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>> A WEEK AGO, THE SENATE WAS UP
00:00:33WAY LATE WORKING ON A HISTORIC
REDISTRICTING DEAL, AFTER
00:00:36SPENDING MOST OF THE WEEK ON THE
EDGE OF APPROVAL AND FAILURE.
00:00:45TODAY, THE REPUBLICAN AND
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS OF THE SENATE
00:00:46SIT DOWN TO TALK ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENED IN THAT DEAL AND TO
00:00:48FORECAST FORWARD TO THE NEXT
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
00:00:51ALL THIS WEEK IN "THE STATE OF
OHIO."
00:01:00?
THE FINAL WEEK OF ACTION FOR THE
00:01:03OHIO SENATE WAS ACTIVE INDEED.
THE SESSION ENDED AFTER ONE OF
00:01:06THE LATEST NIGHTS - OR EARLIEST
MORNINGS - IN A LONG WHILE, WITH
00:01:10A FINAL VOTE ON A RESOLUTION
MAKING CHANGES IN THE
00:01:15REDISTRICTING PROCESS COMING
JUST AFTER 4:00 A.M.
00:01:17WHILE THAT DEAL WAS HISTORIC,
THERE WERE OTHER BIG BILLS THAT
00:01:22PASSED, SUCH AS A TWO-YEAR
FREEZE ON THE GREEN ENERGY
00:01:24STANDARDS THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE
A FEW YEARS AGO AND A BUDGET
00:01:29UPDATE BILL THAT INCLUDED
PERSONAL AND SMALL BUSINESS TAX
00:01:32CUTS AS WELL AS BREAKS FOR
LOW-INCOME TAXPAYERS.
00:01:36BUT THERE WERE OTHER MEASURES
THAT DIDN'T PASS - POSSIBLY MOST
00:01:39NOTABLY THE SO-CALLED HEARTBEAT
BILL.
00:01:45HERE TO LOOK BACK AND TO LOOK
AHEAD ARE THE LEADERS OF THE
00:01:48OHIO SENATE, WHO REMAIN THE SAME
AS THEY WERE LAST YEAR WHEN WE
00:01:50DID THIS.
PRESIDENT KEITH FABER IS A
00:01:51REPUBLICAN FROM CELINA, AND IS
IN HIS SECOND AND LAST TERM IN
00:01:53THE SENATE.
MINORITY LEADER JOE SCHIAVONI IS
00:01:56A DEMOCRAT FROM YOUNGSTOWN AND
WAS JUST RE-ELECTED TO HIS
00:01:58SECOND FULL TERM IN THE SENATE
AFTER RUNNING UNOPPOSED.
00:02:07THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I APPRECIATE IT.
00:02:08THE MOST RECENT ACTION, THIS
DEAL THAT CHANGES THE WAY
00:02:13DISTRICTS ARE DRAWN.
WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY CERTAIN
00:02:20AND FALLING APART.
WHAT FINALLY BROUGHT EVERYBODY
00:02:24TOGETHER AND MAKE WHAT EVERYBODY
ACKNOWLEDGES IS A HISTORIC DEAL?
00:02:28>> THERE ARE UPS AND DOWNS IN
EVERY NEGOTIATION.
00:02:33I HAVE SEEN A VICTORY SNATCHED
FROM THE JAWS OF VICTORY.
00:02:39WE WERE ABLE TO GET THIS DONE IN
PART BECAUSE LEADER SCHIAVONI
00:02:45WERE ABLE TO SIT IN A ROOM AND
FOCUS ON WHERE THE ISSUES WERE
00:02:50AND KEEP OUR EYE ON THE BALL AS
TO WHAT WAS IMPORTANT AND WHAT
00:02:53WAS POSTURING.
AND BEING ABLE TO SEPARATE
00:02:57ISSUES, NEEDS, AND WANTS FROM
EACH OTHER WAS ABLE TO GET THE
00:03:01JOB DONE AND BY SITTING DOWN IN
GOOD FAITH, WE GOT THE JOB DONE.
00:03:02>> THE FINAL NEGOTIATION SESSION
STARTED AT 9:00 A.M. AND ENDED
00:03:09AT 4:00 A.M.
17 HOURS AND IT REALLY WAS, WITH
00:03:14DIFFERENT MEMBERS, AND THERE
WERE SOME UPS AND DOWNS AND
00:03:19POINTS WE DID NOT THINK WE WILL
GET IT DONE.
00:03:20WE WANTED TO PROVE TO THE STATE
WE CAN GET THE JOB DONE AND WHEN
00:03:30WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS
GOING TO BENEFIT ALL OF OHIO, WE
00:03:35NEED THIS.
