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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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00:00:21	>> THE HOUSE WILL COME TO ORDER. I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO OHIO.
00:00:27	I AM REALLY GLAD TO BE HOME. I WANT TO THANK MY NEIGHBORS,
00:00:38	FRIENDS, THE COMMUNITY, THE GOVERNOR, AND ALL THOSE WHO HAVE
00:00:43	MADE TODAY POSSIBLE. MORE IMPORTANTLY, OUR NUMBER ONE
00:00:50	AT THAT AS A DATE IS OUR WORK FORCE.
00:00:51	AND IN THE SPIRIT OF EVERY ONE OF THEM.
00:00:55	I AM SO BLESSED. [APPLAUSE]
00:01:03	WE ARE SO BLESSED TO HAVE YOU HERE TODAY TO HAVE THIS GREAT
00:01:07	EVENT CITY OF WILMINGTON INTO TO THE COMMUNITY, THANK YOU FOR
00:01:14	HOSTING. THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORY
00:01:17	AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING WHAT YOU DO.
00:01:18	I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
00:01:24	REPRESENT YOU. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO
00:01:26	RECOGNIZE THOSE THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO EVERYONE OF US.
00:01:30	IF YOU ARE A FIREFIGHTER, POLICE OFFICER, EMS PERSONNEL, PLEASE
00:01:39	RISE AND BE WELCOMED TO THIS CHAMBER.
00:01:40	[APPLAUSE] I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF HAVING
00:01:54	A GREAT PARTNER AS WE READ IS -- REPRESENT THE PEOPLE OF THE 91ST
00:02:02	DISTRICT AND HE REPRESENT THOSE OF THE 17TH DISTRICT.
00:02:03	BUT I'VE ALSO HAD A GREAT PARTNER IN THE LEADERSHIP ROLE.
00:02:06	IT'S MY PRIVILEGE TO INTRODUCE A MAN THAT DOESN'T FOLLOW POPULACE
00:02:11	OR POLLS. TO ENSURE THAT OUR NUMBER ONE
00:02:14	PRIORITY IS QUALITY-OF-LIFE. PLEASE WELCOME THE PRESIDENT OF
00:02:21	THE SENATE. >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
00:02:36	PRESIDENT PRO TEM SENATOR WIDENER.
00:02:37	IS THERE A CORM OF THE HOUSE PRESENT?
00:02:44	A QUORUM BEING PRESENT, THIS JOINT SESSION WILL COME TO
00:02:57	ORDER. I INVITE EVERYONE TO STAND FOR
00:03:16	THE PRESENTATION OF COLORS BY THE WILMINGTON VETERANS POST 49
00:03:19	MEMORIAL COLOR GUARD UNIT. PLEASE REMAIN STANDING
00:03:23	THEREAFTER FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
00:03:24	[COMMANDS GIVEN] [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
00:04:40	[COMMANDS GIVEN] >> THESE BE SEATED.
00:05:22	-- PLEASE BE SEATED. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS MY
00:05:41	DISTINCT HONOR AND PLEASURE TO PRESENT THE GOVERNOR OF THE
00:05:47	GREAT STATE OF OHIO, GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH.
00:05:49	[APPLAUSE] LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, GERMAN OR
00:07:30	-- GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH. >> THANK YOU.
00:07:42	THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
00:07:51	A LITTLE NERVNUS TONIGHT. FIRST TIME.
00:07:55	GIVE HIM A GREAT ROUND OF APPLAUSE, OUR BRAND-NEW SPEAKER.
00:08:01	[APPLAUSE] I WANT TO THANK YOU, MEMBERS OF
00:08:21	THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE
00:08:23	TONIGHT. I WANT TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF
00:08:27	MY CABINET THAT HAD A FANTASTIC DAY IN WILMINGTON.
00:08:29	OVER 80 MEETINGS INCLUDING A MEETING WITH OVER 200 VETERANS
00:08:34	AT A JOBS FAIR. THAT WAY WE CAN COME TO THE
00:08:38	COMMUNITY AND HELP. MY CAPTAIN AND MY STAFF, GOD
00:08:43	BLESS YOU. I AM ONE PERSON THAT GETS IT
00:08:48	DIRECT BUT WITHOUT YOU, WE CAN'T DO IT.
00:08:49	I WANT TO THANK YOU. AND TO MY SPECIAL WIFE.
00:08:55	WOULD YOU STAND AND LET THEM RECOGNIZE YOU?
00:08:58	[APPLAUSE] THAT'S RIGHT.
00:09:24	AND SHE HAS TO LIVE WITH ME. THAT'S WORTH A STANDING OVATION.
00:09:28	I WANT TO THANK THE FAMILY. IT WE ARE JUST SO THRILLED TO BE
00:09:35	HERE. SOME OF YOU MAY WONDER WHY I
00:09:40	ASKED THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO COME TO WILMINGTON TONIGHT.
00:09:42	I REALLY WANT TO TELL YOU WHO I AM HERE.
00:09:45	I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT CLIFF AND WILMINGTON AND ME A LITTLE BIT
00:09:53	OTHER ALONG. I CAME TO WILMINGTON DURING MY
00:09:59	CAMPAIGN IN 2010. I SAW THE DEVASTATION THAT THIS
00:10:03	TOWN HAD SUFFERED WRITTEN ON THE FACES OF THE PEOPLE OF
00:10:08	WILMINGTON. AND THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT PLAYED
00:10:13	BY THE RULES. THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG.
00:10:15	SO MUCH REMINDS ME OF STORIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY INCLUDING MY
00:10:22	OWN HOMETOWN. BUT ONE DAY, THE RUG WAS PULLED
00:10:27	FROM UNDER THEM. PEOPLE LOST THEIR SAVINGS.
00:10:32	PEOPLE LOST THEIR HOMES. A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE LOSING
00:10:35	HOPE. IN WHAT THEIR FUTURE WAS GOING
00:10:40	TO BE. MANY OF THEM WERE ONLY ABLE TO
00:10:45	FEED THEIR FAMILIES THANKS TO THE GOOD WORK AT FOOD PANTRIES
00:10:50	LIKE SUGAR TREE MINISTRIES. WHAT A GREAT OPERATION IT WAS.
00:10:54	YES, YOU CAN APPLAUD FOR SUGAR TREE MINUTE TREES.
00:10:59	-- MINISTRIES. [APPLAUSE]
00:11:03	I VISITED SUGAR TREE WITH MY CAMPAIGNS HALF AND MY WIFE.
00:11:07	REMEMBER, SWEETHEART, WHEN WE WERE HERE?
00:11:12	WE LEFT THE PANTRY AND GOT BACK ON THE BUS.
00:11:16	I WAS GETTING PRETTY EMOTIONAL. I TURNED TO THE PEOPLE WHO WERE
00:11:24	WITH ME. THE PEOPLE ON MY CAMPAIGN STAFF
00:11:32	WHO HAD BEEN WITH ME FOR MANY YEARS.
00:11:33	YOU BETTER UNDERSTAND THIS IS NOT JUST ANOTHER POLITICAL
00:11:38	CAMPAIGN. DID YOU SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING
00:11:42	IN THAT PANTRY? DID YOU SEE THE PAIN?
00:11:47	THE ANGUISH ON THEIR FACES? I TOLD THEM OUR MISSION IS TO
00:11:59	HELP FIX THIS COMMUNITY AND RESTORE SOME HOPE.
00:12:02	OUR MISSION IS TO GET PEOPLE BACK ON THEIR FEET IN PLACES
00:12:08	LIKE WILMINGTON. AND FOLKS, I HAVE VERY GOOD NEWS
00:12:12	TO REPORT. THE STATE OF THE STATE IS
00:12:17	GETTING STRONGER AND WE HAVE REGAINED OUR FOOTING.
00:12:19	BUT WE MUST ACT DECISIVELY. WE ARE BETTER TODAY THAN WE WERE
00:12:28	AND WE ARE RISING. WILMINGTON IS, IN MANY WAYS, A
00:12:41	REFLECTION OF OHIO. WE ARE DOING BETTER.
00:12:48	FROM $.89 IN OUR RAINY DAY FUND AND A BILLION DOLLARS BUDGET
00:12:54	SHORTFALL TO A BALANCED BUDGET TODAY.
00:12:59	AND A $1.5 BILLION SURPLUS. FROM $.89 AND 8 BILLION IN THE
00:13:12	HOLE, WE WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO ADDING ANOTHER $400 MILLION TO
00:13:17	THAT PIGGY BANK. AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, NOT HALF
00:13:27	BUT NEARLY HALF THE STATES ARE NOT STRUCTURALLY BALANCED.
00:13:33	DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO DO MAJOR SURGERY WHEN YOU DON'T
00:13:46	KNOW HOW YOU'RE GOING TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER?
00:13:47	WE HAVE AGREED TO USE CONSERVATIVE ECONOMICS AND ACT
00:13:54	LIKE A GOOD OHIO FAMILY THAT SAYS WE'VE GOT TO BE
00:13:58	CONSERVATIVE. THE RECORD IS PRETTY AMAZING
00:14:05	THAT WE SHOULD ALL FEEL PROUD OF IT.
00:14:06	LOSING 350,000 JOBS, 3.5 TIMES OHIO STADIUM TO WHERE WE ARE UP
00:14:17	ALMOST 300,000 NEW PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS OVER THE LAST FOUR
00:14:21	YEARS. IT'S AMAZING.
00:14:23	WE HAVE GONE FROM VERY HIGH TAXES ACROSS THE BOARD TO THE
00:14:32	LARGEST TAX CUT IN AMERICA INCLUDING FOR THE WORKING FOR --
00:14:39	THE WORKING POOR. WE ARE SEEING WAGES GO -- GROW
00:14:47	FASTER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.
00:14:48	AND UNEMPLOYMENT HAS DROPPED TO THE LOWEST LEVEL IN MORE THAN A
00:14:57	DECADE. THIS IS ALL REALLY GREAT STUFF.
00:15:01	IF I WERE TO LEAVE THIS TONIGHT AND SAY THAT OUR MISSION IS
00:15:07	ACCOMPLISHED, THERE IS NO WAY I WOULD BE DOING MY JOB.
00:15:10	WE HAVE A LOT MORE BATTLES TO WAGE AND I CANNOT WAGE THEM
00:15:19	WITHOUT YOU. I CAN'T DO IT UNLESS WE ALL WORK
00:15:26	TOGETHER. I PROPOSED A BUDGET FOR THE NEXT
00:15:29	TWO YEARS. PEOPLE THINK BUDGETS ARE ABOUT
00:15:33	NUMBERS AND DOLLARS, BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY IT.
00:15:35	I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON BUDGETS SINCE I WAS A KID.
00:15:40	THEY ARE NEVER ABOUT NUMBERS, THEY ARE ABOUT PEOPLE.
00:15:44	THEY ARE ABOUT VISION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH.
00:15:49	AND NOT LEAVING ANYBODY BEHIND, PARTICULARLY THOSE PEOPLE THAT
00:15:58	LIVE IN THE SHADOWS. WE ARE STARTING TO GET A GLIMPSE
00:16:03	OF WHERE OUR VISION CAN TAKE OHIO IF WE MAKE THE TOUGH AND
00:16:07	RIGHT CHOICES. BUT WE HAVE MORE WORK TO DO.
00:16:11	WE NEED TO WIN MORE BATTLES AGAINST THE STATUS LOW.
