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>> IN A FEW DAYS, THE OHIO
00:00:50GENERAL ASSEMBLY GETS UNDERWAY.
THE MINORITY LEADER IS HERE TO
00:00:57TALK ABOUT THE YEAR THAT WAS IN
THE YEAR THAT WILL BE.
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>> LAWMAKERS TOOK ON BIG ISSUES.
00:01:14TO TALK ABOUT WHAT GOT DONE AND
WHAT MAY LIE AHEAD NEXT YEAR,
00:01:20YES WITH POLICE TO WELCOME TOM
NIHAUS AND HER BUSINESS OF
00:01:35KERNING.
I WANT TO LOOK BACK ON THE
00:01:38GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
WHAT WAS THE MOST -- IMPORTANT
00:01:44PIECE OF LEGISLATION?
>> THERE WERE PROBABLY TWO.
00:01:50ONE THAT WE OPENED WITH AND ONE
THAT WE ALMOST CLOSE WITH.
00:01:54THE FIRST WOULD BE THE
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ISSUE,
00:01:57SENATE BILL 5.
THE SECOND WAS THE PASSAGE OF
00:02:03THE PENSION REFORM LEGISLATION.
THOSE TWO BOOK IN DID THE 129TH
00:02:11GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
>> HOW ABOUT YOU?
00:02:13>> I WOULD AGREE WITH PRESIDENT
NIHAUS THAT THE PENSION BILLS
00:02:25WERE THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES.
HE SET THE PARAMETERS AROUND
00:02:31WHICH WE WITH THE WORK DONE.
IT WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF
00:02:34BIPARTISANSHIP AND ASKING FOR
THE INPUT AND EXPERTISE OF THE
00:02:41PENSION FUND MANAGERS AND FROM
THE LOS WHO ARE IMPACTED BY THE
00:02:47PENSION FUND.
IT WAS A GREAT PIECE OF
00:02:52LEGISLATION AND WILL BENEFIT
OHIOANS WELL INTO THE FUTURE.
00:02:57>> I AM WONDERING IF THERE IS
ANY PIECE OF LEGISLATION YOU
00:03:05WISH YOU COULD HAVE GOTTEN TO,
YOU WISH COULD HAVE BEEN ON THE
00:03:08FLOOR OR COULD HAVE GOTTEN
THROUGH THE HOUSE.
00:03:10>> THE ONE THAT COMES TO MIND
WOULD BE THE ETHICS REFORM.
00:03:16THERE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TIME TO
KICK IT THROUGH THE SENATOR FOR
00:03:20THE HOUSE TO GET IT OVER TO
THEM.
00:03:22I THINK IT IS TIME WE STEP BACK
AND TAKE A LOOK OF THE ETHICS
00:03:27REGULATIONS IN THE STATE OF
OHIO.
00:03:29I AM HOPEFUL THAT THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY WILL HAVE THAT COME UP
00:03:35EARLY IN THE SESSION.
>> IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD
00:03:40LIKE TO TAKE UP RIGHT AWAY?
>> THERE ARE TWO THINGS I WOULD
00:03:46LIKE TO SAY.
PRESIDENT NIEHAUS BROUGHT UP AN
00:03:52IMPORTANT ISSUE.
THE ETHICS LAWS IN OHIO HAVE TO
00:03:57BE REFORMED.
THE ATTRACTIVE THING ABOUT THAT
00:04:00BILL WAS THAT IN BORROW THE BEST
IDEAS FROM THE LEFT, FROM THE
00:04:06MIDDLE, AND FROM THE RIGHT
POLITICAL -- POLITICALLY,
00:04:11THROUGH THEM ALL TOGETHER AND
WAS A COMPREHENSIVE JOBS BILL
00:04:14THAT ADDRESSED MANY CONCERNS
THAT WE ARE HEARING FROM
00:04:18CITIZENS OF OHIO ABOUT TRAINING
AND GETTING READY FOR NEW JOB
00:04:22OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR STATE AND
ALSO HELPING SOME OF THE URBAN
00:04:28CORE REBOUNDS.