PEOPLE NEED TO FEEL LIKE THEIR
00:03:37VOTE COUNTS.
WITH THE LOW VOTER TURNOUT WE
00:03:39HAD, WHEN WE SEE THIS, THIS MAY
LEAD TO MORE COMPETITIVE
00:03:45DISTRICTS.
I WAS GLAD TO WORK WITH SENATOR
00:03:49FABER ON THIS.
>> THE PROCESS PROBABLY WOULD
00:03:56NOT CHANGE THE EXISTING MAPS.
SO WHAT IS IN IT FOR DEMOCRATS?
00:04:01>> VOTERS CAN MAKE THE DECISION.
IT WILL NOT START UNTIL 2021.
00:04:07IF IT IS PASSED, IT ENCOURAGES
WORKING TOGETHER AND PUTTING A
00:04:14FAIR MAP ACROSS.
IF IT DOESN'T, EVERY FOUR YEARS
00:04:19YOU HAVE TO CHECK.
YOU HAVE TO COME BACK AND YOU
00:04:22HAVE TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.
THERE IS ALSO FAIRNESS CRITERIA
00:04:27THAT ALLOWS THE COURTS DO SET
THE PARAMETERS FOR WHAT MAPS ARE
00:04:29THROWN OUT.
AND AT THE SAME TIME MULTIPLE
00:04:35REDRAWS IF THERE IS NOT
AGREEMENT BY THE MINORITY PARTY.
00:04:37YOU'VE GOT TO THINK ABOUT IT.
IT IS IMPORTANT, THE THREE
00:04:42STATES ARE KEY AND THE SHIFT,
WHETHER REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT.
00:04:43>> ELECTIONS MATTER.
WE HAVE SEEN THAT IN OHIO OVER
00:04:50AGAIN.
WHETHER STATEWIDE OR FEDERAL,
00:04:54THEY MAKE A DIFFERENCE AS TO HOW
YOU LOOK AT OHIO.
00:04:56THIS PLAN INCORPORATES THAT.
YOU LOOK OVER 10 YEARS AND ALL
00:05:04OF THE ELECTIONS, YOU GET A
CHANCE TO HAVE A SAMPLE OF WHERE
00:05:09OHIO IS.
THE MAPS WILL REFLECT THAT.
00:05:10THE OTHER ISSUE IS A CREATES
SOME STANDARDS AS TO HOW YOU
00:05:16DRAW THE MAPS.
YOU CAN KEEP THE COURTS OUT OF
00:05:19IT.
MOST PEOPLE BELIEVE MAPS SHOULD
00:05:23NOT BE DRAWN BY JUDGES.
FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, IT
00:05:27CREATES A PROCESS TO DO A
BIPARTISAN THAT OF MAPS.
00:05:30WHILE I DON'T THINK THEY ARE
THAT GREAT, BUT 80% OF THE
00:05:39MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
SIGNED OFF ON THE MAPS, WHICH
00:05:42ARE MUCH WORSE THAN THE
LEGISLATIVE MAPS AS TO WHAT THEY
00:05:46DO.
THE GOAL IS TO GET BIPARTISAN
00:05:50BUY-IN AND THEN YOU CAN
ELIMINATE THE EXTREMES.
00:05:52>> I HAD A CONVERSATION WHILE
THIS NEGOTIATION WAS GOING ON AT
00:06:02OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY.
HE IS A FORMER SENATOR AND HE
00:06:06SAID A LOT OF WHAT WAS GOING ON
MAY BE RELATED TO OTHER THINGS
00:06:09OTHER ILLS AND ISSUES AND IT WAS
CAUSING SOME PROBLEMS, AS
00:06:15HAPPENS.
LET ME ASK ABOUT THAT.
00:06:17>> I DON'T THINK THERE WAS
ANYTHING EXTREME.
00:06:22IT WAS ABOUT MAKING SURE THE
PROCESS WAS DONE RIGHT.
00:06:27NO OFFENSE TO MY FRIENDS IN THE
HOUSE.
00:06:28THERE WERE THINGS WE HAD TO FIX.
SOME OF THOSE CHANGES WE AGREED
00:06:36TO RAPIDLY.
WE SAID WE HOPE WE GET THIS
00:06:37RIGHT.
THE DANGER WE HAD, WE ONLY HAD
00:06:44ONE NO VOTE.
HE DID NOT FEEL LIKE HE HAD
00:06:47ENOUGH TIME TO MAKE SURE WE
AVOID UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
00:06:52WHEN WE ASK THE VOTERS TO CHANGE
THE CONSTITUTION, THAT IS A BIG
00:06:55DEAL.