00:16:16	WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WIN BATTLES AGAINST THE STATUS QUO
00:16:25	IF WE WANT TO TAKE OHIO WHERE WE WANTED TO BE IN WHERE WE NEED IT
00:16:31	TO BE. THAT MEANS WE NEED TO CONTINUE
00:16:35	TO BATTLE SPECIAL INTEREST THAT WANT TO LOCK US AND WHERE WE ARE
00:16:38	TODAY IN THE PLAN MY ADMINISTRATION HAS LAID OUT
00:16:43	PROVIDES A PATH THAT I BELIEVE WILL PROPEL US HIGHER AND
00:16:47	HIGHER. I AM PROUD OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE
00:16:50	SO ARE AND I AM GREAT OLD I HAVE THE CHANCE TO SERVE ALONGSIDE
00:16:55	LEADERS WITH VISION AND A CERTAIN SENSE OF TOUGHNESS
00:16:58	BECAUSE LEADERSHIP IS NOT A FINGER IN THE AIR TO FIGURE OUT
00:17:05	WHO IS GOING TO BE WITH YOU. IT'S NOT ABOUT WHO LIKES YOU,
00:17:11	IT'S ABOUT USING YOUR JUDGMENT TO DELIVER THE BEST RESULTS.
00:17:14	THE FORMER SENATE PRESIDENT TOM THE HOUSES IN THE AUDIENCE
00:17:21	TONIGHT. I WOULD LIKE HIM TO STAND.
00:17:24	IS HE HERE? GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
00:17:29	AND, OF COURSE, FORMER SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, WHERE IS BILL?
00:17:40	STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED. I AM GRATEFUL TO SERVE WITH
00:17:49	SOMEONE LIKE KEITH FABER. KEITH AND I ARE BUDDIES.
00:17:55	IT'S A WONDERFUL THING WHEN YOU CAN CROSS THE LINE FROM
00:18:00	COLLEAGUE AND YOU CAN TEASE AND YOU CAN KID.
00:18:04	KEITH IS MY BUDDY. WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT CLIFF?
00:18:10	I FIRST UNDERSTAND -- UNDERSTOOD THE FASHION WHEN HE BECAME --
00:18:20	ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE NEEDED TO DO TO GET WILMINGTON ON ITS
00:18:23	THE HERE AND ALWAYS THINKING INSIDE THE BOX WITH SUCH GREAT
00:18:31	PASSION. PEOPLE OF CLINTON COUNTY.
00:18:35	BUT YOU COULD NOT HAVE A BETTER READ THAN THE ROSENBERGER.
00:18:40	HE IS HEART AND SOUL COMMITTED TO YOU.
00:18:45	HOW ABOUT BOB PEARSON? STAND UP AND GET RECOGNIZED.
00:18:57	HE IS ALSO A GREAT LEADER HERE. SO I HAVE SAID I AM PROUD ABOUT
00:19:06	WHAT WE ARE DOING, BUT LET ME BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT IS MAKING THE
00:19:10	DIFFERENCE. BALANCED BUDGETS, SURPLUSES,
00:19:16	SMART MANAGEMENT, COMMONSENSE REGULATIONS.
00:19:19	THANK YOU, MARY TAYLOR, OR ALL OF YOUR WORK.
00:19:24	GIVE MARY A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. SHE IS TERRIFIC.
00:19:29	THESE ARE THE IDEAS PRODUCING ECONOMIC GROWTH WHICH IS MAKING
00:19:38	SO MANY OF THE OTHER GOOD RINGS POSSIBLE.
00:19:41	THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE SENDING MESSAGES TO JOB READERS
00:19:45	AROUND THIS DATE, THE COUNTRY, AND THE GLOBE THAT OHIO IS OPEN
00:19:50	FOR BUSINESS. I TALKED TO THEM ALL THE TIME.
00:19:54	WHEN I TELL THEM WE WERE 8 BILLION IN THE HOLE AND NOW 2
00:19:59	BILLION IN THE BLACK. THAT WE HAVE A PRIVATE SECTOR
00:20:05	ENTITY THAT CAN RESPOND TO THEM ECKLEY WHEN IT COMES TO THE NEED
00:20:09	TO GIVE THEM ANSWERS ON THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR JOB GROWTH.
00:20:11	I TALKED TO THEM ALL THE TIME, EVERY WEEK, ALMOST EVERY DAY.
00:20:15	IT'S HARD FOR THEM TO BELIEVE BUT NOW WE'RE STARTING TO GET A
00:20:21	REPUTATION BECAUSE WHAT WE CELEBRATE TONIGHT IS FOR REAL.
00:20:23	PARTICULARLY WHEN COMPARED TO OTHERS, IT'S IMPRESSIVE.
00:20:28	WE ARE POISED TO TAKE WHAT I BELIEVE ARE MAJOR LEAPS FORWARD
00:20:33	SO WE CAN BEGIN LOCKING IN THE PROGRESS READ MADE AND PREPARING
00:20:37	FOR THE CHALLENGES LOOMING ALL TO CLOSE ON THE HORIZON.
00:20:39	CHALLENGES LIKE THE AGING OF OUR WORKFORCE AS BABY BOOMERS
00:20:48	RETIRE. WE ARE GETTING OLDER IN OHIO.
00:20:51	UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS OF NOT BEING ABLE TO REFILL THOSE
00:20:59	JOBS. WITH THE YOUNG PEOPLE.
00:21:01	WE HAVE FACED THE INEVITABLE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN.
00:21:08	JUST LOOK AT THE STOCK MARKET. LOOK AT THE ECONOMIC NEWS AND
00:21:13	THE UNDER ACTIVE CRISES THAT ALWAYS SEEMS TO STRIKE WHEN WE
00:21:17	LEAST EXPECT IT. I BELIEVE THE MOST IMPORT THING
00:21:22	WE CAN DO TO PLAN AHEAD IS TO CONTINUE STRENGTHENING OHIO'S
00:21:28	ECONOMY BY FURTHER CUTTING TAXES .
00:21:29	THAT MEANS WE MUST RESTRAIN GOVERNMENT SPENDING.
00:21:33	WE NEED TO CUT TAXES AND LEAD TO RESTRAIN THE GROWTH OF
00:21:39	GOVERNMENT. I HAVE PROPOSING WE ATTACKED IS
00:21:43	BY $500 MILLION ON TOP OF THE $3 BILLION IN CUTS WE'VE ALREADY
00:21:47	MADE BECAUSE HIGH INCOME TAXES PUNISH RISK TAKING.
00:21:52	HIGH INCOME TAXES PUNISH RISK TAKING.
00:21:56	THEY DRIVE SOME OF OUR BEST AND BRIGHTEST TO OTHER STATES IN
00:22:05	SEARCH OF LOWER TAXES AND BETTER OPPORTUNITIES.
00:22:06	AND YOU ALL KNOW WHAT I MEAN. I'LL WHAT PART OF OHIO YOU COME
00:22:13	DOWN, SOME OF OUR BEST, BRIGHTEST, AND MOST WILL.
00:22:18	THEY LEAVE. AND THEY GO OTHER PLACES.
00:22:25	WE'VE GOT TO CONTINUE TO DO THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO TO CUT
00:22:29	TAXES. THE BUDGET I PROPOSE HOLDS
00:22:33	GROWTH TO BELOW HISTORIC INFLATION.
00:22:34	IT'S ONLY 2% THE FIRST YEAR AND 2.5% THE NEXT YEAR.
00:22:39	WE WANT TO RESTRAIN THE GROWTH IN GOVERNMENT SPENDING AND IT IS
00:22:47	CRITICAL THAT WE GROW AT A LEVEL WHERE WE CAN MEET PRIORITIES AND
00:22:51	AT THE SAME TIME, HAVE THE SPACE
00:22:53	FOR TAX CUTS. IT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T INVEST
00:22:58	IN SOME PRIORITIES LIKE EDUCATION.
00:22:59	BUT WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO INNOVATE AND IMPROVE AND
00:23:06	REDUCE BECAUSE OUR ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN
00:23:08	SUCCESSFUL. IN DOING THAT, WE HAVE KEPT
00:23:11	GROWTH IN CHECK SO THAT THERE IS MONEY TO GIVE BACK TO OHIOANS.
00:23:13	BECAUSE WE HAVE RESTRAINED OURSELVES, WE ARE ABLE TO GIVE
00:23:21	HALF $1 BILLION BACK TO THE PEOPLE OF THIS DATE.
00:23:22	-- OF THIS STATE. [APPLAUSE]
00:23:33	NOW WE WILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN EXPLANATION ABOUT ALL THIS.
00:23:38	PEOPLE GET TO KEEP ALL OF THEIR MONEY.
00:23:47	THEY HAVE MORE CONTROL OVER THEIR LIVES.
00:23:49	THEY HAVE MORE POWER. IT'S NOT THE GOVERNANCE -- THE
00:24:08	GOVERNMENT'S MONEY. WE WANT TO KEEP AS MUCH OF IT IS
00:24:12	POSSIBLE. THEY WILL ALWAYS KNOW HOW TO
00:24:21	SPEND IT BETTER THAN GOVERNMENT EVER COULD.
00:24:22	THEY WILL DO A BETTER JOB OF EXERCISING CHOICE THAN ANY
00:24:25	GOVERNMENT WHATEVER DO FOR THEM. DON'T FORGET THAT.
00:24:29	BUT HERE'S ANOTHER THING YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND.
00:24:35	LOW TAXES SIGNALED THE JOB CREATORS THAT OHIO IS A SAFE AND
00:24:39	ATTRACTIVE WAYS TO INVEST. WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT
00:24:46	INVESTING, YOU WANT TO GO WHERE THINGS ARE SOLID, BUDGETS ARE
00:24:48	BALANCED. WHERE GOVERNMENT IS BEING
00:24:54	RESTRAINED AND YOU KNOW IT IS A GOVERNMENT WHERE A GROUP OF
00:24:58	LEADERS WHO UNDERSTAND THE PHILOSOPHY OF REDUCING TAXES AND
00:25:04	EMPOWERING PEOPLE FROM THE BOTTOM UP, IT SENDS YOU A SIGNAL
00:25:07	OF STRENGTH. AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT
00:25:10	TO DO. A SMALL BUSINESS WITH MORE MONEY
00:25:16	CAN HIRE MORE PEOPLE AND BY MORE MACHINERY, AND THEREFORE, HAVE A
00:25:23	BETTER CHANCE TO THRIVE. SMALL BUSINESSES GET HEALTHIER.
00:25:26	THEY CAN BE HIGHER. THEY CAN BE STRONGER.
00:25:29	THIS IS JUST A SIMPLE FACT. HIGH TAXES DISCOURAGE IT.
00:25:35	HIGH TAXES PUNISH A BUSINESS OWNER'S WILLINGNESS TO TAKE A
00:25:42	RISK TO HIRE MORE PEOPLE, INVEST IN IMPROVEMENTS AND WORK ORDER
00:25:47	TO BE SUCCESSFUL. LOWER TAXES INCENTIVIZE ALL OF
00:25:50	THOSE THINGS. AND WHEN SMALL BUSINESSES TAKE
00:25:53	RISKS WHEN THEY INVEST AND EXPAND, IT ECHOES THROUGHOUT OUR
00:25:58	ECONOMY. IT'S CALLED GROWTH.
