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00:00:00SUPPORT FOR THE STATEWIDE
BROADCAST OF THE STATE OF OHIO
00:00:02COMES FROM THE LAW OFFICES OF
PORTER, WRIGHT, MORRIS, AND
00:00:06ARTHUR LLP, HELPING BUSINESSES
AND ENDED RITUALS -- AND
00:00:13INDIVIDUALS SOLVE COMPLEX LEGAL
PROBLEMS ACROSS OHIO.
00:00:14>> THE CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR
HIT THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
00:00:24ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES HAVE
SPARKED DISCUSSIONS OVER HOW TO
00:00:29REGULATE AND TAX THEM.
WE'LL HEAR FROM BOTH SIDES IN
00:00:31THE DEBATE ON AN OHIO BILL THAT
SEEKS TO STUB OUT ACCESS TO
00:00:33E-CIGARETTES BY KIDS.
AND A NEW BILL HOPES TO BRIDGE
00:00:39THE GENDER PAY GAP AMONG WORKING
MEN AND WOMEN.
00:00:40ALL THIS WEEK IN "THE STATE OF
OHIO".
00:00:44?
>> THE 2014 RACE FOR GOVERNOR
00:00:56IS DEFINITELY UNDERWAY NOW, WITH
THE MAJOR PARTY CANDIDATES GOING
00:00:57TO EACH OTHER'S TURF TO CAMPAIGN
THIS WEEK.
00:01:00DEMOCRATIC CUYAHOGA COUNTY
EXECUTIVE ED FITZGERALD SPOKE
00:01:02BEFORE THE OHIO TOWNSHIP
ASSOCIATION IN COLUMBUS THIS
00:01:05WEEK - THE SAME DAY THAT
REPUBLICAN GOV. JOHN KASICH WENT
00:01:12TO CLEVELAND TO SPEAK AT THE
CUYAHOGA COUNTY REPUBLICAN DAY
00:01:16DINNER.
AND THE TWO ARE ALREADY
00:01:17DISAGREEING ABOUT SOME BIG
ISSUES -- FOR INSTANCE, K-12
00:01:19PUBLIC EDUCATION.
KASICH SPOKE BEFORE THE OHIO
00:01:25NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION LAST WEEK,
AND SAID SOMETHING FAIRLY NEW
00:01:27AND MORE THAN A LITTLE VAGUE.
HE SAID DEREGULATION WORKS FOR
00:01:28BUSINESS, SO MAYBE IT WILL WORK
FOR K-12 EDUCATION.
00:01:34>> I HAVE TALKED TO GET ROSS
ABOUT THE NEED TO BRING ABOUT
00:01:38SOME DEREGULATION.
WE HAVE DEREGULATION
00:01:46DEREGULATION TO FIGURE OUT HOW
WE CAN BRING MORE COMMON SENSE
00:01:51TO THE RULES AND MORE TRUST TO
PEOPLE WHO ARE IN OUR LOCAL
00:01:55COMMUNITIES RUNNING OUR SCHOOLS.
>> THOUGH KASICH DIDN'T
00:02:01ELABORATE, FITZGERALD SAID IN AN
INTERVIEW THIS WEEK THAT HE
00:02:02THINKS HE KNOWS WHAT'S KASICH'S
TALKING ABOUT.
00:02:06>> WHAT I THINK IS DISTURBING
ABOUT THAT IS NOT ONLY ARE MANY
00:02:11OF THEM FAILING OUR STUDENTS BUT
THERE IS A POLITICAL CONNECTION
00:02:14HERE.
MANY OF THE CEOS AND THE
00:02:18LEADERSHIP OF THOSE FOR-PROFIT
CHARTER SCHOOLS -- CHARTER
00:02:23COMPANIES --
>> FITZGERALD SAYS THE WAY TO
00:02:26IMPROVE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS TO
MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE
00:02:29FINANCIAL RESOURCES THEY NEED.
KASICH DID SAY HE WANTS CHARTERS
00:02:32THAT DON'T SERVE STUDENTS TO BE
SHUT DOWN, BUT ALSO SAID THOSE
00:02:34WHO BLAST POOR-PERFORMING
CHARTER SCHOOLS SHOULD ALSO BE
00:02:37PREPARED TO CRITICIZE FAILING
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
00:02:42SPEAKING OF SCHOOLS AND THE
STATE SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT,
00:02:44DICK ROSS IS GIVING SCHOOLS AN
EXTRA WEEK TO ADMINISTER
00:02:46REQUIRED STATE ACHIEVEMENT TESTS
TO THIRD THROUGH EIGHTH-GRADERS
00:02:51DUE TO THE EFFECTS OF SEVERE
WINTER WEATHER THAT HAS DELAYED
00:02:54AND CANCELED CLASSES.