I BELIEVE THIS WILL BE GOOD
00:06:58GOVERNMENT.
THIS SHOULD BE A PACKAGE OF
00:07:03RESOLUTIONS.
ULTIMATELY MOVING THIS FORWARD
00:07:06WAS SO BIG AND I WOULD SAY
TRANSFORMATIONAL.
00:07:09WE DID NOT WANT OTHERS THINKS TO
GET IN THE WAY.
00:07:11WE DID NOT SAY WE WILL DO THIS
FOR YOU.
00:07:15THAT WAS NOT PART OF THE
NEGOTIATION.
00:07:16>> PRESIDENT FABER AND I WILL
HAVE OUR FIGHTS AND
00:07:24DISAGREEMENT.
WE HAVE THEM ALL THE TIME.
00:07:25IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION, WE
WERE HONESTLY TRYING TO PUT A
00:07:32GOOD-FAITH EFFORT FORWARD ON ALL
ANGLES BECAUSE IT WAS IMPORTANT
00:07:35FOR VOTERS AND SO THERE WAS NO
SIDE ISSUES OR BICKERING.
00:07:43WE WERE TRYING TO GET THE JOB
DONE.
00:07:44>> SOME OTHER BILLS, ONE ISSUE
THAT CAME UP AT THE VERY END WAS
00:07:51THE ATTEMPT TO MOVE THE
HEARTBEAT BILL IN THE HOUSE.
00:07:55YOU IDENTIFY AS PRO-LIFE BUT YOU
MADE IT CLEAR YOU DID NOT WANT
00:07:58TO SEE THE BILL COME TO THE
SENATE.
00:07:59>> I HAVE A GREAT RECORD ON
THAT.
00:08:04I WILL DEFEND MY RECORD.
THE BILL HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS.
00:08:06THE BIGGEST IS THAT IT SHOWS AN
ARBITRARY POINT.
00:08:11THE ADVOCATES TALKED ABOUT NOT
REGULATING ABORTION.
00:08:15THEY PICKED A POINT.
THE HEART BEAT AS THE POINT.
00:08:21THE SUPREME COURT HAS SAID THAT
IS NOT THE POINT.
00:08:23AND BECAUSE OF THAT, IT HAS BEEN
RULED INVALID BY EVERY COURT.
00:08:27WHAT HAPPENED IS THEY HAVE
STRUCK DOWN THE ENTIRE BILL.
00:08:31THERE ARE THINGS IN THE BILL
THAT OUR LAW IN OHIO.
00:08:35MY CONCERN WAS YOU'RE GOING
BACKWARDS.
00:08:42YOU'RE GOING BACKWARDS ON THINGS
THAT ARE ALREADY IN LAW AND
00:08:45SAVING BABIES.
THE ONLY THING I COULD FIGURE
00:08:48OUT WAS THIS ABOUT PERSONAL
AGENDA MORE THAN ABOUT THE
00:08:51ISSUE.
THAT ALWAYS TROUBLES ME, WHEN
00:08:55YOU LET YOUR PERSONAL AGENDA GET
IN THE WAY, YOU ARE NOT DOING
00:08:58GOOD GOVERNMENT.
YOU SAW THAT IN THE VOTE IN THE
00:09:02HOUSE.
I WAS CONCERNED THE VOTES WERE
00:09:07NOT THERE.
IT FAILED UNDER ITS OWN WEIGHT.
00:09:09CERTAINLY WE DID NOT HAVE THE
VOTES IN THE SENATE.
00:09:11>> I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST
TIME THE MAJORITY PARTY PUTS UP
00:09:17A BILL AND IT DOES NOT PASS.
THERE IS OBVIOUSLY MORE TO IT
00:09:22THAN JUST THE ISSUE AT HAND.
IT IS NOT FOR US TO LOOK AT.
00:09:30WE WILL DEAL WITH IT WHEN IT
COMES.
00:09:31>> ONE BILL YOU DECLINE TO LOOK
AT WAS THE AGRICULTURAL BILL
00:09:36THAT WOULD HAVE DEALT WITH
ISSUES REGARDING WHAT HAPPENED
00:09:39IN TOLEDO WITH THE WATER SUPPLY.
THERE WAS A LOT IN THIS BILL AND
00:09:44THERE WERE A LOT OF CONCERNS BY
LAWMAKERS THERE WAS TOO MUCH TO
00:09:46HANDLE IN ALL OF THE STUFF THAT
WAS GOING ON.
00:09:51EXPLAIN WHY YOU SAID WE ARE DONE
WITH THIS.
00:09:52>> WE DID NOT DECLINE TO LOOK AT
IT.
