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>> THE SENATE VERSION OF THE
00:00:40BUDGET IS ON ITS WAY, WITH JUST
A FEW WEEKS REMAINING TO HAMMER
00:00:43OUT DIFFERENCES WITH THE HOUSE.
STATE LAWMAKERS
00:00:48TRY TO CLARIFY THE STATE
AUDITOR'S ROLE WITH JOBSOHIO.
00:00:50AND WE REVISIT AND UPDATE TWO
CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES FROM THE
00:00:52LAST YEAR -- THE ABORTION DEBATE
IN OHIO AND THE STATE'S NEW
00:00:54EXOTIC ANIMALS LAW AND THE
FACILITY IT CREATED.
00:00:56ALL THIS WEEK IN "THE STATE OF
OHIO."
00:01:02AFTER WEEKS OF WAITING, NEXT
WEEK THE SENATE VERSION OF THE
00:01:04BUDGET HITS THE FLOOR.
AND THE PLAN THEY'LL VOTE ON
00:01:06DOES NOT INCLUDE A 7% INCOME TAX
CUT FOR ALL OHIOANS THAT WAS IN
00:01:09THE HOUSE VERSION, WHICH HAD
BEEN REVISED DOWN FROM GOVERNOR
00:01:12JOHN KASICH'S ORIGINAL 20%
PROPOSAL. BUT SENATE REPUBLICANS
00:01:17DID RESTORE KASICH'S 50% TAX CUT
ON SMALL BUSINESSES, WHICH THE
00:01:21HOUSE HAD STRIPPED OUT.
SENATE PRESIDENT KEITH FABER
00:01:26EXPLAINED THAT HIS CAUCUS FEELS
THIS TARGETED TAX CUT WILL HELP
00:01:29THE STATE MORE THAN AN ACROSS-
THE-BOARD TAX CUT.>> BECAUSE IT
00:01:34IS ABOUT CREATING JOBS AND
GROWING THE STATE ECONOMY.
00:01:37WHILE WE ALL SUPPORT THE SEVEN
PERCENT ACROSS-THE-BOARD INCOME
00:01:41TAX CUT, WE JUST DID A 4.5%
ACROSS-THE-BOARD INCOME TAX CUT.
00:01:45WHILE I AM SURE IT HELPED THAT
THE MARGINS, THE REALITY IS WE
00:01:49WANT TO DO SOMETHING TARGETED TO
THE 90%, 95% CREATORS OF THE
00:01:55JOBS.
THAT IS WHERE MOST OF THE JOBS
00:01:56ARE IN THIS STATE, AND WE
BELIEVE THE SMALL BUSINESS TAX
00:01:58CUT WILL HELP DIRECTLY GROW JOBS
IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE.
00:02:02>> THE SENATE TAX PLAN IS WORTH
ROUGHLY $1.4 BILLION, COMPARED
00:02:06WITH ABOUT $1.5 BILLION FOR THE
HOUSE PLAN.
00:02:09CONVERSATIONS ON THIS WILL
CERTAINLY CONTINUE AS THE BUDGET
00:02:11HEADS TOWARD A CONFERENCE
COMMITTEE AFTER THE SENATE VOTE
00:02:14NEXT WEEK.
AS EXPECTED, GOVERNOR KASICH'S
00:02:16PLAN TO EXPAND MEDICAID IS STILL
OUT OF THE SENATE PLAN.
00:02:18AND THE PLAN TO REQUIRE
UNIVERSITIES CHARGE OUT OF STATE
00:02:23STUDENTS IN-STATE TUITION RATES
IF THOSE UNIVERSITIES PROVIDE
00:02:29UTILITY CREDENTIALS SO STUDENTS
CAN VOTE HERE HAS BEEN DROPPED
00:02:31FROM THE SENATE BUDGET.
THAT PROPOSAL WOULD HAVE COST
00:02:33UNIVERSITIES MORE THAN $300
MILLION.
00:02:36SENATORS ALSO UNVEILED THEIR
CHANGES TO THE SCHOOL FUNDING
00:02:39PLAN.PRESIDENT FABER SAID THEIR
PLAN
00:02:46COVERS $717 MILLION IN DIRECT
AID TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS, WHICH
00:02:48HE SAYS INCREASES STATE
INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION AND
00:02:50SPREADS RESOURCES AMONG MORE
DISTRICTS.>>
00:02:56THE SENATE PLAN ALSO LOWERS--
BUILT ON EDUCATIONAL FUNDING
00:03:03PROVIDED BY OUR COLLEAGUES IN
THE HOUSE, MAKING THE
00:03:06LEGISLATIVE COMMITMENT TO
EDUCATION NEARLY THREE QUARTERS
00:03:09OF A BILLION DOLLARS, OR MORE
THAN $717 MILLION HIGHER THIS
00:03:15BIENNIUM OVER THE CURRENT
BIENNIUM.
00:03:18THAT IS AT 11% INCREASE TO
PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS OVER THE
00:03:24BIENNIUM.
11%.
00:03:26IN FACT, THAT IS THE LARGEST
INCREASE AS A PERCENTAGE FOR THE
00:03:32LAST 10 YEARS.
>> THE SENATE'S FOUNDATION
00:03:34FORMULA INCLUDES PER-PUPIL
SPENDING OF $5,745 IN THE FIRST
00:03:37YEAR OF THE BUDGET AND $5,800 IN
THE SECOND YEAR.
00:03:41FIRST THERE WAS THE CLEVELAND
SCHOOL PLAN.