ROSS SAID THAT THE TESTING
00:02:59WINDOW WILL BE EXPANDED FROM
THREE WEEKS TO FOUR WEEKS,
00:03:01RUNNING FROM APRIL 21 TO MAY 16.
MANY DISTRICTS ARE SCRAMBLING TO
00:03:09KEEP PACE WITH CLASSROOM TOPICS
THAT STUDENTS FACE ON THE OHIO
00:03:10ACHIEVEMENT TESTS STARTING IN
APRIL.
00:03:14THREE BIG BILLS THAT WE'VE BEEN
FOLLOWING ON THIS SHOW ARE
00:03:17LIKELY TO COME TO THE HOUSE
FLOOR NEXT WEEK.
00:03:18ONE IS THE PLAN TO LET SCHOOLS
TAKE UP TO FOUR ADDITIONAL DAYS
00:03:19OFF THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE
SEASON'S EXTREME WEATHER.
00:03:26A VOTE ON THE BILL TO ADD SOME
MORE CALAMITY DAYS TO THE SCHOOL
00:03:28CALENDAR THIS YEAR WAS SCHEDULED
BUT PUT OFF FOR A WEEK SO
00:03:30LAWMAKERS COULD CONTINUE TO WORK
ON THE NUMBER OF DAYS IN THE
00:03:32PROPOSAL AND REVIEW ITS COSTS.
AND TWO BILLS RELATED TO VOTING
00:03:36ARE LIKELY TO COME UP WITH HOUSE
MEMBERS AS WELL -- THE MEASURE
00:03:42THAT WOULD SHORTEN THE EARLY
VOTING PERIOD BY A WEEK AND THE
00:03:45ONE THAT WOULD ALLOW ONLY THE
SECRETARY OF STATE TO SEND OUT
00:03:47UNSOLICITED ABSENTEE BALLOT
APPLICATIONS WERE APPROVED BY A
00:03:50HOUSE COMMITTEE THIS WEEK.
THE EARLY VOTING BILL WOULD ALSO
00:03:54ELIMINATE THE SO-CALLED "GOLDEN
WEEK", WHEN VOTERS CAN REGISTER
00:03:57AND CAST BALLOTS ON THE SAME
DAY.
00:04:01ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES ARE A
FAIRLY NEW ITEM ON THE MARKET.
00:04:03THEY LOOK LIKE CIGARETTES, AND
USE A HEATING ELEMENT AND A
00:04:07LIQUID SOLUTION INSIDE TO
SIMULATE SMOKING, WHILE
00:04:10PRODUCING VAPOR INSTEAD OF SMOKE
WITH NO ASH.
00:04:13THESE E-CIGARETTES ARE GROWING
IN POPULARITY AMONG SMOKERS WHO
00:04:20WANT AN OPTION WHEN MORE AND
MORE PLACES ARE GOING
00:04:22SMOKE-FREE, AMONG SMOKERS WHO
ARE TRYING TO QUIT, AND AMONG
00:04:23PEOPLE WHO APPARENTLY THINK
E-CIGARETTES ARE COOL.
00:04:27RESEARCH SHOWS THAT LAST
CATEGORY INCLUDES GROWING
00:04:30NUMBERS OF MIDDLE AND HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS, WHO MAY BE
00:04:32UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT
E-CIGARETTES HAVE NO RISKS, WHEN
00:04:36IN REALITY MOST OF THE TIME THE
LIQUID INSIDE THEM CONTAINS
00:04:43NICOTINE, JUST LIKE REAL
CIGARETTES, SO ADDICTION IS
00:04:45CERTAINLY A STRONG POSSIBILITY.
BUT E-CIGARETTES ARE SO NEW
00:04:47THERE ARE FEW REGULATIONS ON
THEIR SALE AND USE.
00:04:51THERE'S A BILL THAT'S WORKING
ITS WAY THROUGH THE OHIO
00:04:54LEGISLATURE THAT ATTEMPTS TO PUT
SOME RULES ON E-CIGARETTES.
00:04:57THE MEASURE WOULD PROHIBIT
CHILDREN FROM BUYING OR
00:04:59ACCEPTING ALTERNATIVE NICOTINE
PRODUCTS, WHICH INCLUDES
00:05:06E-CIGARETTES.
