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>> ANOTHER HISTORIC TURN OF
00:00:33EVENTS SURROUNDING OHIO'S DEATH
PENALTY.
00:00:35AND EVERYONE HAS IDEAS ON WHAT
TO DO WITH THE MONEY THE STATE
00:00:37WILL SAVE THROUGH MEDICAID
EXPANSION.
00:00:38WE'LL HEAR A FEW OF THEM AND
ABOUT WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE
00:00:40OTHERS.
ALL THIS WEEK IN "THE STATE OF
00:00:41OHIO".
THERE WAS YET ANOTHER FIRST-EVER
00:00:50MOMENT THIS WEEK IN THE HISTORY
OF THE DEATH PENALTY IN OHIO.
00:00:53THE DAY BEFORE 40 YEAR OLD
RONALD PHILLIPS WAS SET TO BE
00:00:56THE FIRST PERSON EVER TO RECEIVE
A NEW TWO-DRUG LETHAL INJECTION,
00:01:00GOV. JOHN KASICH DELAYED HIS
EXECUTION TO STUDY THE
00:01:03FEASIBILITY OF ALLOWING PHILLIPS
TO DONATE HIS ORGANS.
00:01:07PHILLIPS HAD WANTED TO DONATE A
KIDNEY AND HIS HEART TO FAMILY
00:01:12MEMBERS, AND ALLOW THE REST OF
HIS ORGANS TO BE DONATED TO
00:01:17OTHERS, SAYING THIS WASN'T A
DELAY TACTIC, BUT AN ATTEMPT TO
00:01:19DO SOME GOOD.
BUT THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT
00:01:21DENIED THE REQUEST, SAYING THE
PRISONS SYSTEM WASN'T EQUIPPED
00:01:23TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN AND CITING
SECURITY PRECAUTIONS OF MOVING
00:01:25PHILLIPS TO AND FROM A HOSPITAL.
GOV. KASICH ORDERED THE
00:01:30EXECUTION, WHICH WAS SCHEDULED
FOR NOVEMBER 14, DELAYED TILL
00:01:34JULY 2 AND WROTE IN A STATEMENT
00:01:36"RONALD PHILLIPS COMMITTED A
HEINOUS CRIME FOR WHICH HE WILL
00:01:40FACE THE DEATH PENALTY.
I REALIZE THIS IS A BIT OF
00:01:42UNCHARTED TERRITORY FOR OHIO,
BUT IF ANOTHER LIFE CAN BE SAVED
00:01:46BY HIS WILLINGNESS TO DONATE HIS
ORGANS AND TISSUES THEN WE
00:01:48SHOULD ALLOW FOR THAT TO
HAPPEN."
00:01:51PHILLIPS WAS SENTENCED TO DIE
FOR BEATING, RAPING AND KILLING
00:01:55HIS GIRLFRIEND'S 3-YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER SHEILA MARIE EVANS IN
00:01:58AKRON IN 1993.
HIS EXECUTION WOULD HAVE BEEN
00:02:01THE THIRD TIME IN FIVE YEARS
THAT OHIO WAS PUTTING AN INMATE
00:02:04TO DEATH WITH A PREVIOUSLY
UNTESTED EXECUTION METHOD.
00:02:12OFFICIALS SAY 1,150 OHIOANS
SUCCESSFULLY PICKED HEALTH
00:02:15INSURANCE PLANS LAST MONTH
THROUGH THE NEW ONLINE
00:02:17MARKETPLACE RUN BY THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
00:02:19THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES SAYS MORE
00:02:20THAN 24,000 OHIO RESIDENTS
SUBMITTED PAPER OR ELECTRONIC
00:02:23APPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH COVERAGE
FOR MORE THAN 45,000 PEOPLE,
00:02:28SUCH AS THEMSELVES, THEIR
SPOUSES AND CHILDREN.
00:02:30BECAUSE OF THE KASICH
ADMINISTRATION'S OPPOSITION TO
00:02:35THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, ALSO
KNOWN AS OBAMACARE, OHIO OPTED
00:02:36TO LET THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
RUN THE STATE'S INSURANCE
00:02:38EXCHANGE.
OHIO IS AMONG THE 36 STATES
00:02:41RELYING ON THE PROBLEM-FILLED
FEDERAL WEBSITE, HEALTHCARE.GOV.