00:03:43NOW THERE'S A COLUMBUS SCHOOL
PLAN.
00:03:46THE HOUSE HAS PASSED A MEASURE
AIMED AT BOOSTING ACCOUNTABILITY
00:03:48AND RESULTS IN THE COLUMBUS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.THE BILL WOULD
00:03:54AUTHORIZE A BALLOT ISSUE
ON THE CREATION OF AN
00:03:57INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S OFFICE FOR
THE COLUMBUS DISTRICT, LEAVING
00:03:59THAT DECISION UP TO VOTERS.
THAT POSSIBILITY COMES AS STATE
00:04:01AND FEDERAL AUTHORITIES
INVESTIGATE OHIO'S LARGEST
00:04:04SCHOOL DISTRICT OVER ALLEGATIONS
THAT EMPLOYEES IMPROPERLY
00:04:07ALTERED THE GRADES OR ATTENDANCE
RECORDS OF STRUGGLING COLUMBUS
00:04:10STUDENTS TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE
RATINGS.
00:04:14THE BILL ALSO WOULD ALLOW TAX
LEVY PROCEEDS TO BE SHARED WITH
00:04:20CHARTER SCHOOLS, SIMILAR TO THE
PLAN APPROVED BY THE LEGISLATURE
00:04:22AND THEN BY VOTERS IN CLEVELAND.
AND THERE'S A NEW MINORITY
00:04:25LEADERSHIP TEAM IN PLACE IN THE
OHIO HOUSE.
00:04:27TRACY MAXWELL HEARD WAS SWORN IN
AS THE NEW MINORITY LEADER THIS
00:04:30WEEK, AS WAS ASSISTANT MINORITY
LEADER DEBBIE PHILLIPS OF
00:04:34ATHENS, MINORITY WHIP MIKE
ASHFORD OF TOLEDO, AND ASSISTANT
00:04:37MINORITY WHIP DAN RAMOS OF
LORAIN.
00:04:40ASSISTANT MINORITY LEADER MATT
SZOLLOSI OF SUBURBAN TOLEDO SAID
00:04:43EARLIER THIS YEAR HE WAS LEAVING
THE HOUSE TO HEAD A CONSTRUCTION
00:04:46TRADE GROUP.
AND THIS WEEK FORMER MINORITY
00:04:48LEADER ARMOND BUDISH ANNOUNCED
THE LONG-SUSPECTED NEWS THAT
00:04:54HE'LL RUN FOR CUYAHOGA COUNTY
EXECUTIVE, NOW THAT CURRENT
00:04:56EXECUTIVE ED FITZGERALD IS
RUNNING FOR THE DEMOCRATIC
00:04:59NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR NEXT
YEAR.
00:05:01THE LEADERS OF THE MINORITY
CAUCUSES BOTH THE HOUSE AND
00:05:05SENATE ARE AFRICAN-AMERICAN, AND
IT MAY BE THE FIRST TIME TWO
00:05:08WOMEN HAVE HEADED UP THE
MINORITY LEADERSHIP TEAM IN THE
00:05:11HOUSE, AND RAMOS IS THE OHIO
HOUSE'S FIRST-EVER LATINO IN
00:05:14LEADERSHIP.
STATE LAWMAKERS HAVE PASSED A
00:05:17MEASURE THAT SEEKS TO CLEAR UP A
CONTROVERSY OVER GOVERNOR
00:05:20KASICH'S JOB-CREATING PROGRAM --
WHETHER THE AUDITOR HAS THE
00:05:24AUTHORITY TO AUDIT THE OPERATING
FUNDS IN JOBSOHIO, AS HE SAYS HE
00:05:28DOES, OR WHETHER THAT MONEY IS
PRIVATE.AND THEREFORE NOT
00:05:33SUBJECT TO HIS AUDITS.
THE SITUATION GAVE DEMOCRATS THE
00:05:37OPPORTUNITY TO ONCE AGAIN TALK
ABOUT WHAT IS LIKELY TO BE A
00:05:39HUGE ISSUE IN NEXT YEAR'S
CAMPAIGN FOR GOVERNOR.
00:05:41THE AMENDMENT BLOCKING THE STATE
AUDITOR FROM AUDITING THE $100
00:05:44MILLION THAT JOBSOHIO WILL
RECEIVE FROM THE STATE'S LIQUOR
00:05:47PROFITS WAS INTRODUCED AT A
CONTENTIOUS COMMITTEE HEARING ON
00:05:50WEDNESDAY, ITS FIRST AND ONLY
HEARING.
00:05:53REPUBLICAN AUDITOR DAVID YOST
HAD ASKED COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO
00:05:55DELAY A VOTE, AND DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS SPARRED OVER IT.
00:06:00BUT THE AMENDMENT, WHICH WAS
ATTACHED TO A FAIRLY LOW-KEY
00:06:03BILL ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
AUDITING PROCEDURES, SAILED
00:06:05THROUGH AND WAS ON THE HOUSE
FLOOR HOURS LATER.
00:06:11REPRESENTATIVE RON MAAG OF
LEBANON TOLD THE HOUSE IT
00:06:14PROTECTS JOBSOHIO AS IT
CONTINUES TO SPARK ECONOMIC
00:06:17GROWTH, SUCH AS THE 92,000 JOBS
HE SAYS IT'S CREATED OR RETAINED
00:06:20IN THE LAST 15 MONTHS.
