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AND FROM THE OHIO EDUCATION
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00:00:25OHEA.ORG.
>> THE TOP REPUBLICAN AND
00:00:33DEMOCRAT IN THE OHIO HOUSE ARE
HERE TO LOOK BACK ON THE FIRST
00:00:35YEAR OF THE TWO-YEAR SESSION,
AND TO LOOK AHEAD TO WHAT'S
00:00:38NEXT.
ALL THIS WEEK IN "THE STATE OF
00:00:40OHIO."
AS NOTED HERE LAST WEEK, WE ARE
00:00:52HALFWAY THROUGH THE 130TH
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
00:00:55IT WAS A FAIRLY PRODUCTIVE
SESSION, WITH NEARLY 60 BILLS
00:00:58PASSED BY LAWMAKERS COVERING
TOPICS INCLUDING THE STATE
00:01:01BUDGET AND VARIOUS OTHER
SPENDING BLUEPRINTS, INTERNET
00:01:03CAFES, JOBLESS BENEFITS,
ELECTION LAWS, PENSIONS, THE
00:01:06STATE AUDITOR'S AUTHORITY TO
AUDIT JOBSOHIO AND A COLUMBUS
00:01:10SCHOOLS PLAN SIMILAR TO ONE FOR
CLEVELAND.
00:01:13TO LOOK BACK ON THE FIRST YEAR
OF THE 130TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
00:01:17AND LOOK AHEAD TO WHAT'S LIKELY
TO BE A VERY BUSY 2014, I'M
00:01:20HONORED TO HAVE THE LEADERS OF
THE OHIO HOUSE OF
00:01:22REPRESENTATIVES JOINING ME.
REPUBLICAN SPEAKER BILL
00:01:25BATCHELDER WILL START BOTH HIS
FOURTH YEAR AS SPEAKER AND HIS
00:01:27FINAL YEAR IN THE HOUSE IN 2014.
DEMOCRATIC MINORITY LEADER TRACY
00:01:31MAXWELL HEARD HAS HELD THAT POST
FOR A YEAR, AND WILL ALSO BE
00:01:34STARTING HER FINAL TERM IN THE
HOUSE NEXT YEAR AS WELL.
00:01:39THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
LET'S START WITH YOUR OVERALL
00:01:43VIEW OF 2013.
YOUR CAUCUS HELD A SUPER
00:01:48MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE.
U.N. THE GOVERNOR STILL WRANGLED
00:01:51OVER THE BUDGET.
-- YOU AND THE GOVERNOR STILL
00:01:57WRANGLED OVER THE BUDGET.
YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE
00:02:00MEDICAID EXPANSION.
YOU HAD SEVEN REPUBLICANS IN
00:02:04YOUR CAUCUS WHO VOTED AGAINST
THE BUDGET.
00:02:06YOU SAID THAT YOU ENJOYED
WORKING WITH THE GOVERNOR.
00:02:10IT SEEMED LIKE SOMETHING
HAPPENED BETWEEN YOUR CAUCUS AND
00:02:13THE GOVERNOR.
>> FIRST OF ALL, I ENJOY THE
00:02:21GOVERNOR AND I HAVE KNOWN HIM
SINCE 1974.
00:02:23HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN EXCITABLE
AND EXCITING PERSON.
00:02:30I GET ALONG VERY WELL WITH HIM.
ON THE OTHER HAND, THIS STATE IS
00:02:40A BIG STATE WITH A LOT OF
PROBLEMS.
00:02:43WE DO NOT ALWAYS AGREE ON THOSE
PROBLEMS.
00:02:46FORTUNATELY, HE HAS PROVIDED
STRONG LEADERSHIP.
00:02:51HE IS A NATIONAL FIGURE.
THAT MAKES IT EASIER FOR US TO
00:02:56WORK TOGETHER.
THE BOTTOM LINE WITH SOME OF THE
00:03:01MEMBERS OF THE CAUCUS, THERE WAS
A LITTLE CONFUSION.