THAT BILL WAS MY GREATEST
00:04:31REGRETS HOPEFULLY IF NOT THE
WHOLE THING, PARTS OF IT CAN BE
00:04:36ADOPTED IN THE NEXT GENERAL
ASSEMBLY.
00:04:38>> I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK BACK ON
THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
00:04:42ONE BILL THAT COMES TO LOTS OF
PEOPLE'S MINES WAS THE HEARTBEAT
00:04:49BILL.
I WANT TO FIND OUT A LITTLE MORE
00:04:52ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.
PRESIDENT NIEHAUS, YOU WILL BE
00:05:03KNOWN AS THE PERSON WHO STOP TO
THE HEART BEAT BILL.
00:05:05WHY WOULDN'T YOU WANT IT TO GO
TO A VOTE?
00:05:07>> I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT
IT WAS MY DECISION NOT TO MOVE
00:05:14THE HEARTBEAT BILL.
WORKING WITH PROPONENTS OF THAT
00:05:18LEGISLATION EARLY ON, IT WAS
CLEAR THAT BOTH SIDES AGREE THAT
00:05:22THE BILL WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL AS
WRITTEN.
00:05:24THE ARGUMENT WAS NEVER ABOUT
SAVING BABIES.
00:05:27ARGUMENT WAS ABOUT WHICH THE
BILL WE COULD GET BEFORE THE
00:05:31SUPREME COURT.
IT WAS MY DECISION NOT TO MOVE
00:05:36THE BILL FORWARD WHEN WE CAME
BACK BECAUSE IT IS LIKELY THAT
00:05:40IF THAT BILL WERE TO PASS AND GO
TO THE SUPREME COURT, DEPENDING
00:05:43ON WHO IS SITTING ON THAT
SUPREME COURT -- IT IS
00:05:48REASONABLE TO EXPECT PRESIDENT
OBAMA TO HAVE SEVERAL
00:05:51APPOINTMENTS OVER THE NEXT THREE
OR FOUR YEARS -- THAT THE COURTS
00:05:56MAY NOT BE RECEPTIVE TO
CHANGING THE ROE V. WADE RULING.
00:05:59IT COULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE
RIGHT TO LIFE MOVEMENT.
00:06:04>> SHOULD LAWMAKERS BE IN A
POSITION OF PASSING BILLS THAT
00:06:10THEY KNOW ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL?
>> THAT IS A VALID POINT.
00:06:14I DO NOT KNOW IF I HAVE NEVER
PASSED A BILL THAT WAS
00:06:20UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
WE TAKE AN OATH TO UPHOLD THE
00:06:26CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF
OHIO AND THE UNITED STATES.
00:06:29>> THE LEADERSHIP OF THE
INCOMING GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS
00:06:33LIKELY TO BE AT LEAST
CONSERVATIVE -- AS CONSERVATIVE
00:06:38AS THE ENDING 1.
THERE ARE FOLKS ON YOUR SIDE YOU
00:06:40WANT TO FIGHT THE HARD BE BUILT.
HOW WILL YOU DO THAT IF YOU ARE
00:06:46THE MINORITY -- HARD TO BEAT
BILL -- HEARTBEAT BILL.
00:06:54HOW WILL YOU DO THAT IF YOU ARE
AN ADULT -- THE MINORITY.
00:07:01>> THE WAY THE HEARTBEAT BILL IS
CURRENTLY WRITTEN IS
00:07:10CONSTITUTIONAL --
UNCONSTITUTIONAL IN MY VIEW.
00:07:12WE CAN FIGHT IT BY GOING TO THE
PUBLIC, APPEALING TO OUR
00:07:16SENATORS' SENSE OF THEIR
UNDERSTANDING OF THE
00:07:22CONSTITUTION AND OUR PURPOSE
HERE AND ALSO ACHIEVE CERTAIN
00:07:26REASONABLE GOALS.
THOSE WOULD BE THE MAIN
00:07:31STRATEGIES THAT WE WOULD USE TO
ADDRESS THAT.