AND AS SEN. JOHN EKLUND SAID IN
00:05:09THE DEBATE ON THE SENATE FLOOR,
IT WOULD STOP TEENS FROM
00:05:11THE IT WOULD STOP TEENS FROM
EXPERIMENTING WITH E-CIGARETTES
00:05:12AND DRUGS.
MEMO WE ARE SEEING AROUND OHIO
00:05:17AND ALARMING TREND.
THERE ARE THOSE WHO HAVE STILL
00:05:21AVAILABLE -- HAVE DEVELOPED WAYS
TO USE THESE DEVICES TO LIQUID
00:05:28ICE AND VAPORIZE OTHER MORE
DANGEROUS DRUGS.
00:05:29HIS CREATES A PATHWAY FOR THE
USE OF SUCH DRUGS BY OUR MOST
00:05:35VULNERABLE CITIZENS AND YET
ANOTHER OBSTACLE TO LAW
00:05:37ENFORCEMENT TO STOP IT.
>> THE BILL PASSED THE SENATE
00:05:38UNANIMOUSLY, AFTER PASSING IN
THE HOUSE IN NOVEMBER WITH 25
00:05:41"NO" VOTES.
CRITICS OF THE MEASURE IT
00:05:43DOESN'T GO FAR ENOUGH.
THEY SAY THEY AGREE THAT
00:05:46E-CIGARETTES SHOULDN'T BE SOLD
TO ANYONE UNDER 18.
00:05:49BUT THEY'RE CONCERNED THAT THE
BILL, WHICH WAS SUPPORTED BY THE
00:05:53TOBACCO INDUSTRY, CLASSIFIES
E-CIGARETTES INTO A CATEGORY
00:05:55THAT WOULD HELP THEM AVOID THE
HIGHER TAXES THAT ARE IMPOSED ON
00:05:59REAL CIGARETTES.
HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE ISSUE IS
00:06:02REPUBLICAN REP. STEPHANIE KUNZE
OF HILLIARD IN SUBURBAN
00:06:05COLUMBUS, SHE'S THE SPONSOR OF
THE E-CIGARETTES BILL.
00:06:08AND ALSO HERE IS DEMOCRATIC REP.
NICKIE ANTONIO OF LAKEWOOD IN
00:06:12SUBURBAN CLEVELAND, SHE SPOKE
OUT AGAINST THE BILL WHEN IT WAS
00:06:14ON THE HOUSE FLOOR.
LET ME START WITH YOU ARE
00:06:21PRESENTED OF TUNES HE, WHY
SHOULDN'T THESE EC RATS BE
00:06:24LABELED -- WITH YOU
REPRESENTATIVE KUNZE, WHY
00:06:28SHOULDN'T THESE
E-CIGARETTES BE LABELLED?
00:06:35>> IT DOESN'T CONTAIN THE
ADDITIVES A TRADITIONAL
00:06:41CIGARETTE DOES CONTAIN.
IT DOES CONTAIN NICOTINE AND
00:06:43THAT IS THE ADDICTIVE COMPONENT
WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP OUT OF THE
00:06:47HANDS OF CHILDREN.
THE STUDIES ON E CIGARETTES ARE
00:06:50VERY NEW.
THERE ARE NOT A LOT OUT THERE
00:06:52YET.
WE ARE WAITING TO SEE WHAT SOME
00:06:59OF THE STUDIES ARE GOING TO SHOW
AS FAR AS HARM.
00:07:01I THINK TRADITIONAL TOBACCO HAS
BEEN PROVEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN
00:07:07TO BE HARMFUL IN MANY WAYS.
UNTIL THE STUDIES COME OUT ON
00:07:12ALTERNATIVE NICOTINE PRODUCTS, I
THINK IT IS PREMATURE TO LUMP
00:07:19THEM INTO A CATEGORY WE HAVE
YEARS AND YEARS OF HISTORY ON.
00:07:22>> IT DOESN'T DEAL WITH E
CIGARETTES, DEALS WITH THE LAW.
00:07:31>> BECAUSE THESE PRODUCTS ARE
NEW AND JUST COMING ON THE
00:07:40MARKET THEY ARE NOT INCLUDED IN
THE CODE.
00:07:41THE NICOTINE PORTION OF THESE
PRODUCTS IS ADDICTIVE.
00:07:47THAT IS THE ONLY PURPOSE OF THE
BILL.
00:07:52>> THERE REALLY ISN'T A WHOLE
LOT OF REGULATION ON THESE
00:08:01THINGS.
