00:00:37 | >> THE BIGGEST POLITICAL SPEECH OF THE YEAR IS OVER, AND WHAT |
00:00:39 | AN EVENT IT WAS. WE'LL RUN DOWN THE HIGHLIGHTS OF |
00:00:43 | THE STATE OF THE STATE SPEECH AND REACTION TO IT, THIS WEEK IN |
00:00:45 | "THE STATE OF OHIO". CAPTIONED BY THE |
00:00:51 | NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE --WWW.NCICAP.ORG-- |
00:00:53 | THE GOVERNOR'S ANNUAL STATE OF THE STATE SPEECH IS IN THE |
00:00:55 | HISTORY BOOKS NOW -- FOR SEVERAL REASONS. |
00:00:57 | AT ONE HOUR AND 23 MINUTES, IT'S LIKELY THE LONGEST EVER. |
00:01:00 | THE FIRST WAS IN 1913. AND IT'S BELIEVED TO BE THE |
00:01:09 | FIRST STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS DELIVERED IN A BUILDING NOT ON |
00:01:11 | CAPITOL SQUARE IN COLUMBUS. AND ON STAGE AT WELLS ACADEMY |
00:01:13 | IN STEUBENVILLE, GOV. JOHN KASICH SAID HE LIKED IT THAT |
00:01:16 | WAY, AND THAT HE'D LIKELY NEVER DO ANOTHER SUCH SPEECH AT THE |
00:01:21 | STATEHOUSE. >> SOME PEOPLE ARE SPECULATING |
00:01:29 | WHY WE CAME TO STEUBENVILLE. I WANTED TO TRAVEL. |
00:01:36 | I WANTED TO GET OUT AND SEE THE PEOPLE. |
00:01:40 | THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT. YOU WANT TO GET OUT AND TOUCH |
00:01:43 | THE PEOPLE. WHY DID I COME HERE? |
00:01:45 | IT'S NOT VERY COMPLICATED. I'M A VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD, |
00:01:50 | COMMON-SENSE DIE. I CAME FOR TWO REASONS, WELLS |
00:01:55 | ACADEMY HAS SET A STANDARD FOR THE REST OF THE STATE. |
00:01:57 | THEY ARE THE NO. 1 PERFORMING SCHOOL IN OHIO. |
00:02:02 | IF YOU WERE TO GUESS WHERE THE NUMBER ONE SCHOOL WOULD BE |
00:02:07 | LOCATED, YOU MAY NOT GET YEAR, BUT HERE IT IS. |
00:02:10 | LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THEY DO, BECAUSE IT |
00:02:14 | IS SO IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE CULTURE. |
00:02:17 | FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS HAVE ADOPTED |
00:02:21 | THE PRINCIPLE. I HAVE SEEN IT AT THE FREDERICK |
00:02:25 | DOUGLASS ACADEMY. I HAVE SEEN IT IN OTHER BUYING |
00:02:30 | CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE RUN THE STATE AND IN SOME OF OUR PUBLIC |
00:02:32 | SCHOOLS. DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT GETS DOWN |
00:02:35 | TO? IN THE TEACHERS AND |
00:02:38 | ADMINISTRATORS MINDS, NOTHING STANDS IN THE WAKE OF KIDS BEING |
00:02:41 | GREAT. NOT POVERTY, NOT BROKEN HOMES. |
00:02:45 | THESE ARE OBSTACLES. WE WANT OUR PARENTS TO BE |
00:02:49 | INVOLVED. THE TEACHERS HERE HAVE A DEEP |
00:02:51 | COMMITMENT TO THE CHILD'S FUTURE AND THEY WILL DO |
00:02:54 | EVERYTHING THEY CAN MOVE IT FORWARD. |
00:02:55 | >> THE OPENING OF THE JOINT SESSION OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE |
00:02:57 | WAS DELAYED BY ABOUT 15 MINUTES, AS SECURITY SEARCHED |
00:02:59 | THE NEARLY 1,000 LAWMAKERS, CABINET MEMBERS, STAFFERS, |
00:03:02 | REPORTERS AND OTHERS WHO CAME TO SEE THE SPEECH, WHICH INCLUDED |
00:03:06 | 50 PEOPLE WHO'D WON TICKETS IN A LOTTERY THAT WAS HELD WITH FOR |
00:03:10 | THE REMAINING SEATS IN THE AUDITORIUM. |
00:03:13 | THE ADDRESS WAS PEPPERED WITH SHOUT OUTS TO HIS UNCLE GEORGE, |
00:03:17 | TO HIS CABINET, TO LOCAL OFFICIALS, TO WELL KNOWN |