00:09:55WE SPENT AS MUCH TIME AS WE
COULD AND FIGURED THERE WERE TOO
00:10:01MANY MOVING PARTS.
THE HOUSE SPENT EIGHT MONTHS
00:10:02WORKING ON THE BILL AND ADDED A
BUNCH OF TOPICS.
00:10:05AFTER EIGHT OR NINE DAYS, I HAD
A MEETING WITH OUR CHAIRMAN AND
00:10:12ED TELL ME THE ISSUES WE ARE
GOING TO DRIVE ON THIS.
00:10:16AND HE SAID THERE ARE TOO MANY
MOVING PARTS.
00:10:21INSTEAD OF TRYING TO PICK AND
CHOOSE, THE CONCLUSION WAS,
00:10:27LET'S NOT DO RUSHED GOVERNMENT
AND I SAID IS THERE ANYTHING
00:10:31THAT HAS TO BE DONE BY JANUARY
1?
00:10:32EVERYTHING WOULD BE TRANSFERRED.
FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, WE SAID
00:10:38WE CAN WORK WITH THIS AND GET
THE JOB DONE RIGHT INSTEAD OF
00:10:43GETTING THE JOB DONE RUSHED.
>> WAS THE PRESSURE TO GET IT
00:10:46DONE BECAUSE OF TOLEDO AND THOSE
MEMORIES ARE FRESH IN A LOT OF
00:10:51PEOPLE'S MINDS?
>> THERE WAS OTHER PRESSURE AS
00:10:54WELL.
THERE WAS OIL AND GAS PENALTIES.
00:10:56PENALTIES FOR ILLEGAL DUMPING OF
WASTE.
00:11:03THAT WAS IN THERE.
THERE WAS ALSO ISSUES OF LAST
00:11:10RESORT FOR TELEPHONES.
>> THE ONE GOVERNOR KASICH SAID
00:11:15HE WOULD DETAIL.
>> MEMORIAL TO THE STORY IS THAT
00:11:20ALL OF THOSE THINGS NEEDED TO BE
DEALT WITH A LOAN BECAUSE THEY
00:11:23ARE LARGE.
YOU CAN'T COMBINE ALL OF THOSE
00:11:25THINGS BECAUSE THERE ARE TOO
MANY MOVING PARTS AND TO MANY
00:11:30DIFFERING OPINIONS AND YOU NEED
TO MAKE SURE IT THE COMMITTEE
00:11:32PROCESS.
>> TO ME, IT WAS AN ISSUE OF
00:11:37TIMING.
I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU CAN DO ANY
00:11:39ONE OF THOSE ISSUES IN EIGHT OR
NINE DAYS.
00:11:40AS HARD AS PEOPLE WORKED ON
THIS, THIS WAS ANOTHER AREA OF
00:11:45BIPARTISANSHIP.
I'M PROUD OF THE NUMBER, 90%.
00:11:5190% OF THE BILLS WERE
BIPARTISAN.
00:11:53THAT IS A GOOD TRACK RECORD.
IT MIGHT BE AN ALL-TIME HIGH.
00:11:56I THINK THAT WE DID IT, AS A
TRIBUTE TO LEADERSHIP SCHIAVONI
00:12:06AND TO THE MEMBERS WHO WORKED
HARD TO GET THE JOB DONE.
00:12:08THAT IS A TRIBUTE, TALKING ABOUT
490.
00:12:11I DON'T THINK MANY PEOPLE
THOUGHT LET'S JUMP OVER THE
00:12:16HURDLE AND GET IT DONE.
AND ALL THE TOLEDO STUFF, THAT
00:12:21IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO WATCH.
THERE WAS NOT ANYTHING THAT
00:12:23WOULD HAVE SAID THIS WILL KEEP
THAT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.
00:12:26CERTAINLY THIS IS A MULTIFACETED
PROBLEM.
00:12:32WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT ALGAE
BLOOMS, YOU NEED TO HAVE A
00:12:37LONG-TERM PLAN TO CORRECT THE
SITUATION.
00:12:38AND THE TOLEDO PROBLEM, WHICH
WAS ABOUT ALL OF THE LONG-TERM
00:12:44ISSUES, YOU HAD THE DRAW 2 AND
THEY DID NOT HAVE THE PROBLEM.
00:12:52ALL OF THOSE THINGS WERE PART OF
THE PROBLEM.
00:12:53I'M NOT SAYING IT WAS THE ONLY
PROBLEM.
00:12:55IT IS A MULTIFACETED PROBLEM.
>> ONE OTHER ISSUE A LOT OF
00:13:00CRITICS SAID WAS RUSHED THROUGH
WAS THIS IDEA OF LIFTING THE BAN
00:13:05ON THE USE OF FIREWORKS AND EVEN
IN AIDING THE LIARS LIE.