SOME OF THESE CIGARETTES HAVE
00:08:04FLAVORINGS IN THEM SUCH AS HOT
CANDY AND BUBBLEGUM.
00:08:07WHY NOT DO THIS FOR -- DO THIS
FIRST?
00:08:12WHY NOT MAKE SURE KIDS CAN'T GET
A HOLD OF THEM?
00:08:16THEM A I AM ALL FOR MAKING SURE
KIDS DON'T GET THESE CIGARETTES.
00:08:25THERE ARE FLAVORS THAT WOULD
SUGGEST THEY ARE INTENDED TO
00:08:32ENTICE YOUNGER PEOPLE AND GET
THEIR ATTENTION IF NOTHING ELSE.
00:08:33SO MANY PEOPLE ARE TRYING THESE
-- WE DO KNOW THEY HAVE NICOTINE
00:08:49IN THEM.
MY EDITION TO THIS BILL IS THAT
00:08:56IT CREATES A NEW CATEGORY FOR
THESE KINDS OF PRODUCTS.
00:09:01NOT ONLY DOES IT KEEP THEM OUT
OF THE SAFETY, THE HEALTH AND
00:09:06SAFETY REALMS, IT ALSO KEEPS IT
OUT OF A TAXABLE INCOME STREAM
00:09:14THAT WE MAY NEED LATER ON SHOULD
WE FIND DOWN THE ROAD.
00:09:16THEM AS REPRESENTATIVE -- >> AS
REPRESENTATIVE KUNZE HE POINTS
00:09:26OUT, THEY ARE RISKY, THEY ARE
DANGEROUS.
00:09:29WHY GO TO THAT LEVEL?
, -- >> IT IS TWO DIFFERENT
00:09:38SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT.
WHY NOT CALL THEM WHAT THEY ARE?
00:09:41THERE IS NICOTINE DERIVED FROM
TOBACCO AT THIS POINT.
00:09:48SHOULD WE FIND THAT THEY ARE NOT
HARMFUL, GIVE THEM A NEW
00:09:55CATEGORY.
MY QUESTION IS WHY MOVE SO
00:10:01QUICKLY NOW?
PART OF THE REASON I BELIEVE IS
00:10:04BECAUSE BIG TOBACCO IS THE
SPONSOR OF THIS BILL AND BILLS
00:10:07ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
>> THE THIRD LARGEST CIGARETTE
00:10:13MAKER IN THE COUNTRY IS ALSO A
BUYER OF ONE OF THE E CIGARETTE
00:10:18COMPANIES AND WAS HEAVILY
INVOLVED IN THIS BILL.
00:10:19THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY EVEN
SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT IT IS
00:10:26THE FOX WATCHING THE HEN HOUSE.
>> I ACTUALLY THINK OF YOU AS A
00:10:36-- ACTUALLY THINK OF IT AS A
GOOD THING.
00:10:38THEY ARE CLEANING ALL THESE
KINDS OF PRODUCTS.
00:10:40BY PROVIDING A BROAD DEFINITION
OF WHAT THEY ARE WORKING ON, I
00:10:48THINK THAT IS A SMARTER WAY OF
ADDRESSING THIS IN THE CODE SO
00:10:53WE ARE NOT CONTINUOUSLY GOING
BACK TO THE CODE AND ADDING THE
00:10:57PRODUCTS THEY ARE COMING OUT
WITH.
00:10:58NICOTINE CAN BE DERIVED FROM
OTHER PRODUCTS, NOT ONLY
00:11:04TOBACCO.
THERE IS A GREEN COMPANY DOING
00:11:09SOME CIGARETTE -- SUNG E
CIGARETTE PRODUCTION.
00:11:13IT WOULD NOT EVEN CAPTURE THOSE
PRODUCTS.
00:11:29THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN
HELPFUL TO WORK WITH, NOT JUST
00:11:36WITH ONE E CIGARETTE OR TOBACCO
COMPANY BUT THE INDUSTRY AS A
00:11:42WHOLE.
THEY HAVE CHANGED THEIR POSITION
00:11:51MIDWAY THROUGH THE TESTIMONY.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS BILL
00:11:55SINCE LAST MARCH.
I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT TO GET
00:11:59THESE OUT OF THE HANDS OF
CHILDREN THE USAGE HAD DOUBLED
00:12:05AMONGST YOUNG PEOPLE.
THE LONGER WE TAKE TO DEBATE
00:12:10THESE TAXATION ISSUES AND OTHER
ISSUES -- THEY ARE NOT PART OF
00:12:14WHAT I AM TRYING TO DO IN THE
LEGISLATION.