00:07:34>> 1 SENATOR HAD PUT FORTH A
BILL THAT WOULD REQUIRE
00:07:41INSURANCE COMPANIES TO GET
CERTAIN AFFIDAVITS FOR COVERAGE
00:07:44OF DRUGS RELATED TO ERECTILE
DYSFUNCTION.
00:07:47>> I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT
CONCEPT.
00:07:50>> THESE KINDS OF ISSUES AND
PUSH THAT BILLS -- WOULD WE
00:07:58EXPECT MORE OF THAT --
PINCHBACK -- PUSH BACK BILLS --
00:08:07CAN WE EXPECT MORE OF THAT?
>> EACH GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS
00:08:12UNIQUE.
SHE WILL RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF
00:08:16HER DISTRICT AS SHE SEES FIT.
IN TERMS OF A STRATEGY FOR OUR
00:08:20CAUCUS, WE WILL PLAY IT PRETTY
STRAIGHT AND THE DIRECT AND
00:08:24FORTHRIGHT IN TERMS OF OUR
APPROACH.
00:08:26IF THERE IS A BILL WE BELIEVE IS
FUNDAMENTALLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL,
00:08:31WE WILL SAY THAT.
IF WE BELIEVE IT OF BRIDGES THE
00:08:35RIGHTS OF WOMEN TO CHOOSE, WE
WILL SAY THAT.
00:08:37OUR VIEW IS WE SHOULD HAVE AN
OPEN AND HONEST DEBATE AS A
00:08:42SOCIETY AND WITHIN THE WALLS OF
THE OHIO SENATE.
00:08:44>> I ALSO WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT
THE INTERNET CAFE LEGISLATION.
00:08:50PRESIDENT NIEHAUS, YOU WILL NOT
BE BACK NEXT TIME, BUT WILL
00:09:01THESE BILLS NEED TO BE REGULATED
NEXT TIME?
00:09:04>> IT IS A DISAPPOINTMENT WE DID
NOT GET THIS DONE LAST TIME.
00:09:08THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH TIME TO VET
THE ISSUE THOROUGHLY.
00:09:12BY THE TIME WE SAW THE
LEGISLATION THAT CAME OVER FROM
00:09:16THE HOUSE, WE NEEDED TIME TO
MAKE SURE THERE WERE NO
00:09:20UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
THERE IS NOT QUITE AN EVEN
00:09:22SPLIT.
THE SPLIT AMONG MEMBERS WHO
00:09:25BELIEVE THEY SHOULD BE BANNED
PERSONS THOSE MEMBERS WHO
00:09:29BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE OUTLAWED.
THE MORE I RESEARCH THESE
00:09:33INTERNET CAFES, IT IS CLEAR TO
ME THERE ARE PROBLEMS THAT NEED
00:09:36TO BE ADDRESSED.
>> IS THERE A SPLIT IN THE
00:09:39MINORITY CAUCUS WHERE PEOPLE
WANT TO SEE AND BANDS AND OTHERS
00:09:44WANT TO SEE IT REGULATED --
BANNED AND THOSE WHO WANT TO SEE
00:09:50IT REGULATED?
>> THERE ARE A LOT OF UNINTENDED
00:09:53CONSEQUENCES.
THERE IS ONE SENATOR WHO HAS A
00:09:59BILL THAT WOULD REGULATE THEM.
BY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE
00:10:04ATTORNEY GENERAL LIKE TO THAT
BILL.
00:10:05THERE MAY BE THINGS THAT COULD
BE IMPROVED IN THAT BILL.
00:10:07MAYBE THAT IS A STARTING POINT
FOR SOME DISCUSSION.
00:10:10THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE IN MY
CAUCUS THAT WANT TO SEE A BAND
00:10:15OF INTERNET CAFES ALTOGETHER.
WE NEED TO WORK THROUGH THE --
00:10:18BAN OF INTERNET CAFES
ALTOGETHER.
00:10:23WE NEED TO WORK THROUGH THAT.
>> UTILITY WILL BE SPONSORS OF
00:10:27THE PENSION RESPONSE -- -- YOU
TWO WHERE THE -- YOU TWO WITH
00:10:36THE SPONSORS OF THE PENSION
REFORM BILL.
