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| 00:00:34 | >> LAWMAKERS COME BACK TO THE
STATEHOUSE, AND TAKE UP THE PLAN |
| 00:00:41 | TO MOVE THE YEAR'S BIGGEST
EVENT AWAY FROM CAPITOL SQUARE. |
| 00:00:42 | SENATE DEMOCRATS PICK A NEW
LEADER. |
| 00:00:46 | AND THE LEADERS OF THE OHIO
HOUSE RUN DOWN THE PRIORITIES |
| 00:00:51 | ON THEIR AGENDAS FOR THIS YEAR.
OHIO." |
| 00:00:52 | >> STATE LAWMAKERS GOT BACK TO
WORK THIS WEEK WITH VOTING |
| 00:01:03 | SESSIONS IN BOTH THE HOUSE AND
SENATE. |
| 00:01:04 | ONE OF THE ISSUES LEGISLATORS
IN BOTH CHAMBERS TOOK UP WAS THE |
| 00:01:07 | UPCOMING JOINT SESSION WHERE
GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH WILL |
| 00:01:11 | DELIVER HIS SECOND STATE OF THE
STATE SPEECH. |
| 00:01:12 | LAWMAKERS HAD TO PASS
RESOLUTIONS TO MOVE THE SESSION |
| 00:01:17 | TO WELLS ACADEMY IN
STEUBENVILLE FOR THE SPEECH ON |
| 00:01:18 | FEBRUARY 7.
AND IN THE HOUSE, THERE WAS A |
| 00:01:21 | SHORT BUT SOMEONE SURPRISING
DEBATE. |
| 00:01:23 | SEVERAL DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE LYNN |
| 00:01:25 | WACHTMANN OF NAPOLEON RAISED
CONCERNS ABOUT THE COST OF |
| 00:01:29 | MOVING THE SPEECH 150 MILES AWAY
FROM THE STATEHOUSE, AND ABOUT |
| 00:01:33 | THE BREAKING OF THE TRADITION
OF DELIVERING THE SPEECH AT THE |
| 00:01:41 | STATEHOUSE OR IN SOME BUILDING
ON CAPITOL SQUARE , AS IT WAS |
| 00:01:43 | DONE DURING THE MASSIVE
RENOVATION OF THE STATEHOUSE IN |
| 00:01:45 | THE 1990'S.
IN THE END, THE RESOLUTIONS |
| 00:01:46 | PASSED, AND THE SPEECH IS SET
FOR 1PM ON FEBRUARY 7. |
| 00:01:48 | YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HEAR AND SEE
IT LIVE ON MANY OF OHIO'S PUBLIC |
| 00:01:52 | RADIO AND PUBLIC TELEVISION
STATIONS. |
| 00:01:55 | SENATE DEMOCRATS HAVE A NEW
LEADER. |
| 00:01:59 | THEY'VE SELECTED SENATOR ERIC
KEARNEY OF CINCINNATI , THE |
| 00:02:04 | LONGEST-SERVING DEMOCRAT NOW IN
MINORITY LEADER CAPRI CAFARO OF |
| 00:02:07 | HUBBARD.
CAFARO, WHO'S BEEN THE HEAD OF |
| 00:02:08 | THE SENATE MINORITY CAUCUS FOR
THREE YEARS, SAYS SHE WANTS TO |
| 00:02:10 | FOCUS HER ENERGIES ON HER
YOUNGSTOWN-AREA DISTRICT AND HER |
| 00:02:12 | CAMPAIGN FOR RE-ELECTION.
KEARNEY HAS TIES TO PRESIDENT |
| 00:02:17 | OBAMA - HE SERVED ON THE
PRESIDENT'S 2008 NATIONAL |
| 00:02:20 | FINANCE COMMITTEE AND HIS WIFE
WAS A CLASSMATE OF MR. OBAMA AT |
| 00:02:22 | HARVARD LAW SCHOOL .
. |
| 00:02:25 | ALSO ON THE NEW SENATE MINORITY
LEADERSHIP TEAM ARE SENATORS |
| 00:02:30 | JOE SCHIAVONI OF YOUNGSTOWN ,
NINA TURNER OF CLEVELAND AND |
| 00:02:31 | EDNA BROWN OF TOLEDO.
LAST MONTH THE LEADERS OF THE |
| 00:02:36 | OHIO SENATE WERE HERE TO TALK
ABOUT THEIR PRIORITIES FOR THIS |
| 00:02:39 | YEAR.
I HAD HOPED FOR A SIMILAR JOINT |
| 00:02:41 | INTERVIEW WITH THE LEADERS OF
THE OHIO HOUSE, BUT SCHEDULES |
| 00:02:45 | PREVENTED THE SPEAKER AND THE
MINORITY LEADER FROM JOINING ME |
| 00:02:49 | AT THE SAME TIME.
HOWEVER, THEY WERE ABLE TO COME |
| 00:02:54 | BY SEPARATELY.
WHEN REPUBLICAN SPEAKER BILL |
| 00:02:58 | BATCHELDER OF MEDINA WAS HERE, I
STARTED BY ASKING HIM ABOUT THE |
| 00:02:59 | PRIORITIES OF THE HOUSE GOP,
WHICH WERE UNVEILED A PRESS LAST |
| 00:03:02 | WEEK.
>> MOVING ONTO LEGISLATIVE |
| 00:03:07 | PRIORITIES, YOU TALK ABOUT
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND A |
| 00:03:11 | FOLLOW UP TO JOBS OHIO.