00:12:15CREATING A NEW CATEGORY CREATES
OUR PROHIBITS THE INDUSTRY AND
00:12:26THE HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS TO TAX
THEM AT ANY LEVEL.
00:12:35WE DON'T KNOW HOW HARMFUL THEY
ARE.
00:12:37WHAT IF THERE IS A CHEMICAL IN
THERE THAT IS MORE HARMFUL THAN
00:12:42A CIGARETTE?
WE SETTLE ON ONLY TAXING THEM
00:12:47THE RATE AT A TRADITIONAL
CIGARETTE.
00:12:48IT IS IMPORTANT TO REALIZE WE
CAN STILL HAVE THAT OPTION EVEN
00:12:53WITH THE NEW DEFINITION.
>> I WANT TO ASK ABOUT THE E
00:12:59CIGARETTES BEING USED BY PEOPLE
TRYING TO QUIT.
00:13:04THIS COULD BE A BENEFICIAL
THING.
00:13:05IT COULD BE ARGUED THAT COULD BE
A BENEFIT.
00:13:07WHY NOT KEEP THE TAXES LOWER
SINCE THESE ARE DIFFERENT
00:13:13PRODUCTS THAN ACTUAL CIGARETTES
AND THEY ARE USED TO HELP PEOPLE
00:13:16THAT WANT TO GET AWAY FROM
CIGARETTES?
00:13:17>> WE CAN ARRIVE AT THE END
RESULT, KEEPING THEM OUT OF THE
00:13:24HANDS OF CHILDREN, KEEPING
PEOPLE HEALTHY OR BY
00:13:26CATEGORIZING THEM AS A TOBACCO
PRODUCT. AS FAR AS THE TAXATION
00:13:33GOES, THAT IS A SECONDARY.
IN ALL THE TESTIMONY, THERE IS
00:13:41NO CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE THAT THEY
CAN BE CATEGORIZED AS A SMOKING
00:13:46CESSATION AID.
I KNOW PEOPLE ARE USING THEM AS
00:13:51SUCH BUT THE EVIDENCE IS
INCONCLUSIVE ON WHETHER OR NOT
00:13:53THAT ADDICTION CONTINUES.
AS ROOKIES PRESENTED KUNZE HE
00:13:58SAYS, WE COULD FIND DOWN THAT
THEY ARE MORE HARMFUL THAN LESS.
00:14:01WE DON'T KNOW.
BECAUSE OF THE SPECIAL CATEGORY
00:14:10THEY ARE FALLING OUTSIDE OF THE
INDOOR CLEAN AIR ACT.
00:14:12PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SEEN SMOKING
THESE THINGS ON PLANES, INSIDE
00:14:22SCHOOLS, AND FRANKLY WE DID NOT
KNOW WHAT WE KNOW NOW ABOUT THE
00:14:34HARMFUL EFFECTS OF SECONDHAND
SMOKE YEARS AND YEARS AGO.
00:14:36WE DO NOW.
WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT
00:14:42WHETHER THERE ARE HARMFUL
EFFECTS OR NOT OF THIS INDOOR
00:14:43PAPER AND WHETHER THE PERSON
USING THE ITEM OR PEOPLE AROUND
00:14:50IT, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO CHANGE
SO MANY RULES AND SO MANY LAWS
00:14:57IF WE WOULD HAVE JUST BEEN ABLE
TO PUT THEM UNDER THIS CATEGORY
00:14:59THAT ALREADY EXISTS.
>> THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT TO
00:15:06BRING THESE E CIGARETTES INTO AN
INDOOR SMOKING BAN.
00:15:07WHY NOT PROHIBIT THE USE OF E
CIGARETTES INDOORS?
00:15:13>> >> I WOULD LIKE THE STUDIES
TO COME FROM THE F DA.
00:15:23-- LIKE TO SEE STUDIES COME FROM
THE FDA.
00:15:27THE VOTERS HAVE VOTED TO BAN THE
CIGARETTES FROM INDOOR PLACES.
00:15:40I WOULD RECOMMEND IF SOMEONE IS
INTERESTED IN PURSUING THAT
00:15:54LEGISLATION, THERE'S NOTHING
THAT PROHIBITS THEM FROM DOING
00:15:55SO.
>> LAST YEAR OHIO GOT A D FOR
00:16:04ITS CIGARETTE TAX.
BUT IT GOT AN A FOR ITS INDOOR
00:16:08SMOKING BAN.