00:26:00	WE CUT WORKERS COMPENSATION PREMIUMS BY 12% AND $409 MILLION
00:26:11	IN SAVINGS. WE HAVE GIVEN EMPLOYERS $1.75
00:26:16	BILLION BACK IN REBATES AND WORKER'S COMP. WHILE INVESTING
00:26:22	IN WORKER SAFETY. CALL YOUR SMALL BUSINESS AND ASK
00:26:25	THEM. IT'S ALSO WHY I WANT TO
00:26:30	ELIMINATE INCOME TAXES FOR VIRTUALLY EVERY SMALL BUSINESS
00:26:32	IN OUR STATE HELPED FUEL AND ACCELERATE GROWTH.
00:26:36	I WANT TO SEND THE MESSAGE THAT IF YOU WANT TO START A SMALL
00:26:46	BUSINESS, IF YOU WANT TO BE AN ENTREPRENEUR, IF YOU ARE A YOUNG
00:26:57	PERSON COMING OUT OF COLLEGE, DO IT IN OHIO.
00:26:58	THINK ABOUT IT. IT DO IT IN OHIO.
00:27:03	STAY HERE OR COME HERE BECAUSE WE WILL GIVE YOU THE HELP YOU
00:27:07	NEED TO OPEN THE DOORS. AND THAT HELPS US WITH THE
00:27:12	POPULATION DRAIN WE HAVE SEEN IN THIS STATE.
00:27:14	WE HAVE SEEN SIMILAR -- RIGHT. EXACTLY RIGHT, TIM.
00:27:21	FAMILIES GET TO KEEP MORE OF THEIR OWN MONEY.
00:27:26	THEY HAVE CONTROL OVER THEIR OWN LIVES.
00:27:29	THE FREEDOM TO DIRECT THEIR OWN FUTURES.
00:27:32	THEY CAN SAVE FOR A RAINY DAY OR COLLEGE EDUCATION OR NEEDED HOME
00:27:38	REPAIRS. THEY CAN GO INTO BUSINESS OR
00:27:40	TAKE A SPECIAL TRIP LIKE MY MOM AND DAD USED TO DO.
00:27:44	I WANT TO GIVE FAMILIES THIS KIND OF POWER OVER THEIR OWN
00:27:52	LIVES.
00:27:52	THAT IS WHY I AM PROPOSING TO CUT THE INCOME TAX RATES BY 23%.
00:27:57	WE HAVE ALREADY CUT OHIO'S TAX RATE FROM 519 TO .3% -- 5.9% TO
00:28:06	FIVE 13%. OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
00:28:16	I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT IT. [APPLAUSE]
00:28:20	CUTTING TAXES AND DO MORE TO STRENGTHEN OHIO AS LOW AS TO
00:28:27	ATTRACT THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST TO OUR STATE.
00:28:29	DON'T FORGET, MANY INNOVATORS LEAVE OHIO FOUR STATES WITH ZERO
00:28:37	INCOME TAXES, AND WHEN THEY DO, THEY TAKE THEIR GOOD IDEAS AND
00:28:39	THEIR PHILANTHROPY WITH THEM. LET ME PUT THIS IN SIMPLE TERMS.
00:28:44	SO YOU WORK A LIFETIME. YOU BUILD A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS.
00:28:49	I USED TO SAY, DAD, HOW DO WE FEEL ABOUT THE RICH CAN MARK HE
00:28:57	USED TO SAY, JOHNNY, WE WENT TO BE ONE OF THEM.
00:29:02	THESE FOLKS, MANY OF WHOM KNOW, WHETHER WE LIVE IN BILL OR
00:29:09	YOUNGSTOWN OR CLEVELAND OR TOLEDO OR CINCINNATI OR
00:29:14	COLUMBUS, SOMEBODY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CASH IN WHAT THEY
00:29:19	EARNED, AND THEY CAN DO -- SELL SOME STOCK.
00:29:23	AND THEY PAY THE FEDERAL CAPITAL GAINS RATE.
00:29:33	THEY DON'T PAY ANYTHING ELSE. IF THEY LIVE IN OHIO, THEY PAY
00:29:43	THE FEDERAL CAPITAL GAINS RATE PLUS AN ADDITIONAL 5.3%.
00:29:46	NOW, WHAT WOULD YOU RATHER PAY? 25.3% IN TAXES OR 20%? AND FOR
00:29:55	MANY OF THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE STCCESSFUL, IT IS A LARGE AMOUNT
00:29:59	OF MONEY, AND THAT IS WHY WHEN YOU GO TO NAPLES AND YOU DRIVE
00:30:04	AROUND, YOU KEEP BUMPING INTO OHIOANS.
00:30:06	THEY CAN BUY ANOTHER HOUSE DOWN THERE.
00:30:10	THIS IS NOT COMPLICATED. WE CANNOT LOSE OUR BEST AND
00:30:19	BRIGHTEST. I AM PLEADING WITH YOU TO
00:30:23	UNDERSTAND THAT WE DRIVE THEM OUT, AND THEY GO DOWN THERE, AND
00:30:26	WHEN THEY GO TO FLORIDA, THEY ARE BUILDING A NEW RING ARE
00:30:29	CENTER IN NAPLES. -- A NEW PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
00:30:34	IN NAPLES. I WANT A NEW PERFORMING ARTS
00:30:38	CENTER HERE, NOT IN NAPLES, FLORIDA.
00:30:45	I WANT TO KEEP THEM HERE. THAT IS THE EASY PART OF IT, OK?
00:30:50	AND YOU ALL CAN DEBATE HOW YOU WANT TO DO IT.
00:30:52	THAT'S 500 MILLION DOLLARS GET PAID FOR BY THE SAVINGS WE ARE
00:30:56	ABLE TO GENERATE. WE CAN ACHIEVE MORE IF WE START
00:31:05	FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGING THE WAY THE OHIO TAX SYSTEM WORKS SO
00:31:10	THAT TAXES HAVE LESS OF A DRAG ON THE PRIVATE ECONOMY.
00:31:13	LOOK, NO TAX IS GREAT, BUT SOME ARE WORSE THAN OTHERS.
00:31:21	IF YOU EVER STUDIED THAT, SOME TAXES HAVE A GREATER DRAG ON
00:31:27	ECONOMIC GROWTH AND OTHER TAXES. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE TAXES
00:31:33	THAT HAVE THE LEAST NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY SO WE CAN
00:31:36	CREATE JOBS. A CERTAIN LEVEL OF TAXES IS
00:31:41	INEVITABLE TO PAY FOR ROADS, TO PAY FOR SCHOOLS, TO CARE FOR THE
00:31:43	NEEDY. THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO MAKE THAT
00:31:47	MONEY GO AS FAR AS IT CAN'T, AND THOSE TAXES HAVE TO BE GENERATED
00:31:50	IN THE LEAST HARMFUL WAY. AND LET ME FINISH THIS.
00:31:58	I THINK WE SHOULD LEAN LEFT ON INCOME TAXES WHICH PUNISH THE
00:32:04	INVESTMENT AND THE GROWTH THAT WE ALL SEEK AND LEAN MORE ON
00:32:08	CONSUMPTION TAXES. HEY, THE STATES THAT HAVE
00:32:12	FOLLOWED THAT FORMULA, THEY ARE GOING FASTER THAN WE ARE.
00:32:15	THEY ARE YOUNGER THAN WE ARE. WHERE ARE THEY?
00:32:19	FLORIDA. TEXAS.
00:32:20	LOOK AT TENNESSEE. I HAVE TO COMPETE WITH THE STATE
00:32:28	WHEN I CALLED THESE CEO'S. NEVADA.
00:32:30	PEOPLE ARE MOVING FROM CALIFORNIA TO NEVADA BECAUSE
00:32:37	THEY RAISED TAXES. THIS IS HAPPENING BECAUSE MONEY
00:32:39	FLOWS TO THE PLACE THAT HAS A LOWER TAXES.
00:32:42	OUT INCOME TAXES ARE A SEVERE DRAG ON ECONOMIC GROWTH.
00:32:48	WE'RE SUPPOSED TO CELEBRATE HARD WORK.
00:32:52	WE WANT MORE OF IT, MORE HARD WORK.
00:32:55	WE SAY WE WANT TO CREATE MORE GOOD MIDDLE-CLASS JOBS AND THAT
00:33:00	WE WENT TO BOLSTER FAMILY INCOMES, BUT IT CANNOT HAPPEN
00:33:03	WITHOUT GROWING, THRIVING BUSINESSES, BUT THEY CANNOT
00:33:09	GROW, AND THEY CANNOT THRIVE WITHOUT NEW INVESTMENT.
00:33:10	THIS IS SIMPLE TO. INVESTMENT SHOULD BE NURSED, NOT
00:33:15	DISCOURAGED. THIS IS SO THEY CAN GROW AND
00:33:19	CREATE NEW, GOOD-PAYING JOBS. THINK ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING
00:33:28	OVER THERE IN STEUBENVILLE. NEW JOB NEED NEW BUSINESSES, AND
00:33:32	NEW BUSINESSES NEED NEW INVESTMENT, AND LET'S ENCOURAGE
00:33:35	INVESTMENT BY CUTTING TAXES. IT IS COMMON SENSE.
00:33:41	IT IS A PROCESS THAT BEGINS WITH INVESTMENT AND ENDS WITH HIGHER
00:33:44	FAMILY INCOMES. FOLKS, THIS IS NOT REPUBLICAN.
00:33:47	THIS ISN'T DEMOCRAT. THIS IS A LOT OF WHAT WE HAVE
00:33:51	BEEN TRYING TO DO OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, AND LOOK AT THE
00:33:55	RESULTS. LET'S NOT STOP.
00:33:57	LET'S DO MORE OFLET'S NOT STOP. LET'S DO MORE OF IT, MORE OF IT
00:34:06	SO WE CAN HAVE MORE JOBS, SO WE CAN CURE OUR PLACE HERE IN
00:34:07	AMERICA -- SO WE CAN SECURE OUR PLACE.
00:34:08	MORE TOWARDS CONSUMPTION TAXES, WE ARE ENCOURAGING HARD WORK AND
00:34:13	ARE ALSO GETTING PEOPLE MORE CONTROL OVER THE AMOUNT OF TAXES
00:34:16	THEY ULTIMATELY PAY. IN THE CONSUMPTION TAX MODEL,
00:34:20	YOU ARE IN CONTROL. YOU ONLY PAY TAXES ON THE
00:34:24	PURCHASES YOU CHOOSE TO MAKE. YOU ARE THE ONE WHO DECIDES WHAT
00:34:27	YOU BUY AND HOW MUCH YOU SPEND, AND FOR THE POOREST OHIOANS, WE
00:34:31	ARE PROVIDING RELIEF SO THEY ARE NOT DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED
00:34:37	BY THE CHANGE IN CONSUMPTION TAXES.
00:34:42	HELPING PEOPLE WHO ARE THE WORKING POOR.
00:34:44	THAT IS WHY WE CREATED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OHIO THE EARNED
00:34:47	INCOME TAX CREDIT. IT IS NOT REFUNDABLE, AND I
00:34:51	WOULD NOT SAY BREATHTAKING, BUT IT IS CERTAINLY NEW.
00:34:53	NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. WE CREATED IT, AND NOW WE ARE
00:34:57	SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASING THE PERSONAL EXEMPTION SO THAT THE
00:35:04	WORKING POOR CAN HAVE INCENTIVE. WHEN WE IMPROVE THE OHIO TAX
00:35:14	CLIMATE. YOU KNOW, THE SINGLE BIGGEST 44
00:35:17	POVERTY? -- BIGGEST YOUR -- CURE FOR
00:35:28	POVERTY? A JOB.