00:03:03WE HAD OVERSPENT.
IN FACT, IT WAS THE SAME BILL
00:03:15THAT PASSED THE HOUSE IN THE
FIRST PLACE.
00:03:17IT HAPPENS TO EVERYBODY.
WE DID HAVE ENOUGH VOTES TO PASS
00:03:26THE LEGISLATION.
THE GOVERNOR WAS CONCERNED, I
00:03:36NEEDED 60 VOTES.
HE SAID TO ME, ILL, WHY DO YOU
00:03:39KEEP SAYING THAT?
-- BILL, WHY DO YOU KEEP SAYING
00:03:45THAT?
I CAN OVERRIDE A VETO.
00:03:48THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE IS THE
INSTITUTION THAT HAS THE MOST
00:03:53POWER.
ON THE OTHER HAND, IT IS VERY
00:03:57IMPORTANT THAT THE PEOPLE WHO
ARE IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE
00:04:02SPEAK UP AND OFFER ALTERNATIVES.
OUR GOVERNOR HAS NEVER RESISTED
00:04:09THAT.
IT IS TRUE THAT WE HAVE HAD A
00:04:15LITTLE DISCUSSION OVER THE OIL
TAX, BUT WE WILL SEE WHAT
00:04:20HAPPENS.
THAT SHOWS THERE IS AN EFFORT TO
00:04:27COOPERATE.
>> YOUR CAUCUS IS IN THE
00:04:30MINORITY AND THERE IS A LOT OF
COMPLAINTS ON THE FLOOR THAT THE
00:04:36MINORITY HAS BEEN EXCLUDED FROM
THE PROCESS.
00:04:37ISN'T THAT THE WAY IT WORKS IN
THE LEGISLATURE?
00:04:42>> THE MAJORITY HAS THE
OPPORTUNITY AND THE PRIVILEGE OF
00:04:47RUNNING THEIR AGENDA.
THIS IS A DEMOCRACY.
00:04:50SHOULD WE HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB
THAN WE HAVE BEEN DOING IN TERMS
00:04:56OF BIPARTISAN WORK?
ISSUES THAT ARE RELEVANT FOR ALL
00:05:03OF THE CITIZENS.
IN THOSE ISSUES WHERE THERE IS
00:05:10AN ATTEMPT FOR US TO WORK
TOGETHER.
00:05:13WE HAVE DEMONSTRATED AREAS WHERE
WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER WITH
00:05:16GREAT SUCCESS.
MEDICAID EXPANSION WAS REALLY
00:05:23BUMPY.
BEING IN THE ROOM IS NOT THE
00:05:28SAME THING AS BEING AT THE
TABLE.
00:05:32>> YOU SUPPORTED THE GOVERNOR ON
MEDICAID EXPANSION.
00:05:33YOU DISAGREED WITH HIM ON MANY
ISSUES?
00:05:43>> WE QUICKLY STARTED TO FIGURE
OUT HOW TO BE SUPPORTIVE BECAUSE
00:05:53THAT IS SOMETHING WE COULD NOT
BE IN OPPOSITION TO BECAUSE IT
00:05:58WAS IMPORTANT TO ALL OF OUR
CONSTITUENCIES.
00:05:59>> I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE
SALES TAX INCREASE IN THE
00:06:04BUDGET.
IT WENT -- THAT WAS PULLED BACK
00:06:14FROM THE GOVERNOR'S ORIGINAL
BUDGET PROPOSAL.
00:06:16FOR DEMOCRATS ON THE CAMPAIGN
TRAIL NEXT YEAR, THIS IS A SALES
00:06:20TAX INCREASE.
HOW DO YOU DEFEND THIS BUDGET
00:06:26WITH A SALES TAX INCREASE?
>> I DO NOT THINK IT IS MUCH OF
00:06:29AN INCREASE.