THIS IDEA OF TAXES -- THERE IS
00:16:15SOME STUDIES THAT SHOW THAT
HIGHER CIGARETTE TAXES HELP
00:16:19PEOPLE STOP SMOKING.
WOULD YOU BE SUPPORTIVE OF GOING
00:16:21TO THAT LEVEL GOING FORWARD?
>> DEPENDING ON WHAT THE STUDIES
00:16:24SHOW.
I THINK WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL
00:16:29ABOUT TAXING SOMETHING.
THEY SOMEWHAT THE STUDIES WOULD
00:16:36SHOW, IF THEY ARE MORE HARMFUL
INFLUENCE -- HARMFUL IT WOULD
00:16:44MAKE SENSE.
THEM AND THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE
00:16:50CIGARETTE MAKER, DOES THAT HAVE
ANY PLACE HERE AS FAR AS YOU'RE
00:16:52CONCERNED?
>> AS A MOTHER OF TWO TEENAGE
00:16:59DAUGHTERS, I THINK THAT THE
INDUSTRY THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A
00:17:07GREAT PIECE OF LEGISLATION FOR A
MOM TO CARRY, WHO CARES ABOUT
00:17:12KIDS.
WHEN THIS BILL WAS BROUGHT TO ME
00:17:18IT HAD THE SUPPORT OF THESE
ORGANIZATIONS.
00:17:19I DON'T THINK IT HAS ANYTHING TO
DO WITH THE INDUSTRY AT THE
00:17:29TIME.
THE ORGANIZATIONS WERE
00:17:31SUPPORTIVE OF THE BILL.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE WAS TRYING
00:17:38TO AVOID TAXATION.
IT IS NOT GOING TO PROHIBIT
00:17:42TAXATION IF NECESSARY.
>> 4 -- VOTING FOR THE BILL IS
00:17:51SAYING WE AGREE THAT THESE
SHOULD NOT BE IN THE HANDS OF
00:17:53KIDS.
WHY NOT MOVE ON TO DIFFERENT
00:17:58TAXATION?
WHY NOT BUILD UPON THAT AND
00:18:01SUPPORTED FOR NOW?
, I THINK PART OF THE REASON WAS
00:18:04BECAUSE MY NO VOTE WAS A YES
VOTE IN SUPPORT OF THE AMERICAN
00:18:09CANCER SOCIETY WHO REALIZED
THERE WERE PROBLEMS.
00:18:21THEY EVEN OFFERED LANGUAGE FOR
AMENDMENTS AND HAD THE BILL ALSO
00:18:31INCLUDED GOING BACK TO THAT
UMBRELLA OF BEING UNDER TOBACCO
00:18:35PRODUCTS.
THESE PRODUCTS SHOULD BE OUT OF
00:18:43THE HANDS FOR MINORS.
I THINK IT IS INTERESTING THAT
00:18:47WE END UP DEBATING THIS EVEN
DOWN TO THE TAXATION ISSUE.
00:18:53ITEMS ARE PURCHASED LEST WHEN
THEY ARE MORE EXPENSIVE.
00:18:57MY HOPE IS PEOPLE WOULD STOP
SMOKING ALTOGETHER.
00:19:08WE ARE STILL TALKING ABOUT
CREATING PRODUCTS THAT WILL HELP
00:19:15YOU CONTINUE TO BE ADDICTED TO
NICOTINE.
00:19:21I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK
AT SOME OF THE MORE POSITIVE
00:19:28WAYS THAT WE CAN ENCOURAGE
CHILDREN TO FIND A HEALTHY
00:19:33LIFESTYLE.
>> WOULD YOU BE SUPPORTIVE OF A
00:19:38HIGHER TAX ON THESE?
, ABSOLUTELY.
00:19:39>> WE WILL FOLLOW THIS AS IT
GOES FORWARD.
00:19:42THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> ANOTHER BILL THAT'S WAS JUST
00:19:44INTRODUCED IN THE OHIO HOUSE IS
A MEASURE THAT SEEKS TO DEAL
00:19:46WITH THE SO-CALLED GENDER PAY
GAP - THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
00:19:48SALARIES THAT WORKING WOMEN PULL
IN COMPARED TO THEIR MALE
00:19:50COUNTERPARTS.
IT'S ESTIMATED THAT WOMEN EARN
00:19:57ABOUT 76.5 CENTS FOR EVERY
DOLLAR MEN EARN, AND MAKE ON
00:20:00AVERAGE 11,600 DOLLARS LESS WHEN
AVERAGE SALARIES ARE COMPARED.