00:35:29	[APPLAUSE] OK.
00:35:30	YOURSO WE ARE TALKING NOT JUSTT SAVING MONEY BUT GOVERNMENT
00:35:36	TAXES SOMETHING GO UP. OTHER THINGS GO DOWN, BUT TO
00:35:41	PROVIDE THE SENSITIVE FOR THE LEAST NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE
00:35:44	ECONOMY. AND HERE IS ANOTHER PLACE WHERE
00:35:51	WE NEED TAX REFORM. OUR CURRENT SYSTEM DOES NOT
00:35:56	REFLECT THE REALITY. BEFORE THIS WAS EVER ENVISIONED,
00:36:01	ITS CURRENT LOW RATE, $.20 ON A BARREL OF OIL.
00:36:09	I DO NOT KNOW ANYBODY WHO LIVED IN OHIO WHO WOULD NOT LIKE TO
00:36:15	SIGN UP OR THIS. $.20 ON A BARREL OF OIL.
00:36:20	IT IS UNCONSCIONABLE, AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED.
00:36:27	IT IS NOT RIGHT. THESE RESOURCES ARE BEING HE
00:36:33	PLEADED. OHIO IS BEING MADE POORER AS A
00:36:35	RESULT OF A DEPLETION OF OUR RESOURCES.
00:36:36	IT IS LIKE OIL AND GAS ITSELF. MUCH IS BEING SHIPPED OUT OF OUR
00:36:44	STATE. BEING SHIPPED OUT OF OHIO.
00:36:45	WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT WHILE AT THE SAME TIME MAKING SURE THAT
00:36:50	THE LONG TIME DRILLERS, THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND YEARS, THE
00:36:53	ONE THAT MAKE VERY LITTLE MONEY, WE WANT TO JUST GET RID OF THEIR
00:37:01	TAXES, THEIR INCOME TAXES ALTOGETHER, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO
00:37:03	MAKE SURE THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE SUPPORTED WHEN THERE ARE
00:37:11	ESSENTIAL SERVICES THAT ARE FORCED TO GO UP BECAUSE OF OIL
00:37:13	AND GAS ACTIVITY. OK?
00:37:15	ALL OF IT. [APPLAUSE]
00:37:19	THE PROSPERITY CREATED BY OUR OIL AND GAS DEPOSITS CAN BE
00:37:27	GREAT BUT NOT JUST FOR SHALE COUNTRY.
00:37:28	THIS IS NOT JUST FOR PART OF OHIO BUT FOR ALL OF OHIO,
00:37:34	BECAUSE IT MAKES POSSIBLE THE INCOME TAX CUT THAT PROVIDED
00:37:38	ECONOMIC BOOST STATEWIDE. I IS DISAPPOINTED BY THOSE WHO
00:37:43	SAY THE SEVERANCE TAX REFORM WILL KILL THE INDUSTRY.
00:37:45	THAT IS A JOKE. THAT IS A BIG, FAT JOE, BECAUSE
00:37:51	I HAVE TALKED TO THEM IN PRIVATE.
00:37:52	WE WILL STILL BE COMPETITIVE WITH OTHER OIL-RICH STATES.
00:38:01	WE ALL BENEFIT FROM THIS WHOLE INDUSTRY.
00:38:08	THAT IS WHAT IT SHOULD BE ALL ABOUT.
00:38:09	AND I WILL TELL YOU A STORY. WE ARE OUT IN WYOMING MAY BE THE
00:38:21	GREATEST GOVERNOR WAS HATHAWAY. AND NOW THEY ARE RUNNING THESE
00:38:41	BIG SURPLUSES IN THIS FUND AND WHAT HAPPENED?
00:38:47	AND HE SAID WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A SEVERANCE TAX, AND GUESS WHAT,
00:39:10	HE HAS GONE DOWN AS ONE OF THE GREATEST GOVERNORS IN WYOMING.
00:39:12	THAT IS WHAT THE PEOPLE IN THE STATE WANT AND LET'S TALK ABOUT
00:39:21	THE CAP TAX? YOU WILL NOT GET THE REDUCTION
00:39:26	IN THESE OTHER TAXES. IT WON'T HAPPEN.
00:39:28	YOU'RE EITHER FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH OR WE GET ON THE STATUS
00:39:33	QUO. YOU KNOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
00:39:45	CAP TAX. THIS CREATED 10 YEARS AGO.
00:39:48	IT HAS BEEN A HUGE BENEFIT FOR LARGE COMPANIES, ESPECIALLY
00:39:52	MANUFACTURING COMPANIES. OF COURSE, WE WANT TO SEE THEM
00:39:56	SUCCEED, BUT WE ALSO WANT OHIO'S SMALL ENTERPRISES NEED, BECAUSE
00:40:01	THEY ARE THE REAL ENGINES OF ECONOMIC GROWTH.
00:40:03	THEY ARE LIKE FIGHTER JETS. SMALL, NIMBLE, ABLE TO RESPOND
00:40:10	TO CHANGES IN THE MARKETPLACE. IT IS TIME FOR THESE BUSINESSES
00:40:15	TO RECEIVE THE SAME KIND OF SHOT IN THE ARM THAT BIG BUSINESSES
00:40:18	RECEIVED 10 YEARS AGO, SO LET'S REFORM THE CAP TAX AND ELIMINATE
00:40:20	THE SMALL BUSINESS INCOME TAXES ALTOGETHER.
00:40:25	NOW, THAT IS A VERY INTERESTING PROPOSAL AND A VERY INTEREST IN
00:40:27	THOUGHT. [APPLAUSE]
00:40:30	I'D GET IT THAT CHANGING THE TAX POLICY IS HARD.
00:40:40	IT IS LIKE ARTICLES LAYING UP ON A PIER IN THE OCEAN, -- IT IS
00:40:46	LIKE BARNACLES LAYING UP ON A PIER.
00:40:50	LIKE THE TAX CUTS AND TAX REFORMS IN OUR BUDGET.
00:40:55	AND THIS IS SHORTSIGHTED. MAKING SOME SPECIAL INTEREST
00:41:08	GROUP HAPPY. OUR INTEREST IS TO LIFT OHIO.
00:41:12	NOW, TAKEN AS AN INTEGRATED PACKAGE, ALL OF THESE DIVERSIFY
00:41:19	OHIO'S ECONOMY AND ACHIEVE A CROSSOVER OF SORTS, WHERE WE CAN
00:41:24	MAINTAIN A VIBRANT MANUFACTURING CLIMATE.
00:41:28	WE WANT TO DO THIS DEAL AND THE CARS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS,
00:41:34	AND A LITTLE BIT OF CHANGE IN THE CAP TAX.
00:41:36	HELPING THE SMALL BUSINESSES AND SUPPLIERS GROW, AND SMALL
00:41:43	BUSINESSES, THEY ARE THE ONES WHO WILL TAKE A CHANCE ON PEOPLE
00:41:47	WHO OTHERS CONSIDER MARGINAL WORKERS.
00:41:48	WE CAN SPARK A FIRE OF THE CUTTING EDGE COMPANIES AND THE
00:41:57	DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES THAT HAVE THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR
00:42:00	JOB GROWTH. AND THERE WAS A GREAT ARTICLE WE
00:42:05	HAD ONLINE. AND LOOK AT THE ONES THAT ARE
00:42:11	REALLY SKYROCKETING IN THE COUNTRY.
00:42:13	3-D PRINTING. THE TELEMEDICINE DEVICES THAT
00:42:26	MAKE IT POSSIBLE. I.T. SERVICES.
00:42:29	FINANCIAL SERVICES. AND THEY CONTINUE TO BE KNOWN AS
00:42:40	THE RUST BELTS. HE HAS BEEN AROUND FOR ANOTHER
00:42:50	HUNDRED YEARS. NO ONE LIKES RUST.
00:42:54	WE NEED THE NEW ECONOMY IN THIS STATE.
00:42:58	AS OUR POPULATION AGES AND MORE BABY BOOMERS RETIRE, THEY HELP
00:43:06	US KEEP OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND HELP US ATTRACT NEW ONES.
00:43:08	BUT WHEN COMBINED WITH THE COOL FACTOR WE ARE SEEIOG CREATED IN
00:43:13	OUR CITIES AS WELL AS STATE'S LOW COST OF LIVING, WE CAN TRULY
00:43:20	TAKE OUR STATE TO THE NEXT LEVEL WITH BETTER, MORE EXCITING
00:43:22	OPPORTUNITIES. AND MOST OF IT, IF IT IS BASED
00:43:40	ON A GOOD, LOGICAL ARGUMENT, I AM FINE.
00:43:42	BUT HERE IS WHAT I'M GOING TO SUGGEST TO YOU.
00:43:45	IF WE LOOK BACK ON OHIO, AND WE ARE ONLY BIG, HEAVY
00:43:52	MANUFACTURING, AND WE FORGET THE CLOUD COMPUTING, WHERE WE NOW
00:43:56	HAVE A $1 BILLION INVESTMENT, THE DATA ANALYTICS THAT IBM
00:44:01	BROUGHT TO OUR STATE, THE MEDICAL DEVICE COMPANIES, THE
00:44:04	MEDICAL IMAGING COMPANIES, THE NEW I.T. SERVICES, THE NEW
00:44:08	FINANCIAL SERVICES, THAT IS WHERE THE JOBS ARE, FOLKS.
00:44:10	THAT IS WHERE THE WORLD IS GOING.
00:44:12	YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUNG PEOPLE IN THIS STATE?
00:44:14	IF THEY GRADUATE AND GET AN EXCITING JOB, THEY ARE NOT GOING
00:44:21	ANYWHERE. WE HAVE GOT A LOW COST OF
00:44:23	LIVING. AND THAT IS REALLY WHAT THIS IS
00:44:31	ALL ABOUT. SO I WANT TO THINK ABOUT THIS.
00:44:33	I BELIEVE THE FUTURE OF OUR STATE IS AT RISK.
00:44:40	THIS IS NOT ABOUT JOHN KASICH. THIS IS ABOUT OUR PRECIOUS STATE
00:44:46	AND HOW IT WILL LOOK, BECAUSE THE DECISIONS WE MAKE NOW ARE
00:44:49	THE DECISIONS THAT REALLY AFFECT US FARTHER DOWN THE ROAD.
00:44:51	YOU KNOW, LOOK. ANOTHER CRITICAL PART OF OUR
00:44:56	ECONOMIC REVIVAL IS EDUCATION. OUR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
00:45:00	UNDERSTAND THIS, AND I HAVE GOT TO TELL YOU, THEY HAVE BEEN
00:45:04	HEROIC. I DO NOT THINK THERE IS ANOTHER
00:45:09	STATE IN AMERICA WHERE THE PRESIDENT OF OUR UNIVERSITIES
00:45:11	AND CORINTHIAN COLLEGES COLLEGES HAVE A BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH
00:45:14	THE GOVERNOR. WE WORK TOGETHER HAND AND GLOVE
00:45:15	-- WHERE THE PRESIDENTS OF OUR UNIVERSITIES AND COMMUNITY
00:45:25	COLLEGES HAVE A BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GOVERNOR.
00:45:26	I SAID, LOOK, WE ARE NOT GOING TO SPREAD THE PEANUT BUTTER
00:45:32	ACROSS THE WHOLE SLICE OF RED. -- BREAD.