>> IT RECONFIRMS THE
00:06:26LEGISLATURE'S INTENT FOR
JOBSOHIO TO BE PRIVATE AND
00:06:28TRANSPARENT.
IT ALSO ENSURES JOBSOHIO WILL
00:06:32CONTINUE TO SUCCEED.
>> MAAG SAID THE BILL CLARIFIES
00:06:34THAT THOSE REVENUES ARE NOT
PUBLIC MONEY BECAUSE JOBSOHIO
00:06:38PAID THAT MONEY BACK.
BUT DEMOCRATS WERE STILL
00:06:43SMARTING OVER THE COMMITTEE
HEARING AND WERE READY TO FIGHT.
00:06:47MATT LUNDY IS FROM ELYRIA, AND
HE SAID THE BILL ISN'T ABOUT
00:06:49TRANSPARENCY, IT'S ABOUT
SECRECY, WHICH HE SAID MAKES THE
00:06:51PUBLIC SUSPICIOUS.
>> YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE NOTHING
00:06:57TO HIDE, WHY ARE YOU AFRAID OF
THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO KNOW HOW
00:06:59PUBLIC DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT
BY JOBSOHIO?
00:07:04NOW, CAN ANY OF YOU STAND BEFORE
YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND SAY THAT
00:07:09SOME PUBLIC MONEY SHOULD BE
EXCLUDED FROM STATE AUDIT?
00:07:13I'D LOVE TO BE IN THE ROOM WHEN
YOU GIVE THAT SPEECH.
00:07:16>> AFTER CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN
RON YOUNG OF LAKE COUNTY SPOKE
00:07:19IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL, DEMOCRAT
JOHN CARNEY OF COLUMBUS FIRED
00:07:22BACK.
>> IT'S PARTICULARLY HUMOROUS TO
00:07:26ME THAT WE HAVE A MEMBER OF THE
TEA PARTY STANDING UP SAYING
00:07:29WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS SHIELD THE
PUBLIC'S ABILITY TO LOOK AT HOW
00:07:34PUBLIC MONEY IS BEING SPENT.
THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS, AND THE
00:07:37PEOPLE IN THIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
SHOULD BE OUTRAGED BY WHAT WE'RE
00:07:39DOING TODAY.
>> REPUBLICAN LYNN WACHTMANN OF
00:07:42NAPOLEON IN NORTHWEST OHIO
BLASTED COMMENTS HE HEARD FROM
00:07:47DEMOCRATS AS "DANGEROUS."
>> FOR THOSE WHO RUN FOR OFFICE,
00:07:50WHO ARE GOING TO RUN FOR OFFICE,
TO CONTINUE TO CREATE A BAD
00:07:56ENVIRONMENT BY MAKING CLAIMS,
USING SUCH WORDS AS "COVERUP,"
00:08:02"HIDING OVERTLY" -- LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, THESE ARE OUTRAGEOUS
00:08:06COMMENTS MADE ON THE FLOOR
TODAY.
00:08:08>> DEMOCRAT DENISE DRIEHAUS OF
CINCINNATI RECALLED SEVERAL
00:08:11FAILED ATTEMPTS TO BRING
JOBSOHIO EXECUTIVES TO TESTIFY
00:08:14BEFORE THE HOUSE FINANCE
COMMITTEE, SAYING THIS DEBATE
00:08:19WAS NOW NOT A DIALOGUE BUT A
"MONOLOGUE."THE HOUSE FINANCE
00:08:27COMMITTEE CHAIR, REPUBLICAN
RON AMSTUTZ, SAID POLITICS HAS
00:08:32MADE IT NOT A DIALOGUE BUT A
DIATRIBE.
00:08:34IN THE END, TWO DEMOCRATS FROM
CLEVELAND, JOHN BARNES AND BILL
00:08:36PATMON, JOINED ALL REPUBLICANS
IN SUPPORTING THE MEASURE.
00:08:39THE NEXT DAY IT MOVED TO THE
SENATE OVER THE OBJECTIONS OF
00:08:43AUDITOR DAVID YOST, WHO HAD SENT
A LETTER TO SENATORS ASKING FOR
00:08:50MORE TIME.
THE REPUBLICAN AUDITOR'S LETTER
00:08:51WAS READ ON THE SENATE FLOOR BY
DEMOCRATIC MINORITY LEADER ERIC
00:08:54KEARNEY.>> I HAVE REVIEWED THE
AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 67
00:09:00THAT WAS ADOPTED YESTERDAY IN
THE HOUSE, AND THE LOCAL
00:09:02GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE, QUICKLY
PASSED BY THE FULL HOUSE.
00:09:07MY OFFICE HAD NOT SEEN THE
AMENDMENT PRIOR TO ITS
00:09:10INTRODUCTION, AND WE HAVE
THEREFORE REQUESTED THAT
00:09:12CONSIDERATION BE POST OWNED --
POSTPONED FOR ONE WEEK SO THAT
00:09:17WE MIGHT OFFER THOUGHTFUL INPUT
PRIOR TO THE VOTE.
00:09:18THE AMENDMENT IS COMPLEX.
CROSS-REFERENCES OTHER SECTIONS
00:09:26OF THE REVISED CODES, CONTAINS
NUMEROUS EXCEPTIONS AND FEATURES
00:09:30SOMEWHAT DENSE LANGUAGE.