00:02:48AND A FINAL HONOR THIS WEEK FOR
A FORMER CONGRESSMAN AND OHIO
00:02:50SENATE PRESIDENT.
THE FAMILY OF PAUL GILLMOR WAS
00:02:53ON HAND FOR THE UNVEILING OF HIS
OFFICIAL PORTRAIT AT THE
00:02:55STATEHOUSE THIS WEEK.
GILLMOR, A NATIVE OF TIFFIN, WAS
00:02:59FIRST ELECTED TO THE OHIO SENATE
IN 1967, AND SERVED FOR THREE
00:03:02TERMS AS SENATE PRESIDENT BEFORE
MOVING ON TO CONGRESS IN 1988.
00:03:08HE DIED IN AN ACCIDENTAL FALL
DOWN THE STAIRS OF HIS
00:03:10IN WASHINGTON-AREA HOME IN 2007.
IN THE ARGUMENTS FOR MEDICAID
00:03:16EXPANSION BEFORE THE CONTROLLING
BOARD, IT WAS SAID THAT THE
00:03:20STATE COULD SAVE $400 MILLION.
THE STATE IS BEING SUED OVER THE
00:03:23IF WAY MEDICAID EXPANSION WAS
DONE, AND THAT WILL LIKELY BE
00:03:25ARGUED IN THE OHIO SUPREME
COURT.
00:03:28BUT IN THE MEANTIME, THERE ARE
SEVERAL IDEAS ON HOW TO SPEND
00:03:31THOSE PROJECTED SAVINGS.
ONE OF THE REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS
00:03:35ON THE CONTROLLING BOARD WHO
VOTED FOR EXPANSION SAID THAT
00:03:38MONEY SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THE
TAXPAYERS IN THE FORM OF AN
00:03:41INCOME TAX CUT.
THIS WEEK, I TALKED WITH SEN.
00:03:44CHRIS WIDENER OF SPRINGFIELD
ABOUT THE IDEA BEHIND HIS BILL.
00:03:52>> SO TELL ME ABOUT THIS
PROPOSAL.
00:03:53YOU ANNOUNCED THIS RIGHT OUT OF
THE CONTROLLING BOARD MEETING
00:03:58THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR AN INCOME
TAX CUT AS A USE FOR THIS $404
00:04:02MILLION THE STATE WILL HAVE
THROUGH MEDICAID EXPANSION.
00:04:04WHY IS THAT THE BEST USE OF THE
MEDICAID EXPANSION SAVINGS?
00:04:08>> ONCE GOVERNOR KASICH EXPANDED
MEDICAID -- HE DID THAT BY
00:04:15GIVING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO
THE APPROVED THE PLANNED
00:04:18AMENDMENT FOR THE STATE -- THE
CONTROLLING BOARD WAS ASKED IF
00:04:22WE COULD ONLY ACCEPT THE FEDERAL
MONEY INTO THE FEDERAL LINE OF
00:04:24THE BUDGET.
THEN THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL $404
00:04:29MILLION ON APPROPRIATED,
UNNEEDED AND THE CURRENT STATE
00:04:31BUDGET.
THE QUESTION BECOMES, WHAT DO
00:04:35YOU DO WITH THAT?
OUR PROPOSAL GIVES IT BACK TO
00:04:36THE TAXPAYERS OF THE STATE OF
OHIO.
00:04:39IT IS NOT NEEDED TO KEEP THE
BUDGET IN BALANCE.
00:04:42AT IS SOMETHING THEY UNDERSTAND.
WE THINK IT IS MORE PORTED TO
00:04:47KEEP IT IN THEIR POCKETS SO THEY
CAN SPEND IT IN THE ECONOMY IN
00:04:50THE STATE OF OHIO.
>> HE HAVE SOME OTHER PEOPLE WHO
00:04:56THINK THAT MONEY COULD BE BETTER
USED IN OTHER WAYS, FOR EXAMPLE,
00:05:00TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUND --
FOR EXAMPLE TO THE LOCAL
00:05:05GOVERNMENT FUND.
WHY TAX CUTS IN PARTICULAR?
00:05:08>> THE DISTINCTION NEEDS TO BE
MADE THAT THE SAME PEOPLE VOTED
00:05:11TO PASS THE CURRENT BUDGET.