I DO NOT THINK IT WAS MUCH OF AN
00:06:34INCREASE.
THE SALES TAX THAT PASSED THE
00:06:38HOUSE IS DIFFERENT THAN THE
SALES TAX THAT WAS PASSED FROM
00:06:43THE GOVERNOR TO US.
I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE SALES
00:06:47TAX.
THE INCOME TAX IS THE MOST
00:06:53DEBILITATING FOR THE ECONOMY,
BUT THE SALES TAX IS THE MOST
00:06:57DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE OF MODEST
MEANS.
00:06:58>> THERE WERE SOME CHANGES IN
THE PROPERTY TAX.
00:07:02SOME CRITICS SAYING THERE WAS A
PROPERTY TAX INCREASE AS WELL.
00:07:07>> THE FIRST TIME, IT COVERED UP
THE MALL.
00:07:18-- UP THEM ALL.
MY DAD SAID, WHY HAVE THEY CUT
00:07:26MY REAL ESTATE TAXES?
WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAD
00:07:32A REAL ESTATE TAX CUT WITHOUT
REGARD TO MEANS.
00:07:36I THINK THAT WAS A POOR PLAN AND
WE FELT PRETTY STRONGLY ABOUT
00:07:41IT.
WE PUT MEANS TESTING INTO THAT
00:07:43PARTICULAR TAX SITUATION THAT
HAD BEEN PASSED.
00:07:49>> YOU ARE PREPARED FOR THE
CRITICISM THAT THERE IS A SALES
00:07:56TAX INCREASE AND A PROPERTY TAX
INCREASE IN THE BUDGET.
00:07:58>> WE ARE PRETTY PLEASED WITH
OUR POSITION.
00:08:07>> THE GOVERNOR HAS ARGUED THAT
IT IS A BETTER ECONOMIC MODEL.
00:08:15HE HAS THE EVIDENCE THAT IT IS
WORKING FOR THE ECONOMY.
00:08:21WHY SHOULDN'T THIS REFORM GO
THROUGH?
00:08:23>> IT IS NOT GOING TO BE A
STIMULANT TO THE ECONOMY.
00:08:27THERE HAVE BEEN FOR TAX
INCREASES.
00:08:33-- FOUR TAX AND RHESUS.
-- TAX INCREASES.
00:08:43MEANS TESTING THAT HAS A
NEGATIVE -- NEGATIVE IMPACT ON
00:08:48OUR SENIORS.
THE INCOME TAX DOES NOT IN --
00:08:57BENEFIT ANYONE EXCEPT THE TOP
ONE PERCENT.
00:09:04THE SALES TAX IS NOT HOW YOU
STIMULATE THE ECONOMY.
00:09:06THEY ARE NOT INVESTING THAT BACK
INTO OUR ECONOMY.
00:09:11PEOPLE HAVE TO HAVE DISPOSABLE
INCOME TO SPEND.
00:09:16>> THE GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATIVE
LEADERS HAVE SAID THAT THEY ARE
00:09:25NOT DONE YET WITH TAXCUTTING.
I AM WONDERING HOW ARE DEMOCRATS
00:09:32GOING TO RESPOND.
>> IT DEPENDS ON WHERE THEY ARE
00:09:37GOING TO BE CUTTING TAXES.
IF WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
00:09:40MAKE CUTS THAT IMPACT PUBLIC
EDUCATION, THAT WILL NOT BE
00:09:44SUPPORTED.
WE HAVE ALREADY HAD TWO CYCLES
00:09:49OF IMPACTS AND WE ARE BEYOND THE
POINT WHERE WE CAN MANAGE THAT
00:09:54ANY FURTHER AND FORCING LEVY
AFTER LEVY AFTER LEVY, MANY OF
00:09:59WHICH ARE NOT SUCCEEDING.
I WILL BE SURPRISED IF WE WOULD
00:10:05SUPPORT ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
>> THIS IDEA THAT YOU ARE NOT
00:10:11DONE WITH TAXCUTTING, WHAT IS
NEXT?