00:03:19 | FIGURES IN THE AUDIENCE SUCH AS OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT |
00:03:22 | GORDON GEE AND FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE JENNIFER BRUNNER, AND |
00:03:27 | TO REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS INCLUDING REPS. |
00:03:31 | SHIRLEY SMITH AND TERESA FEDOR AND SENATORS TOM SAWYER AND |
00:03:34 | CAPRI CAFARO. HE ALSO DESCRIBED WHAT HE |
00:03:38 | CALLED A VISION OF SPEAKER BILL BATCHELDER AND MINORITY LEADER |
00:03:45 | ARMOND BUDISH IN A CAR WITH JERRY SEINFELD IN THE BACK |
00:03:47 | SEAT. MOST OF THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH |
00:03:51 | WAS A LOOK BACK ON WHERE HE SAYS THE STATE WAS WHEN HE TOOK |
00:03:52 | OFFICE IN EARLY 2011, AND HOW FAR IT'S COME. |
00:03:55 | >> ONE YEAR AGO, A HIGH AND RANKED 48TH IN JOB CREATION. |
00:04:06 | WE TRAILED ONLY MICHIGAN AND CALIFORNIA. |
00:04:09 | MICHIGAN, THE HOME OF THE AUTO INDUSTRY, THAT WAS DEVASTATED |
00:04:16 | AND CALIFORNIA, FILLED BY A BUNCH OF WHACKADOOS. |
00:04:19 | >> GOV. KASICH SAID OHIO HAD LOST 600,000 JOBS IN THE |
00:04:22 | PREVIOUS TEN YEARS, THAT THE STATE'S CREDIT OUTLOOK WAS |
00:04:24 | NEGATIVE AND THAT THERE WAS AN ESTIMATED $8 BILLION HOLE IN THE |
00:04:25 | STATE BUDGET, WITH JUST $0.89 IN THE RAINY DAY FUND. |
00:04:27 | KASICH SAID HE TOLD HIS STAFF HE WOULDN'T RAISE TAXES, BUT ALSO |
00:04:34 | COULDN'T CUT FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS TO HELP THE POOR, THE |
00:04:37 | MENTALLY ILL OR THE DISABLED, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE, USING |
00:04:41 | HIS WORD, "SINFUL". SO HE SAID THE STATE MADE BIG |
00:04:45 | CHANGES IN MEDICAID, PASSED SENTENCING REFORM, WENT TO A |
00:04:50 | SINGLE PRIME CONTRACTOR SYSTEM FOR SOME STATE AND UNIVERSITY |
00:04:55 | CONTRACTS, CREATED JOBSOHIO, RAISED THE NUMBER OF CHARTER |
00:04:58 | SCHOOLS IN OHIO AND DRAMATICALLY INCREASED THE |
00:05:00 | NUMBER OF VOUCHERS FOR FAMILIES ON UNDERPERFORMING SCHOOLS. |
00:05:04 | >> THINK ABOUT THIS. NO PARENT SHOULD HAVE THEIR |
00:05:17 | KID IN A SCHOOL WHERE THEY ARE NOT SAVED OR NOT LEARNING. |
00:05:19 | IT'S A CIVIL RIGHT. [APPLAUSE] |
00:05:21 | THIS IS NOT AN ATTACK ON PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM MORE TEACHERS. |
00:05:27 | WE HAVE TO HONOR THE ONES THAT ARE REALLY OUT THERE LIKE THE |
00:05:31 | ONES WE SEE HERE. BUT WHEN THE SCHOOLS ARE NOT |
00:05:35 | WORKING AND THEY ARE UNDERPERFORMING, LET OUR |
00:05:38 | CHILDREN GO. WE WENT FROM 13,000 VOUCHERS TO |
00:05:47 | 30,000 FAMILIES WHO CAN HAVE MORE CHOICE AND FREEDOM TO NEXT |
00:05:51 | YEAR, 60,000 VOUCHERS. I DO NOT KNOW THAT IT EXISTS |
00:05:57 | ANYWHERE ELSE IN AMERICA. IT WILL GIVE OUR POOR PEOPLE |
00:06:00 | CHANCE. [APPLAUSE] |
00:06:01 | WE LOOKED AT THE NUMBER OF CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND YOU ARE AN |
00:06:08 | UNDERPERFORMING CHARTER SCHOOLS, WE WILL BE ON YOU. |
00:06:10 | WE NEED EXCELLENCE IN EVERY SCHOOL. |
00:06:13 | IF IT'S NOT WORKING, WE WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT AND I WILL |
00:06:18 | ASK THE LEGISLATURE TO EXERCISE PROPER OVERSIGHT. |
