE IS THIS
00:21:56ROADBLOCK IN THE HOUSE AND WE'LL
HAVE MORE CONSERVATIVE
00:22:02REPUBLICANS, 65 REPUBLICANS
COMING UP.
00:22:03LET ME ASK ONE MORE QUESTION ON
THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS, THE
00:22:07DEMOCRATS IN A REBUILDING ERA.
THEY LOST ALL OF THEIR STATEWIDE
00:22:17RACES AND ALSO THEIR CHAIRMAN
RESIGNED.
00:22:19THERE IS A NEW CHAIRMAN IN TOWN,
DAVID PEPPER, WHO WE KNOW FROM
00:22:252014.
>> AND HE LOST HIS RACE FOR
00:22:30ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THIS YEAR
AND IN 2010 HE LOST FOR AUDITOR.
00:22:32HE IS GOING TO TEAM UP WITH NINA
TURNER, HER TERM EXPIRES AT THE
00:22:40END OF THE YEAR.
AND SHE HAD RUN FOR SECRETARY OF
00:22:43STATE.
THE TWO OF THEM ARE GOING TO GO
00:22:47THROUGH THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND
TOTALLY REVAMPED IT.
00:22:53PAY ATTENTION TO THINGS THAT
HAVE NOT BEEN PAID ATTENTION TO
00:22:56AND THEY WANT TO BUILD TO THE
PARTY WORKING FROM THE PRECINCT
00:22:59LEVEL UP.
THEY WANT TO KEEP VOTERS
00:23:02INFORMED AND FEEL LIKE THE PARTY
IS NOT SPEAKING TO ISSUES
00:23:06IMPORTANT TO VOTERS.
THEY WANT TO TRY TO REALLY
00:23:11HAMMER HOME SOME KEY ISSUES WHEN
IT IS NOT AN ELECTION TIME SO
00:23:15VOTERS CAN WATCH SOME OF THE
LEGISLATION AND WHEN IT DOES
00:23:23BECOME ELECTION TIME, THEY WILL
HAVE A BETTER GROUND TO STAND
00:23:25ON.
>> AND EVERY DEMOCRAT IN THE
00:23:27STATE WAS NAMED AT ONE POINT.
YOU HAD BOB HAGAN, THE STATE
00:23:37REPRESENTATIVE, JANET CARSON,
ANTOINETTE WILSON.
00:23:42A LOT OF PEOPLE.
CHRIS REDFERN HAD HIS LAST PRESS
00:23:48CONFERENCE BEFORE THE VOTE.
HE MENTIONED HE HAD THOUGHT
00:23:50ABOUT RESIGNING, NOT ON ELECTION
NIGHT, WHEN HE DID, BUT EVEN
00:23:58DURING TIMES WHEN WE WERE ASKING
HIM, ARE YOU GOING TO RESIGN.
00:24:00>> CHRIS REDFERN IS INTERESTING
BECAUSE I NEVER REALLY, AS A
00:24:10REPORTER, I NEVER KNEW HOW TO
READ HIM.
00:24:11HE SENT THE MESSAGE HE WAS
CONSIDERING IT, BUT HE WAS NOT
00:24:15CONSIDERING IT.
WHAT WE DO KNOW IS WE PROBABLY
00:24:22HAVE NOT SEEN THE END OF HIM.
HE MIGHT CONSIDER ANOTHER RUN AT
00:24:26THE STATEHOUSE.
HE IS THINKING ABOUT RUNNING
00:24:30AGAIN.
SO IN THE MEANTIME, HE IS GOING
00:24:33TO BE THE OWNER AND OPERATOR OF
A BED AND NOT BREAKFAST.
00:24:38THEY DON'T HAVE THE PERMIT FOR
BREAKFAST.
00:24:43HE'S GOING TO HAVE A WINERY
COMBINATION INN.
00:24:45HE IS GOING TO OPERATE THAT IN
THE MEANTIME.
00:24:49>> AND HE IS A STRONG SUPPORTER
OF HILLARY CLINTON.
00:24:54THE FINAL QUESTION TO YOU, ANDY,
WE START THIS YEAR WITH AN
00:24:59HISTORIC NEW SPEAKER.
POSSIBLY THE YOUNGEST IN RECENT
00:25:03HISTORY.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU ARE SEEING AS
00:25:09WE START THE NEW GENERAL
ASSEMBLY?
00:25:10>> IT DEFINITELY SEEMS LIKE HE
WANTS TO CONTINUE THE LEGACY OF
00:25:15WHAT BATCHELDER CREATED.
HE WANTS TO MEET WITH HIS
00:25:19CAUCUS.
AN HISTORIC AMOUNT OF
00:25:24REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE.
HE WANTS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE
00:25:28PRIORITIES ARE, WHAT THEY WANT
TO TACKLE FIRST.
00:25:30AND WE HAVE HEARD FROM SENATE
LEADERS WHO WANT TO GET TOGETHER
00:25:34AND SEE WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES
ARE.
00:25:35IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE
THE BIG ISSUES THEY ARE LEANING
00:25:42TOWARD.
HE IS YOUNGER.
00:25:43WE ARE HEARING ABOUT THE
AFFORDABILITY OF HIGHER
00:25:45EDUCATION.
SOMETHING THAT HAS NOT GOTTEN A
00:25:48LOT OF PLAY THAT WE ARE HEARING
MORE LATELY.
00:25:50IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE.
>> HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
00:25:56THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER WONDERFUL
YEAR.
00:25:57AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK.
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