00:10:39IS THERE CONCERN THAT YOU ARE
NOT BEING HEARD, THAT YOUR IDEAS
00:10:42ARE NOT BEING CONSIDERED AND
YOUR BILLS DO NOT GO FORWARD
00:10:48WHEN THEY ARE SPONSORED BY
REPUBLICANS?
00:10:50>> WE ARE IN THE MINORITY.
THE BEST WAY TO FIX THAT IS TO
00:10:55GET MORE SEATS.
>> WITH THE MAPS DRAWN THE WAY
00:11:00THEY ARE, HOW DO YOU MAKE THAT
HAPPEN?
00:11:03>> WE ARE BIG GIRLS AND BIG
BOYS.
00:11:07WE CAN FIND OUT A WAY TO GET
AROUND THAT.
00:11:10>> LET ME ASK YOU, PRESIDENT
NIEHAUS, THERE IS TALK ABOUT
00:11:15HAVING BUY IN FROM EVERYBODY.
IT SEEMS THAT MINORITY DEMOCRATS
00:11:23ARE THE MINORITY AND THEY DO NOT
GET HURT AS MUCH.
00:11:25>> I HOPE THERE ARE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO BE
00:11:29HEARD IN COMMITTEE AND FOUR
RANKING MEMBERS TO MAKE THEIR
00:11:33VOICES HEARD.
WE DID TRY TO ENCOURAGE MEMBERS
00:11:35TO JOINTLY SPONSOR BILLS FOR
MEMBERS OF THE MAJORITY AND THE
00:11:39MINORITY.
WE TRY TO BE RESPECTFUL OF THAT
00:11:43PROCESS OF RECOGNIZING THAT ALL
33 MEMBERS ARE HERE REPRESENTING
00:11:47THE CONSTITUENCY.
WE COULD DO A BETTER JOB.
00:11:50I AM PLEASED WITH THE EFFORTS WE
MADE TO MAKE SURE WE INCLUDE AS
00:11:54MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE IN THAT
PROCESS.
00:11:56>> BY PARTISANSHIP DID HAPPEN ON
THE PENSION REFORM BILL, THE
00:12:01HUMAN TRAFFICKING BELL.
THERE WAS ALSO A BILL TO HELP
00:12:06EX-FELONS FIND A JOB.
THERE WAS MORE PARTISANSHIP THAN
00:12:14PEOPLE LOOKING FROM THE OUTSIDE.
>> WHEN THERE IS ALL THE TALK OF
00:12:19A THISTLE CLASS A AND LACK OF
COOPERATION IN WASHINGTON, -- OF
00:12:24A FISCAL CLIFF AND A LACK OF
COOPERATION IN WASHINGTON, ALL
00:12:29OF THAT REFLECTS ON US.
MANY BILLS THAT CAME OUT OF THE
00:12:32SENATE WERE BIPARTISAN.
80% OF THE BILLS PASSED ON OF
00:12:37THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WERE
BIPARTISAN.
00:12:40I LIKE TO LOOK AND BILLS LIKE
THE PENSION REFORM.
00:12:42ANOTHER EXAMPLE WAS HOUSE BILL
555, THE EDUCATION BILL.
00:12:48SENATOR SAWYER WORK CLOSELY WITH
SENATORS MANNER AND MANNING.
00:13:00THE RESULT WAS A BETTER PRODUCT
AND WHAT CAME OUT OF THE HOUSE.
00:13:06>> THE STATISTICS THAT PRESIDENT
NIEHAUS HAS CITED, I DO NOT
00:13:16AGREE WITH -- I DO NOT DISAGREE
WITH.
00:13:19THE MAJORITY OF BILLS ARE PASSED
ON A BIPARTISAN BASIS.
00:13:24THERE IS A HARD DATE --
HEARTBEAT BILL THAT WAS
00:13:32DIFFERENT.
OUR CAUCUS TRIES TO TAKE A
00:13:35REASONABLE APPROACH TO EACH
PIECE OF LEGISLATION REGARDLESS
00:13:38OF WHO THE AUTHOR MAY BE.