00:13:11-- HUMAN AIDING -- ELIMINATING
THE LIAR'S LIE.
00:13:17>> I THOUGHT IT WAS OVERDUE.
EVERYBODY SAYS THEY ARE GOING TO
00:13:24DO IT AND THEY NEVER DO.
THESE KIND OF LAWS ARE
00:13:28ANTIQUATED AND YOU NEED TO TAKE
CARE OF THEM AND MAKE SURE WE
00:13:30MAKE IT SAFE AND LEGALIZING IT
IS A WAY TO GO.
00:13:35>> THERE ARE PLENTY OF EXAMPLES
ALL AROUND OHIO ON THE FOURTH OF
00:13:41JULY OR NEW YEAR'S EVE WHEN
PEOPLE ARE READILY VIOLATING
00:13:49THIS PROVISION.
WHEN YOU HAVE A LAW THAT IS MORE
00:13:50FOLLOWED IN VIOLATION, YOU HAVE
A PROBLEM.
00:13:53THE THING THAT SOLD ME WAS THE
FACT FIREWORKS UTILIZATION HAS
00:13:57GONE UP AND INJURIES HAVE GONE
DOWN.
00:14:00LARGELY BECAUSE THE INDUSTRY HAS
STANDARDIZED THE QUALITY.
00:14:04I HAD A MEMBER WILLING TO
DEMONSTRATE FIRECRACKERS ARE
00:14:09SAFE.
YOU CAN EXPLODE WHEN IN YOUR
00:14:13HAND AND IT DOES NOT DAMAGE THE
SKIN.
00:14:14I SAID THAT WOULD BE ILLEGAL.
AND SO MY POINT IS THE SAFETY
00:14:25STANDARDS HAVE CHANGED.
AND THAT CONSISTENCY ON THE
00:14:27LEVEL WE APPROVE IS IMPORTANT
BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT HAVING STICKS
00:14:34OF DYNAMITE AND ALL OF THAT.
THE SAFETY ISSUE WE DEALT WITH
00:14:36WHEN I WAS A KID GROWING UP AND
YOU WOULD HAVE A BOTTLE ROCKET
00:14:42WARS, CERTAINLY EDUCATION TAKES
CARE OF THAT.
00:14:43I GO BACK TO THE CONCEPT THAT
ANYTHING YOU DO, IF IT IS USED,
00:14:48CAN BE UNSAFE.
IT IS INCUMBENT ON PARENTS IF
00:14:50THE LAW IS SIGNED, AND I THINK
IT WILL BE, I THINK IT IS
00:14:56PARENTS TO MAKE SURE THEY
MONITOR THEIR CHILDREN.
00:15:01SPARKLERS.
ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS THINGS
00:15:02YOU HAVE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE TALK
00:15:06ABOUT SAFETY EDUCATION AND MAKE
SURE WE FOCUS ON THAT.
00:15:09THE FACT UTILIZATION ACROSS THE
COUNTRY HAS GONE UP AND INJURIES
00:15:11HAVE GONE DOWN TELLS YOU THIS IS
NOT THE UNSAFE FIREWORKS 15
00:15:17YEARS AGO AND ASKING OHIOANS TO
SIGN AN AFFIDAVIT, TELLS YOU
00:15:24THERE IS A PROBLEM.
>> SOME SAY WHAT YOU DID IN
00:15:27CHANGING THE CONCEAL-CARRY
WEAPON AND ALLOW SILENCERS TO BE
00:15:34USED IN HUNTING --
>> SUPPRESSORS.
00:15:37NOT SILENCERS.
>> SOME PEOPLE SAY THEY ARE
00:15:41CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
>> FIRST OF ALL, WE WENT TO THE
00:15:47GROUPS THAT DO THE TRAINING AND
MOST OF THEM SAID, INSTRUCTORS
00:15:52WHO THINK PEOPLE NEED MORE
TRAINING WILL REQUIRE IT.
00:15:53YOU HAVE TO AGREE BEFORE YOU SET
PEOPLE THROUGH WITH A
00:16:00CERTIFICATE, THEY HAVE TO BE
COMPETENT.
00:16:01EVERYBODY SAYS WE WILL GIVE THEM
MORE.
00:16:03THE KEY WAS THAT RANGE TRAINING
TO MAKE SURE YOU GET SOMEBODY
00:16:08ONTO A RANGE TO MAKE SURE THEY
ARE DOING IT SAFELY.
00:16:11MOST OF THE TRAINING COMPONENT
IS LAWS, REGULATIONS, AND OTHER
00:16:16THINKS.