WITH ONLY A FEW HOURS TO REVIEW
00:09:34IT, I AM UNCERTAIN AS TO ALL OF
ITS LEGAL IMPLICATIONS AND ITS
00:09:38IMPACT ON OTHER MATTERS WHOLLY
UNRELATED TO JOBS OHIO.
00:09:42AND THEN HE HAS A TELLING LAST
SENTENCE, WHICH I APPLAUD HIM
00:09:48FOR HIS CLARITY AND HIS WRITING
SKILLS.
00:09:52"I HAVE MANY MORE QUESTIONS THAN
ANSWERS AT THIS TIME, BUT I KNOW
00:09:55THIS -- SPEED IS SELDOM THE
COMPANION OF WISDOM."
00:10:00>> BUT REPUBLICAN SENATOR BILL
SEITZ OF CINCINNATI SAID SINCE
00:10:03JOBSOHIO HAD PAID FOR THE RIGHTS
TO THE STATE'S LIQUOR PROFITS,
00:10:06THAT'S NOW PRIVATE MONEY, AND
OFFERED WHAT HE SAID WAS A
00:10:08SIMILAR SCENARIO IF THE COLUMBUS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS SOLD A BUILDING
00:10:12TO THE COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS
HOCKEY TEAM.>> AT THE POINT OF
00:10:18THAT TRANSFER, THE PROPERTY,
FORMERLY PUBLIC, BECAME PRIVATE.
00:10:23WE DO NOT SUBJECT THE COLUMBUS
BLUE JACKETS TO AUDIT IN THAT
00:10:30SITUATION BECAUSE THEY HAVE
ACQUIRED FORMERLY PUBLIC
00:10:32PROPERTY FROM A PUBLIC ENTITY.
>> THE VOTE ON THE JOBSOHIO
00:10:37AUDIT AMENDMENT WAS STRICTLY
ALONG PARTY LINES IN THE SENATE.
00:10:39THE BUDGET HAS BEEN THE TOP ITEM
ON THE AGENDA THIS YEAR, AND
00:10:42WITH SO MANY BIG IDEAS IN IT,
THERE HASN'T BEEN MUCH ELSE TO
00:10:45TALK ABOUT.
BUT WITH THE SENATE VOTING ON
00:10:48THE BUDGET NEXT WEEK, AND WITH
THE DEADLINE AT THE END OF JUNE,
00:10:50THE CLOSURE OF THE PROCESS
ALLOWS FOR OTHER ISSUES TO COME
00:10:54BACK UP.
ONE OF THOSE OTHER ISSUES COULD
00:10:56BE ABORTION.
THE SENATE VERSION OF THE BUDGET
00:10:59CONTINUES THE HOUSE PLAN TO
DEFUND OR REPRIORITIZE MONEY
00:11:05THAT HAD BEEN GOING TO PLANNED
PARENTHOOD FACILITIES IN OHIO.
00:11:08BACK IN JANUARY, I SAT DOWN WITH
TWO LEADERS IN THE ABORTION
00:11:11DEBATE -- JAMIE MIRACLE FROM
NARAL PRO CHOICE OHIO, AND MIKE
00:11:15GONIDAKIS FROM OHIO RIGHT TO
LIFE -- TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S
00:11:17AHEAD ON THE ABORTION DEBATE IN
OHIO, INCLUDING THE DEFUNDING OF
00:11:21PLANNED PARENTHOOD CLINICS AND
THE SO-CALLED HEARTBEAT BILL,
00:11:23WHICH HAS YET TO MAKE AN
APPEARANCE IN THIS GENERAL
00:11:25ASSEMBLY SO FAR.>> I AM NOT
SURE WHERE IT EITHER CHAMBER IS
00:11:32RIGHT NOW ON THAT SPECIFIC PIECE
OF LEGISLATURE.
00:11:34THAT SPECIAL -- SPECIFIC PIECE
OF LEGISLATION.
00:11:38I ASSUME THEY WILL DO WITH
WHETHER IT WILL BE THE BILL AND
00:11:41ORIGINALLY INTRODUCED OR THE
COVER MY EYES THAT RIGHT TO
00:11:44LIFE AND OTHERS WITH THAT WE GET
A BILL THAT WOULD HAVE LESS --
00:11:47OR THE RIGHT TO LIFE -- AT THIS
TIME WE HAVE NOT HEARD EITHER
00:11:50WAY FOR PRESIDENT FABER OR
SPEAKER BATCHELDER.
00:11:57I DO KNOW WE HAVE A ROBUST
AGENDA FOR 2013, AND THE 129TH
00:12:02GENERAL ASSEMBLY WAS FANTASTIC
FOR THE PRO-LIFE MOVEMENT, AND
00:12:03WE HOPE TO REPLICATE FOR THE
130TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
00:12:07>> THIS WAS INTENDED TO BE A
COMPROMISE TO RIGHT TO LIFE AND
00:12:14THE GROUPS THAT PUTS THE ISSUE
TOGETHER FOR YOU FOLKS TO AGREE
00:12:20ON SOMETHING.
WHAT DID THE COPPER MINES BILL
00:12:21AND TAIL?
>> IT IS A HYBRID OF WHICH WAS
00:12:24INTRODUCED -- WHAT DID THE
COMPROMISE BILL ENTAIL?
00:12:28>> IT IS A HYBRID.
BEFORENUMBER TWO, IT CREATED A
00:12:39TRIGGER STATUS.
AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE,
00:12:40WHATEVER THAT MAY BE, THE LAW IN
OHIO WOULD BE ONE OF BAN AT
00:12:48CONCEPTION.