00:45:35	HELPING THOSE PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP WITHOUT TAKING STUFF FOR
00:45:43	YOUR SELF. YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, THEY GOT
00:45:46	TO BUILD THESE NEW CENTER, THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES, SO PEOPLE
00:45:51	COULD LEARN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY.
00:45:52	IT NEVER WOULD HAVE HAPPENED BEFORE.
00:45:54	WHAT ABOUT OUR FUNDING FORMULA? I TELL OTHERS AID ABOUT OUR
00:46:01	FUNDING FORMULA, AND THEY CANNOT BELIEVE IT.
00:46:02	THE UNIVERSITIES SAID THEY WILL NOT TAKE ONE SINGLE DIME OF
00:46:06	PUBLIC MONEY UNTIL A STUDENT COMPLETES A COURSE, GETS A
00:46:10	CERTIFICATE, OR GRADUATES. THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE, AND THAT
00:46:15	HELPS OUR STUDENTS GET THROUGH SCHOOL QUICKER, TO HAVE MORE
00:46:17	ATTENTION PLACED ON THEM WHEN THEY ARE IN SCHOOL, AND ALL
00:46:21	THESE FOLKS HAVE GONE ALONG WITH IT.
00:46:23	WE WILL HAVE THIS BIG TASK FORCE, AND WE WILL GET INTO YOUR
00:46:28	COST. MY FRIEND KEITH, HE FEELS ABOUT
00:46:32	THIS AS PASSIONATELY AS WE DO. I WANT TO GIVE IT A CHANCE.
00:46:36	WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A STUDY, AND WE ARE TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING
00:46:41	THAT DRIVES THE COST UP AT OUR UNIVERSITIES.
00:46:44	ACROSS THE STATE, THIS HAS TOUCHED A NERVE.
00:46:46	THEY HAVE EDITORIALIZED IN FAVOR OF THIS PLAN, AND THEY HAVE SAID
00:46:51	WE WILL JOIN KASICH IN FAVOR, AND WE WILL JOIN ROSENBERGER, AS
00:46:57	WELL, AND WE WILL SLICE THESE UNIVERSITIES IF THEY DO NOT GET
00:47:02	THIS MISSION ACCOMPLISHED OVER THE PERIOD OF THE NEXT YEAR, AND
00:47:06	SOME OF THEM ARE HERE TONIGHT, AND GIVE THEM A ROUND OF
00:47:09	APPLAUSE FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AT THESE UNIVERSITIES.
00:47:10	[APPLAUSE] YOU KNOW, THEY ARE GOING ALONG
00:47:20	WITH THIS IDEA OF TWO-YEAR SCHOOL IN NALA TO AWARD A
00:47:24	BACHELOR DEGREE. UNBELIEVABLE.
00:47:26	AND THEY ARE GOING TO ADOPT NEW ONLINE COMPETENCY-BASED COURSES,
00:47:32	SO IF YOU ARE A NURSE AND ARE 32 AND WENT TO GET A BIGGER
00:47:35	CERTIFICATE, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GO ONLINE AND GET THAT DONE, AND
00:47:38	YOU WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE THOSE COURSES, AND YOU WILL NOT EVEN
00:47:42	HAVE TO SIT IN A CLASSROOM. IT IS SORT OF LIKE WHAT WE SAID
00:47:48	TO THE VETERANS, IF YOU CAN DRIVE A TRUCK FROM KABUL TO KA
00:47:53	NDUHAR, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO THIS.
00:47:57	AND GOING ONLINE AND POSTING CURRICULUM.
00:48:03	WE ALL WANT PEOPLE. WE ARE WORKING AT MCDONALD'S.
00:48:05	YOU THINK YOU ARE STUCK. YOU TAKE THE ONLINE COURSE AT
00:48:11	YOUR PACE, AND IF YOU PASS IT, YOU EITHER GET A JOB WORKING AT
00:48:15	THE INSURANCE COMPANY, OR YOU CAN ALSO GET A CERTIFICATE AND A
00:48:20	CREDENTIAL FOR THE FACT THAT YOU NOW HAVE A SCALE.
00:48:21	WE NOW HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE GIVE HOPE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY
00:48:25	ARE STUCK, AND THAT IS WHAT THESE UNIVERSITIES ARE
00:48:31	COOPERATING WITH US ON, SO LET'S SEE HOW IT GOES, AND, KEITH, I
00:48:35	AM PROMISING YOU, AND I AM PROMISING YOU HERE TONIGHT, IF
00:48:39	THEY DO NOT COME BACK WITH A PLAN, IT WILL BE A CUP DAY FOR
00:48:43	THEM, BUT LET'S GIVE THEM A LITTLE TIME, AND WE WILL HAVE A
00:48:46	TASK FORCE, AND I HOPE YOU WILL BE A MAJOR PART OF IT.
00:48:48	WITH A FREEZE ON TUITION, MORE STUDENTS CAN AFFORD COLLEGE,
00:48:54	HOPEFULLY FINISH WITHOUT THE SAME KIND OF HUGE DEBTS, AND WE
00:48:57	HAVE MILLIONS IN THIS STUDENT DEBT RELIEF FUND.
00:48:59	HONESTLY, I THINK IT IS LIKE A SYMBOL IN THE OCEAN -- A THIMBLE
00:49:14	IN THE OCEAN. IF YOU TAKE AN ON DEMAND JOB AND
00:49:16	YOU STAY IN OHIO 45 YEARS, WE WILL GIVE YOU THE HELP THAT YOU
00:49:21	WANT. WE THINK IT IS ABSOLUTELY
00:49:22	CRITICAL. NOW, THE STRATEGY OF TAKING IT
00:49:24	AND THRIVING, IT IS A MODEL FOR THE COUNTRY.
00:49:28	BUT IT IS ALSO A MODEL FOR OUR K-12 LEADERS, WHO OFTEN STRUGGLE
00:49:34	TO IMPROVE AND INNOVATE. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE
00:49:44	REASONS. I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THEM.
00:49:45	IT IS NOT FAIR TO OHIO'S CHILDREN, AND IT IS NOT FAIR TO
00:49:48	THE DEDICATED TEACHERS WHO TEACH WHEN THE INNOVATIONS ARE NOT
00:49:52	BROUGHT. WE HAVE MADE OUR EDUCATION
00:49:56	SYSTEM A PRIORITY, AND THINK ABOUT THIS.
00:49:57	WE ARE GOING TO THE GOVERNMENT, 2%, TWO POINT 5%, AND WE PUT $1
00:50:04	BILLION INTO K-12 FUNDING, $1 BILLION.
00:50:07	NOW, WE ARE GOING TO STICK $700 MILLION MORE INTO K-12
00:50:14	EDUCATION. I CHECKED ON THIS, RANDY.
00:50:16	1.7 BILLION DOLLARS OF INVESTMENT OVER THESE FOUR
00:50:21	YEARS, THE LARGEST INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION IN THE HISTORY IN THE
00:50:25	STATE OF OHIO BECAUSE WE CONSIDER EDUCATION AND K-12
00:50:28	EDUCATION TO BE A TOP PRIORITY, AND I HOPE YOU AGREE WITH THAT.
00:50:31	[APPLAUSE] LET ME TELL YOU WHAT THE
00:50:41	UNDERLYING PHILOSOPHY IS. LOOK.
00:50:43	I AND THE GOVERNOR, RIGHT? I DON'T REPRESENT A DISTRICT, SO
00:50:48	I HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO TAKE THIS MONEY AND ALLOCATE IT
00:50:50	ACROSS THE DATE IN THE FAIREST WAY POSSIBLE, SO WHAT ARE WE
00:50:55	SAYING? IF YOU CAN DO MORE FOR YOURSELF,
00:50:58	YOU SHOULD, BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHERS WHO ARE WORSE OFF IN NEED
00:51:04	MORE HELP. WE CANNOT TAKE FROM SCHOOLS THAT
00:51:07	ARE WORSE OFF -- LET ME REPEAT, WE CANNOT TAKE FROM SCHOOLS THAT
00:51:11	ARE WORSE OFF AND GIVE IT TO THOSE WHO HAVE MORE.
00:51:13	WE OFTEN DO THAT TODAY. IT IS NOT FAIR.
00:51:16	WE HAVE GOT TO BE BETTER THAN THAT.
00:51:20	IT IS ABOUT CAPACITY TO HELP YOURSELF.
00:51:25	AND WE SAY THAT IF YOU ARE POOR IN PROPERTY TAXES AND POUR IT
00:51:32	INCOME, AND YOU HAVE MORE STUDENTS, WE OUGHT TO DO MORE TO
00:51:35	HELP YOU, BUT IF YOU ARE WEALTHIER IN PROPERTY TAXES AND
00:51:39	WILL FEAR IT INCOME, THEN MAYBE YOU ARE LOSING STUDENTS, AND
00:51:43	PEOPLE SHOULD NOT DO AS MUCH FOR YOU.
00:51:46	YOU CAN DO MORE TO HELP YOURSELF.
00:51:47	YOU KNOW, EDUCATION FUNDING IS NOT ABOUT BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT,
00:51:52	OR ADULTS, AND I WILL TELL YOU ONE MORE THING THAT IT IS NOT
00:51:55	ABOUT. IT IS NOT ABOUT A STATE
00:51:57	PRINTOUT. IT IS NOT ABOUT GETTING SOME
00:52:03	STATE PRINTOUT TO LOOK WHETHER YOU HAVE GOT A MINUS OR A PLUS.
00:52:04	IT IS ABOUT DISTRIBUTING PRECIOUS RESOURCES AS BEST AS WE
00:52:09	CAN TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE KIDS CAN ALL HAVE AN EQUAL
00:52:16	CHANCE. SOMEBODY SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW,
00:52:19	WE PAY ALL OF THESE TAXES IN THE SUBURBAN AREAS, AND LOOK AT ALL
00:52:22	THE MONEY THEY GET IN CLEVELAND. I WILL GIVE YOU ABOUT 25% OF THE
00:52:28	STUDENTS IN CLEVELAND WHO HAVE SO MANY CHALLENGES.
00:52:29	YOU GREW UP IN A FAMILY WHERE THE FAMILY IS NOT STRONG.
00:52:36	LET ME SAY THAT. YOU GROW UP IN A NEIGHBORHOOD,
00:52:42	YOU HEAR GUNSHOTS AT NIGHT. THEY DESERVE A CHANCE, TOO, AND
00:52:53	SO, THE BOTTOM LINE FOR ME IS LET'S HELP THOSE WHO CANNOT HELP
00:52:56	THEMSELVES, AND LET'S HAVE SOME PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THOSE
00:52:59	AREAS WHERE THEY CAN. NOW, LOOK.
00:53:00	THIS FORMULA, WE HAVE MONKEYED AROUND WITH IT FOR SO LONG.
00:53:05	THERE ARE SOME THING'S IN HERE THAT I AM NOT EVEN THRILLED
00:53:10	WITH, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT IT, AND WE ARE WORKING AT IT, BUT I
00:53:13	WOULD ASK YOU AS MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE, KEEP THE PRINCIPAL.
00:53:20	KEEP THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE. IT IS GOOD FOR OUR STATE.
00:53:24	IT IS GOOD FOR OUR KIDS. IT IS GOOD FOR OUR EDUCATORS,
00:53:27	AND I BELIEVE IT CAN WORK. WE HAVE DONE SOME FANTASTIC
00:53:30	THINGS. REMEMBER ALL OF THE HASSLE?
00:53:32	NOW WE ARE GETTING KIDS WHO CAN READ, AND WE ARE NOT GETTING
00:53:39	THEM IN THE SIX OR THE SEVENTH GRADE.