IT IS NOT NECESSARILY TARGETED
00:16:21HOW YOU CARRY YOUR FIREARM.
THAT IS THE RANGE TRAINING.
00:16:23SO THAT, AND JOE, YOU VOTED FOR
THAT BILL AS WELL.
00:16:32>> NO.
>> NOT BIPARTISAN.
00:16:35THE REALITY FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE
IS THIS WAS A GOOD UPDATE TO
00:16:41MAKE US MORE CONSISTENT AND
ALLOW THAT PROCESS TO GO.
00:16:44ON THE PURSE -- ON THE
SUPPRESSORS SIDE, TO GET ONE,
00:16:50YOU ARE REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH A
FEDERAL FIREARMS BACKGROUND
00:16:54CHECK AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT,
JUST LIKE FOR AN AUTOMATIC
00:17:01WEAPON.
NOT EVERYBODY IS GOING TO GET
00:17:03ONE.
YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT
00:17:04PROCESS.
WE ARE SAYING IF YOU HAVE ONE
00:17:08AND YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH THE
ENHANCED REQUIREMENTS TO GET 20,
00:17:12YOU CAN USE THAT IN OHIO UNDER
CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
00:17:16>> SENATOR SCHIAVONI, WHY DID
YOU VOTE AGAINST IT?
00:17:22>> IT IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO CARRY A
00:17:31FIREARM, YOU SHOULD BE PROPERLY
TRAINED.
00:17:33I'M NOT SO CONCERNED WITH THE 12
DAYS.
00:17:35MY CONCERN IS THE RECIPROCITY
PIECE OF IT.
00:17:40IF SOMEBODY FROM ARIZONA, YOU
JUST HAVE TO SIGN A PIECE OF
00:17:43PAPER.
WE ARE GOING TO NOW HONOR THEIR
00:17:49TRAINING.
THERE IS NO TRAINING.
00:17:53WE SHOULD HAVE THE PROPER
TRAINING.
00:17:55WE SHOULD MAKE SURE IF WE'RE
GOING TO ALLOW OHIOANS TO CARRY
00:18:00GUNS, THEY ARE TRAINED.
JUST SAYING WE ARE GOING TO
00:18:02GRANT AGREEMENTS, THAT IS
SOMETHING I'M CONCERNED WITH.
00:18:06THAT WAS AN ISSUE WE NEED TO
DEAL WITH.
00:18:08I ASKED ABOUT THAT ON THE FLOOR
AND HE SAID WE NEED TO FURTHER
00:18:13LOOK INTO THAT ISSUE BECAUSE
WE'VE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF THAT.
00:18:15>> THAT IS ONLY FOR PEOPLE WHO
ARE TRANSIENT.
00:18:18OHIO RESIDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO
GET A CONCEAL AND CARRY PERMIT
00:18:27WITH TRAINING OR A SIMILAR
STATE.
00:18:29IF YOU HAVE A CONCEALED PERMIT
FROM OTHER PERMIT -- FROM OTHER
00:18:31STATES, AND IT IS THE SIMILAR
REQUIREMENTS OR CHECKS, ALL OF
00:18:39THAT IS ACCEPTABLE.
LOOK, IF YOU ARE AN OHIOANS, WE
00:18:44WANT YOU TO GET AN OHIO PERMIT.
THAT IS A MAJOR CHANGE.
00:18:46>> LOOKING AHEAD, WHAT DO YOU
SEE COMING INTO YOUR CHAMBER THE
00:18:52NEXT YEAR?
WHAT ARE YOUR PRIORITIES?
00:18:54SENATOR FABER, YOU HAVE A
MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE.
00:18:59WHAT IS IT GOING TO MEAN IN
TERMS OF THE BILLS COMING TO THE
00:19:05SENATE?
>> LOOK, OUR PRIORITIES, WE ARE
00:19:11GOING TO CAUCUS AFTER THE FIRST
OF THE YEAR.
00:19:12I SEE THAT BEING FOCUSED ON
EDUCATION.
00:19:17WE THINK IN THE SENATE IN HIS
TIME TO GO BACK TO THE BASICS
00:19:22AND ALLOW LOCAL DISTRICTS TO RUN
THEIR SCHOOLS.
00:19:24I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS IDEA OF
CENTRALIZED PLANNING CAME FROM.
00:19:28I WOULD ARGUE THERE IS RAIN
LITTLE RECORD THAT IT HAS BEEN
00:19:35SUCCESSFUL.
WHY DO WE SAY HE SEEMED TO BE
00:19:40EDUCATING KIDS FINE.