AND THEN THE THIRD WOULD BE
00:12:53THAN AT CONCEPTION WITH A
FALLBACK OF BAN AT HEARTBEAT IF
00:12:56THAT WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL IN THE
COURT OF LAW.
00:12:57>> AT ME BRING INTO THIS, JAMIE.
THAT BAN OF CONCEPTION HAS TO BE
00:13:03SOMETHING YOU ARE CONCERNED
ABOUT.
00:13:04>> IT IS ALSO THE WAY ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT.
00:13:06MIKE MAY HAVE SAID IT WAS A
GREAT GENERAL ASSEMBLY, BUT FOR
00:13:11THE WOMEN OF OHIO IT WAS AN
AWFUL GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
00:13:14WE ARE HEARING FROM
OBSTETRICIANS IN AN ECOLOGIST
00:13:16ALL OVER THE STATE THAT DEAL
WITH HIGH RISK'S PRESIDENCY --
00:13:22OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS
ALL OVER THE STATE THAT DEAL
00:13:23WITH HIGH RISK PRE PREGNANCIES.
NECESSARY CARE BECAUSE OF THE
00:13:28LATE-TERM DAN, BECAUSE THERE ARE
NOT ADEQUATE HEALTH EXCEPTIONS.
00:13:33YOU HAVE ALREADY SEEN A
DANGEROUS TIME FOR THE WOMEN OF
00:13:35OHIO, AND RIGHTFULLY SO, THE
WOMEN OF OHIO ARE VERY MUCH
00:13:44SCARED, THAT IS WHAT MIKE AND
HIS LITTLE CRONIES IN THE
00:13:47LEGISLATURE ARE WORKING ON NOW.
WHAT THEY DESERVE IS TO HEAR
00:13:50FROM GOVERNOR KASICH AND
EVERYONE ABOUT WHERE THEY STAND
00:13:55ON THINGS SUCH AS THE HEARTBEAT
BILL, WHERE THEY STAND ON THE
00:14:00VERY DANGEROUS DEFUNDING OF
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FUNDING FROM
00:14:01LAST YEAR.
THE WOMEN OF OHIO DESERVE TO
00:14:05HAVE ACCESS TO QUALITY
HEALTHCARE, AND TO MAKE THEIR
00:14:10OWN MEDICAL DECISIONS.
IT SHOULD NOT BE MIKE OR THE
00:14:11OHIO GENERAL ASSEMBLY MAKING
THOSE MEDICAL DECISIONS FOR THE
00:14:15WOMEN OF OHIO.
>> IS THE DEFUNDING OF PLANNED
00:14:18PARENTHOOD OR MOVING AND
PARENTHOOD BACK TO STATE FUNDS
00:14:23PART OF THE AGENDA QUESTION
MARK >> ABSOLUTELY.
00:14:25>> EVEN THOUGH PLANNED
PARENTHOOD' PROVIDES SERVICES
00:14:33BEYOND ABORTION?
WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES?
00:14:34>> COINCIDENTALLY, MAYBE, MAYBE
NOT, THEY ALSO INCREASE THE
00:14:41NUMBER OF ABORTIONS TO AN ALL-
TIME HIGH WITH INCREASED FUNDING
00:14:43LAST YEAR.
WHAT WE DO IN THIS LEGISLATION
00:14:45IS GETTING MONEY WHERE WOMEN
ARE.
00:14:46BY ADMISSION, THEY SEE LESS
WOMEN -- OUR LEGISLATION SEE --
00:14:54TAKE THESE PLANNING DOLLARS AND
PUTS THESE INTO COMMUNITY
00:14:58ACTION AGENCIES, HEALTH CENTERS,
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF WOMEN
00:15:01AND CHILDREN GOING THERE.
THAT IS WHERE THE RESOURCES
00:15:04SHOULD GO.
JUST LIKE NURSING HOMES.
00:15:06MORE PEOPLE ARE DECIDING TO LIVE
THEIR LIVES IN HOME CARE, AS
00:15:11OPPOSED TO NURSING HOMES.
GOVERNOR K-6 AS GIVE THE MONEY
00:15:13-- GOVERNOR K-ASICH SAYS LET'S
GIVE THE MONEY TO WHERE PEOPLE
00:15:20ARE.
>> ANYBODY, COMMUNITY ACTIONS,
00:15:24FEDERAL QUALIFIED HEALTH
CENTERS, ANY OF THEM CAN APPLY
00:15:28FOR THESE FUNDS.
WHAT THE BILL AS IT PROPOSED
00:15:30LAST YEAR AND I ASSUME WILL
THIS YEAR, IT SAID WE ARE NOT
00:15:34GOING TO LET THE OHIO DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH DECIDED BUSINESS OF
00:15:38HEALTH SERVICE PROVIDER, THAT
THIS WILL SERVE THE MOST WOMEN
00:15:42FOR THE LEAST AMOUNT OF DOLLARS.
WE WILL MAKE THEM SAY THIS MIGHT
00:15:44BE THE BEST QUALIFIED HEALTH
PROVIDER, BUT WE HAVE TO GIVE
00:15:48THE MONEY TO THIS PLACE WHICH
MAY SERVE HALF AS MANY WOMEN ARE
00:15:51TWICE AS MANY DOLLARS, AND NOT
BE ANYWHERE NEAR THE COMMUNITY
00:15:55THAT NEEDS THE SERVICES THE
MOST.