00:10:12THE BUDGET DIRECTOR SAID IT WILL
BE HAPPENING.
00:10:21WHAT YOU EXPECT IN TERMS OF MORE
TAX CUTS?
00:10:23>> I DO NOT HAVE AN EXPECTATION
FOR ANYTHING SPECIFIC.
00:10:26I AM NOT QUITE CERTAIN WHAT THAT
WILL ENTAIL.
00:10:33WHAT WE WANT TO DO IN THE LONG-
TERM IS TO CONTINUE TO CUT THE
00:10:39INCOME TAX SO THAT WE ATTRACT
MORE BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY TO
00:10:43THE STATE OF OHIO.
THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE HAD
00:10:47PROBLEMS.
>> YOU HAVE DEMOCRATS SAYING
00:10:53THAT THIS DID NOT BENEFIT
ANYBODY BUT THE RICHEST OHIOANS.
00:10:57WHEN YOU STARTED ADDING IN THE
SALES TAX INCREASE THE PEOPLE AT
00:11:03THE BOTTOM WERE PAYING SLIGHTLY
MORE.
00:11:04>> WE EXPANDED THE NUMBER OF
JOBS DRAMATICALLY IN OHIO.
00:11:11THAT WAS OUR GOAL.
WE WANT PEOPLE WHO WANT TO HAVE
00:11:18-- WHO WANT TO WORK TO HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO WORK.
00:11:20A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WORKING IN
THIS STATE HAS GONE UP.
00:11:24THEY ARE PAYING TAXES NOW.
>> YOU MENTIONED THE SEVERANCE
00:11:33PACKAGE PROPOSAL.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT.
00:11:38YOU SAID BEFORE THAT THE
SEVERANCE PACKAGE HAD NO CHANCE.
00:11:50THIS ONE DOES?
>> IT DOES FOR SEVERAL REASONS.
00:11:55WE DO KNOW -- I JUST HAD PEOPLE
IN TWICE TODAY TALKING WITH ME
00:12:07ABOUT THE FUTURE IN TERMS OF
THAT REGION.
00:12:11WE WILL HAVE A LOT MORE PEOPLE
WORKING THERE AND HIGHER WAGES
00:12:16AND WAS SKILLS.
ONE OF THE THINGS I DO NOT THINK
00:12:22A LOT OF PEOPLE REALIZE THAT IN
ADDITION OF DRILLING HOLES IN
00:12:24THE GROUND, WE HAVE COPIED
PROJECTS INVOLVED.
00:12:30THIS IS A VERY BIG DEAL.
WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE OF IS
00:12:37THAT WE DO NOT DISCOURAGE PEOPLE
FROM COMING HERE BY IMPOSING A
00:12:43TAX BEFORE WE KNOW WHAT IS DOWN
THERE.
00:12:47>> WOULD YOUR CAUCUS BE
SUPPORTIVE OF THIS?
00:12:51>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT OHIO
COMPARED TO OTHER STATES WHERE
00:13:00NATURAL GAS IS BEING DRILLED,
THEY ARE MAKING SEVEN TO 10
00:13:06TIMES MORE IN TAX REVENUE THAN
WE ARE FOR THEIR STATES.
00:13:10I DO NOT BUY INTO THE ARGUMENT
THAT WE CAN FORCE THEM OUT OF
00:13:18THEIR INTEREST IN OHIO.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW MUCH LOWER
00:13:24WE ARE THAT OTHER STATES IN THE
SAME POSITION.
00:13:25WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE IT IS A
BENEFIT FOR THE STATE OF OHIO
00:13:32AND THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING
IN OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TO
00:13:36MAKE SURE PEOPLE WILL BE
EMPLOYED BY THAT.
00:13:37THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING.
00:13:43WE ARE 44TH IN THE COUNTRY RIGHT
NOW IN TERMS OF JOB -- 44TH IN
00:13:53THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW.