THEY OBVIOUSLY FEEL LIKE WE PUT
00:05:13ENOUGH DOLLARS INTO WHATEVER
SPECIFIC PROJECT THEY WERE
00:05:19INTERESTED IN.
SCHOOLS GET THE NEXT OR BILLION
00:05:20DOLLARS IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS IN
THE STATE OF OHIO.
00:05:24-- GETS AN ADDITIONAL LIEN
DOLLARS AND THE NEXT TWO YEARS
00:05:31AND THE STATE OF OHIO.
-- BILLION DOLLARS IN THE NEXT
00:05:36TWO YEARS IN THE STATE OF OHIO.
THE QUESTION COMES, IF YOU DO
00:05:38NOT NEED $400 MILLION IN THE
CURRENT BUDGET, WHY SHOULD YOU
00:05:44COLLECTED FROM THE TAXPAYERS OF
THE STATE OF OHIO?
00:05:45WHY NOT GIVE A PERMANENT, ACROSS
THE BOARD INCOME TAX CUT, THE
00:05:50SAME WAY WE GAVE $2.7 BILLION
WORTH OF CUTS IN THIS CURRENT
00:05:55OPERATING BUDGET.
>> THERE WAS A STUDY DONE BY THE
00:05:59INSTITUTION OF TAXATION ON
ECONOMIC POLICY.
00:06:00IT SAID THAT THIS TAX CUT YOU
PROPOSE, A FOUR PERCENT ACROSS
00:06:04THE BOARD, WOULD SAVE THOSE IN
THE TOP ONE PERCENT, WHO MAKES
00:06:10$360,000 OR MORE PER YEAR, MORE
THAN $1400 AND WOULD SAVE AN
00:06:15AVERAGE OF A DOLLAR TO THOSE IN
THE PAULA BRACKET -- IN THE
00:06:18BOTTOM BRACKET.
HOW DO YOU JUSTIFY THAT?
00:06:23>> WITHOUT GIVING TOO DETAILED
AND EXPLAINING OHIO'S TAX CODE,
00:06:26WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT INCOME
TAX BRACKETS.
00:06:28THE ONLY WAY TO FAIRLY GIVE A
TAX CREDIT TAKE A PERCENTAGE OFF
00:06:33OF EVERY BRACKET.
EVERYONE $35,000 -- 30 500,000
00:06:41DOLLARS -- EVERYONE $35,000 OR
UNDER DO NOT PAY AN
00:06:49INCOME TAX.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE SAME
00:06:57PEOPLE ARE THE ONES THAT WANT US
TO TAKE ALL THE TAXES FROM THE
00:07:00MOST WEALTHY AND OHIO AND CHARGE
EVERYONE ELSE, YOU AND ME,
00:07:04NOTHING.
THAT DOES NOT WORK IN ANY
00:07:07PROGRESSIVE STATE THAT IS TRYING
TO HAVE A FAIR LEVEL OF THAT --
00:07:08FAIR LEVEL OF TAXATION.
THAT IS WHAT WE BELIEVE IS THE
00:07:18MOST FAIR WAY TO GO ABOUT IT.
WE TALKED ABOUT THESE OTHER
00:07:21STRATEGIES AND THEY JUST DO NOT
WORK.
00:07:23IT IS 14, NOT FOR.
I WOULD REMIND THE SAME PEOPLE
00:07:38THAT PROPOSE SPENDING THAT IF WE
CONTINUE TO STICK TO PERMANENT
00:07:42INCOME TAX CUTS, THIS WOULD BE
ADDED TO BE THE 21% THAT WE CUT
00:07:49IN THE BUDGET OF 2005, 2006.
THAT MAKE SOME SIGNIFICANT
00:08:02IMPROVEMENTS TO THOSE THAT ARE
KEEPING OHIO EMPLOYED.
00:08:05>> I WANT TO ASK YOU, YOU DID
VOTE FOR THE MEDICAID EXPANSION
00:08:11REQUESTS.
YOU FELT THE MEDICAID EXPANSION
00:08:14ACTUALLY HAPPENED AND THE
GOVERNOR ARI HAD DONE IT WITH
00:08:20THE ORDER OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
00:08:21YOU ARE NOW IN SUPPORT OF A PLAN
THAT WOULD CAP WHAT THE
00:08:25CONTROLLING ORDER CAN APPROVE.
YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF A BILL THAT
00:08:31WOULD STOP YOU FROM DOING
EXACTLY WHAT YOU'D DID IN TERMS
00:08:32OF VOTING FOR.
>> IT WAS CREATED 95 YEARS AGO
00:08:38IN THE STATE CODE.
THE WORK HAS BEEN LEFT
00:08:43RELATIVELY UNCHANGED EVER SINCE.
THE GOVERNOR WAS ABLE TO COME
00:08:49AND ASK FOR A $2.5 BILLION
REQUEST AND THAT WAS NOT
00:08:55COMPARED TO THE OTHER RULE OR
OBJECTION OR OTHERWISE.
00:08:57THERE OUGHT TO BE A LIMIT TO THE
AMOUNT THE CONTROLLING BOARD,
00:09:07SEVEN PERSON PANEL, OPERATING IN
THE TWO YEARS OF THE BUDGET, CAN
00:09:10MAKE ON ANY GIVEN MONDAY AFTER
THEY MEET TWICE A MONTH.
00:09:12OUR PROPOSAL IS TO ONE PERCENT
OF THE GRF.
00:09:18ONE PERCENT WOULD BE $300
MILLION.
00:09:27>> THERE IS NO COGNITIVE
DISSONANCE IN TERMS OF YOU
00:09:42VOTING FOR IT EVEN THOUGH YOU
QUESTION IT NOW.
00:09:45>> I THINK WITH THIS POINTED OUT
IS THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME RULES
00:09:49GOING FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING
00:09:55HERE.
OTHER REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE
00:09:56HAVE SUGGESTED THAT THE MONEY BE
USED TO PAY DOWN THE DEBT I'M
00:10:03SURE OFF THE UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFIT FUND.
00:10:04THERE ARE TWO HOUSE LEGISLATORS,
A REPUBLICAN AND A DEMOCRAT, WHO
00:10:08SUPPORT SENDING THE MONEY BACK
TO THE OHIO COMMUNITY.
00:10:11HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT IDEA ARE
REP. RON GERBERRY, A DEMOCRAT OF
00:10:22YOUNGSTOWN AND REP. TERRY BOOSE,
A REPUBLICAN OF NORWALK.
00:10:27QUICK SWIPE THE FUN TO TAKE THIS
AND TARGET ITS -- WHY NOT TARGET
00:10:33TO EDUCATION OR TRANSPORTATION?
WHY LOCAL GOVERNMENT?
00:10:34>> THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUND HAS
BEEN CUT SIGNIFICANTLY.
00:10:40RON AND I COME FROM THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT AREAS.
00:10:44I TRULY BELIEVE THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT IS THE MOST EFFICIENT
00:10:49FORM OF GOVERNMENT THAT WE HAVE
IN OHIO AND ACROSS THE UNITED
00:10:52STATES.
WE ARE NOT WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
00:11:00ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO LOOK
AT IS HOW WE CAN HELP THE LOCAL
00:11:05GOVERNMENT SO THE MOST EFFICIENT
FORM OF GOVERNMENT -- HOW CAN WE
00:11:11HELP THEM MOVE FORWARD.
IT IS GOING TO HELP IT MOVE
00:11:16FORWARD.
THEY ARE GOING TO PUT IT BACK IN
00:11:22THE LOCAL ECONOMY.
SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T GET
00:11:28DISTRIBUTED ACROSS ALL THE STATE
EQUALLY.
00:11:29I THINK THIS IS A WAY WE CAN GET
THE MONEY ACROSS THE BOARD TO
00:11:32EVERYONE AND GIVE THE PEOPLE A
CHANCE TO GIVE THE SERVICES THEY
00:11:38WANT FROM THEIR LOCAL LEVELS.
>> THIS IS SOMETHING THE
00:11:42DEMOCRATS HAVE TALKED ABOUT.
IS THIS YOUR BEST OPPORTUNITY TO
00:11:52MAKE THAT HAPPEN?
CORRECTS I AM THRILLED TO JOINT
00:11:56SPONSOR THIS.
YOU TAKE A CONSERVATIVE
00:12:02REPUBLICAN LEGISLATOR AND A
MODERATE DEMOCRAT FROM MOIST 8
00:12:08-- FROM NORTHEASTERN OHIO.
WE AGREED ON THIS.