THEY WERE CALLING IT JOBS OHIO |
| 00:03:14 | 2.
NOW WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT |
| 00:03:17 | THAT THE, THAT IT WILL CHANGE
THE NAME AND KIND OF THE FOCUS |
| 00:03:21 | OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEVELOPMENT. |
| 00:03:23 | THESE THINGS ALTOGETHER, WILL
THEY BE ENOUGH TO DRIVE THE OHIO |
| 00:03:29 | OUT OF THE ECONOMIC DOLDRUMS IS
STILL SEEMS TO BE IN? |
| 00:03:35 | >> YES, I UNDERSTAND WE'VE HAD
ONE REALLY TREMENDOUS AREA OF |
| 00:03:39 | PROGRESS.
THAT IS UNEMPLOYMENT IN THIS |
| 00:03:41 | STATE.
WHEN WE WENT IN TO CONTROL ONE |
| 00:03:45 | YEAR AGO, WE HAD 10.2%
UNEMPLOYMENT. |
| 00:03:50 | TODAY, WE HAVE 8.1%
UNEMPLOYMENT. |
| 00:03:55 | >> EVEN THE DEPARTMENT SAYS
THAT'S RELATED TO THE NUMBER OF |
| 00:03:57 | PEOPLE WHO ARE STOPPING
LOOKING FOR WORK. |
| 00:04:02 | >> I UNDERSTAND.
IT WAS WHEN IT WAS 10.2%, TOO. |
| 00:04:08 | WE WANT TO KEEP IN MIND THAT
THIS STATE IS ADVANCING IN A WAY |
| 00:04:14 | THAT OTHER MIDWESTERN STATES --
ILLINOIS AND INDIANA HAD A GREAT |
| 00:04:18 | RUN, BUT IT IS SLOWING DOWN.
WE ARE DOING A GOOD JOB. |
| 00:04:23 | IS IT THE BEST JOB WE COULD DO?
NO. |
| 00:04:25 | WE HAVE A LOT LEFT TO DO.
I CAME HERE WHEN JIM ROSE WAS |
| 00:04:32 | GOVERNOR.
GM USED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THE |
| 00:04:35 | HORRIBLE THING FOR PEOPLE IS NOT
TO HAVE A JOB, BECAUSE THE |
| 00:04:39 | FAMILY IS UNHAPPY.
THE BREADWINNER IS UNHAPPY. |
| 00:04:40 | IT IS NOT A GOOD SITUATION.
WE HAVE TO KEEP WORKING. |
| 00:04:46 | THAT'S WHY THESE NEW PROPOSALS
WILL BE KEY IN THE FUTURE. |
| 00:04:49 | WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY.
TWO POINTS, 2%, THAT'S A LOT. |
| 00:05:00 | >> HOW DOES WORKERS'
COMPENSATION PLAY INTO THIS? |
| 00:05:03 | HOW DOES A WORKERS COMPENSATION
REFORM PLAY INTO THIS? |
| 00:05:08 | >> OUR WORKERS' COMPENSATION IS
MORE EXPENSIVE THAN OTHER |
| 00:05:14 | STATES.
THEREFORE, IT'S A COMPETITIVE |
| 00:05:16 | DISADVANTAGE FOR US.
>> AND ONE OF THE FEW STATES |
| 00:05:19 | WHERE IT IS RUN BY THE STATE.
>> EXACTLY. |
| 00:05:22 | IT'S A GOVERNMENT PROGRAM.
I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THIS |
| 00:05:27 | AREA.
WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE WE HAVE A |
| 00:05:29 | COUPLE OF NUMBERS THAT ARE VERY
FOCUSED ON IT. |
| 00:05:31 | ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS NOT
HAPPENED HERE IS TOWARD REFORM. |
| 00:05:36 | EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT WORKERS'
COMPENSATION. |
| 00:05:39 | THAT'S THE SALES ENTITY.
THERE'S ALSO A TRIAL ENTITY THAT |
| 00:05:44 | ACTUALLY DOES LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
LIKE A COURT. |
| 00:05:47 | WE HAVE NOT DONE TORT REFORM IN
THAT AREA. |
| 00:05:51 | ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE THING IS
WE GOT FROM TORT REFORM IN OHIO |
| 00:05:56 | IS THE FACT THAT NOW, PEOPLE GOT
BACK TO WORK QUICKER. |
| 00:06:00 | IT IS KEY TO GET PEOPLE BACK TO
WORK QUICKLY. |
| 00:06:02 | THAT IS NOT A KEY IN WHAT IS
GOING ON NOW IN THE INDUSTRIAL |
| 00:06:08 | COMMISSION.
I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING WE |
| 00:06:09 | WILL FOCUS ON.
THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT |
| 00:06:12 | WE REALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT.
WEST VIRGINIA PRIVATIZED THEIR |
| 00:06:16 | WORKERS' COMPENSATION.
IF THEY CAN DO IT, WE CAN DO IT. |
| 00:06:19 | >> REPRESENTATIVE MATT KAUFMAN
SUGGESTED THAT SOME ELEMENTS OF |
| 00:06:26 | SENATE BILL 5 MAY COME BACK TO
THE LEGISLATURE, IF COMMUNITIES |
| 00:06:31 | WANT THEM TO.