00:15:57THEY ARE TAKING THOSE DECISIONS
AWAY FROM THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF
00:15:59HEALTH AND PUTTING THEM IN THE
HANDS OF POLITICAL PEOPLE AND
00:16:03THE OHIO GENERAL IS SIMPLY.
>> NONE OF THAT IS TRUE, KAREN.
00:16:07THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 30
PLANNED PARENTHOODS IN THE
00:16:14STATE OF OHIO, ALL IN HIGH
DENSITY AREAS, CLEVELAND,
00:16:16COLUMBUS, NONE OF THEM IN
SOUTHEAST OHIO OUTSIDE OF OHIO
00:16:19UNIVERSITY.
HELPING WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN
00:16:23APPALACHIAN OHIO.
>> BUT THEY ARE NOT PROVIDING
00:16:27THESE SERVICES.
>> ABSOLUTELY, EVERY SINGLE ONE
00:16:30OF THEM.
PRENATAL CARE.
00:16:33PLANNED PARENTHOOD DOES NOT
PROVIDE BE NATAL CARE, BUT
00:16:36THESE CENTERS DO AND THAT IS
WHERE THE MONEY SHOULD GO.
00:16:38>> AREN'T SOME OF THE PREGNANCY
CENTERS INCLUDED AS WELL?
00:16:42>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
NOT ONE PREGNANCY CENTER IN THE
00:16:47STATE OF OHIO HAS ACCESS TO
THESE FUNDS.
00:16:48>> DO YOU TAKE ISSUE WITH WHERE
THE MONEY GOES TO SEEK SERVICE
00:16:55-- TO WHERE WOMEN SEEK SERVICES
QUESTION MARK >> I DO.
00:16:58THEY SHOULD BE MAKING THE
DECISION TO FUND THE GRANT
00:17:01PROGRAM IN THAT AREA.
RIGHT NOW ANYBODY CAN APPLY FOR
00:17:04THAT MONEY.
IT IS NOT SAYING PLANNED
00:17:06PARENTHOOD IS THE ONLY PEOPLE
WHO CAN APPLY FOR THIS MONEY.
00:17:09IN FACT, THE BILL AS INTRODUCED
WOULD AFFECT MORE NON-PLANNED
00:17:12PARENTHOOD CENTERS THEN IT
AFFECTS PLANNED PARENTHOOD
00:17:17CENTERS.
IT WOULD DEFUND THE PLANNING --
00:17:18THIS FAMILY PLANNING CENTERS OF
OHIO.
00:17:20THIS IS A BILL THAT IS
DANGEROUS FOR WOMEN BECAUSE IT
00:17:28LIMITS THEIR ACCESS.
IT DOES NOT EXPAND THEIR ACCESS
00:17:30TO FAMILY PLANNING CARE.
>> HERE IS SOMETHING THAT I
00:17:34THINK YOU MIGHT AGREE ON, THEN
MAYBE PERSONHOOD IS NOT THE
00:17:37BEST POLICY FOR THE STATE OF
OHIO.
00:17:39THAT WOULD BE LEGISLATION OR A
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT IN THIS
00:17:43CASE THAT WOULD GRANT PERSON
STATUS TO A FERTILIZED EGG.
00:17:45LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT PERSONHOOD.
IS IT GOING TO HAPPEN IN OHIO?
00:17:49>> LET ME BE CLEAR -- EVERY
BABY IS A PERSON, WHETHER BORN
00:17:53OR UNBORN.
WE AGREE -- WHERE WE DISAGREE
00:17:58IS ON THE TACTIC AND STRATEGIES
OF THE A MINUTE.
00:18:00IN MISSISSIPPI LAST YEAR, ON
THE -- ARGUABLY THE LARGEST
00:18:03BIBLE BELT STATE IN THE NATION.
IT FAILED THERE.
00:18:10TIMING IS FOR IMPORTANT, AND
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE STATE OF
00:18:14OHIO, WHERE WE ARE AT, THE
MAJORITY OF OHIOANS ARE PRO-
00:18:17LIFE AT DIFFERENT LEVELS IN
DIFFERENT DEGREES.
00:18:19THE GALLUP POLL DEMONSTRATED
THAT, NATIONWIDE 55% TO 45%, AND
00:18:26SIMILAR RESULTS IN OHIO TO
VARIOUS DEGREES.
00:18:29WITH A BALLOT INITIATIVE, I
DON'T BELIEVE WE WOULD BE
00:18:33SUCCESSFUL FOR PERSONHOOD THIS
TIME.
00:18:34WE WOULD BE OUTSPENT BY
HOLLYWOOD AND PLANNED
00:18:38PARENTHOOD, SO WE WILL PURSUE
OPPORTUNITIES ON A STEP-BY-STEP
00:18:41BASIS.
THAT IS OUR STRATEGY AND IT HAS
00:18:44WORKED FOR 40 YEARS.
>> DO YOU SEE PERSONHOOD?
00:18:49>> ON THE GO BACK TO SOMETHING
THAT MIGHT JUST ALLUDED TO, THE
00:18:52MAJORITY OF AMERICANS BELIEVING
THAT THEY ARE PRO-LIFE.
00:19:00THAT IS NOT AFFECT.
THAT SAID -- THAT IS NOT TRUE.
00:19:04MOST PEOPLE BELIEVE ABORTION
SHOULD BE UNDER ONLY CERTAIN
00:19:12CIRCUMSTANCES.
WHEN -- 70% OF AMERICANS
00:19:15BELIEVE ROE VERSUS WADE SHOULD
NOT BE OVERTURNED.