00:06:20 | YOU CAN APPLAUD FOR THAT BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE |
00:06:24 | CONCERNED. >> THE GOVERNOR THEN LOOKED |
00:06:25 | AHEAD TO THE PRESENT. >> WHERE ARE WE TODAY? |
00:06:30 | OHIO IS THE NO. 1 JOB CREATOR IN THE MIDWEST TODAY AS WE SIT |
00:06:35 | HERE. NUMBER ONE. |
00:06:36 | [APPLAUSE] WE ARE THE NO. 9 CREATOR IN JOB |
00:06:49 | CREATION IN AMERICA, FROM 48 TO 9 IN ONE YEAR. |
00:06:53 | [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] |
00:07:11 | IT IS ABOUT TIME BECAUSE WE ARE A POWER HOUSE. |
00:07:21 | OUR PRIVATE SECTOR JOB GROWTH, RATHER THAN LOSE 400,000 JOBS |
00:07:28 | OVER THE LAST FOUR, WE CREATED 43,500 JOBS, A NET INCREASE. |
00:07:32 | >> KASICH CREDITED HIS PRIVATE JOB DEVELOPMENT ENTITY JOBSOHIO |
00:07:38 | WITH NEW OR RETAINED JOBS THAT TOTALED $4.7 BILLION IN PAYROLL |
00:07:43 | AND $3.2 BILLION IN NEW CAPITAL INVESTMENT. |
00:07:45 | HE SAID OHIO GOT AN IMPROVED CREDIT RATING FROM STANDARD AND |
00:07:50 | POOR'S. >> WE ARE LIVE AGAIN. |
00:07:57 | WE ARE OUT OF THE DITCH. IT IS HAPPENING IN OUR STATE. |
00:08:00 | THIS IS NOT ME. IT'S ALL OF US. |
00:08:05 | I'M JUST THRILLED TO BE A PART OF IT. |
00:08:07 | THAT'S ALL I EVER WANTED IN THIS JOB. |
00:08:09 | WE HAVE CULTURAL CHANGES THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE. |
00:08:14 | THE PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT THE STATUS QUO WILL FIND US FOR THE |
00:08:18 | NEXT SERIES OF THINGS WE HAVE TO GET DONE. |
00:08:20 | >> THE GOVERNOR THEN TURNED OFF THE TYPICAL STATE OF THE STATE |
00:08:23 | TRAJECTORY AND ANNOUNCED HE'D CREATED SOMETHING NEW WHAT HE |
00:08:25 | CALLED THE GOVERNOR'S COURAGE AWARDS, AND PRESENTED THE FIRST |
00:08:27 | THREE TO GUESTS ON THE STAGE WITH HIM: JO ANNA KROHN OF |
00:08:32 | PORTSMOUTH, WHO FOUNDED THE ANTI-PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE |
00:08:36 | GROUP CALLED SOLACE AFTER HER TEENAGE SON DIED FROM AN |
00:08:39 | OVERDOSE; THERESA FLORES OF SUBURBAN COLUMBUS, A HUMAN |
00:08:43 | TRAFFICKING SURVIVOR WHO NOW WORKS WITH OTHER VICTIMS TO TRY |
00:08:46 | TO STOP IT; AND THE FAMILY OF U.S. ARMY SPECIALIST JESSE |
00:08:49 | SNOW, WHO DIED AFTER SHIELDING ANOTHER SOLDIER FROM MACHINE GUN |
00:08:52 | FIRE IN AFGHANISTAN IN 2010. AFTER THOSE EMOTIONAL MOMENTS, |
00:08:58 | KASICH TURNED BACK TO THE STATE'S PROGRESS REPORT, |
00:09:01 | TELLING LAWMAKERS THAT WORK CAN GET DONE IF THEY, IN HIS WORDS, |
00:09:05 | "STEER CLEAR OF MINDLESS PARTISANSHIP." |
00:09:14 | >> OF BEING A GOOD REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRATS, THEY DO NOT GET YOU |
00:09:21 | AWARDS FOR BEING PARTISAN. "YOU HAVE TO RESPECT YOUR |
00:09:25 | PHILOSOPHY AND CARRIED IT OUT." IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING |
00:09:29 | IN WASHINGTON, DO WE WANT TO BE THEM? |
00:09:31 | THEY CANNOT GET OUT OF THEIR OWN WAY. |
00:09:34 | THE COUNTRY IS LOSING FAITH. TOGETHER, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE |
00:09:39 | THAT WE MOVE FORWARD. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN |
00:09:44 | FIND THINGS TO WORK TOGETHER RON AND NOT BE NASTY AND MEAN IT |
00:09:47 | M-- NAME CALLERS. TIP O'NEILL AND RAGAN WOULD |