00:53:41	AND THEN WE FIND OUT THEY CANNOT READ.
00:53:44	THAT IS A RIPOFF. WE CANNOT DO THAT, SO THE THIRD
00:53:48	GRADE READING GUARANTEE IS TURNING OUT TO BE A VERY
00:53:52	SIGNIFICANT SUCCESS. HOW ABOUT THE STRAIGHT A FUND?
00:53:54	WE HAD TO GIVE THEM INCENTIVES TO THINK ABOUT NEW WAYS TO DO
00:53:59	THINGS, SO I WENT THROUGH THE ROTUNDA OF THE OTHER DAY, AND
00:54:06	THEY HAD A GATHERING OF THE STRAIGHT A KIDS, AND THERE WERE
00:54:08	THREE OF THEM, 12, 11, AND 10, AND THEY CAME UP TO ME, AND THEY
00:54:14	SAID, MR. GOVERNOR, CAN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT MY 3-D PRINTING
00:54:19	PROJECT? I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT.
00:54:20	THIS LITTLE 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL IS LIKE GRABBING ME BY MY CUP --
00:54:26	CUFFS, COME OVER HERE AND LOOK BECAUSE I AM EXCITED ABOUT
00:54:33	LEARNING, BECAUSE I AM EXCITED ABOUT BEING IN SCHOOL.
00:54:34	THANK YOU FOR THAT STRAIGHT A FUND, IN THERE WILL BE MORE,
00:54:41	MORE SCHOOL CHOICE, GETTING FAMILIES MORE CONTROL OVER HOW
00:54:44	AND WHERE TO EDUCATE THEIR KIDS, INCLUDING MORE OPTIONS IN CAREER
00:54:46	AND TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL. PARENTS, TECHNICAL AND
00:54:53	VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IS OK. IT IS GOOD, OK?
00:54:54	IT IS GOOD. [APPLAUSE]
00:54:56	AND IF YOU ARE A KID AND WENT TO BE A NEWSPAPER REPORTER, YOU CAN
00:55:12	MAKE A DEAL WITH YOUR SCHOOL BOARD OR YOU CAN GO AND WORK AT
00:55:14	THE WIMBLEDON -- WILMINGTON PAPER AND REALLY GET FIRED UP
00:55:20	ABOUT WHAT EDUCATION IS ABOUT AND WHAT A CAREER IS ABOUT.
00:55:22	INDIVIDUAL EDUCATION PLANS, AND OUR BUDGET BUILDS ON THESE
00:55:28	IMPORTANT STEPS FORWARD WITH NEW APPROACHES TO AREAS LIKE RAISING
00:55:30	UP GUIDANCE COUNSELORS SO THEY CAN BETTER HELP OUR KIDS
00:55:35	UNDERSTAND THEIR ABILITIES, ASSESS THEIR INTERESTS, EXPLAIN
00:55:38	WHAT CAREERS ARE AVAILABLE, AND HELP GET ON A PATH TO ACHIEVE
00:55:41	THEIR POTENTIAL. AN EXTRA SET THAT SPEND THEIR
00:55:47	HANDS GUARDING THE LUNCH ROOM OR ROLLING THE BASKETBALL OUT IN
00:55:49	THE GYM, NO, THEY ARE CRITICAL PEOPLE FOR OUR CHILDREN IN K-12
00:55:53	AND IN COLLEGE. [APPLAUSE]
00:55:54	LET ME GIVE YOU ANOTHER ONE HERE.
00:56:05	THE COLLEGE CLASS. I WHAT EVERYONE TO KNOW WE ARE
00:56:08	PUTTING MORE MONEY INTO TRAIN TEACHERS SO THEY CAN ADMINISTER
00:56:11	THE COURSES. YOU REALIZE IF YOU TAKE THAT IN
00:56:13	HIGH SCHOOL, IT COSTS YOU NOTHING?
00:56:14	DID YOU ALSO KNOW THAT A STUDENT CAN GET THIS IN ANY SCHOOL IN
00:56:20	THE EIGHTH? AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PARENTS
00:56:26	WHO ARE TOTALLY UNAWARE OF THIS. THIS IS NOT RIGHT.
00:56:28	GET OUT IN YOUR DISTRICT, COLLEGE CREDIT PLUS, AND DON'T
00:56:38	TAKE NO FROM YOUR SCHOOL WHEN THEY SAY WE CANNOT DO IT.
00:56:42	THAT IS THE SITUATION, CALL MY OFFICE.
00:56:43	WE WILL HELP YOU OUT, OK? PEGGY, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
00:56:53	, AND BACK IN 2011, 5700 PRESCHOOL SLOTS.
00:56:57	WE ARE GOING TO 17,000 PRESCHOOL SLOTS FOR KIDS.
00:57:06	THEY WILL BE BETTER PREPARED FOR SCHOOL.
00:57:12	CUT BACK RED TAPE. IF YOU HAVE GOT HIGH-PERFORMING
00:57:26	SCHOOLS, LET'S NOT HASSLE THEM. AND CHARTER SCHOOLS.
00:57:37	WE NEED THEM. AT TIMES, THEY HAVE NOT PROVIDED
00:57:52	ENOUGH GUIDANCE. THIS IS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE TIED
00:57:56	-- HAS A BLIND EYE. AND WE WILL AND -- BAN THEM.
00:58:08	WE WILL INCENTIVIZE THEM. HERE IS THE THING.
00:58:12	IF YOU ARE NOT LOVING KIDS, IF THAT IS NOT WHAT YOU ARE DOING
00:58:18	WITH THE CHARTER, YOU ARE TRYING THE BEST, WE WANT YOU.
00:58:23	AND THE GREATEST SUPERINTENDENT IN MODERATE OHIO HISTORY --
00:58:27	MODERN OHIO HISTORY, TELL US WHAT THESE IDEAS ARE.
00:58:32	WE WANT TO HEAR THEM. BUT ALSO, JUST BECAUSE A CHARTER
00:58:39	SCHOOL IS NOT PRODUCING THESD, IT DOES NOT MEAN THEY ARE
00:58:44	FAILING. THESE CHARTER SCHOOL HAVE KIDS.
00:58:46	IF THEY WERE NOT IN THE CHARTER SCHOOL, THEY WOULD BE OUT ON THE
00:58:55	STREETS, SO WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
00:58:57	GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE. NO SITUATION HERE.
00:59:03	WE ARE NOT LOVING OUR KIDS, BUT LET'S NOT JUDGE SOMEBODY AS NOT
00:59:05	DOING THEIR JOB BECAUSE WE HAVE INHERITED A GROUP OF STUDENTS
00:59:11	WHO ARE STRUGGLING, AND WE WILL HELP THEM TO GET UP, PLAIN AND
00:59:15	SIMPLE. YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE IDEAS, WE
00:59:19	HAVE TO GET AWAY FROM THE OLD AGRARIAN IS DUMB.
00:59:20	-- AGRARIAN CLASSROOM. WE HAVE TO BREAK FREE OF THAT
00:59:29	MODEL, AND IT IS REALLY HARD TO DO.
00:59:30	I WOULD LIKE ALL OF YOU TO HELP ME DO IT.
00:59:33	AND THIS TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL SCHOOL, BECAUSE THE KIDS ARE
00:59:52	TRYING TO GET IN BECAUSE THEY ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT LEARNING.
00:59:58	I THINK WE WILL PROBABLY GET THAT DONE.
01:00:05	IF YOU WANT TO INNOVATE AND CHANGE, YOU COME AND SEE US, AND
01:00:21	THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY THEY DESERVE AND NEED.
01:00:23	WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? WELL, WE ARE TAKING ON INFANT
01:00:42	MORTALITY. WE STARTED IN MY FIRST EIGHT OF
01:00:47	THE STATE. MAKING SURE THOSE MOST AT RISK.
01:01:00	IF YOU LIVE IN A ZONE, A ZONE OF ACUTE PROBLEMS, YOU'RE
01:01:03	AUTOMATICALLY ALL OF FIVE AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND I
01:01:22	WOULD SAY THEY ARE GETTING THE LARGEST RAISED IN THIS BUDGET.
01:01:25	WE WENT TO GET THEM IN A SETTING WHERE THEY CAN PROSPER.
01:01:30	-- WE WANT TO GET THEM IN A SETTING WHERE THEY CAN PROSPER.
01:01:36	SOME ARE IN AN INSTITUTION. WE WANT TO GET THEM IN A HOME,
01:01:42	AND SOME WHO WANT TO BE IN AN INSTITUTION, THEY CAN STAY.
01:01:45	WE CAN DO BETTER, AND WE WANT TO DO THAT.
01:01:49	WE ARE DOING THIS THROUGH MANAGED CARE, STRONGER HOUSING
01:01:58	SUPPORT. WE HAULED OUT THESE SERVICES,
01:02:04	AND WE ARE TRYING TO REBUILD THEM, AND I NEVER WANT TO READ A
01:02:08	TORY IN OHIO LIKE THE TERRIBLE STORY IN VIRGINIA WHERE A DAD
01:02:11	COULD NOT GET HIS SON A BAD -- I NEVER WANT TO READ A STORY IN
01:02:16	OHIO. A TRAGEDY HAPPENED, SO TRACY IS
01:02:21	WORKING HARD TO OPEN UP MORE DAYS AND MORE HEADS.
01:02:23	-- MORE BEDS. THE GOOD LORD HAS GIVEN PEOPLE
01:02:34	GOOD BRAINS TO HELP DEAL WITH THE CHEMICAL IMBALANCE.
01:02:36	WE ARE GOING TO GET BETTER AND BETTER WITH THIS, WHERE SOMEONE
01:02:40	WITH BIPOLAR DISEASE CAN LEAD A NORMAL LIFE, AND MANY DO.
01:02:44	WE HAVE TO KEEP PUSHING, AND THE LORD WANTS US TO DO THAT.
01:02:46	LET'S TALK ABOUT PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.
01:02:49	WE WANT TO GET PEOPLE BACK ON THEIR FEET.
01:02:54	WE HAVE A COMMON SENSE APPROACH. WE WANT TO BEGIN TO TREAT
01:02:58	EVERYBODY IN A HOLISTIC MANNER. YOU GO TO A WELFARE OFFICE.
01:03:02	YOU GO TO THIS BUILDING AND THAT LINE, AND YOU HAVE GOT
01:03:05	CASEWORKERS. WE CAN FIGURE IT OUT.
01:03:06	-- WE CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT. WE HAVE GOT SOMEONE ON PUBLIC
01:03:16	ASSISTANCE, AND ALL TOO OFTEN, WE DON'T SAY, WHY ARE YOU HERE?
01:03:22	WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM? WHY ARE YOU IN POVERTY?
01:03:23	AND CYNTHIA IS JUST AWESOME. BREAK DOWN THE SILOS.
01:03:30	YOU GO INTO A WELFARE OFFICE, AND HERE IS WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK
01:03:37	LIKE. WE ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU HELP.
01:03:38	FOOD STAMPS. RELIEF.
01:03:42	WE WANT TO KNOW, WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?
01:03:43	WHAT DO YOU NEED? HOW CAN WE TRAIN YOU?