WE TRY TO OFFER IDEAS THAT
00:13:43SOMETIMES ARE ACCEPTED BY THE
MAJORITY AND SOMETIMES THEY ARE
00:13:46NOT.
THAT IS HOW THE POLITICAL
00:13:49PROCESS HAS WORKED IN MY SEVEN
YEARS HERE.
00:13:51>> I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU
ABOUT THE REDISTRICTING BILL
00:13:55THAT CAME THAT NEVER MADE IT TO
THE HOUSE.
00:13:58SOME SKEPTICS MIGHT SAY THIS WAS
A GESTURE AND IT CAME OUT
00:14:03BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE FRUSTRATED
WITH THE WHOLE ISSUE.
00:14:05A LOT OF FOLKS ON BOTH SIDES
WERE SAYING THAT THE WITH THE
00:14:11MAPS WERE DRAWN IS NOT THE WAY
WE SHOULD BE DOING IT IN OHIO.
00:14:14IF YOU WANTED TO CHANGE THE WAY
THE MAPS ARE DRAWN, HE COULD
00:14:18HAVE DONE THIS EARLIER.
YOU COULD HAVE FAST TRACK IT.
00:14:22>> WE HAD A PROPOSAL ON THE
TABLE FROM TWO MEMBERS OF THE
00:14:27MAJORITY AND TWO MEMBERS OF THE
MINORITY.
00:14:30WE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THOSE
BILLS.
00:14:33WITH ANY PIECE OF LEGISLATION,
YOU HAVE TO HAVE SUPPORT FROM
00:14:36ENOUGH MEMBERS TO PASS IT AS
WELL AS YOUR COLLEAGUES IN THE
00:14:39HOUSE.
THERE WERE A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS.
00:14:43THE REDISTRICTING BILL ALMOST
DID NOT HAPPEN AT ALL.
00:14:45UP UNTIL THE FINAL DAYS THAT
BILL PASSED, THERE WAS AN
00:14:50INTENSE EFFORT TO KILL THAT BILL
FROM PEOPLE WHO DID NOT WANT TO
00:14:55SEE THE SENATE PASSED THIS
MEASURE THAT WAS A STATEMENT
00:14:58THAT SAID -- WE SAID DURING THE
ISSUE TO DEBATE THAT WE NEEDED
00:15:06TO HAVE A PUBLIC DEBATE.
WE PLANTED A FLAG AND SAID, HERE
00:15:13IS AN IDEAL WE WANT TO TALK
ABOUT.
00:15:15IT IS NOT THE FINAL PRODUCT.
IT IS THE BEGINNING PRODUCT.
00:15:19IT WAS BIPARTISAN.
I EXPECT THAT IS WHAT THE
00:15:23GENERAL ASSEMBLY WILL DISCUSS AT
THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR.
00:15:28>> MY OPINION IS THAT IT IS A
STARTING POINT.
00:15:32IT IS SOMETHING TO BEGIN
DISCUSSION ABOUT REDISTRICTING
00:15:36PLANS AND WHAT WE CAN DO IN THE
STATE OF OHIO WITH RESPECT TO
00:15:41VOTING ISSUES.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE NEXT
00:15:45GENERAL ASSEMBLY, I AM NOT SURE
ABOUT.
00:15:48I DO NOT FEEL PARTICULARLY
OPTIMISTIC AS I SIT HERE RIGHT
00:15:52NOW THAT SOMETHING MEANINGFUL
WILL HAPPEN.
00:15:55THE SENATE HAS WORKED TOGETHER
TO PRODUCE A PLAN.
00:15:59IT PASSED LAST WEEK 32-1.
THERE WAS A MAJORITY OF PEOPLE
00:16:11WHO WANT TO WORK TOGETHER TO
FIND A SOLUTION.
00:16:14PERHAPS THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS
PASSED IS A STARTING POINT.
00:16:18>> I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT
ANOTHER BILL THAT NEVER MADE IT
00:16:22BEFORE, THE IDEA OF REFORMING
SEVERANCE ON NATURAL GAS.