IS THAT THE IDEA YOU ARE |
| 00:06:33 | GETTING, THAT MAYBE SOME OF
THESE ELEMENTS OF SENATE BILL 5 |
| 00:06:38 | WILL COME BACK, EVEN THOUGH THE
SPEAKER SAID HE DID NOT SEE THAT |
| 00:06:42 | HAPPENING.
>> I THINK I JUST MISSTATED |
| 00:06:46 | SOMETHING WHEN I SAID THAT
PRIVATISATION WAS DONE IN WEST |
| 00:06:51 | VIRGINIA -- THERE ARE REASONS WE
CANNOT DO IT THAT DO NOT EXIST |
| 00:06:55 | THERE.
I'M NOT ADVOCATING PRIVATIZATION |
| 00:06:58 | OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION.
YES, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A TOUGH |
| 00:07:02 | AREA.
MY SENSE IS THAT UNLESS THERE IS |
| 00:07:07 | SUPPORT FROM THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
BEARING THE BURDEN, THEN, |
| 00:07:12 | OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE NOT GOING TO
BE ABLE TO DO MUCH. |
| 00:07:15 | THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE COULD
DO. |
| 00:07:19 | OUR POLLING SHOWED 70% PLUS
SUPPORT, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR MERIT |
| 00:07:25 | PAY FOR TEACHERS.
WE STARTED DOWN THAT ROAD. |
| 00:07:29 | WE ALSO LEARNED THAT A LOT OF
PEOPLE WERE VERY CONCERNED THAT |
| 00:07:35 | THE PRINCIPLE OF A SCHOOL COULD
NOT PICK THE TEACHERS FOR THE |
| 00:07:38 | SCHOOL.
IF SOMEONE CAME BY THE |
| 00:07:42 | ADMINISTRATION -- WAS SENT THERE
WHO HAD NOT DONE A GOOD JOB, |
| 00:07:50 | THEY WERE STUCK.
THAT SOMETHING THAT IS A |
| 00:07:54 | PROBLEM.
THERE ARE THOSE THINGS THERE. |
| 00:07:55 | WE WILL WAIT TO HEAR FROM THE
SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION AND |
| 00:07:59 | SOME OF THE TEACHERS' GROUPS
THAT FEEL THAT THESE THINGS |
| 00:08:01 | SHOULD BE IMPROVED.
>> YOU TALK ABOUT PENSION |
| 00:08:05 | REFORM.
THERE WAS A BILL STILL MAKING |
| 00:08:06 | ITS WAY THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE
ABOUT PENSION REFORM. |
| 00:08:09 | >> ABSOLUTELY.
WE HAVE TO DO THAT. |
| 00:08:12 | WE CANNOT ALLOW THE PENSION
SYSTEMS TO BE IN A STATE IN |
| 00:08:15 | WHICH THEY CANNOT BE CERTAIN
THAT THERE WILL BE BENEFITS OVER |
| 00:08:21 | THE LONG TERM FOR THE MEMBERS.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF WAYS TO DO |
| 00:08:24 | THAT.
OBVIOUSLY, WE KNOW HOW TO DO IT. |
| 00:08:27 | WE INTRODUCED LEGISLATION IN THE
HOUSE IN JANUARY 1 YEAR AGO. |
| 00:08:32 | WE HAVE HAD 13, 14 HEARINGS NOW.
IT IS NOT A SIMPLE MATTER. |
| 00:08:38 | THERE ARE AN AWFUL LOT OF PLACES
WHERE TENSIONS ARE TOTALLY |
| 00:08:44 | DEPENDENT NOW UPON FACTORS THAT
WERE NEVER INVOLVED BEFORE. |
| 00:08:48 | FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT IS THE RETURN
ON INVESTMENT? |
| 00:08:53 | WE JUST GOT MURDERED OVER THE
PAST FIVE YEARS. |
| 00:08:56 | THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO
TAKE A LOOK AT. |
| 00:09:00 | WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT
HAVE TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. |
| 00:09:04 | ALL OF THESE PENSION SYSTEMS
HAVE SUBMITTED TO US LANGUAGE |
| 00:09:08 | THAT THEY BELIEVE WOULD HELP
THEM TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE |
| 00:09:11 | PEOPLE COVERED BY THE PENSION
SYSTEM. |
| 00:09:13 | >> I WANTED TO ASK YOU.
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF |
| 00:09:17 | CRITICISM ABOUT REPUBLICANS
FOCUSING TOO MUCH ON SOCIAL |
| 00:09:20 | ISSUES AND NOT ENOUGH ON
ECONOMIC ISSUES. |
| 00:09:22 | YOUR LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS
THAT YOU HANDED OUT TO REPORTERS |
| 00:09:26 | LAST WEEK HAD SIX BILLS IN THE
SOCIAL-MORAL CATEGORIES, WHICH |
| 00:09:31 | WAS MORE FROM YOUR LIST.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE, VARVETERANS, |
| 00:09:41 | NATURAL RESOURCES.
IS THERE TOO MUCH ATTENTION |
| 00:09:43 | RELATED TO ABORTION AND GUN LAW
S? |
| 00:09:45 | >> OBVIOUSLY, THOSE THINGS TO
CONSIDER THE MEMBERS OF THE |
| 00:09:50 | CAUCUS.
NO, THERE IS NOT. |
| 00:09:52 | IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOTALITY OF
THE LIST, THOSE THINGS STICK OUT |
| 00:09:56 | BECAUSE THEY ARE OF A TYPE --
LET'S JUST TAKE A LOOK, FOR |
| 00:10:01 | EXAMPLE, IN THE TAX AREA.