00:09:55 | FIGHT AND THAT AFTERWARDS THEY WOULD HAVE A DRINK. |
00:09:57 | LEAVE IT ON THE FIELD. >> GOV. KASICH TOUTED OHIO'S |
00:10:02 | ROLE IN THE RESURGENCE OF THE US AUTOMAKING INDUSTRY AND IN |
00:10:09 | STEEL. NOW, KASICH SAID, OHIO HAS TO |
00:10:11 | BUILD ON THOSE SUCCESSES BY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ITS |
00:10:13 | STRENGTHS IN ITS WORKFORCE AND ITS LOCATION. |
00:10:14 | >> WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DEVISING A STRATEGY PROPORTION |
00:10:21 | TRADE PLACES LIKE CALIFORNIA, WASHINGTON, AND MAYBE EVEN LOOK |
00:10:26 | OVERSEAS. HERE'S THE THING. |
00:10:27 | ACCESS TO THE MARKET, THE ABILITY TO MAKE THINGS, AND |
00:10:36 | WE'RE STARTING TO WIN. WE'RE BRINGING THESE |
00:10:43 | MANUFACTURING JOBS BACK TO THE STATE. |
00:10:44 | >> TALKING ABOUT JOBS IN MANUFACTURING, LOGISTICS', |
00:10:51 | AGRICULTURE, AND TECHNOLOGY. ABOUT UNMANNED AEROSPACE |
00:10:58 | VEHICLES AT WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, AND ABOUT THE OHIO |
00:11:00 | ACADEMIC RESOURCES NETWORK'S BROADBAND NETWORK. |
00:11:01 | >> WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE THE SPEED FROM 10 GB/S TO 100 GB/S. |
00:11:11 | WHAT DOES THIS MEAN IT? IT REALLY MEANS SOMETHING. |
00:11:15 | IT MEANS THAT HEALTH CARE AND RESEARCH, THEY NO LONGER HAVE TO |
00:11:21 | RELY ON OVERNIGHT MAIL TO SHARE. THEY CANNOT CREATE THE BRANDS |
00:11:39 | AND DESIGN INDUSTRY SO THAT COLLABORATORS CAN BE RIGHT HERE |
00:11:43 | AT HOME IN OHIO. WE CAN MAKE OHIO A FAST, CHEAP, |
00:11:54 | AND EASY PLACE TO WORK. >> HE ALSO TALKED ABOUT |
00:11:59 | TRANSPORTATION ADDRESSING CONCERNS FROM SOME OHIOANS ABOUT |
00:12:01 | THE FINANCIAL CRISIS AT ODOT THAT'S LEADING TO DELAYS IN |
00:12:05 | MAJOR ROAD PROJECTS. >> AND GOV. KASICH TALKED ABOUT |
00:12:12 | ENERGY, WHICH WAS EXPECTED GIVEN THE LOCATION OF THE |
00:12:14 | SPEECH, IN THE HEART OF THE OIL AND NATURAL GAS EXPLORATION BOOM |
00:12:17 | IN APPALACHIAN OHIO. HE TALKED FIRST ABOUT COAL AND |
00:12:23 | RENEWABLES, SAYING THAT OHIO . |
00:12:46 | BEACON HAVE MORE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE OPERATIONS IN THE |
00:12:49 | TRANSPORTATION DEAL. WE HAVE IT BRIDGETON IN |
00:12:53 | CINCINNATI AND WE SHOULD BE INVOLVING THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND |
00:12:55 | LET THEM SEE THE BENEFIT OF BEING ENGAGED WITH US. |
00:12:58 | LET'S GET MORE THIS INFRASTRUCTURE DONE. |
00:13:00 | >> AND TALKED ABOUT ENERGY WHICH WAS EXPECTED GIVEN THE LOCATION |
00:13:05 | OF THE SPEECH IN THE HEART OF THE PLAYLAND NATURAL GAS |
00:13:08 | EXPLORATION BOOM IN APPALACHIAN OHIO. |
00:13:11 | HE TALKED ABOUT COLLI AND GRENOBLE'S, SAYING THAT OHIO -- |
00:13:15 | HE TALKED ABOUT COAL AND RENEWABLES, SAYING THAT OHIO |
00:13:21 | NEEDS TO DEVELOP WAYS TO CAPTURE AND REUSE WASTE HEAT FROM POWER |
00:13:23 | PLANTS, AND THEN HE ADDRESSED HYDRAULIC FRACTURING, OR |
00:13:24 | FRACKING. >> YOU CANNOT DEGRADE THE |
00:13:28 | ENVIRONMENT WHILE PRODUCING THIS INDUSTRY. |
00:13:30 | IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE. IT IS NOT A FALSE CHOICE. |
00:13:33 | THE BIGGEST COMPANIES KNOW YOU NEED TO HAVE TOUGH ENVIRONMENTAL |