BEYOND THAT IN AREAS WHERE THERE
00:14:03HAVE BEEN ANY INCREASES, THEY
ARE LOW-WAGE JOBS.
00:14:08THEY HAVE TO BE IN A POSITION TO
HAVE DISPOSABLE INCOME.
00:14:18NOT JUST SCRAPING BY, WORKING
TWO JOBS.
00:14:20JOBS THAT ARE CREATING THAT
LEVEL OF INCOME FOR THOSE
00:14:29FAMILIES.
>> I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT
00:14:30MEDICAID EXPANSION.
YOU CRITICIZED THE GOVERNOR FOR
00:14:37NOT LEANING HARDER ON SOME OF
THE REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF THE
00:14:42LEGISLATURE TO TRY TO GET THIS
THROUGH.
00:14:43YOU DID A DISCHARGE PETITION TO
TRY TO FORCE IT THROUGH.
00:14:47HOW DID YOU VIEW THIS PROCESS?
>> THAT WOULD NOT BE THE IDEAL
00:14:55OUTCOME.
I BELIEVE IT WAS THE
00:15:00RESPONSIBILITY OF THE
LEGISLATURE TO MANAGE THAT
00:15:01PROCESS.
IT WAS UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE WE
00:15:07DID HAVE THE NUMBER OF VOTES IN
THE HOUSE TO PASS THAT ON BOTH
00:15:11SIDES OF THE AISLE.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT IS NOT
00:15:18A PERMANENT RESOLUTION.
I DO NOT WANT PEOPLE TO GET TOO
00:15:23EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND WE FORGET
THAT WE HAVE A LEGISLATIVE
00:15:26RESPONSIBILITY.
IF THE BALLOT INITIATIVE IS NOT
00:15:30MOVING FORWARD, WE WILL HAVE TO
READJUST THE SITUATION.
00:15:33>> SPEAKER, YOU SAID THAT YOU
DISAGREE WITH THE GOVERNOR ON
00:15:40MEDICAID EXPANSION.
YOU SAID IT WAS LIKE OBAMACARE.
00:15:46HE SAID IT WAS NOT LIKE
OBAMACARE.
00:15:47OTHER PEOPLE SAID IF IT IS
BROUGHT TO A VOTE, IT WOULD HAVE
00:15:51PASSED.
IS THAT WHY IT WAS NOT BROUGHT
00:15:54TO A VOTE?
>> THE DISAGREEMENT WAS MUCH
00:16:00MORE WIDESPREAD IN OUR CAUCUS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE
00:16:10WANT TO DO IN THE AREA OF
MEDICAID.
00:16:12THOSE ARE GOING TO BE COVERED IN
BILLS THAT WILL BE INTRODUCED.
00:16:16WE ARE OVER 15 NEW PIECES OF
LEGISLATION AND WE WILL BE
00:16:24DEALING WITH MENTAL ILLNESS,
MENTAL RETARDATION, A WIDESPREAD
00:16:32GROWTH IN DRUGS AND DRUG
ADDICTION.
00:16:38ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAN MANY
OTHERS CAN BE ADDRESSED THROUGH
00:16:41THIS MEDIUM.
WILL THOSE ALL BE APPROVED IN
00:16:48WASHINGTON?
I DO NOT KNOW.
00:16:49>> IS MEDICAID EXPANSION HAD
GONE TO THE FLOOR FOR A VOTE,
00:16:53WOULD HAVE PASSED?
>> I DO NOT THINK ANYBODY KNOWS
00:16:57THAT.
MY EXPERIENCE, YOU HAVE SOME
00:17:03PEOPLE WHO DO NOT REALLY WANT TO
TAKE A POSITION ON SOME THINGS.
00:17:10OBVIOUSLY, THEY TELL THE PEOPLE
THAT THEY ARE AGAINST IT SO THAT
00:17:17YOU END UP WITH A SCRAMBLED
READING AS TO HOW THE VOTE WOULD
00:17:20HAVE GONE.