00:12:10WE HAVE SIT ON COMMITTEES
TOGETHER AND HAVE DONE OTHER
00:12:16THINGS TRYING TO HELP LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS.
00:12:17IT IS NOT ONLY THE 50% CUT ON A
LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUND THAT HAS
00:12:23OCCURRED IN THE LAST TWO AND A
HALF YEARS, THAT IS WHAT
00:12:27HAPPENED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
IT GOES FURTHER THAN THAT.
00:12:30THIS IS 400 AND $8 MILLION --
408 MILLION DOLLARS, IT IS NOT
00:12:39GOING TO REPLACE THE AMOUNT OF
MONEY.
00:12:40THE LOSSES OF REVENUE FROM
TANGIBLE PERSONAL ROCK -- FROM
00:12:45TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY, THE
LOSSES FROM THE ESTATE TAX,
00:12:49WHICH NO LONGER EXISTS IN THE
STATE OF OHIO, I HAVE A TOWNSHIP
00:12:53IN MY DISTRICT THAT IS LOSING $1
MILLION PER YEAR?
00:12:58I DON'T THINK ANYONE THOUGHT
THIS WAS A GOOD TAX.
00:13:06A TERRIBLE TAX.
IT IS THE WAY THE GENERAL
00:13:14ASSEMBLY -- THE REDUCTION OF THE
LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUND WAS
00:13:24TRAGIC.
SOME LEGISLATORS WILL SAY IT IS
00:13:32NOT IMPACTING THEIR COMMUNITY
VERY MUCH.
00:13:33THE COMMUNITY IS ONLY GETTING
ONE PERCENT.
00:13:35DISTRIBUTION, SOME TOWNSHIPS --
THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IN
00:13:41COMPARISON TO THE BUDGET IS
TREMENDOUS.
00:13:43THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOSSES, IN
MY COMMUNITIES, IS A REALLY GOOD
00:13:49EXAMPLE -- TO URBAN TOWNSHIPS
HAVE BEEN TREMENDOUSLY IMPACTED
00:14:00BY THE LOSS.
>> IT IS NOT LIKE LIGHTNING
00:14:04TURNED ON AND BASIC SERVICES
THAT PEOPLE ARE TAKING FOR
00:14:06GRANTED?
>> HE HAS SEEN IT I HAVE SEEN
00:14:08IT.
THERE ARE MORE TOWNSHIP LEVIES,
00:14:12THERE ARE MORE SCHOOL LEVIES.
BECAUSE OF REDUCTION IN MONEY
00:14:16GOING TO SCHOOLS AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, ALL WE ARE DOING IS
00:14:21PUSHING THE -- FORGING --
FORCING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO SAY
00:14:28WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE
TAXPAYER.
00:14:30WE DON'T WANT ANY MORE PROPERTY
TAXES.
00:14:34I HOPE THAT THE MAJORITY PARTY
WILL LISTEN TO MY COLLEAGUE AND
00:14:44CARRY ME ALONG.
I THINK MY CAUCUS WILL BE VERY
00:14:52SUPPORTIVE.
>> YOU HEAR A LOT OF
00:14:56CONSERVATIVES TALK ABOUT HOW AN
INDIVIDUAL CAN SPEND MONEY
00:14:59BETTER THAN GOVERNMENT CAN.
THIS IS A DEPARTURE FOR YOU FOR
00:15:03YOUR OWN PARTY.
>> THE WAY I LOOK AT IT IS THIS,
00:15:07I THINK WE NEED TAX REFORM IN
OHIO.
00:15:10I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT AS
A BIG TAX PACKAGE.
00:15:12I DON'T THINK ANYTIME WE GET A
FEW MILLION DOLLARS, THAT IS
00:15:17WHEN YOU GET YOUR TAX
ADJUSTMENT.
00:15:18I WOULD RATHER SEE US GET A
PACKAGE TOGETHER AND WORK
00:15:23TOWARDS THAT PACKAGE.
HOPEFULLY IT IS A COMPROMISE
00:15:27BETWEEN BOTH SIDES.
LET'S DO A TAX REFORM.
00:15:32I WENT AROUND ON THE TAX REFORM
COMMITTEE THE SUMMER.
00:15:45WHAT I HEARD FROM LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS WAS THEY WERE NOT
00:15:49AGAINST CHANGES, THEY ARE NOT
AGAINST DOING WHAT IS RIGHT IN
00:15:56OHIO.