00:20:05AND THE NUMBERS ARE EVEN WORSE
FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN, WHO
00:20:08MAKE 68 CENTS FOR EVERY DOLLAR
MEN MAKE, AND LATINA WOMEN, WHO
00:20:11BRING IN 57.5 CENTS FOR EACH
DOLLAR EARNED BY A MAN.
00:20:13THE US BUREAU OF LABOR
STATISTICS SAYS FOR 2012, THE
00:20:19MEDIAN WEEKLY EARNINGS FOR A
FULL TIME WORKING WOMAN WAS
00:20:22$691, COMPARED TO $854 FOR FULL
TIME WORKING MEN.
00:20:29THE EQUAL PAY ACT WAS FIRST
TALKED ABOUT BY DEMOCRATIC WOMEN
00:20:32STATE LAWMAKERS IN OCTOBER, BUT
WAS INTRODUCED LAST WEEK BY REP.
00:20:40CONNIE PILLICH OF CINCINNATI.
THE BILL WOULD BRING OHIO IN
00:20:42LINE WITH THE FEDERAL LILLY
LEDBETTER ACT, THE FIRST PIECE
00:20:44OF LEGISLATION SIGNED BY
PRESIDENT OBAMA.
00:20:46I TALKED WITH REP. PILLICH THIS
WEEK ABOUT WHY THE BILL IS
00:20:48NEEDED.
>> IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT IN
00:20:57ORDER TO HELP OHIO FAMILIES THAT
TRY TO REMOVE ALL THE OBSTACLES
00:21:01OF PEOPLE GETTING AHEAD, CLEARLY
AN EQUAL PAY ACT IS NEEDED.
00:21:03EVERYWHERE I GO IN OHIO I SEE
PEOPLE ARE WORKING TWICE AS
00:21:08HARD, SEEMED TO BE GETTING ONLY
HALF AS FAR, AND ONE MEN -- AND
00:21:14WHEN ONE MEMBER OF THE FAMILY IS
BEING SHORTCHANGED IT AFFECTS
00:21:18THE WHOLE FAMILY.
IT CHANGES WHETHER OR NOT THEY
00:21:20CAN THEY CAN REPAIR THE FURNACE.
IN OHIO WE NEED SOME EXTRA HELP.
00:21:29WELL WE DO HAVE SOME FEDERAL
LAWS, WE NEED SOME PEACE.
00:21:35THEY JUST DON'T GO FAR ENOUGH.
WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES WILL
00:21:46GIVE EMPLOYERS CONSISTENCY AND
PREDICTABILITY BETWEEN ALL OF
00:21:54THE DIFFERENT LAWS ON THE BOOKS.
>> YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WOMEN IN
00:21:59THE SAME POSITION AS MEN.
WE OFTEN HEAR OCCUPATIONAL
00:22:04CHOICE AS THE REASON FOR A
GENDER GAP.
00:22:05THERE ARE MANY PLACES -- WE ARE
STILL FINDING THERE IS A HUGE
00:22:24WAGE DISPARITY.
IT GIVES EVERYONE AN OPPORTUNITY
00:22:35-- THIS IS GOING TO MAKE THE
DIFFERENCE IN SO MANY FAMILIES.
00:22:37THEY ARE STRUGGLING AND THEY
CAN'T GET AHEAD.
00:22:41THEY DESERVE TO BE PAID BASED ON
THE QUALITY OF THEIR WORK.
00:22:46, PEOPLE SAY THE REASON MEN AND
WOMEN IN THE SAME POSITION --
00:22:56MEN TAKE FEWER BREAKS FROM THEIR
CAREERS BECAUSE OF WOMEN'S
00:23:01FAMILY OBLIGATION.
HOW DO YOU FIGHT THAT, THE IDEA
00:23:06THAT MEN SIMPLY WORK LONGER AND
MORE?, NOW WE HAVE REALLY GOOD
00:23:13DATA THAT SHOWS THERE ARE STILL
A WAGE GAP IN SPITE OF THOSE
00:23:18ARGUMENTS.
THE OTHER DAY THERE WAS AN
00:23:24ANALYSIS OF EARNINGS IN SILICON
VALLEY.
00:23:25SILICON VALLEY IN ALL PLACES OF
THE COUNTRY HAS A HIGHLY
00:23:31EDUCATED POPULATION.
THEY'RE ALL IN THE TECHNOLOGY
00:23:34PROFESSION.