I DO NOT KNOW.
00:17:22IT WOULD NOT HAVE PASSED JUST AS
OBAMACARE.
00:17:28IT WOULD HAVE HAD TO HAVE
REMEDIATION'S INVOLVED.
00:17:33THEY WOULD'VE HAD TO BE SERVED
BEFORE THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN --
00:17:46>> LET'S START TO WRAP THINGS
UP.
00:17:47THERE IS THE BILL TO SHORTEN THE
EARLY WINDOW OF EARLY VOTING.
00:18:01LIMITING THE AUTHORITY OF THE
CONTROLLING BOARD.
00:18:02IN THE HOUSE, YOU HAVE BILLS ON
COMBATING DRUG ADDICTION.
00:18:06YOU HAVE OTHER OF PORTION
RELATING MEASURES.
00:18:11-- ABORTION RELATING MEASURES.
WHAT ARE YOUR PRIORITIES LOOKING
00:18:17INTO 2014?
>> WITH THE GOVERNOR'S POSTURE
00:18:24AND HIS ACTION THROUGH THE
CONTROLLING BOARD, ONE OF THE
00:18:29HIGHEST PRIORITIES IS GOING TO
BE MEDICAL CARE AND IT IS GOING
00:18:32TO BE MEDICAL CARE ACROSS THE
BOARD.
00:18:35WE HAVE QUITE A FEW BILLS
ALREADY INTRODUCED.
00:18:39WE HAD HEARINGS ON A NUMBER OF
THEM.
00:18:42WE PROBABLY WILL -- I WAS VERY
PLEASED IN THIS LAST SESSION.
00:18:50WE HAD 103 BILLS PASSED AND 98%
OF THOSE HAD AT LEAST ONE
00:18:56DEMOCRAT VOTE FOR THEM.
IN MANY WAYS, WE HAVE HAD
00:19:00COOPERATION BACK-AND-FORTH.
I THINK WE WILL SEE MORE
00:19:04EDUCATION BILLS, WHICH WILL HAVE
STRONG SUPPORT FROM BOTH
00:19:09PARTIES.
I THINK WE HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF
00:19:14WORK TO DO.
I CAN REMEMBER MY FIRST TERM WE
00:19:23ONLY HAD ONE YEAR SESSION.
I STILL CANNOT BELIEVE THAT.
00:19:28WHAT IN THE WORLD HAS HAPPENED?
OBVIOUSLY, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT
00:19:36SIGNIFICANT NUMBER.
I SIGNED OFF ON A NUMBER OF
00:19:41SESSION DAYS TODAY AND IT IS
GOING TO BE PRETTY EXTENSIVE.
00:19:46>> NEXT YEAR IS AN ELECTION YEAR
.
00:19:51>> I AM AWARE OF THAT EVEN
THOUGH THEY WILL NOT LET ME RUN
00:19:55ANYMORE.
AND THEY WON'T LET YOU EITHER.
00:19:57>> YOUR CAUCUS HAS TALKED ABOUT
JOBSOHIO.
00:20:03WHAT ARE GOING TO BE YOUR
PRIORITIES?
00:20:06>> IT IS GOING TO BE ABOUT THE
ECONOMY AND TRYING TO RESTORE
00:20:12SOME BALANCE.
INVESTING OUR MIDDLE CLASS.
00:20:15RESTORING SOME ACCOUNTABILITY,
TRANSPARENCY TO GOVERNMENT.
00:20:21JOBSOHIO HAS NOT BEEN THE JOBS
GENERATOR THAT IT WAS PURPORTED
00:20:29TO BE.
HANDING OFF TO -- I AM NOT SURE
00:20:41WHAT JOBSOHIO IS DOING.