00:16:28THIS IS SOMETHING THE GOVERNOR
HAS TALKED ABOUT.
00:16:31THERE ARE GROUPS OUT THERE WHO
THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA.
00:16:34WHY HASN'T IT BEEN PROPOSED?
WHY HASN'T ANYBODY BROUGHT IT
00:16:39UP?
WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH ITS?
00:16:42>> THERE ARE A LOT OF ISSUES
INVOLVED WITH THE OIL AND GAS
00:16:45INDUSTRY.
THE TAX PROPOSED WAS SOMEWHAT
00:16:49COMPLEX.
THERE IS A LOT OF WORK GOING ON
00:16:52BEHIND THE SCENES.
THIS IS BEING DONE IN THE
00:16:54CONTEXT OF THE GOVERNOR TALKING
ABOUT MAJOR TAX REFORM IN 2013.
00:16:58IF YOU ARE IN AN INDUSTRY, YOU
ARE GOING TO BE RELUCTANT TO
00:17:04COME TO THE TABLE TO TALK ABOUT
REFORMS IN ISOLATION TO JUST
00:17:08TALK ABOUT YOUR INDUSTRY IF YOU
DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS COMING IN
00:17:122013.
THAT WAS PART OF THE FRAMEWORK
00:17:14WE WERE DEALING WITH.
I HAVE FOUND THAT THE INDUSTRY
00:17:17IS WILLING TO COME TO THE TABLE.
THERE ARE DIFFERENCES OF
00:17:20OPINION ON HOW WE BECOME
PRODUCTIVE.
00:17:25THERE ARE VARIABLE ISSUES IN
TERMS OF WHERE YOU ARE DRILLING.
00:17:28THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTORS THAT
NEED TO BE FULLY VETTED.
00:17:33UP UNTIL THREE WEEKS AGO, I WAS
ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THOSE
00:17:38DISCUSSIONS WITH THE
ADMINISTRATION AND THE INDUSTRY.
00:17:40I THINK THERE WILL BE A
RESOLUTION IN 2013.
00:17:44THE SEVERANCE TAX IS LIKE EVERY
OTHER ATTACKS.
00:17:47PEOPLE THINK IT IS A GREAT IDEA
IF THEY DO NOT -- THE SEVERANCE
00:17:52TAX IS LIKE EVERY OTHER TAX.
THEY THINK IT IS A GREAT IDEA AS
00:17:58LONG AS THEY DO NOT HAVE TO PAY
IT.
00:17:59IT IS LIKELY MILLIONAIRES' TAX.
MOST PEOPLE THINK IT IS GREAT
00:18:03BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT
MILLIONAIRES.
00:18:06>> WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE
SEVERANCE TAX?
00:18:11>> I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE
ABOUT IT.
00:18:14I WANT TO GIVE THE GOVERNOR OF
THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT TO
00:18:17PRESENT HIS IDEA SO IT CAN BE
PROPERLY CONSIDERED.
00:18:21IN GENERAL, I THINK IT SOUNDS
LIKE WE ARE ASKING ONE SLICE OF
00:18:27OHIO TO SHOULDER THE BURDEN FOR
THE REST OF OHIO AND TO TAKE
00:18:31THOSE RESOURCES AND SPREAD THEM
THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
00:18:34THAT IS GENERALLY NOT A GOOD WAY
TO LOOK AT TAX POLICY OR
00:18:39BENEFITS BEING DISTRIBUTED
THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
00:18:41EVERYONE SHOULD SHARE IN IT
EQUALLY.
00:18:44I WILL WAIT TO SEE WHAT GOVERNOR
KASICH PRESENTS.
00:18:47I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT DIRECTLY
FROM HIM.
00:18:50>> WITH THAT IN MIND, YOU HAVE
CONCERNS ABOUT THE GOVERNOR'S
00:18:54TURNPIKE PLAN.
EXACTLY, AND FOR THE SAME
00:18:58REASONS.