WE WANT TO CREATE JOBS. |
| 00:10:04 | WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO BUY
OLD BUILDINGS IN URBAN AIR |
| 00:10:08 | YES AND MOVE INTO THOSE AREAS
AND GET TAX CREDITS FOR THAT. |
| 00:10:11 | WE HAVE A WHOLE LIST OF THE
KINDS OF THINGS THAT ARE DONE TO |
| 00:10:19 | INCREASE THE POSSIBILITY OF
PEOPLE COMING TO THE STATE OR |
| 00:10:21 | PEOPLE MOVING INTO URBAN AREAS.
THAT HAS BEEN A BIG PART OF WHAT |
| 00:10:27 | WE ARE DOING IN BAKER'S
COMMITTEE. |
| 00:10:32 | SHE HAS CRANKED OUT QUITE A FEW
BILLS. |
| 00:10:34 | THAT WOULD NOT BE TRUE.
OPPORTUNITY, I THINK, IS WHAT |
| 00:10:38 | WE'RE LOOKING AT.
>> YOU HAVE A LOT OF OPENINGS |
| 00:10:41 | THIS YEAR.
YOU HAD A LOT OF OPENINGS IN |
| 00:10:44 | 2011.
AT LEAST 10 MEMBERS HAVE MOVED |
| 00:10:46 | ON TO APPOINTMENTS WITH THE
ADMINISTRATION OR THEY HAVE |
| 00:10:49 | MOVED TO THE SENATE.
WHAT DOES THAT SAY? |
| 00:10:52 | IT FEELS LIKE THERE'S A
REVOLVING DOOR IN THE HOUSE. |
| 00:10:55 | WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT WHAT'S
HAPPENING IN THE HOUSE? |
| 00:10:58 | >> THAT'S ALL THE EXPLANATION.
I HAVE MEMBERS WITH TEARS IN |
| 00:11:05 | THEIR EYES.
I SAID TO THEM, AND IN THIS |
| 00:11:08 | HOUSE, YOU HAVE TO SERVE ONLY
FOUR TERMS, TWO YEARS EACH, AND |
| 00:11:13 | THEN YOU ARE DONE.
THAT IS ONE OF THE REALLY BAD |
| 00:11:17 | THINGS ABOUT TERM LIMITS.
PEOPLE HAVE TO LOOK ELSEWHERE IN |
| 00:11:20 | ORDER TO GIVE MORE PUBLIC
SERVICE. |
| 00:11:22 | THEY ARE WELL MOTIVATED.
THEY WANT TO GIVE MORE PUBLIC |
| 00:11:26 | SERVICE.
THIS TERM-LIMIT THING IS REALLY |
| 00:11:27 | A HAMMER.
>> IT'S NOT ANYTHING ABOUT |
| 00:11:32 | WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE HOUSE.
THE WORKLOAD ISSUES YOU ARE |
| 00:11:35 | DEALING WITH.
>> I MAY HAVE WITHIN THEM -- MAY |
| 00:11:42 | HAVE PUT THEM AWAY ONCE OR
TWICE. |
| 00:11:44 | THERE'S NO QUESTION THEY HAD
OTHER MOTIVATIONS. |
| 00:11:46 | ONE OF THEM WAS TO DO PUBLIC
SERVICE. |
| 00:11:48 | WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE, WE HAD A
LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAD 10 TERMS |
| 00:11:51 | IN, FOR EXAMPLE.
I REMEMBER RALPH FISHER. |
| 00:11:54 | I THINK HE HAD 12.
HE WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE FINANCE |
| 00:11:58 | COMMITTEE.
THAT WAS A WHOLE DIFFERENT |
| 00:11:59 | WORLD.
PEOPLE BECAME REAL EXPERTS IN |
| 00:12:03 | THEIR NARROW FIELDS.
>> ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF NO TERM |
| 00:12:07 | LIMITS?
>> I DO NOT THINK THAT IS -- |
| 00:12:09 | >> EXTENDING TERM LIMITS?
>> YES, ABSOLUTELY. |
| 00:12:14 | CHRIS YOU HAVE SAID THAT COULD
COME UP IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL |
| 00:12:17 | COMMISSION.
>> I THINK THAT'S A GOOD PLACE |
| 00:12:21 | TO HOLD HEARINGS.
THE I HOPE THEY WILL CALL BACK |
| 00:12:25 | THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAD TO
LEAVE ME AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT |
| 00:12:30 | IT.
I THINK THEY WILL FIND IT |
| 00:12:32 | SOMEWHAT UNIVERSALLY THAT WAS AN
IMPORTANT PART OF THEIR |
| 00:12:37 | DECISION.
>> REPUBLICANS JUST GAINED |
| 00:12:39 | CONTROL OF THE HOUSE IN 2010.
DEMOCRATS, AFTER THE VICTORY |
| 00:12:43 | LAST YEAR, THEY ARE ENERGIZED
AGAIN. |
| 00:12:48 | THEY HAVE CANDIDATES ON THE
BALLOT. |
| 00:12:52 | ARE YOU WORRIED?
YOU HAVE AN ELECTION YEAR THIS |
| 00:12:54 | YEAR.
ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT LOSING |
| 00:12:56 | CONTROL OF THE HOUSE?