00:13:37 | RULES. WE CANNOT HAVE SOME YAHOO COME |
00:13:44 | IN AND DAMAGE THE NATURE. >> AND IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR |
00:13:52 | PROTESTORS IN THE AUDIENCE, WHO'D WAITED FOR MORE THAN AN |
00:13:56 | HOUR FOR HIM TO BRING UP THE TOPIC OF FRACKING, TO SOUND OFF. |
00:13:58 | >> MIC CHECK. >> MIC CHECK. |
00:14:06 | [INAUDIBLE] >> WE HAVE WITH US TODAY -- I |
00:14:16 | ENJOY ALL OF THIS. THIS IS WHAT IT WAS LIKE WHEN I |
00:14:19 | WAS GROWING UP. [LAUGHTER] |
00:14:20 | [APPLAUSE] LET THEM KNOW WHAT YOU THINK |
00:14:32 | ABOUT DISRUPTIONS. TELL THEM WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT |
00:14:36 | IT. >> THOSE WHO SHOUTED WERE |
00:14:39 | ESCORTED FROM THE AUDITORIUM, BUT THE OUTBURSTS CONTINUED. |
00:14:40 | AND IT BECAME EVIDENT THAT THEY WERE STARTING TO RATTLE THE |
00:14:42 | GOVERNOR. >> EVERY YEAR YOU GO, EVERYWHERE |
00:14:50 | WE GO, BUT THEY TELL US -- WE HAVE A LOT OF JOB OPENINGS -- WE |
00:14:55 | HAVE A LOT OF JOB OPENINGS -- BUT WE DO NOT HAVE THE SKILLED |
00:15:01 | WORKERS TO FILL IT. OKAY? |
00:15:03 | WE DO NOT WANT YOU TO BE. [LAUGHTER] |
00:15:05 | >> IN ALL, NINE PROTESTORS WERE TAKEN OUT OF THE AUDITORIUM. |
00:15:08 | AS THE GOVERNOR PICKED UP THE PACE, HE SAID BUSINESSES NEED |
00:15:13 | TO TELL THE STATE WHAT THEY NEED FROM THE WORKFORCE, |
00:15:17 | COMMUNITY COLLEGES NEED TO EDUCATE PEOPLE FOR THOSE JOBS, |
00:15:20 | AND UNIVERSITIES NEED TO DO BETTER IN FOCUSING STUDENTS ON |
00:15:22 | WHAT HE CALLED "REALISTIC JOB PROPOSITIONS". |
00:15:25 | AND HE BLASTED PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES FOR LOW GRADUATION |
00:15:32 | RATES, IN ONE CASE, JUST 14%. THE GOVERNOR SAID HE WANTS OHIO |
00:15:38 | STATE'S GORDON GEE TO GET THE UNIVERSITIES TOGETHER TO FORM |
00:15:42 | WHAT HE CALLS A UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, NOT A SYSTEM OF |
00:15:46 | UNIVERSITIES TO INCREASE GRADUATION RATES, TO COLLABORATE |
00:15:49 | TO REDUCE DUPLICATIVE PROGRAMS, TO COMMERCIALIZE AND CREATE |
00:15:50 | JOBS AND TO SPIN-OFF COMPANIES. |
00:16:10 | HE FINALLY CIRCLED BACK TO WELLS ACADEMY, SAYING SCHOOLS LIKE IT |
00:16:12 | SHOULD BE STUDIED SO THEIR SUCCESS CAN BE REPLICATED, AND |
00:16:14 | THAT TEACHERS SHOULDN'T BE SHORTCHANGED UNDER HIS NEW MERIT |
00:16:15 | PAY PROPOSAL IN THE STATE BUDGET IN HIS WORDS, "IF THEY'RE DOING |
00:16:17 | GREAT, PAY THEM." HE CONCLUDED MORE THAN 80 |
00:16:18 | MINUTES AFTER HE STARTED THIS WAY. |
00:16:19 | >> LET NOTHING STAND IN THE WAY OF BUILDING A MORE PROSPEROUS, |
00:16:26 | RICHER OHIO FREE OF PARTY, FREE OF UNEMPLOYMENT. |
00:16:30 | -- FREE OF THE PARTY. WE WILL NEVER GET THAT, BUT THE |
00:16:34 | CLOSER WE GET, THE BETTER WE ARE. |
00:16:35 | IT IS SUCH AN EXCITING TIME FOR ALL OF US TO WORK TOGETHER TO DO |
00:16:40 | GOOD. >> REACTION FROM LAWMAKERS WAS |
00:16:41 | SPLIT STRAIGHT ALONG PARTY LINES. |
00:16:42 | REPUBLICAN SENATE PRESIDENT TOM NIEHAUS SAID THE SPEECH WAS |
00:16:44 | CONSISTENT WITH WHAT HE'S HEARD FROM THE GOVERNOR IN TERMS OF A |
00:16:46 | FOCUS ON JOBS. DID YOU FEEL YOU HEARD ENOUGH |
00:16:57 | SPECIFICS FROM THE GOVERNOR? >> AGAIN, YES. |