BUT THEY ARE SAYING YOU TOOK ALL
00:16:02OUR MONEY AWAY.
I DON'T CARE IF THIS IS A GOOD
00:16:07IDEA OR NOT COMING FROM YOU.
WE CANNOT AFFORD TO DO IT.
00:16:10WHAT I AM SAYING IS LET'S GET A
GOOD TAX REFORM BILL WORKED ON
00:16:13AND START WORKING ON THAT, AND
THEN LET'S WORK AT HOW WE CAN
00:16:19HELP OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
DON'T THINK CUTTING OUR LOCAL
00:16:23GOVERNMENT IS WHAT WE WANT TO
DO.
00:16:24AT LEAST BE TAX NEUTRAL SO THEY
CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE
00:16:29NECESSARY SERVICES THEY HAVE BUT
WE CAN STILL GET GOOD TAX POLICY
00:16:34.
SOMETIMES THEY ARE CHANGING THE
00:16:43PROGRAM'S ON US ON A YEARLY
BASIS.
00:16:44THAT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT,
COMING FROM A LOCAL GOVERNMENT,
00:16:48LIKE I DID, TO KNOW THAT YOU
CANNOT PLAN BECAUSE THE BIG BAD
00:16:52STATE GOVERNMENT IS DOING WHAT
WE COMPLETED -- WHAT WE
00:16:55COMPLAINED ABOUT.
>> FINALLY, I WANT TO ASK WHY
00:16:59YOU PROPOSED THIS BILL -- HE IS
BACKING THE PROPOSAL THAT WOULD
00:17:02LIMIT THE CONTROLLING BOARD'S
AUTHORITY TO DO EXACTLY WHAT
00:17:05THEY DID WITH HIS VOTE, WHICH IS
MAKE THIS AN APPROPRIATION
00:17:13EXPANSION.
>> I WAS NOT EXPECTING THAT
00:17:19QUESTION.
I THINK THERE IS SOME
00:17:26JUSTIFICATION TO LOOK AT
LIMITING HOW FAR THE CONTROLLING
00:17:29BOARD CAN GO.
I THINK THERE IS SOME SOUND
00:17:32ARGUMENT.
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE BUT NOT
00:17:41BY THE CONTROLLING BOARD.
>> YOU THINK IT SHOULD'VE BEEN
00:17:44DONE BY THE LEGISLATOR?
>> NO QUESTION.
00:17:46IT IS THE JOB OF THE GENERAL A
SUMMIT TO DO THAT.
00:17:48WE HAD A LOT OF TALK ON THE
ISSUE OF MEDICAID EXPANSION.
00:17:54THERE ARE 39 HOUSE MEMBERS ON MY
SIDE OF THE AISLE THAT VOTED FOR
00:18:00MEDICAID EXPANSION.
I BELIEVE IF WE HAD ALL OF THE
00:18:03SUPPORT FROM THE ADMINISTRATION
AND FROM OTHER FOLKS, REVISITED
00:18:13OF SEARS WOULD AND DOES SUPPORT
MEDICAID EXPANSION, YOU CAN FIND
00:18:1711 VOTES.
THAT IS THE WAY IT SHOULD HAVE
00:18:18GONE.
IT IS THE JOB OF THE LEGISLATURE
00:18:21TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS.
>> I AGREE A LOT WITH WHAT HE
00:18:28SAID.
WHETHER YOU LIKE OR DON'T LIKE
00:18:35MEDICAID EXPANSION, I DON'T
THINK THAT IS THE ISSUE.
00:18:37DID THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE
GETS THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK
00:18:43ABOUT IT AND THEN GET TO VOTE ON
ITS?
00:18:44THAT IS NOT THE WAY THE
GOVERNMENT WAS SET UP.
00:18:53THAT IS WHAT I THINK IS
HAPPENING IN THE CONTROLLING
00:18:58BOARD.
WE WOULD BE MEETING FIVE DAYS A
00:19:04WEEK.
WE NEED A CONTROLLING BOARD.
00:19:08IT IS JUST THAT THERE IS A
PURPOSE FOR THE CONTROLLING
00:19:12BOARD AND HOPEFULLY WHAT SENATOR
WYDEN IS TRYING TO DO IS DEFINED
00:19:17THAT AND A LITTLE BIT.