>> I THINK ANY LEADER WHO DOES |
| 00:13:00 | NOT WORRY ABOUT THAT IS NOT
WORTH HIS SALT. |
| 00:13:02 | WE HAVE BEEN OUT RAISING FUNDS.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH EACH |
| 00:13:05 | OF THE MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY
WITHIN THE CAUCUS. |
| 00:13:09 | WE HAVE ASKED THEM WHAT THEY ARE
INTERESTED IN SO THEY CAN EXCEL. |
| 00:13:12 | NO SPEAKER HAS EVER HAD AS GOOD
DAY CAUCUS AS I HAVE. |
| 00:13:19 | I HAVE BEEN HERE THROUGH 17, 18
CAUCUSES. |
| 00:13:24 | >> WITH WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING
WITH THE GOVERNOR AND THE CHAIR |
| 00:13:27 | OF THE OHIO REPUBLICAN PARTY,
YOU GOT ENTANGLED IN THIS, AS |
| 00:13:32 | WELL.
DO YOU EXPECT THE PARTY TO HELP |
| 00:13:34 | A LOT WITH THE HOUSE RACES,
GIVEN THAT THERE'S A U.S. SENATE |
| 00:13:38 | RACE AS WELL AS A PRESIDENTIAL
RACE? |
| 00:13:39 | >> I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY WILL
DO. |
| 00:13:43 | WE WERE WITHOUT SUPPORT LAST
TIME AND THEY WON. |
| 00:13:45 | THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.
I WOULD HOPE THE DISCUSSION |
| 00:13:49 | WOULD HAVE LET EVERYBODY ON BOTH
SIDES TO WANT TO KEEP A FOCUS ON |
| 00:13:54 | THE EFFORT TO PUT TOGETHER A
GREAT CAMPAIGNS AND TO EXPLAIN |
| 00:14:00 | TO THE PEOPLE OF OHIO WHY IT IS
THAT THEY SHOULD GO FOR THE |
| 00:14:04 | PEOPLE IN OUR PARTY WHO ARE
ASKING FOR THEIR SUPPORT. |
| 00:14:06 | HOW MEANINGFUL ITS COIN TO BE IN
THE LONG TERM, GOVERNMENT IS |
| 00:14:15 | ABOUT THE LONG TERM.
PEOPLE TAKE A SHORT-TERM VIEW |
| 00:14:20 | END UP HURTING THE PEOPLE WHO
PUT THEM IN PLACE. |
| 00:14:22 | >> I ALSO -- I ALSO SPOKE WITH
MINORITY LEADER ARMOND BUDISH, A |
| 00:14:27 | DEMOCRAT CLEVELAND .
D. |
| 00:14:30 | >> WHAT DO YOU THINK CAN HELP
JOBS AND THE ECONOMY? |
| 00:14:36 | >> WE HAVE A WHOLE LIST OF
THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE THAT |
| 00:14:39 | ARE NOT BEING DONE.
JOB CREATION IS CRITICAL. |
| 00:14:42 | GOOD JOB CREATION IS CRITICAL.
WE HAVE A WHOLE SET OF PROPOSALS |
| 00:14:46 | THAT WE WOULD BE PUSHING.
WE INITIATED A WHOLE LOT OF |
| 00:14:57 | PROGRAMS WHEN WE WERE IN THE
MAJORITY. |
| 00:14:59 | THAT HAS BEEN WORKING
WONDERFULLY TO CREATE GOOD JOBS |
| 00:15:07 | IN OHIO.
WE NEED TO EXPAND THAT. |
| 00:15:09 | WE DID A -- WE HAD HISTORIC TAX
CREDITS THAT WERE SLASHED BY |
| 00:15:16 | THIS GOVERNMENT.
THERE WAS A PROGRAM THAT HAD A |
| 00:15:20 | VERY SMALL FEE ON PEOPLE'S
UTILITY BILLS. |
| 00:15:25 | THAT MONEY WOULD GO FOR CLEAN
ENERGY -- WHICH WOULD GO FOR |
| 00:15:32 | GREEN ENERGY.
THAT MEANS JOBS FOR OHIO. |
| 00:15:35 | WE CAN DO A WHOLE LOT MORE.
THE REPUBLICANS LET THAT |
| 00:15:38 | EXPIRED.
THEY LET THAT |
| 00:15:39 | WHOLE PROGRAM DISAPPEARED.
WE NEED TO HAVE THE PROGRAM |
| 00:15:42 | HERE.
THERE ARE A WHOLE LIST OF THINGS |
| 00:15:46 | WE CAN DO.
THE THINGS REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN |
| 00:15:48 | DOING IN THE MAJORITY ARE THINGS
THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH JOB |
| 00:15:52 | CREATION.
THE CUT MONEY FOR EDUCATION. |
| 00:15:54 | THEY CUT MONEY FOR COLLEGE AND
UNIVERSITIES. |
| 00:15:58 | THE CUT MONEY FOR SOCIAL
SERVICES, FOR MENTAL HEALTH |
| 00:16:00 | SERVICES.
THEY CUT MONEY THAT OUR |
| 00:16:03 | COMMUNITIES NEED FOR SAFETY AND
PROTECTION. |
| 00:16:05 | AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN HAVING
TO DEFEND THE MIDDLE CLASS HERE. |
| 00:16:10 | WE WILL CONTINUE DOING THAT.