WHY ARE WE TELLING DO YOU HAVE
00:19:43TO JUMP THROUGH ALL OF THESE
WHO?
00:19:45IN THAT CAPACITY, WE ARE LOOKING
AT EDUCATION DEREGULATION.
00:19:50>> IS REPEAL COMMON CORE PART OF
THAT?
00:19:53>> WE'VE GOT WORKERS RIGHT NOW
OPERATING TO ASSESS COMMON CORE.
00:19:59WE HAVE IT IN READING AND IN
MATHEMATICS.
00:20:05THERE IS ALL KINDS OF LETTERS
AND STUFF THAT, CORE FLIES
00:20:10EVERYWHERE.
IT DOESN'T.
00:20:13NOWHERE ELSE CAN YOU APPLY
COMMON CORE WITHOUT LEGISLATURE.
00:20:16THAT IS NOT LIKELY TO HAPPEN
SOON.
00:20:17AS WE DO EDUCATION DEREGULATION,
WHY DON'T WE ALLOW SCHOOL BOARDS
00:20:24TO TALK ABOUT HOW THEY ARE GOING
TO GET THERE?
00:20:25IT IS ABOUT INCREASING
STANDARDS.
00:20:27WITH 40% OF KIDS, KIDS GOING TO
COLLEGE, 40% OF COLLEGE BOUND
00:20:37STUDENTS NEED REMEDIATION IN
ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS.
00:20:41SOME AND WE ARE DOING IS NOT
WORKING WELL.
00:20:43I'M NOT SURE COLUMBUS HAS
FIGURED OUT HOW TO SOLVE THAT
00:20:49PROBLEM.
I WOULD RATHER SAY TO SCHOOL
00:20:50DISTRICTS, YOU FIGURE OUT HOW TO
FIX IT.
00:20:52>> SENATOR SCHIAVONI, WITH THE
MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE POSSIBLY
00:20:59MAKING SOME INTERESTING BILLS
COMING FORWARD.
00:21:01AND YOU'VE GOT THE SENATE TO
THAT HAS NOT CHANGED.
00:21:08WHAT ARE YOUR PRIORITIES GOING
TO BE?
00:21:09>> I'M GLAD RESIDENT FABER SAID
WE WERE GOING TO DEAL WITH
00:21:18EDUCATION.
WE NEED TO DO THAT.
00:21:22I HAVE BEEN PRESSING THAT A FEW
YEARS NOW.
00:21:25OTHER MEMBERS OF MY CAUCUS AS
WELL.
00:21:27WE ARE FAILING THE STUDENTS IN A
LOT OF WAYS.
00:21:28SOME OF THE THINGS HE IS TALKING
ABOUT WE NEED TO DEAL WITH.
00:21:34WE ARE TAKING AWAY A LOT OF THE
CREATIVITY AWAY FROM OUR
00:21:38TEACHERS BECAUSE THEY ARE
WORRIED ABOUT THE REGIMEN OF
00:21:40TESTING.
DEALING WITH THESE CHARTER
00:21:43SCHOOLS IS SOMETHING THAT IS
IMPORTANT.
00:21:45EVERY DAY THAT PASSES, WE ARE
FAILING KIDS.
00:21:46EVERY DAY THERE IS NEW EXAMPLES
OF WHAT THE SCHOOLS ARE DOING,
00:21:53THE POOR PERFORMING ONES.
WE NEED TO KEEP THE
00:21:56HIGH-PERFORMING ONES INTACT AND
GET RID OF THE POOR PERFORMING
00:21:59SCHOOLS.
>> MY CHALLENGE IS I WANT TO
00:22:04DEAL WITH ALL LOW PERFORMING
SCHOOLS.
00:22:05AND I HOPE HE HAS THE SAME
CONCERN ABOUT THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
00:22:11BECAUSE FOR YEARS WE'VE HAD LOW
PERFORMING PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT
00:22:14DO NOT SEEM TO BE IMPROVING.
I THINK WE NEED A DIFFERENT
00:22:18PERSPECTIVE.
LET'S FIGURE OUT A BETTER WAY TO
00:22:24APPROACH IT.
THE OTHER AREA IS HIGHER
00:22:26EDUCATION.
I BET SENATOR SCHIAVONI WILL
00:22:30JOIN ME ON THE 5% CHALLENGE.
I'VE ASKED HIGHER EDUCATION TO
00:22:35REDUCE COST BY 5%.
IT IS TIME TO SAY HIGHER
00:22:39EDUCATION CAN'T CONTINUE TO
INCREASE FASTER THAN THE RATE OF
00:22:45INFLATION.
IT IS BECOMING UNAFFORDABLE.