>> WE ARE TAPING THIS ON THE DAY
00:20:52THAT THE SENATE PRESIDENT AND
THE GOVERNOR SAT DOWN AND HAD A
00:20:59PRESENTATION BEFORE MEMBERS OF
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
00:21:00AS I WAS MENTIONING, YEAR IS AN
ELECTION YEAR.
00:21:11HOW DO YOU EXPECT THINGS IS
GOING TO BE DIFFERENT?
00:21:13>> HOW DO I EXPECT IT WILL BE
DIFFERENT?
00:21:21ALL OF THOSE OTHER PEOPLE WILL
BE VERY BUSY.
00:21:23THE LEGISLATURE WILL CONTINUE
FORWARD AND WE WILL BE PUTTING
00:21:29FORWARD BILLS.
DEBATING AND PASSING THEM ON THE
00:21:34FLOOR.
THE LOOK OF THE -- THE WORK OF
00:21:38THE LEGISLATURE WILL CONTINUE.
>> YOU MENTIONED TERM LIMITS.
00:21:44WILL IT ADDRESS TERM LIMITS?
>> I THINK IT WILL.
00:21:55I DO NOT HAVE A HEADCOUNT.
I THINK WE WILL BE TAKING A LOOK
00:22:05AT SOME OF THE OTHER ISSUES THAT
HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR
00:22:07ATTENTION.
WE HAVE A WONDERFUL GROUP OF
00:22:12PEOPLE.
WE HAVE A GOVERNOR, A FORMER
00:22:18SPEAKER.
I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE
00:22:22SOMETHING THAT WILL BE VERY
PROMISING.
00:22:24IT IS A LITTLE BIT LIKE STARTING
A TRAIN.
00:22:30IT STARTS SLOWLY AND PICKS UP
SPEED AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD
00:22:33TO THE RESULTS.
>> THE RESULTS WILL HAVE TO GO
00:22:36TO VOTERS.
>> ON TERM LIMITS, DO YOU
00:22:41SUPPOSE TERM LIMITS WILL BE
REPEALED?
00:22:43>> I DO NOT THINK IT WILL BE
REPEALED, BUT I DO BELIEVE
00:22:54PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO
UNDERSTAND THE NECESSITY OF
00:22:56HAVING PEOPLE WHO ARE IN A
POSITION FROM THEIR BACKGROUNDS
00:23:01AND EDUCATION AND PREVIOUS
EXPERIENCE TO PROVIDE GOOD
00:23:08REVIEW OF LEGISLATION.
I THINK OVER TIME, IT WILL LEAD
00:23:15TO THE KIND OF THING THAT WE HAD
PRIOR.
00:23:18PEOPLE WHO WOULD REMAIN FOR
SUSTAINED PERIOD.
00:23:21THAT IS NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE THEN
THAN IT WAS NOW.
00:23:27THIS HAS NOT BEEN A HUGE CHANGE,
BUT BY THE SAME TOKEN, WE ARE
00:23:34MISSING SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO
LOVE EXPERTISE IN BOTH CAUCUSES
00:23:40-- WHO HAVE EXPERTISE IN BOTH
CAUCUSES.
00:23:43>> WOULD YOU BE SUPPORTIVE OF
SOME SORT OF A TERM LIMITS
00:23:47CHANGE?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
00:23:49IT WILL NOT IMPACT ME.
I AGREE WITH THE SPEAKER IN
00:23:58TERMS OF US LOSING A LOT OF
INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE.
00:24:02>> WILL WE SEE YOU ON THE BALLOT
NEXT YEAR?
00:24:12>> I COULD NOT SAY.
>> SPEAKER, WILL WE SEE YOU ON
00:24:19THE BALLOT NEXT YEAR?
>> NO.
00:24:21MY WIFE'S WORDS THE LAST TIME I
CAME BACK TO THE HOUSE, OVER MY
00:24:25DEAD BODY.
THAT WOULD GUIDE ME IN MAKING MY
00:24:28DECISION.
>> ALL RIGHT.
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