00:16:59 | HE HAS WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE LEGISLATURE IN THE PAST YEAR |
00:17:04 | AND HE IS A LOT OF IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO MOVE FORWARD. |
00:17:06 | WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, SO |
00:17:11 | THIS IS JUST A CONFIRMATION OF WHAT HE HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR |
00:17:13 | THE PAST YEAR. >> ANYTHING YOU DID NOT LIKE |
00:17:16 | THAT YOU HEARD? >> I WAS VERY HAPPY WITH THE |
00:17:19 | MESSAGE AND A LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING WITH THE JOBS AGENDA |
00:17:23 | FOR THE NEXT 11 MONTHS. >> LONGTIME REPUBLICAN LAWMAKER |
00:17:25 | RANDY GARDNER LOVED IT. >> I HAVE BEEN AROUND A LONG |
00:17:30 | TIME. THIS IS MY 26 STATE OF THE |
00:17:33 | STATE. IT HAVE BEEN THE LONGEST, BUT |
00:17:35 | CANDIDLY I THINK IT WAS THE BEST. |
00:17:37 | IT HAD ENERGY, PASSION AS ANY STATE OF THE STATE SPEECH THAT I |
00:17:43 | HAVE HEARD. >> WERE THERE ANY SPECIFICS THAT |
00:17:46 | YOU LIKED, ANYTHING THAT STOOD OUT AND MADE YOU TAKE NOTICE? |
00:17:49 | >> THERE IS NO QUESTION AS GOVERNOR WAKES UP EVERY DAY |
00:17:52 | TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO CREATE JOBS IN OHIO. |
00:17:55 | THAT HAS BEEN HIS HALLMARK, AND HIS BEARING. |
00:17:59 | I AM VERY INTERESTED IN HOW WE MAKE HIGHER EDUCATION WORK AS |
00:18:04 | BEST WE CAN IN THIS STATE. WE HAVE SOME GREAT EDUCATIONAL |
00:18:08 | INSTITUTIONS, BUT PERHAPS THEY ARE NOT COMPLIMENTING EACH OTHER |
00:18:11 | AS WELL THEY COULD. AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FINANCE |
00:18:16 | COMMITTEE OF HIRING VACATION, I APPRECIATED HIS LOOK AT MAKING |
00:18:22 | OUR HIRING VACATION SYSTEMS EVEN BETTER. |
00:18:24 | >> DEMOCRATS WERE UNIMPRESSED, PARTICULARLY WITH HIS COMMENTS |
00:18:29 | ABOUT CROSSING PARTY LINES AND WORKING TOGETHER |
00:18:36 | STATE OF THE STATE COVERAGE, TALKED WITH HOUSE MINORITY |
00:18:37 | LEADER ARMOND BUDISH. >> HE MADE A REALLY BIG PITCH |
00:18:51 | FOR BIPARTISANSHIP. >> YES, BUT EVERYTHING HE HAS |
00:18:55 | DONE HAS BEEN RAMMED THROUGH WITHOUT TALKING TO DEMOCRATS, |
00:19:00 | WITHOUT FIGHTING THEM FOR PARTICIPATION AND WITHOUT |
00:19:03 | INVITING THE PEOPLE INVOLVED, SENATE BILL 5 ISSUE TWO IS A |
00:19:06 | GOOD EXAMPLE OF RAMMING IT THROUGH WITHOUT EVEN TALKING TO |
00:19:09 | TEACHERS. THEY TALKED ABOUT THE PROJECT IN |
00:19:13 | CLEVELAND ABOUT HOW IT IS UP TO THEM TO GET BEHIND IT. |
00:19:16 | THEY NEVER MENTIONED IT TEACHERS. |
00:19:19 | THE PEOPLE MOST AFFECTED AND INVOLVED NEVER MENTIONING |
00:19:24 | TEACHERS. HE TALKED ABOUT WHAT ABOUT |
00:19:27 | CEO'S AND BUSINESS OWNERS, BUT NOT ONE MENTION OF THE MIDDLE |
00:19:31 | CLASS OR WORKING PEOPLE IN THIS STATE. |
00:19:32 | >> HE WAS SKEPTICAL OF HIS MESSAGE OF BIPARTISANSHIP. |
00:19:44 | ONCE I HAVE WORKED WITH REPUBLICANS AND SENATE AND I |
00:19:48 | HAVE A CO-SPONSORED A LOT OF BILLS WITH REPUBLICANS. |
00:19:51 | WHEN IT COMES TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, HE IS NOT PRACTICING |
00:19:57 | WHAT HE PREACHES. HE IS THE SAME ONE WHO SAID, GET |
00:20:00 | IN THE BUS OR RUN OVER. HE PUSHED SENATE BILL 5. |