>> I THINK IT IS SAD TO INDUCE A
00:19:21PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
ANYONE WHO SERVED IN THIS
00:19:28LEGISLATURE KNOWS THAT THE RIGHT
WAY TO DO IT WAS PASSED THE LAW.
00:19:30IF THE GOVERNOR CAN GET THE
ARIZONA LEGISLATURE TO PASS
00:19:39MEDICAID EXPANSION, I BELIEVE
JET -- I BELIEVE SENATOR JOHN
00:19:44KASICH COULD HAVE DONE IT IN THE
STATE OF OHIO.
00:19:45TALK IS CHEAP.
I BELIEVE THAT THE GOVERNOR CAN
00:20:00ENFORCE THE ISSUE.
>> YOU ARE TRULY A BIPARTISAN
00:20:06REPRESENTATION HERE.
HOW OFTEN DO THESE KIND OF
00:20:14PARTNERSHIPS HAPPEN?
>> UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE BEEN
00:20:17AROUND THE LEGISLATURE AND LONG
TIME.
00:20:19BECAUSE OF TERM LIMITS IT IS
MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO ESTABLISH
00:20:26PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS.
WE HAD SOME IDEA WILL USE.
00:20:38A FORMER REPRESENTATIVE VAN
DYCK, WE DID A LOT OF WORK IN
00:20:45THE LAST TWO YEARS.
WE GET A LOT WORK DONE,
00:20:55COMPROMISING WITH BOTH SIDES OF
THE AISLE.
00:20:57UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE THOSE
RELATIONSHIPS DON'T EXIST, WE
00:21:08BUILT A RELATIONSHIP.
WE GO TO WORK WITH THINGS WE
00:21:12AGREE ON.
UNFORTUNATELY IDEOLOGY RUNS AMOK
00:21:19AND DOES NOT WORK TOO WELL FOR
US.
00:21:20>> IF WE MAKE THE EFFORT TO MEET
WITH THE PEOPLE ON THE OTHER
00:21:25SIDE OF THE AISLE, THEN I THINK
WE FIND A LOT OF THINGS WE HAVE
00:21:29IN COMMON.
SOMETIMES IT IS NOT ONLY FOR THE
00:21:30SAME REASON.
SOMETIMES IT MAY NOT BE FOR THE
00:21:35REASON WE DO IT BUT WE CAN FIND
COMMON GROUND WITH THE OTHER
00:21:39SIDE.
THAT IS THE WAY BILLS NEED TO
00:21:41GET PAST.
WE SHOULD NOT BE ONE-SIDED
00:21:45SAYING LET'S RAM THIS DOWN THEIR
THROATS.
00:21:47WE ARE NOT ALWAYS GOING TO
AGREE.
00:21:48I WILL SAY THE MAJORITY OF THE
ISSUE AND EVEN A LOT OF THE
00:21:52TOUGH ISSUES, WHICH I THINK THIS
BILL IS GOING TO BE A TOUGH
00:21:55ISSUE, WE CAN WORK TOGETHER ON
IT AND TRY TO CONVINCE OUR OWN
00:21:59SIDE, OUR OWN CAUCUSES AS TO WHY
THIS IS A GOOD THING.
00:22:04I'M AFRAID THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN
IN WASHINGTON RIGHT NOW.
00:22:08I DON'T WANT TO SEE IT HAPPEN.
I'M FORTUNATE TO HAVE RON, WHO
00:22:17HAS BEEN DOWN HERE FOR A WHILE,
THAT WILL SIT DOWN AND SHOW ME
00:22:19YOU CAN WALK TOGETHER -- YOU CAN
TALK TOGETHER AND YOU CAN WORK
00:22:23ON ISSUES.
>> THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING
00:22:26HERE.
AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK.
00:22:26FOR MY COLLEAGUES AT OHIO PUBLIC
RADIO AND TELEVISION, THANKS FOR
00:22:28WATCHING.
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00:22:43WE CLOSE WITH IMAGES FROM THE
ANNUAL VETERANS HALL OF FAME
00:22:45CEREMONY AT VETS MEMORIAL IN
COLUMBUS.
00:22:4715 MEMBERS WERE INDUCTED INTO
THE HALL THIS PAST WEEK, AND WE
00:22:49THANK THEM, AND ALL VETERANS,
FOR THEIR SERVICE.