00:19:17ONLY NINE PERCENT BELIEVE IN THE
ORGANIZATIONAL STATEMENT OF
00:19:21BANNING ALL ABORTIONS AS THEIR
ULTIMATE GOAL.
00:19:25ONLY NINE PERCENT OF AMERICANS
BELIEVE THAT.
00:19:26A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT PRO-
LIFE OR PRO-CHOICE LABELING.
00:19:31PEOPLE TALK ABOUT BEING PRO-
LIFE BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE MAYBE
00:19:35THAT IS NOT THE RIGHT DECISION
FOR THEM AT THIS TIME, BUT THEY
00:19:37DON'T WANT TO MAKE THAT
DECISION SOMEBODY ELSE.
00:19:40SO WHEN WE THROW THROW AROUND
THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS ARE
00:19:42PRO-LIFE, THEREFORE WE NEED TO
OUTLAW ABORTION, THAT IS NOT
00:19:46THE CASE WHEN YOU REALLY LOOK
AT THESE POLLS.
00:19:48ON THE PERSONHOOD FRONT, OF
COURSE WE ARE READY TO FIGHT
00:19:52WHATEVER COMES OUR WAY, BE IT
COMING FROM MIKE, FROM THE
00:19:57HEARTBEAT BILL, FROM PERSONHOOD
OHIO.
00:19:58WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE WILL
OF THE PEOPLE OF OHIO BEHIND US.
00:20:03THEY DO NOT AGREE WITH
PERSONHOOD.
00:20:05THEY DO NOT AGREE THAT BILLS,
ESPECIALLY ONES THAT GO AS FAR
00:20:09AS PERSONHOOD, COULD AFFECT THE
LEGALITY OF SOME HORNS -- SOME
00:20:14FORMS OF IN VITRO FERTILIZATION.
IT IS WAY OUTSIDE OF THE
00:20:19MAINSTREAM OF WHAT OHIOANS
BELIEVE.
00:20:19>> THE SCOPE OHIO AND --
TWO OHIO CLINICS THAT PERFORM
00:20:28ABORTIONS HAVE BEEN CLOSED BY
THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN
00:20:30THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
AND ABORTION RIGHTS ADVOCATES
00:20:32SAY THE SENATE BUDGET GIVES THE
STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT NEW
00:20:34AUTHORITY TO CLOSE SIMILAR
FACILITIES WITHOUT CAUSE AND
00:20:36WITHOUT PROVISIONS FOR APPEAL.
BUT ANTI-ABORTION ACTIVISTS SAY
00:20:38SINCE ABORTION IS LEGAL, NO
CLINIC CAN BE CLOSED FOR NO
00:20:40REASON, AND IF ONE WERE A
LAWSUIT WOULD BE ALMOST CERTAIN.
00:20:44AND NOW WE'LL GO BACK TO A PLACE
THAT YOU WON'T EVER BE ABLE TO
00:20:46SEE IN PERSON, AND THAT
VIRTUALLY NO ONE HAS SEEN SINCE
00:20:48THIS WINTER.
IT'S THE STATE'S $2.9 MILLION
00:20:51EXOTIC ANIMAL FACILITY, AND
REPORTERS WERE INVITED TO TOUR
00:20:53IT IN LATE FEBRUARY BEFORE IT
OPENED TO HOST LIONS, TIGERS,
00:20:56BEARS, SNAKES, PRIMATES, OR ANY
OTHER ANIMAL THAT COULD END UP
00:21:01THERE AS A RESULT OF THE LAW
THAT TOOK EFFECT LAST SEPTEMBER.
00:21:06THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE'S
FACILITY FEATURES ROOMS HOLDING
00:21:09CAGES FOR LARGE ANIMALS,
PRIMATES, AND REPTILES, AS WELL
00:21:14AS A KITCHEN AND A MAIN INTAKE
AREA.
00:21:16DAVID DANIELS IS THE AG
DIRECTOR.>> THIS BUILDING IS
00:21:24ABOUT 20,000 SQUARE FEET.
WE HAVE 30 LARGE ANIMAL
00:21:26ENCLOSURES HERE, FOUR PRIMATE
ENCLOSURES.
00:21:31WE HAVE A ROOM HERE THAT WILL
HOUSE SNAKES AND REPTILES.
00:21:34THERE IS A 12-FOOT PERIMETER
FENCE THAT SURROUNDS THE
00:21:42FACILITY WITH A FOUR-COULD
CANTILEVER AROUND IT.
00:21:43A BARBED WIRE AND ELECTRIC WIRE
THAT GOES AROUND IT.
00:21:47>> THE BUILDING WOULD HOLD
ANIMALS THAT ARE SEIZED FROM
00:21:51OWNERS WHO HAVEN'T REGISTERED
WITH THE STATE, OR ANIMALS THAT
00:21:53ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING
TRANSFERRED OUT OF STATE, SINCE
00:21:55THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
NEEDS TO BE NOTIFIED IF AN
00:21:57EXOTIC ANIMAL OWNER HAS FOUND A
SANCTUARY THAT WILL TAKE THE
00:22:01ANIMAL.
THE BUILDING WAS CUSTOM DESIGNED
00:22:03FROM THE GROUND UP.
DANIELS SAYS THERE WAS NO
00:22:05PATTERN OR TEMPLATE TO START
FROM.