01:03:48	AND, BY THE WAY, WE ARE NOT GOING TO TRAIN YOU FOR
01:03:53	UNDERWATER BASKET WEAVING. WE WILL TRAIN YOU SO YOU CAN GET
01:03:55	BACK UP ON YOUR FEET, BECAUSE WELFARE SHOULD NOT BE A WAY OF
01:04:02	LIFE BUT A WAY STATION FOR YOU TO BECOME INDEPENDENT AND WHERE
01:04:05	YOU CAN BECOME A FANTASTIC ROLE MODEL OR YOUR KIDS.
01:04:06	THAT IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. [APPLAUSE]
01:04:11	IT IS NOT EASY. I AM DOWN IN CINCINNATI, WHERE
01:04:20	THEY ARE DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB DOWN THERE, AND THEY ARE WORKING
01:04:22	HARD. WE THINK THEY CAN MAKE MORE
01:04:24	IMPROVEMENT, SO I MET NET TAUSCHER.
01:04:26	-- NET NET TAUSCHER -- NATASHA. SHE IS WORKING OUT AS A
01:04:38	CASEWORKER. IT TOOK HER NINE YEARS TO GET
01:04:41	OFF. I WOULD LOVE TO TELL YOU IT IS
01:04:46	GOING TO BE SIMPLE, BUT I BELIEVE THAT BY CHANGING WELFARE
01:04:49	-- AND, BY THE WAY, IF YOU MAKE MORE MONEY IN YOUR JOB, WE ARE
01:04:54	NOT GOING TO TAKE AWAY YOUR DAYCARE.
01:04:55	YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE YOUR CHILD CARE BECAUSE WE DO
01:05:01	NOT WANT TO PENALIZE YOU FOR GETTING AHEAD.
01:05:02	[APPLAUSE] ANOTHER THING WE NEED TO DO.
01:05:05	WE ALL SHOULD LOVE THIS, AND I THINK WE ALL DO.
01:05:09	THESE FOLKS WHO WORK IN THE SOCIAL SERVICE JOB THAT WORK
01:05:17	HARD, A LOT OF BUREAUCRACY IS HARD, CASEWORK, THEY ARE EXCITED
01:05:20	ABOUT THIS. THAT IS WHAT I AM TOLD.
01:05:21	ANOTHER PLACE IS OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND JUSTICE SYSTEMS.
01:05:28	WHEN WE SEE LARGE SECTIONS THAT THINK THEIR VOICES ARE NOT BEING
01:05:39	HEARD, OR SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AS THE JUSTICE SYSTEM, IT REALLY
01:05:43	DOES NOT WORK FOR THEM. WE HAD BETTER PAY ATTENTION.
01:05:46	THIS IS THE ONLY STATEWIDE EFFORT, THE ONLY ONE WE KNOW OF,
01:05:55	TO EXAMINE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMMUNITIES AND THE
01:05:56	POLICE WHO SERVE THEM. WE ARE HOLDING LISTENING
01:06:01	SESSIONS ACROSS OHIO SO THE PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE
01:06:04	STORIES TO TELL, WHO HAVE CONCERNS, PAIN, ANGER, THEY
01:06:10	DESERVE TO BE HEARD, AND WE WANT TO TURN THE INTO ACTION NOW, AND
01:06:17	WE WENT TO TURN THIS INTO AN ACTION PLAN THAT ANYONE CAN PUT
01:06:20	IN PLACE RIGHT AWAY TO STRENGTHEN THE FABRIC OF WHO
01:06:23	THEY ARE IN THE ACRE AND MORE INCLUSIVE.
01:06:25	PLAIN AND SIMPLE. NOW --
01:06:29	[APPLAUSE] ALICIA, LAST TIME I CHECKED,
01:06:37	DEMOCRAT. SONDRA WILLIAMS, DEMOCRAT.
01:06:41	AND NINA TURNER. JOHN IS OUR CHAIRMAN, FORMER
01:06:53	HEAD OF THE HIGHWAY PATROL, THEY ARE WORKING TOGETHER
01:06:56	BEAUTIFULLY, AND TONIGHT, I WANT TO SALUTE NINA TURNER.
01:06:58	SHE HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB ON THIS COMMISSION.
01:07:04	SHE HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB. [APPLAUSE]
01:07:06	YOU KNOW, IT IS SO FUNNY. IN POLITICS TODAY COLEY PRAISED
01:07:13	A DEMOCRAT, OR YOU HAVE GOT AN IDEA ABOUT POLICE COMMISSION OR
01:07:15	SOMETHING, PEOPLE ARE, WHAT WERE YOU DOING THAT FOR?
01:07:20	THAT IS NOT REPUBLICAN. WHO CARES?
01:07:22	WE ARE NOT HERE TO SERVE A PARTY OR AN IDEOLOGY.
01:07:28	WE ARE HERE TO SOLVE PROBLEMS, AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE
01:07:32	TRYING TO DO. [APPLAUSE]
01:07:33	OK. SO NOW THE TIME HAS COME TO
01:07:44	HONOR SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE REAL COURAGE, BECAUSE WHEN WE SEE
01:07:46	THEM, IT GIVES US SOME MORE COURAGE, SO I WAS AT NATIONWIDE
01:07:56	CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, VISITING SOME FRIENDS WHO HAVE A DAUGHTER
01:08:07	WHO HAS SOME SORT OF TUMOR IN HER BRAIN.
01:08:10	THEY THINK THEY GOT IT ALL, AND I WENT TO SEE HER, NOT BECAUSE I
01:08:16	AM A GREAT GUY, BUT MAYBE I COULD DO SOMETHING TO BE GOOD.
01:08:21	I'VE MET THE NURSE. AMAZING.
01:08:27	HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO AN ICU? HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ON THE
01:08:36	ONCOLOGY FLOOR? THESE PEOPLE ARE UNBELIEVABLE,
01:08:41	THESE NURSES. YOU KNOW, I HUGGED THAT NURSE IN
01:08:46	MY FRIEND'S DAUGHTER'S ROOM, AND I AM CHOKING UP, AND I AM SAYING
01:08:55	GOD BLESS YOU, GOD BLESS WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
01:08:56	THINK ABOUT THE WAY THEY VISIT WITH US WHEN OUR FAMILIES ARE IN
01:09:01	DISTRESS OR WHEN WE ARE IN DISTRESS.
01:09:02	JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT IS LIKE, AND THEN WHAT ABOUT THE
01:09:07	PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES WAS TUMOR I MEAN, WE FIND OUT WE MAY HAVE --
01:09:15	AND THEN WHAT ABOUT THE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES?
01:09:16	I MEAN, WE FIND THAT WE MAY HAVE EBOLA.
01:09:18	YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE WHAT SHE HAD TO GO THROUGH TO GET THIS
01:09:27	FIXED, AND NOW, SHE IS GOING TO REPRESENT ALL OF THE NURSES.
01:09:31	YOU GO INTO A SETTING -- BY THE WAY, IN THAT HOSPITAL, I RAN
01:09:42	INTO MY FRIEND, MIKE. HE WAS THERE VISITING HIS
01:09:50	GODDAUGHTER, SIX YEARS OLD, WHO JUST DIED.
01:09:52	I WENT UP THAT WAY, AND MIKE IS A GOOD MAN.
01:10:01	AND YOU LOOK AT THESE PEOPLE IN THESE HOSPITALS, AND THEY JUST
01:10:11	DO IT DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY, AND THEY STRUGGLE TO KEEP
01:10:16	SERVING US, SO, JACKIE, YOU ARE GOING TO REPRESENT ALL OF THE
01:10:19	NURSES IN OHIO, BECAUSE WE LOVE YOU.
01:10:24	WE LOVE THE NURSES IN OHIO, DON'T WE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
01:10:28	AND WE WANT TO GIVE THEM A COURAGE AWARD.
01:10:30	[APPLAUSE] OK, JACKIE, THANK YOU.
01:11:05	NOW, ONE FAULT EVENING NOT LONG AGO, A MAN AND A WOMAN CAME UPON
01:11:13	A TEAM -- ONE FAULT EVENING -- FALL EVENING NOT LONG AGO, A M@N
01:11:21	AND A WOMAN CAME UPON AN ACCIDENT.
01:11:27	LET'S DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. WHO ELSE.
01:11:31	THIS WAS NOT A FENDER BENDER, OK?
01:11:37	THE CAR BURST INTO FLAMES, BUT BRITTANY ROBINSON AND HER
01:11:43	THEN-FIANCÉ, SO SHANE, YOU GOT BRITTANY TO SAY YES, IS THAT
01:11:54	WHAT I AM TO GATHER? THEY FOUND A MAN AND WOMAN
01:11:58	CRITICALLY INJURED AND UNCONSCIOUS, AND BRITTANY CALLED
01:12:01	911, AND SHANE PULLED OPEN THE PASSENGER DOOR AND THEN WENT
01:12:07	BACK TO REMOVE THE MAN AS HIGHER BEGAN TO LITERALLY CONSUME -- AS
01:12:15	FIRE BEGAN TO LITERALLY CONSUME THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT.
01:12:16	BRITTANY AND SHANE, IF THEY HAD NOT DONE THIS, THOSE PEOPLE
01:12:22	WOULD NOT HAVE SURVIVED. HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THE GOOD
01:12:25	SAMARITAN? THE GOOD SAMARITAN GOES ALL THE
01:12:31	WAY AND TRANSCENDS HISTORY. YOU ARE GOOD SAMARITANS.
01:12:35	YOU STOPPED AND YOU RISK YOUR LIFE OR SOMEBODY ELSE.
01:12:41	GOD BLESS YOU. COME AND GET A COURAGE AWARD.
01:12:43	[APPLAUSE] THE FINAL COURAGE AWARDS THIS
01:13:31	YEAR IS ACTUALLY NOT AN OHIO IN -- AN OHIOAN.
01:13:35	SHE WAS A STUDENT AT MOUNT SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY IN CINCINNATI
01:13:45	BUT CANNOT GO ANYMORE BECAUSE SHE IS TOO SIX.
01:13:47	SHE HAS INCURABLE, INOPERABLE BRAIN CANCER.
01:13:53	LET'S WATCH THE VIDEO. [VIDEO CLIP PLAYS]
01:14:04	? >> I WAS TOLD THAT IT IS IN
01:14:09	INTEROPERABLE -- INOPERABLE BRAIN TUMOR, TWO YEARS AT BEST,
01:14:18	AND I REMEMBER THAT HITTING HOME, LIKE, WOW, TWO C
01:14:21	HRISTMASES. TODAY MEANS SOMETHING SO MUCH
01:14:29	BIGGER THAN WHAT I CAN EVEN UNDERSTAND.
01:14:33	TO ME, IT MEANS MY FIRST COLLEGE GAME, NOT MY LAST ONE, MY FIRST
01:14:40	COLLEGE GAME. REQUESTS FROM INDIANA, NUMBER
01:14:54	22. -- >> FROM INDIANA, NUMBER 22.
01:15:05	>> THE BALL GOES DOWN TO LAUREN. >> THE BEST DAY.
01:15:23	PROBABLY OF MY ENTIRE LIFE. TODAY, I WANTED TO PLAY
01:15:32	BASKETBALL, AND I DID. >> SHE PLAYED IN YOUR -- IN FOUR
01:15:45	GAMES, AND SHE RECEIVED AN HONORARY DOCTORATE AT HER
01:15:51	UNIVERSITY. NEXT ON THE CHECKLIST, GIVING
01:16:02	AWAY HER VALENTINE GROUND. THEN THE CELEBRATION OF THE NEW
01:16:07	JIM, WHERE HER RETIRED NUMBER 22 JERSEY WILL HANG.
01:16:13	>> DOING GOD'S WORK, WHAT HE SENT ME HERE TO DO.