YOU ARE ASKING A SELECTIVE OF
00:19:02PEOPLE TO PAY AN ADDITIONAL
TALL -- TOL -- TAKING THOSE --
00:19:12ADDITIONAL TOLL, TAKING THOSE
RESOURCES AND USING THEM FOR THE
00:19:20BENEFITS OF OTHER PEOPLE.
PEOPLE SAY, INCREASE THE TOLL ON
00:19:23THE OHIO TURNPIKE.
THAT SOUNDS GREAT.
00:19:25>> THE BRENT BRIDGE MIGHT HAVE
TOLD ON IT.
00:19:33-- TOLLS ON IT.
>> THERE IS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT
00:19:41HOW TO REPLACE THE BRENT SPENCE
BRIDGE.
00:19:46TO THE TURNPIKE ISSUE, I LOOK AT
IT FROM THE STANDPOINT OF, WE
00:19:51HAVE A STATE ASSETS.
THAT ASSET IS BEING LEVERAGE TO
00:19:55BENEFIT ALL OHIOANS.
IT IS BEING BACKED BY THE FULL
00:20:02FAITH AND CREDIT OF THE STATE OF
OHIO.
00:20:05I DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM ASSURING
THAT THERE IS AN ASSURANCE TO
00:20:09THE MOTORISTS WHO RELY ON THE
TURNPIKE TO FEAR -- FOR THEIR
00:20:13DAILY COMMUTE THAT THEY ARE
PROTECTED UNDER THIS PLAN.
00:20:16WE ARE ABLE TO UNLOCK THE VALUE
OF THOSE ASSETS AND MAKE THE
00:20:20LONG OVERDUE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE
TURNPIKE AND SHARE SOME OF THOSE
00:20:24RESOURCES WITH OTHER PARTS OF
THE STATE LIKE IN SOUTHERN OHIO
00:20:28WHERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
MARTIN LUTHER KING INTERCHANGE.
00:20:32THERE ARE PROJECTS THROUGHOUT
THE STATE THAT WILL BENEFIT TO
00:20:36UNLOCKING THE VALUE OF THESE
ASSETS.
00:20:38>> I WANT TO ASK YOU -- I KNOW
YOU WILL NOT BE RETURNING TO
00:20:44US, PRESIDENT NIEHAUS -- WHAT
YOU THINK THE POSSIBILITIES ARE
00:20:50THAT A RIGHT TO WORK UNTIL WE --
WILL BE INTRODUCED IN THE
00:20:55ASSEMBLY?
>> I HAVE HEARD NO DISCUSSION
00:20:57AMONG MY MEMBERS ABOUT THAT AND
HAVE NO FEEL ABOUT WHAT KIND OF
00:21:01SUPPORT THERE WOULD BE.
>> LEADER KEARNEY >> THE HAVE A
00:21:08FEEL ABOUT WHETHER THAT WOULD
-- DO YOU HAVE A FEEL ABOUT
00:21:16WHETHER THAT WOULD COME UP?
>> WE WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH
00:21:20THAT ISSUE AND WE NEED TO BE
PREPARED FOR IT.
00:21:22>> ARE YOU CONCERNED AT ALL
ABOUT WHAT THE GOVERNOR MIGHT
00:21:26HAVE IN MIND ABOUT A -- FOR A
SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA?
00:21:32>> I WILL WAIT TO HEAR WHAT HE
HAVE TO SAY.
00:21:35I AM CURIOUS TO HEAR HOW HE WILL
PROVIDE FUNDING FOR SCHOOLS.
00:21:39THE PAST BUDGET WE HAVE TOOK
RESOURCES AWAY FROM SCHOOLS AND
00:21:44LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
IS ONE WONDERING HOW WE MAKE UP
00:21:47THOSE RESOURCES, HOW WE FURTHER
SUPPORT AND BUTTRESS PUBLIC
00:21:54EDUCATION AND CHARTER SCHOOLS.
WHAT WILL THE GOVERNMENT DO TO
00:21:58MAKE OHIO STUDENTS COMPETITIVE
NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY?
00:22:02I WILL SEE WHAT HE HAS TO SAY.
>> PRESIDENT NIEHAUS, YOU WILL
00:22:07BE WATCHING FROM THE SIDELINES.