THEY HAVE MASTERS AND PHD'S.
00:23:38EVEN IN THE SAME RECORD
INDUSTRY.
00:23:44IT IS THAT NARROW.
I LOVE THE IDEA PEOPLE WANT TO
00:23:52BLAME THIS ON CHOICE.
MOST MOTHERS WORK -- MOST
00:23:59MOTHERS WORK BECAUSE THEY WANT
THEIR FAMILIES TO MOVE FORWARD.
00:24:01FAMILIES DEPEND ON THAT A CHECK.
YOU DESERVE TO BE PAID BASED ON
00:24:11THE QUALITY OF YOUR WORK.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HOW HARD IT
00:24:21IS TO MOVE FORWARD RIGHT NOW,
WHEN PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING IN
00:24:23GETTING THEIR KIDS INTO THE
RIGHT SCHOOL, MAKING SURE THEIR
00:24:26KIDS HAVE THE RIGHT SCHOOLS --
RIGHT SKILLS, TITUS WENT THROUGH
00:24:34THAT WITH MY TEENAGER.
I KNOW HOW MUCH THAT COST.
00:24:35YOU NEED TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN
TO HELP OHIO FAMILIES MOVE
00:24:39FORWARD.
>> YOU HEAR OFTEN THAT THE FREE
00:24:42MARKET WILL WORK THESE THINGS
OUT.
00:24:42THIS IS WHAT IS NEEDED TO HAPPEN
RATHER THAN MANDATES OR
00:24:52LEGISLATIONS THAT FORCE A
CERTAIN THINGS ON EMPLOYERS.
00:24:53>> I LOVE THAT PHRASE, LET THE
FREE MARKET TO WHAT IT IS WORTH.
00:24:57MY MOM WOULD TAKE US TO THE
BEACH, WE WOULD GO DOWN THE PATH
00:25:07TO THE BEACH, AND WE WOULD SEE
THAT LAKE ERIE WAS ORANGE.
00:25:11THAT IS WHAT THE FREE MARKET DID
TO MAKE ERIE.
00:25:15SOMETIMES THE FREE MARKET HAS TO
HELP A LITTLE BIT.
00:25:19OF ALL PLACES ON THIS PLANET, A
FAIR SHOT AT THE AMERICAN DREAM
00:25:24SHOULD BE IN THE UNITED STATES,
INCLUDING OHIO.
00:25:26>> IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT
PILLICH IS RUNNING FOR TREASURER
00:25:33AGAINST REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT
JOSH MANDEL.
00:25:34I ASKED HER ABOUT RUNNING
AGAINST MANDEL, WHO RAN A
00:25:36DISASTROUS CAMPAIGN AGAINST
DEMOCRATIC US SENATOR JOSH
00:25:38MANDEL IN 2012 BUT IS STILL
LAUDED FOR HIS FUNDRAISING
00:25:39PROWESS.
PILLICH SAYS THIS ISN'T HER
00:25:41FIRST TOUGH RACE, AND NOTES THAT
SHE'S RUN IN A STRONGLY
00:25:43REPUBLICAN AREA THREE TIMES AND
WON, AND SHE SAYS THOUGH
00:25:46SOUTHWEST OHIO IS A REPUBLICAN
STRONGHOLD, IN 2012 MANDEL LOST
00:25:52IN HAMILTON COUNTY, WHERE HER
DISTRICT IS LOCATED.
00:25:55AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK.
FOR MY COLLEAGUES AT OHIO PUBLIC
00:25:59RADIO AND TELEVISION, THANKS FOR
WATCHING.
00:26:01IF YOU'D LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS,
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00:26:13AND YOU CAN FOLLOW JO INGLES,
ANDY CHOW AND ME ON TWITTER.
00:26:15AND PLEASE JOIN US AGAIN NEXT
TIME FOR "THE STATE OF OHIO".
00:26:21>> SUPPORT FOR THE STATEWIDE
BROKE -- STATEWIDE BROADCAST OF
00:26:25THE STATE OF OHIO COMES FROM A
-- HELPING BUSINESS IS AN
00:26:31INDIVIDUAL SOLVE CONFLICT LEGAL
PROBLEMS ACROSS OHIO AND AROUND
00:26:33THE WORLD.
AND FROM THE OHIO EDUCATION
00:26:36ASSOCIATION, REPRESENTING 121
THOUSAND TEACHERS, SUPPORT
00:26:40PROFESSIONALS, AND HIGHER
EDUCATION FAMILY -- EDUCATION
00:26:41FACULTY.
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