00:22:07THE DOUBLE-SIDED STEEL BUILDING
HAS A ROOF THAT CAN WITHSTAND
00:22:1090- MILE-AN-HOUR WINDS.
THERE ARE THREE ROOMS --- ONE
00:22:13FOR LARGE ANIMALS, ANOTHER FOR
SMALL PRIMATES, AND A THIRD FOR
00:22:16REPTILES AND SNAKES.
THERE ARE 17 CAMERAS THAT WATCH
00:22:20FOR ESCAPED ANIMALS, AND WHEN
THEY SENSE MOTION THEY'LL TAKE A
00:22:23PHOTO THAT WILL BE SENT TO THE
FIVE STAFF MEMBERS WHO WILL BE
00:22:26ASSIGNED TO THE BUILDING.
DANIELS SAYS THERE ARE SEVEN
00:22:30LEVELS OF CONTAINMENT HERE --
THE CAGES, WHICH ARE 6-GAUGE
00:22:32WIRE AND HAVE SIX PADLOCKS EACH,
THE CAMERAS AND MOTION SENSORS
00:22:35THAT MONITOR THE CAGES, AN
INTERIOR GATED DOOR, A STEEL
00:22:39DOOR, THE DOUBLE-SIDED STEEL
BUILDING ITSELF, AND TWO FENCES
00:22:44A 12-FOOT FENCE AND AN 8-FOOT
FENCE.ELECTRIFIED.
00:22:49>> AS YOU GO IN THE SMALL ROOM
AND START COUNTING, THE ANIMAL
00:22:56WOULD HAVE TO GET OUT OF ITS
PRIMARY ENCLOSURE, HAS TO GET
00:22:59OUT OF THE GATED HALLWAY, HAS
TO GET THROUGH THIS SET OF
00:23:02DOORS, THIS BUILDING, THE FENCE
WITH THE CANTILEVER AND ELECTRIC
00:23:07WIRE BEFORE IT WOULD EVER BE
OUT, AND ALL IN THAT TIME WE
00:23:12WOULD BE NOTIFIED WHEN THAT
MOTION TAKES PLACE.
00:23:14>> THE BIG ANIMAL CAGES ARE
DESIGNED SO THAT AN ANIMAL WILL
00:23:18BE SHIFTED TO A SECOND CAGE
THROUGH A SLIDING PANEL WHILE
00:23:21ITS CAGE IS BEING CLEANED AND
FOOD AND WATER ARE BEING
00:23:23PROVIDED.
WATER IS SET IN A 600-POUND
00:23:25CONCRETE BLOCK THAT CAN'T BE
KNOCKED OVER OR TORN APART.
00:23:29THE ANIMALS WILL NEVER BE ABLE
TO GO OUTSIDE BUT WILL GET
00:23:32NATURAL LIGHT THROUGH SMALL
SKYLIGHTS WITH REINFORCED GLASS,
00:23:35BUT FORSHEY SAYS ENOUGH LIGHT
GETS THROUGH THAT THERE'S NO
00:23:38NEED FOR EXTRA LIGHTING DURING
THE DAY.
00:23:43THERE ARE NO WINDOWS AND NO WAY
FOR PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE BUILDING
00:23:45TO SEE WHAT'S INSIDE IT.>> THIS
IS NOT A ZOO, IT IS MORE LIKE
00:23:53THE HUMANE SOCIETY OR RESCUE
TYPE FACILITY, AND SO FOR THE
00:23:55TEMPORARY HOUSING.
WE HAVE LINED UP MANY OF THESE
00:24:03ANIMAL SANCTUARY AND RESCUE
FACILITIES ACROSS THE UNITED
00:24:07STATES.
WE HAVE ALSO HELPED FACILITATE I
00:24:09THINK ABOUT 107 ANIMALS ALREADY
OUT OF THE STATE BY UTILIZING
00:24:13THESE PEOPLE TO TRANSPORT THEM
OUT.
00:24:16SO IT IS OUR INTENT TO BRING
THESE ANIMALS IN, GIVE THEM THE
00:24:22BEST CARE.
>> DANIELS RESTATES THAT VERY
00:24:27CLEARLY.
>> THIS IS NOT A ZOO.
00:24:29THIS IS NOT FOR THE PUBLIC TO
COME IN AND SEE THE ANIMALS.
00:24:33THIS IS A FACILITY THAT WE HAVE
TO AID US IN OUR REGULATORY
00:24:40RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANIMALS THAT
ARE NOT PERMITTED OR NOT CARED
00:24:44FOR.
WHEN THIS IS NOT ALL SAID AND
00:24:48DONE, I WILL NOT HAVE -- WHEN
THIS IS ALL SAID AND DONE, I
00:24:52WILL NOT EVEN HAVE ACCESS TO
THIS BUILDING.
00:24:53>> THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
SAYS SINCE IT OPENED, THE
00:24:55BUILDING HAS HAD SEVERAL
OCCUPANTS, BUT NO ONE WILL
00:24:57CONFIRM WHAT SORTS OF ANIMALSOR
HOW MANY
00:25:00HAVE STAYED THERE.
AND IF THE SENATE BUDGET AS
00:25:02PROPOSED GOES THROUGH, THERE IS
ONE KIND OF ANIMAL THAT WON'T BE
00:25:05HOUSED THERE -- THAT VERSION OF
THE SPENDING PLAN REMOVED SPIDER
00:25:07MONKEYS FROM THE LIST OF
CREATURES BANNED UNDER THE
00:25:09EXOTIC ANIMALS LAW.
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