WE HAVE BEEN OVER AND OVER
00:22:13SCHOOL FUNDING OVER THE LAST
YEARS.
00:22:15DO YOU EXPECT SOMETHING TO COME
OUT OF THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE
00:22:18THAT WILL BE A FINAL RESOLUTION?
>> I DO NOT THINK THERE WILL BE
00:22:22A FINAL RESOLUTION.
THE PEOPLE LOOKING FOR FUNDING
00:22:26FOR SCHOOLS NEVER NEED -- NEVER
HAVE ENOUGH MONEY.
00:22:29THERE WAS SOMETHING SENATOR
KEARNEY SAID THAT I AGREE WITH.
00:22:35WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE
STUDENTS ARE SUCCESSFUL, AND
00:22:39THAT MEANS INVESTING IN THE
STUDENTS.
00:22:41THE GOVERNOR WAS CLEAR.
HE WANTS THE MONEY TO FOLLOW THE
00:22:46CHILD.
NOT INVESTING IN BUILDINGS AND
00:22:49ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, BUT IN
PEOPLE AND RESOURCES THAT MAKE A
00:22:52DIFFERENCE IN THE CLASSROOM.
I DO EXPECT THAT WE WILL SEE
00:22:56THOSE RESOURCES COMMITTED TO
EDUCATION AND EDUCATING ALL
00:23:00CHILDREN IN OHIO.
THE RESOURCES THAT DID NOT GO TO
00:23:05EDUCATION IN THE LAST BUDGET
WERE THE FEDERAL RESOURCES WE
00:23:08DID NOT GET.
WE DID NOT GET STIMULUS MONEY
00:23:11SECOND TIME AROUND.
THERE WAS MONEY THAT WAS NOT
00:23:14AVAILABLE TO THOSE SCHOOLS.
YOU WILL SEE A COMMITMENT ON THE
00:23:17PART OF THIS ADMINISTRATION TO
FUND SCHOOLS AND TO DO IT
00:23:20DIFFERENTLY TO MAKE SURE THE
KIDS AND TEACHERS HAVE THE
00:23:23RESOURCES THEY NEED TO MAKE
SURE THE STUDENTS ARE
00:23:26SUCCESSFUL.
>> SENATOR KEARNEY, WILL BE ABLE
00:23:33TO CATCH UP WITH YOU IN THE
NEXT ASSEMBLY.
00:23:36PRESIDENT NIEHAUS, WHAT WILL YOU
BE DOING?
00:23:40>> I DELIBERATELY CHOSE NOT TO
LOOK FOR A JOB WHILE I WAS IN
00:23:43THIS JOB.
SINCE WE HAVE FINISHED OUR WORK
00:23:48IN THE SENATE, I WILL BE IN A
POSITION TO LOOK AROUND AND SEE
00:23:51WHAT IS AVAILABLE.
I HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO LOOK FOR A
00:23:55JOB TO AVOID ANY POTENTIAL
CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
00:23:58MY PREFERENCE IS TO GO INTO THE
PRIVATE SECTOR.
00:24:01THE GOVERNOR HAS BEEN KIND.
TALK TO ME SOME TIME AGO TO
00:24:05THINK ABOUT JOINING THE
ADMINISTRATION.
00:24:06WE NEVER TALKS ABOUT ANYTHING
SPECIFIC.
00:24:09I INFORMED HIM THAT MY
PREFERENCE WAS TO GO TO THE
00:24:13PRIVATE SECTOR.
>> BUT YOU WILL NOT RULE OUT
00:24:17POSSIBLY JOINING THE GOVERNOR'S
ADMINISTRATION.
00:24:21>> I WILL NOT.
MY PREFERENCE IS TO JOIN THE
00:24:24PRIVATE SECTOR AND RETURN TO MY
ROOTS.
00:24:26I WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK THERE.
>> PRESIDENT NIEHAUS, SENATOR
00:24:32KEARNEY, PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU
HERE.
00:24:36>> AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK.
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00:26:27ASSOCIATION, REPRESENTING
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