00:22:52>> IT IS MY DISTINCT HONOR TO
PRESENT TO YOU THE OHIO VETERAN
00:23:04HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2013.
ANNA SERVED HONORABLY DURING
00:23:12WORLD WAR II.
STEVE AND STEVE ARCHER --
00:23:16STEPHEN STEVE BUTCHER.
HE RETIRED AS A SENIOR MASTER
00:23:23SERGEANT.
HE AND HIS WIFE OPENED A SMALL
00:23:24CANDY STORE.
MR. ROBERT DURR.
00:23:29HE LISTED AT AGE 17.
MR. HARRY DONOVAN.
00:23:37HARRY RETIRED FROM HIS SERVICE
IN THE NAVY DURING WORLD WAR II
00:23:41AND ENROLLED AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF AKRON.
00:23:42MR. CARLOS EASTERDAY.
AFTER HIS RETURN FROM ARMY
00:23:48SERVICE DURING THE KOREAN WAR,
CARLOS AND HIS WIFE SAW A NEED
00:23:52WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY TO
PROVIDE SUPPORT AND HELP FOR
00:23:55THOSE LESS FORTUNATE DURING THE
HOLIDAY SEASON.
00:23:56MR. ROGER GARDNER.
HE IS A VETERAN OF SERVICE BOTH
00:24:04IN THE ACTIVE ARMY AND THE OHIO
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD.
00:24:06MR. DAVID HINES.
DAVID RETURNED FROM HIS VIETNAM
00:24:13SERVICE TO HIS HOME TOWN OF
GAINESVILLE AND EMBARKED ON FOR
00:24:16DECADES OF SERVICE TO HIS
COMMUNITY AND OTHER VETERANS,
00:24:19BOTH IN MUSKEGON COUNTY AND
LATER IN DUBLIN.
00:24:23MR. KISH.
HE IS AN ARMY VETERAN AND
00:24:30SERVICE DURING THE FREE --
DURING THE KOREAN WAR.
00:24:31THE LATE JOHN --
HE WAS A VETERAN OF THE UNITED
00:24:41STATES NAVY, HAVING SERVED AS AN
ERROR ON HER FOR HER FOR A 1946
00:24:44TO 1948.
MR. HARRY SIEFERT.
00:24:47MR. SIEFERT RETURNED FROM THE
ARMY TO COMPLETE HIS COLLEGE
00:24:56EDUCATION AND BEGIN A LONG
BUSINESS CAREER.
00:24:57MR. RONALD SEAMAN.
RONALD RETURN FROM HIS AIR FORCE
00:25:03CAREER DURING THE KOREAN WAR
THAT BEGAN A CAREER IN
00:25:08COMMUNICATIONS FIELD, WHILE
MAINTAINING A FOCUS ON VETERANS.
00:25:09MS. SHARON STANLEY.
CHERYL WAS AN ARMY NURSE WHO
00:25:15SERVED ON BOTH ACTIVE-DUTY AND
RESERVE.
00:25:18SHE CONTINUED TO SERVE HER
COMMUNITY AFTER HER RETIREMENT.
00:25:20MR. CARL SWISHER.
HE RETURNED TO COLUMBUS
00:25:28FOLLOWING HIS NAVY SERVICE IN
1964 AND STARTED HIS OWN
00:25:30PAINTING SERVICE IN 1965.
THE LATE JOSEPH GRATEFUL.
00:25:34HE RETURNED FROM SERVICE IN THE
USE OF -- FROM SERVICE AFTER THE
00:25:42KOREAN WAR AND IMMEDIATELY WENT
TO WORK SERVING HIS FEDERAL THAT
00:25:45HIS FELLOW AMERICANS.
>> MR. JOHN WILLIAMS.
00:25:48HE SERVED DURING WORLD WAR II IN
ONE OF THE FINAL HORSE CALVARY
00:25:51UNITS OF THE ARMY.
I WOULD LIKE TO DIRECT
00:25:54EVERYONE'S ATTENTION TO THE
BRONZE PLAQUE, IT IS ENGRAVED
00:25:58WITH THE NAME OF EACH OF OUR
INDUCTEES TODAY.
00:26:02IT WILL BE MOUNTED FOR PERMANENT
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00:26:30OHIO.
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00:26:43OHIO.
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