01:16:21	AND I FEEL LIKE MAYBE I AM NOT DONE YET.
01:16:29	MAYBE THAT IS WHY I AM STILL HERE.
01:16:30	? [END VIDEO CLIP]
01:16:55	[APPLAUSE] >> WELL, I TALKED TO LAUREN
01:17:06	TODAY AND HER MOTHER LISA. SHE SAID I HOPE I AM BEING A
01:17:14	GOOD ROLE MODEL. I HOPE I AM A GOOD EXAMPLE.
01:17:20	CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT? I SAID, SWEETHEART, THE LORD IS
01:17:25	GOING TO HONOR YOU. YOU ARE GOING TO WEAR ONE OF THE
01:17:30	BIGGEST CROWDS BECAUSE OF YOUR COURAGE, BECAUSE OF THE FACT
01:17:34	THAT YOU ARE JUST SUCH A SPECIAL WOMAN AND SUCH A SPECIAL ANGEL.
01:17:38	WITH US IS RICK. HE IS WITH A FOUNDATION FOR
01:17:48	WHICH LAUREN HAS RAISED OVER $1.4 MILLION.
01:17:51	I DO NOT KNOW IF LAUREN IS WATCHING.
01:17:52	SHE MAY NEED. I PROMISE YOU HER MOTHER IS
01:17:57	WATCHING, SO I GOING TO GIVE THIS METAL TO RICK, BUT MAYBE
01:18:04	LAUREN COULD HEAR US FROM THIS PLACE IN WILMINGTON TONIGHT TO
01:18:10	HER HOSPITAL ROOM. GOD BLESS YOU, LAUREN HILL.
01:18:12	[APPLAUSE] YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T HELP BE
01:18:57	INSPIRED BY THESE PEOPLE NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THEIR COURAGE,
01:19:01	BUT THEY TAKE MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS.
01:19:04	THEY ARE ROLLING UP THEIR SLEEVES AND MAKING RINGS HAPPEN.
01:19:06	WE NEED TO FOLLOW THEIR EXAMPLE AND WE DEDICATE OURSELVES TO
01:19:11	CITIZENSHIP. START TALKING.
01:19:13	DO YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT THIS? IF A YOUNG PERSON HEARS DO NOT
01:19:22	DO DRUGS, THERE IS A 50% LESS CHANCE THEY WILL EVER DO DO IT,
01:19:26	A 50% LESS CHANCE. NOW, IN YOUR DISTRICT, YOU CAN
01:19:32	SPREAD IT. I THINK WE HAVE SPOKEN -- WELL,
01:19:35	I KNOW LAST TIME I CHECKED, OVER 26,000 KIDS.
01:19:38	WE GOT TEACHERS INVOLVED, AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN HERE IN
01:19:43	WILMINGTON, I DO NOT CARE WHERE YOU ARE, YOU'RE IN A RESTAURANT,
01:19:47	YOU WALK OVER THERE, AND YOU SEE THOSE KIDS, YOU TELL THEM TO A
01:19:49	OFF THOSE DRUGS. THIS TSUNAMI -- TELL THEM TO'S
01:19:59	DAY OFF THOSE DRUGS. -- STAY OFF THOSE DRUGS.
01:20:03	DON'T LEAVE IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE. COMMUNITY CONNECTORS.
01:20:09	WE HAVE GOT PROPOSALS COMING IN. EVERY CHILD NEEDS A MENTOR.
01:20:18	I DON'T CARE WHETHER THEY ARE POOR, MIDDLE, OR RICH.
01:20:22	COMMUNITY CONNECTORS ALLOWS US TO WORK WITH A BUSINESS OR
01:20:29	FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATION IN OUR COMMUNITY TO GO INTO THE
01:20:33	SCHOOLS, AND WHAT DO WE DO WHEN WE ARE THERE QUESTION WHAT WE
01:20:37	SAY WE LOVE YOU. WE CARE ABOUT YOU.
01:20:40	YOU CAN BE SOMETHING SPECIAL. DOWN IN CINCINNATI AT THE
01:20:44	CINCINNATI COLLABORATIVE, IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT STRUGGLES
01:20:45	TO GRADUATE, THIS IS NOT UNUSUAL IN AN URBAN DISTRICT, THEY ARE
01:20:50	TRYING THEIR BEST, AND THEY HAVE GOT A LOT OF GREAT THINGS GOING
01:20:53	ON, THEY HAVE ABOUT A 63% GRADUATION RATE, BUT IN A HIGH
01:20:58	SCHOOL WHERE THE MENTORS GO IN, THEIR GRADUATION RATE IS 97%.
01:21:01	THAT IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO IN THIS STATE.
01:21:04	OUR EFFORTS ON INFANT MORTALITY, COMMUNITY LEADERS.
01:21:11	OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE CALLING US TO DO, AND SOMETIMES A
01:21:21	GOVERNMENT CAN GET SO BIG THAT WE JUST DO NOT THINK THERE IS A
01:21:22	PLACE FOR US OR SOMEBODY ELSE WILL DO IT, OR THE GOVERNMENT
01:21:25	WILL DO IT, AND GOVERNMENT CAN BE A VERY BLUNT INSTRUMENT.
01:21:28	GOVERNMENT CAN CROWD OUT CHARITY IF WE ARE NOT CAREFUL, AND
01:21:35	SOMETIMES WE DON'T NEED ANY GOVERNMENT TO GO AND CARE AND
01:21:37	HEALTH AND CHANGE AND CHANGE THE WORLD, LIKE THAT ONE GREAT
01:21:42	LEADER USED TO SAY, SO THERE IS ALWAYS A NEED FOR US TO GET
01:21:46	INVOLVED TO PRACTICE THE VALUES WE BELIEVE AND COMMIT OURSELVES
01:21:53	TO, AND THE ONES I TALKED ABOUT DURING THE INAUGURAL ARE THE
01:21:55	ONES I THINK ARE MOST RESPONSIBLE -- IMPORT,
01:21:59	RESPONSIBILITY, EMPATHY, TEAMWORK, WE NEED THAT IN OUR
01:22:04	LEGISLATURE, REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS, FAMILY -- BOY, WE
01:22:08	NEED FAMILY. WE NEED TO STRENGTHEN THE
01:22:11	FAMILY, AND FAITH, WHICH MEANS AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE KNOW
01:22:15	WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THE WORLD.
01:22:18	VALUES ARE WHAT GUIDE THE CHOICES WE MAKE AND THE WAY WE
01:22:23	LIVE, AND WE ONLY MAKE OURSELVES AND OUR EIGHT AND OUR NATION
01:22:24	BETTER -- MAKE OUR STATE AND OUR NATION BETTER.
01:22:29	IT WOULD BE EASY TO DRIFT. LOOK, I HAVE GOT ALL OF THIS,
01:22:37	BUT I AM GOING TO TELL YOU THIS. WE ARE ON THE MOVE.
01:22:39	WE ARE RISING. WE ARE CREATING JOBS.
01:22:44	PEOPLE ARE MORE HOPEFUL, AND YOU KNOW WHAT IS REALLY GREAT?
01:22:51	NO ONE IS BEING LEFT OUT, NO ONE.
01:22:52	IF YOU ARE POOR, IF YOU ARE SICK, IF YOU ARE ADDICTED, WE
01:22:59	WANT TO HELP YOU. IF YOU ARE IN THE PRISON, GARY
01:23:04	WILL GIVE YOU A PASS SO YOU CAN HAVE A SECOND CHANCE, BUT IT ALL
01:23:08	STARTS WITH A STRONG ECONOMY. IF WE ARE NOT CREATING JOBS,
01:23:11	LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ALL OF THE OTHER GOOD THINGS DO NOT HAPPEN.
01:23:15	THEY JUST DO NOT HAPPEN, AND WHAT I AM ASKING ALL OF YOU TO
01:23:20	DO IS TO THINK HOW DEEP OF CHANGING THE VERY WAY IN WHICH
01:23:24	WE DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE. WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT.
01:23:30	WE CAN CHANGE SOME OF IT, BUT DO NOT MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO
01:23:32	CREATE A NEW OHIO, AND EXCITING, NEW OHIO IN THIS 21ST CENTURY.
01:23:40	THE PEOPLE WANT IT. OH, SOMETIMES YOU'RE GOING TO
01:23:44	GET CARPING AND PEOPLE POUNDING ON YOUR DOOR AND ALL OF THIS
01:23:49	OTHER STUFF, BUT WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED OVER THE PAST FOUR
01:23:54	YEARS, FOLLOW THE PLAN, THE PLAN THAT WE KNOW WORKS, AND EVERYONE
01:23:59	IN OHIO WILL BE LIFTED. ISN'T THAT OUR JOB?
01:24:01	IT IS OUR JOB TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IN THIS GREAT STATE
01:24:05	FEELS A PART OF THE BUCKEYE FAMILY.
01:24:06	I AM OPTIMISTIC ABOUT WHAT WE CAN ACHIEVE, AND I AM GOING TO
01:24:12	BE HERE WORKING WITH YOU SHOULDER TO SHOULDER.
01:24:13	OK, I AM HERE TO SERVE. I IN HERE TO LEAD, BUT I AM HERE
01:24:20	TO SERVE, AND I KNOW AT THE END OF THE DAY IF WE GO TOGETHER,
01:24:23	THEY WILL LOOK BACK, AND THEY WILL SAY, WOW, WHAT A GENERATION
01:24:29	OF LEADERS THAT SHINED UP OHIO, THAT SAVED OHIO, THAT MOVED OHIO
01:24:33	STRONGLY INTO THE 21ST CENTURY. YOU KNOW, THIS TIE.
01:24:42	I WEAR THIS GOLD TIE WHENEVER I COME TO WILMINGTON, BECAUSE IN
01:24:47	2010, I SAID THAT THE SUN WAS GOING TO COME UP AGAIN IN
01:24:53	WILMINGTON. THE SUN IS COMING UP AGAIN IN
01:24:56	WILMINGTON. THE SUN IS COMING UP IN OHIO,
01:25:02	BUT IT HAS NOT REACHED ITS THE NETS.
01:25:03	IT IS NOT IN THAT CLOUDLESS, BRIGHT, BLUE SKY, SHINING FOR
01:25:10	EVERYONE TO SEE, BUT WE CAN PUSH IT THERE.
01:25:13	WE CAN HELP IT TO GET THERE IF WE DO IT TOGETHER.
01:25:16	GOD BLESS OHIO. GOD BLESS AMERICA, AND GOD BLESS
01:25:21	YOU. THANK YOU.
01:25:22	[APPLAUSE] LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE
01:26:12	REMAIN STANDING FOR THE RETIREMENT OF THE COLORS.
01:26:13	GENTLEMAN. >> ARMS.
01:26:20	FORWARD, MARCH. >> COLOR GUARD, HALT.
01:26:57	LEFT FACE. FORWARD MARCH.
01:27:04	LET'S GIVE THE COLOR GUARD AROUND OF APPLAUSE.
01:27:46	[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.
01:27:53	WOULD YOU PLEASE BE SEATED? CHAIR RECOGNIZES PRESIDENT PRO
01:28:10	10 SENATOR WAGNER FOR MOTION. >> I MOVE THE JOINT SESSION OF
01:28:13	GERUND -- ADJOURNED. HEARING NO OBJECTION THE JOINT
01:28:20	SESSION IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU FOR COMING.
01:28:22	TRAVEL HOME SAFELY. >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

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