00:20:03 | THEY HAD THE SECRET MEETINGS FOR REDISTRICTING. |
00:20:07 | IT I WANT TO SEE IT A LITTLE BIT AND I HAVE NOT SEEN IT. |
00:20:11 | >> LONGTIME DEMOCRATIC REP. BOB HAGAN OF YOUNGSTOWN, WHO'S BEEN |
00:20:14 | A STRIDENT CRITIC OF FRACKING, WAS ALSO UNIMPRESSED WITH THE |
00:20:15 | SPEECH. >> I THINK IT WAS HEAVY ON WIND |
00:20:23 | AND LACKING SPECIFICS. I THINK WHAT HE BASICALLY HAS |
00:20:26 | BEEN TRYING TO SAY IS, "I WANT TO TAKE CREDIT FOR EVERYTHING |
00:20:29 | THAT HAPPENED IN THE LAST ADMINISTRATION." |
00:20:32 | I THINK HE'S A GREAT SPEAKER. HE WAS WONDERFUL ON DELIVERY, |
00:20:37 | BUT IT WAS A LITTLE VACUOUS. >> WHAT DID HE THINK |
00:20:41 | SPECIFICALLY ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES ABOUT OIL AND NATURAL |
00:20:45 | GAS? THIS IS YOUR AREA IN YOUNGSTOWN. |
00:20:46 | >> AGAIN, HE WAS BASICALLY JUST GLOSSING OVER THE FACT THAT WE |
00:20:53 | NEED SOME REGULATIONS. WE HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT BILLS IN |
00:20:58 | THE LEGISLATURE. IF HE'S TALKING ABOUT |
00:21:00 | BIPARTISANSHIP, HE SHOULD HAVE LOOKED AT THE TWO GENTLEMEN |
00:21:02 | THERE THAT HAVE GOTTEN LETTERS AND HAVE DEMANDED AND BEGGED FOR |
00:21:06 | BIPARTISANSHIP ON THESE AREAS AND HE CONTINUES TO IGNORE IT. |
00:21:10 | HE SHOULD NOT BE LOOKING AT US. WE ARE READY. |
00:21:13 | >> SEES IS A THICKLY SAID TO STEER CLEAR OF PARTISANSHIP AND |
00:21:19 | SAID A LOT OF THE THINGS HE DID WERE DONE WITH BIPARTISAN |
00:21:23 | SUPPORT. WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THAT? |
00:21:25 | >> I THINK HE'S WRONG. HE HAS REACHED OUT TO EVERYONE |
00:21:29 | THAT HE HAS TALKED TO, CALL THEM BY HIS FIRST NAME, MAKE |
00:21:33 | EVERYBODY FEEL REALLY GOOD. THE REAL PROOF IN THE PUDDING IS |
00:21:37 | THAT HE HAS NOT BEEN WORKING ACROSS THE AISLE, YOU KNOW? |
00:21:41 | NEITHER HAVE THE TWO LEADERS. WE ARE WAITING FOR |
00:21:45 | BIPARTISANSHIP, BUT QUITE FRANKLY IT'S INVISIBLE. |
00:21:46 | >> NEWLY INSTALLED SENATE MINORITY LEADER ERIC KEARNEY OF |
00:21:49 | CINCINNATI AGREED WITH HAGAN. >> I HAVE TO SAM DISAPPOINTED. |
00:21:53 | THE GOVERNOR IS KNOWN AS SOMEONE WITH A BIG VISION. |
00:21:56 | WHAT WAS THE BIG VISION FOR TODAY? |
00:22:00 | HE SAID YOU IDENTIFY A PROBLEM, COME UP WITH A SOLUTION. |
00:22:05 | WHERE IS THE SOLUTION FOR FORECLOSURES? |
00:22:08 | WHERE IS THE SOLUTION FOR THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOND? |
00:22:11 | HE SAYS WE ARE OUT OF THE DITCH, YET WE STILL HAVE THE |
00:22:17 | FOOD PANTRY PROBLEM AND FORECLOSURES. |
00:22:19 | IT WAS A LITTLE IMBALANCE IN MY VIEW. |
00:22:23 | I DO NOT THINK IT PROVIDED A VISION ABOUT HOW OHIO GETS TO |
00:22:27 | PROSPERITY. >> BUT THE PRESIDENT OF |
00:22:28 | JOBSOHIO, MARK KVAMME, WHO I SAW BEFORE THE SPEECH WHEN HE |
00:22:30 | GREETED ONE OF THE MORE THAN A HUNDRED PROTESTORS OUTSIDE THE |
00:22:31 | SCHOOL, SAID THE SPEECH WAS A GOOD OUTLINE OF THE SOLID |
00:22:33 | FOUNDATION OHIO HAS BUILT TO IMPROVE ITS ECONOMY AND BRING IN |
00:22:36 | JOBS. >> IF WE SLIDE BACK, WE WILL |
00:22:45 | HAVE AN ISSUE. OHIO HAS BUILT A FOUNDATION AND |
00:22:49 | MANUFACTURING IS COMING BACK TO THE UNITED STATES. |