AS LONG AS REPUBLICANS PUSH THIS |
| 00:16:17 | EXTREMIST AGENDA, WE WILL
CONTINUE TO FIGHT. |
| 00:16:20 | >> YOU TALK ABOUT THE SLASHING
OF MONEY FOR DIFFERENT THINGS. |
| 00:16:23 | WHERE WOULD THAT MONEY COME
FROM? |
| 00:16:25 | IT WAS ARGUED THAT THERE WAS A
MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR DEFICIT AND |
| 00:16:31 | THAT'S WHERE THE CUTS CAME.
WHERE WOULD YOU GET THAT MONEY |
| 00:16:36 | BACK?
>> PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE |
| 00:16:40 | REPUBLICANS RAISED THE BUDGET.
THERE'S MORE MONEY BEING SPENT |
| 00:16:45 | IN THIS YEAR THAN EVER IN OHIO'S
HISTORY. |
| 00:16:50 | THE BUDGET WE PASSED TWO YEARS
AGO, WE CUT $2 BILLION. |
| 00:16:55 | WE CUT $4 BILLION FROM THE PRIOR
BUDGET. |
| 00:16:59 | THAT WAS REAL.
WE CUT THE BUDGET. |
| 00:17:07 | WE CUT THE SIZE OF GOVERNMENT.
THE REPUBLICANS CAME IN AND TALK |
| 00:17:11 | ABOUT HOW THERE IS THIS FISCAL
CRISIS. |
| 00:17:13 | THEY INCREASED THE BUDGET.
THE BUDGET THAT WE PASSED WAS |
| 00:17:18 | $50 BILLION.
THIS ONE IS OVER $55 BILLION. |
| 00:17:21 | THEY RAISED IT.
THERE'S MONEY IN THIS BUDGET. |
| 00:17:24 | IT'S JUST NOT GOING IN THE RIGHT
PLACES. |
| 00:17:26 | IT'S NOT GOING TO KEEP OUR
COMMUNITIES SAFE. |
| 00:17:31 | IT'S NOT GOING TO KEEP PEOPLE
WORKING. |
| 00:17:33 | >> THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF
SPECULATION THAT SOME OF THE |
| 00:17:36 | ITEMS IN SENATE BILL 5 WAS
OVERTURNED. |
| 00:17:40 | IT MIGHT BE INTRODUCED IN OTHER
WAYS. |
| 00:17:45 | THE SENATE PRESIDENT SAYS
THERE'S NO PLAN TO DO THAT. |
| 00:17:48 | IS THAT SOMETHING YOU EXPECT TO
SEE? |
| 00:17:50 | >> THEY HAVE NOT SAT DOWN AND
TALKED TO US ABOUT ANYTHING THIS |
| 00:17:55 | YEAR.
SENATE BILL 5 IS THE PERFECT |
| 00:17:57 | EXAMPLE.
THEY TOOK SENATE BILL 5. |
| 00:18:00 | AGAIN, THE IN THE DARK OF NIGHT
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. |
| 00:18:05 | THEY DID NOT INVOLVE ANYBODY.
THEY DID NOT BRING IN POLICE |
| 00:18:09 | OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS,
TEACHERS, OR ANY OF THE PEOPLE |
| 00:18:12 | AFFECTED.
THEY SHOVED IT THROUGH IN A |
| 00:18:14 | MATTER OF DAYS, HOURS.
IT WAS HORRIBLE. |
| 00:18:17 | THEY LOCKED THE DOORS OF THE
STATEHOUSE SO PEOPLE COULD NOT |
| 00:18:20 | EVEN GET IN TO MAKE THEIR POINTS
KNOWN. |
| 00:18:22 | IF THAT'S THE WAY THEY INTEND TO
PROCEED AGAIN, WE WILL FIGHT IT |
| 00:18:25 | AGAIN.
>> WHAT CAN YOU DO? |
| 00:18:27 | YOU ARE THE MINORITY.
>> ALL WE CAN DO IS FIGHT AND |
| 00:18:35 | FIGHT AND FIGHT.
WE CAN GO ON TV SHOWS LIKE THIS |
| 00:18:39 | AND TELL THE PEOPLE WHAT'S
HAPPENING. |
| 00:18:40 | HOPEFULLY, PEOPLE WILL RESPOND,
AS THEY DID IN NOVEMBER ON THE |
| 00:18:44 | SENATE BILL 5 ISSUE.
PEOPLE CAME OUT AND SAID THEY |
| 00:18:53 | HAD ENOUGH OF THIS EXTREMISM.
WE THINK THE OVERREACHING MUST |
| 00:18:56 | STOP.
THEY VOTED 60% AGAINST SENATE |
| 00:18:59 | BILL 5.
>> ACCORDING TO ACTIVISTS, FOR |
| 00:19:04 | EXAMPLE, THE PRO-CHOICE
ACTIVISTS, THERE HAS BEEN SOME |
| 00:19:10 | CRITICISM THAT REPUBLICANS ARE
PAYING TOO MUCH ATTENTION TO |
| 00:19:13 | THESE AGENDA ISSUES, THE SOCIAL
AGENDA ISSUES, AND NOT ENOUGH TO |
| 00:19:16 | JOBS AND THE ECONOMY.
REPUBLICANS SAY THEY CAN DO BOTH |
| 00:19:19 | AT THE SAME TIME.
DO YOU HAVE TROUBLE TAKING ON |
| 00:19:22 | THE SOCIAL AGENDA ISSUES?