00:22:46AS WE FOCUS ON THE NUMBER ONE
ISSUE, OPPORTUNITY, WHETHER IN
00:22:52EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, ACROSS
THE BOARD, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE
00:22:57HIGHER EDUCATION, THE
OPPORTUNITY FROM HIGHER
00:22:58EDUCATION IS NOT UNATTAINABLE.
>> AND YOU'VE GOT A UNIVERSITY
00:23:06YOU REPRESENT IN YOUR DISTRICT.
ARE YOU GOING ALONG WITH THAT?
00:23:08>> THE BIGGEST ISSUE WITH
EDUCATION IS MAKING SURE THE
00:23:12FOLKS FROM THE SCHOOLS ARE IN
THE CONVERSATION.
00:23:16WE NEED TO HAVE TEACHERS DOWN
HERE.
00:23:20WE NEED TO HAVE PRESIDENTS OF
UNIVERSITIES.
00:23:26WE CAN'T JUST DRIVE LEGISLATION.
IT NEEDS TO BE THEIR IDEAS.
00:23:27WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THOSE IDEAS
ARE CONSIDERED.
00:23:32SO I WILL TALK TO THE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNIVERSITY AND THE FOLKS
00:23:38IN THIS ARENA AND WE WILL MOVE
FORWARD.
00:23:39I WANT TO MAKE SURE ON CHARTER
SCHOOLS, THE DIFFERENCE IS THEY
00:23:44ARE MAKING MONEY OFF OF KIDS.
YES, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WE NEED TO
00:23:48DEAL WITH THEM.
WE ARE TRYING TO WORK ON THAT
00:23:53EVERY DAY.
OF COURSE I WANT TO DEAL WITH
00:23:56PUBLIC AND CHARTER SCHOOL
ISSUES.
00:23:57THE CHARTER SCHOOL ISSUE IS
GOING DOWN THE WRONG PATH.
00:23:59>> DO YOU SEE THE SENATE AS A
POSSIBLE BACKSTOP TO
00:24:05CONTROVERSIAL BILLS?
LIKE HEARTBEAT, RIGHT TO WORK?
00:24:09WE MIGHT HAVE A PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE WHO MIGHT NOT WANT TO
00:24:15SEE THESE BILLS.
IS THE SENATE GOING TO BE A
00:24:17BACKSTOP FOR THESE?
>> THE SENATE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A
00:24:21DELIBERATE BODY.
SOME PEOPLE CALL US THE UPPER
00:24:27CHAMBER.
THE REALITY IS OUR MEMBERS ARE
00:24:30HERE FOR LONGER.
THAT SEASONED APPROACH TENDS TO
00:24:33PRODUCE A BETTER PRODUCT.
I USED TO SAY IN THE HOUSE WE
00:24:40WOULD PAST PERFECTLY GOOD BILLS
THE SENATE WOULD KILL.
00:24:41NOW IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE
IMPETUOUS NATURE OF THE HOUSE BE
00:24:47TEMPERED BY DELIBERATIVE
PROCESS.
00:24:50IT IS ALL ABOUT PERSPECTIVE.
I'M SURE WE WILL CONTINUE TO
00:24:56GOVERN AND MOST OF THE THINGS WE
WORK ON OUR BIPARTISAN AND THAT
00:25:01IS SOMETHING I APPRECIATE
WORKING WITH THE JOE AND HIS
00:25:03MEMBERS ON.
FINDING WAYS TO FIND AGREEMENT.
00:25:06SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO CHANGE WHAT
COMES FROM THE HOUSE.
00:25:08OR WHAT WE ARE SENDING.
>> FINAL WORD.
00:25:13>> I DON'T GET INVOLVED IN THE
HOUSE AND SENATE STAFF.
00:25:18WE'VE GOT BIGGER FISH TO FRY.
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT INDIVIDUAL
00:25:22BILLS.
THAT IS WHAT WE TRY TO DO IN OUR
00:25:26CAUCUS.
>> ARE YOU CONCERNED YOU WILL
00:25:32SEE CONTROVERSIAL LEGISLATION
GIVEN THE STRONG REPUBLICAN
00:25:34MAJORITY?
>> NOTHING SURPRISES ME.
00:25:35BEING IN THE MINORITY, YOU HAVE
TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE ON YOUR
00:25:41TOES AND READY FOR ANY AND ALL
THAT COME YOUR WAY.
00:25:45THAT IS WHAT WE TRIED TO DO.
WE TRY TO WORK HARD AND GET THE
00:25:48JOB DONE.
WE WILL CONTINUE THAT THIS YEAR.
00:25:51>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
00:25:55HAPPY NEW YEAR.
AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK.
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