00:22:51 | WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IT COMES BACK TO OHIO, NOT SUMMER ELSE. |
00:22:56 | ALSO, IN THE OIL AND ENERGY SECTOR, THERE'S A LOT OF |
00:23:00 | POSITIVE THINGS HAPPENING. LOOKING AT ALL OF THESE AREAS, |
00:23:04 | THINGS ARE GOING WELL. >> AND FINALLY, VETERAN |
00:23:06 | DEMOCRATIC REP. RON GERBERRY OF THE YOUNGSTOWN AREA, WHO SAID |
00:23:08 | THIS WAS HIS 23RD STATE OF THE STATE SPEECH, NOT ONLY HAD |
00:23:10 | PLENTY OF CRITICISM OF IT, BUT HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE HE AND THE |
00:23:12 | REST OF THE CROWD DOESN'T HAVE TO TRAVEL FOR ANY OTHER ONES. |
00:23:15 | >> IN THIS SPEECH SHOULD NEVER BE MADE OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE |
00:23:25 | CHAMBER. NEVER. |
00:23:26 | IT IS THE TRADITION OF THIS STATE, A TRADITION THAT WAS |
00:23:30 | BROKEN TODAY. IT IS VERY UNFORTUNATE. |
00:23:33 | I HAVE A BILL I AM INTRODUCING THAT WILL SAY THE STATE OF THE |
00:23:37 | STATE SHALL BE HELD IN THE CHAMBER. |
00:23:39 | I HOPE THE GOVERNOR WILL TAKE A SECOND THOUGHT ABOUT DOING THIS |
00:23:43 | AGAIN. >> HERE TO COMB THROUGH GOV. |
00:23:44 | JOHN KASICH'S SECOND STATE OF THE STATE SPEECH ARE BILL COHEN |
00:23:46 | AND JO INGLES FROM THE OHIO PUBLIC RADIO AND TELEVISION |
00:23:48 | STATEHOUSE NEWS BUREAU. >BILL PELLETT WE START WITH YOU. |
00:23:56 | YOU HAVE SEEN A FEW STATE OF THE STATES. |
00:23:58 | WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE SPEECH? |
00:24:00 | WAS IT ON LIKE OTHER ONES, MAYBE EXCEPT LAST YEARS? |
00:24:04 | >> UNLIKE OTHERS IN SEVERAL ACCOUNTS. |
00:24:09 | IT USED TO BE GOVERNORS WOULD TALK FOR 30-40 MINUTES. |
00:24:13 | THE OTHER THING IS I THINK HIS LACK OF NEW INITIATIVES THAT |
00:24:19 | LEGISLATURES SHOULD PASS. THEY USE THE STATE OF THE STATE |
00:24:23 | TO SAY WHERE WE'RE AT, AND HE CERTAINLY DID THAT. |
00:24:26 | BUT THEN, THE REPORTERS AND OHIO ONES ARE LOOKING FOR THE "NO |
00:24:33 | WHAT?" WHAT YOU WANT THEM TO PASS? |
00:24:40 | THERE WERE VIRTUALLY NO NEW PROPOSALS FROM THE GOVERNOR. |
00:24:43 | THERE WERE A FEW THINGS HE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST, LIKE |
00:24:47 | HELPING EX-CONS GET DRIVER'S LICENSES, CRACKING DOWN ON HUMAN |
00:24:54 | TRAFFICKING. WHAT IS NEW HERE AND SUBSTANCE? |
00:24:56 | THERE WAS VERY LITTLE. >> JO, YOU AND I WERE ACTUALLY |
00:25:02 | THERE. WASN'T A SURPRISE TO SEE THE |
00:25:04 | SECURITY AND THE SITUATION SURROUNDING THIS SPEECH? |
00:25:10 | WE HAD TO ALL GET SEARCHED ON THE WAY IN AND IT DELAYED THE |
00:25:13 | START OF THE SESSION. >> EVEN AFTER ALL OF THAT, THERE |
00:25:18 | WAS A LINE OF PEOPLE OUT THERE AND PROTESTERS IN THE AUDIENCE. |
00:25:22 | THAT DID NOT PREVENT PROTESTERS. THERE WERE, I DO NOT KNOW, HOW |
00:25:26 | MANY HOMICIDE. >> FINAL THOUGHTS. |
00:25:29 | ANYONE WANT TO PREDICT WHERE HE WILL GO NEXT YEAR? |
00:25:33 | I ASKED JUST BECAUSE THIS IS THE TURNING OF THE CORNER. |
00:25:40 | >> IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO PREDICT JOHN KASICH. |
00:25:45 | >> YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. >> AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK. |
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