YOU DO HAVE SOME BLUE DOGS IN |
| 00:19:25 | YOUR CAUCUS.
YOU DO HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE |
| 00:19:28 | PRO-LIFE, FOR EXAMPLE.
>> WE ARE A VERY BROAD CAUCUS. |
| 00:19:33 | WE ARE RESPONSIVE TO THAT.
WHEN YOU INTRODUCE A BILL AND |
| 00:19:42 | PASS IT THROUGH THE BILL -- YOU
ARE GOING WAY TOO FAR. |
| 00:19:50 | NOBODY, NOT EVEN THE FOLKS IN
OUR CAUCUS THAT ARE PRO-LIFE, |
| 00:19:54 | COULD NOT SUPPORT THAT.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT THE |
| 00:19:58 | REPUBLICAN EXTREMIST LEADERSHIP
IS DOING. |
| 00:20:00 | IT IS UNFORTUNATE.
WE WANT TO WORK TOGETHER. |
| 00:20:04 | WE HAVE AN OPEN DOOR.
I'M STILL WAITING FOR THE PHONE |
| 00:20:06 | CALLS TO COME IN TO INVITE US TO
WORK TOGETHER. |
| 00:20:09 | THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS WE CAN
DO TO WORK TOGETHER. |
| 00:20:12 | THE PROBLEMS IN OHIO ARE MAJOR.
WE HAVE BIG PROBLEMS. |
| 00:20:15 | WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT OF
WORK. |
| 00:20:17 | WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE
HEALTH CARE. |
| 00:20:19 | WE HAVE PEOPLE WHOSE CLASS SIZES
ARE GROWING. |
| 00:20:23 | KIDS ARE NOW IN CLASSES OF 40 OR
50 KIDS. |
| 00:20:28 | WE NEED TO MAKE BIG CHANGES IN
OHIO. |
| 00:20:32 | WHEN I WAS THE SPEAKER, EVERY
SINGLE BILL WE PASSED WAS |
| 00:20:35 | BIPARTISAN, BECAUSE I HAD A
REPUBLICAN SENATE. |
| 00:20:39 | I HAD TO WORK TOGETHER.
WE WANTED TO WORK TOGETHER. |
| 00:20:42 | WE FORMED A VERY GOOD
RELATIONSHIPS AND WE GOT THINGS |
| 00:20:44 | DONE.
>> YOU KEEP TALKING ABOUT HOW NO |
| 00:20:48 | ONE HAS TALKED TO YOU.
THE SPEAKER'S OFFICE IS NOT |
| 00:20:50 | COMMUNICATING WITH YOU.
WHAT IS THE PROBLEM? |
| 00:20:53 | ARE YOU CALLING THEM?
WHAT'S HAPPENING? |
| 00:20:56 | >> ALL THE TIME.
WHEN I WAS THE SPEAKER, I VIEWED |
| 00:21:01 | IT AS THE SPEAKER'S ROLE TO
REACH OUT. |
| 00:21:03 | I DID.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE |
| 00:21:07 | WORK TOGETHER.
I DO NOT WANT TO SIT HERE AND |
| 00:21:12 | TALK NEGATIVELY.
I WANT TO INVITE THE REPUBLICANS |
| 00:21:15 | TO WORK WITH US.
WE HAVE SOME GOOD IDEAS. |
| 00:21:18 | YOU KNOW, WHETHER THEY THINK SO
OR NOT, WE HAVE GOOD IDEAS. |
| 00:21:21 | WE HAVE A GREAT AGENDA FOR JOB
CREATION IN THIS STATE, FOR |
| 00:21:26 | PROTECTING KIDS' EDUCATION, FOR
HEALTH CARE. |
| 00:21:30 | WE WANT TO WORK WITH THE
REPUBLICANS. |
| 00:21:32 | WE ARE NOT INTERESTED IN
FIGHTING EVERY DAY. |
| 00:21:34 | WE WANT TO WORK TOGETHER.
WE'RE JUST NOT GIVEN THAT |
| 00:21:37 | OPPORTUNITY BY THE REPUBLICANS.
>> A LOT OF LAW MAKERS HAVE LEFT |
| 00:21:41 | THE HOUSE SINCE THE START OF
LAST YEAR. |
| 00:21:43 | I'VE COUNTED 10 OF THEM, ONE
BEING A DEMOCRAT. |
| 00:21:46 | THEN YOU HAVE NINE REPUBLICANS.
SOME HAVE GONE ON TO A CABINET |
| 00:21:50 | POSTS AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
THAT SEEMS LIKE A LOT. |
| 00:21:56 | WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT?
>> I CANNOT READ PEOPLE'S MINDS. |
| 00:22:00 | SOME PEOPLE HAVE SUGGESTED THEY
ARE FLEEING THE EXTREMIST AGENDA |
| 00:22:03 | OF THE REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE.
PEOPLE THE FOR ALL DIFFERENT |
| 00:22:06 | REASONS.
>> FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE |
| 00:22:10 | 1990'S, YOU HAVE CANDIDATES ON
THE BALLOT IN 99 HOUSE |
| 00:22:15 | DISTRICTS, DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATES. |
| 00:22:17 | THIS IS KIND OF UNUSUAL FOR YOU
IN THAT RESPECT. |
| 00:22:19 | THIS IS A MAP THAT REPUBLICANS
DID DRAW. |
| 00:22:23 | WHAT KIND OF HOPE DO YOU HAVE
THAT YOU WILL GET MORE DEMOCRATS |
| 00:22:28 | AT THE END OF THIS YEAR IN
NOVEMBER? |
| 00:22:30 | WHAT KIND OF SUPPORT DO YOU
EXPECT FROM THE DEMOCRATIC |
| 00:22:34 | PARTY, WHICH WILL ALL RELATING
-- WHICH WILL ALREADY BE TIED UP |
| 00:22:39 | WITH THE SENATE RACES AND ALL
THESE OTHER RACES? |
| 00:22:42 | >> I BELIEVE SENATE BILL 5 HAS
CHANGED THE ELECTORATE IN OHIO. |
| 00:22:46 | SENATE BILL 5 WAS AN EXTREME
ATTACK ON THE MIDDLE CLASS AND |
| 00:22:52 | WORKING PEOPLE.
PEOPLE CAME OUT FROM ALL PARTS |
| 00:22:56 | OF OHIO, FROM DEEP REPUBLICAN
DISTRICTS. |
| 00:22:59 | PEOPLE CAME OUT TO SAY "ENOUGH."
DEVOTED 60% AGAINST SENATE BILL |
| 00:23:07 | 5.
I BELIEVE MANY OF THOSE SAME |
| 00:23:09 | PEOPLE WILL SAY, "WE DO NOT WANT
THE EXTREMIST FOLKS THAT PASSED |
| 00:23:16 | SENATE BILL 5 TO GO BACK TO THE
LEGISLATURE." |
| 00:23:20 | >> TO ENSURE THAT, IN A WAY, YOU
HAVE SOME PEOPLE ON THE BALLOT |
| 00:23:23 | WHO WERE TEACHERS, FIREFIGHTERS,
AND PEOPLE WHO WERE INTIMATELY |
| 00:23:27 | INVOLVED IN SENATE BILL 5.
>> I BELIEVE THERE ARE MORE |
| 00:23:30 | TEACHERS, FIREFIGHTERS, VETERANS
RUNNING THIS YEAR AS DEMOCRATS |
| 00:23:34 | ON THE DEMOCRAT SIDE THAN EVER
BEFORE. |
| 00:23:37 | >> COULDN'T THAT WORK AGAINST
YOU? |
| 00:23:39 | THERE WERE SOME PARTS OF SENATE
BILL 5 THAT COLD WELL. |
| 00:23:42 | THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORTED,
FOR EXAMPLE, UNIONIZED PUBLIC |
| 00:23:46 | WORKERS PAYING MORE FOR HEALTH
CARE AND MORE FOR PENSIONS. |
| 00:23:49 | >> THE PENSION PLANS -- IT'S A
HIGH PRIORITY FOR THE DEMOCRATS |
| 00:23:55 | THAT WE MAKE THOSE PROGRAMS
STABLE. |
| 00:23:57 | WE WANT OUR RETIREES TO BE ABLE
TO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE SECURITY |
| 00:24:02 | GOING FORWARD.
WE WILL DO WHAT IS NECESSARY TO |
| 00:24:05 | MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS.
AGAIN, NOT RADICAL EXTREMIST AND |
| 00:24:10 | ONE-SIDED PROPOSALS, LIKE THE
REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN PUSHING. |
| 00:24:13 | PEOPLE HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF WHAT
IS GOING ON IN WASHINGTON AND |
| 00:24:19 | WHAT'S GOING ON IN COLUMBUS.
THE EXTREMISM AND THE INABILITY |
| 00:24:24 | TO WORK TOGETHER.
>> DON'T YOU RUN THE RISK, IF |
| 00:24:27 | YOU PUT PEOPLE IN OFFICE WHO
HAVE NOT BEEN IN OFFICE BEFORE |
| 00:24:30 | -- THE FLIP SIDE OF THE CAREER
POLITICIAN ARGUMENT. |
| 00:24:34 | YOU PUT IN NEW PEOPLE WHO DO NOT
NECESSARILY KNOW HOW THE PROCESS |
| 00:24:37 | WORKS.
IS THAT NOT POTENTIALLY A LITTLE |
| 00:24:39 | CHAOTIC?
>> IT IS. |
| 00:24:40 | IT IS.
THERE IS AN ADVANTAGE TO HAVING |
| 00:24:45 | PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCE.
I THINK WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT |
| 00:24:48 | IS THAT PEOPLE COMING TO
COLUMBUS WANT TO DO THE RIGHT |
| 00:24:52 | THING FOR WORKING PEOPLE, FOR
MIDDLE-CLASS OHIOANS. |
| 00:24:54 | THAT IS WHO IS GOING TO GET
ELECTED. |
| 00:24:58 | IF THEY ARE NEW, OLD,
EXPERIENCED, OR INEXPERIENCED, |
| 00:25:02 | THE IMPORTANT THING, I BELIEVE,
PEOPLE WILL THINK ABOUT -- WILL |
| 00:25:08 | THIS PERSON FIGHT FOR ME?
>> WILL PRESIDENT OBAMA AND |
| 00:25:13 | BROWN ON THE BALLOT HELP OR HURT
YOU? |
| 00:25:15 | >> I THINK IT HELPS.
>> BUDISH SAYS DEMOCRATS WILL BE |
| 00:25:19 | RELEASING THEIR FULL PRIORITY
LIST SHORTLY. |
| 00:25:21 | AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK.
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