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>> midco supports c-span as a public service, along with these other television providers, giving you a front-row seat to democracy. >> ohio republican governor mike dewine highlighted investment in education and maternal care during his annual state of the state address in the capitol this is just over an hour. [applause]

>> ladies and gentlemen, the governor of the state of ohio, mike dewine. gov. dewine: thank you very much. thank you veryplease be seated. speaker stevens, president hoffman, leader antonio, russo, members of the general assembly, chief justice kennedy and justices of the ohio supreme court, elected state officials, lieutenant governor husted, members of our cabinet, fellow citizens of ohio, i'm going to talk today about ohio's future.

i'm going to talk today about ohio's&a children. it's been said that the future is not our own, that it belongs to our children, our grand children, our great-grandchildren. and that they are the instruments by which our greatest hopes, our greatest aspirations will be a n accomplished. all our drea, all our goals, really our vision for the future ultimately depends on them. the singlewe can do for ohio's future is to ensure that all ohio children, all ohio children, no matter where they live, no matter who their parents are, have the

opportunity to live up to their full god-given potential, and that they have the chance to pursue their dreams and their passions in life. it's the most important thing we can do. [applause] kids have only one chance to grow up, so we must have a great sense of urgency as every moment we waste is a moment they lose. our children grew up so very, very quickly. if you don't believe that, ask the parent of a child who has graduated from high school. they'll tell you just how fast. president reagan talked about this in a graduation speech at listen to what president reagan said. "you who are graduating have

taken virtually your entire lives to reach this moment. to you, it seemed like a very long time. but there are others here today, parents and grandparents, who share this day with you. and as they look back, it seems as if the journey only started yesterday." you know, we may think ■xwe hava lot of time to help ohio's children, but the reality is we really don't. so many things impact a child's future, but we know that reading and the ability to understand what you have read is the key to success in school and the key to success in life. when governor, fran told that if i was elected, she wanted to make sur

every ohio child under the age of five would be eligible to receive a book in the mail each month from dolly parton's imagination library. and so when she became first lady, she started on that task. at 13% of ohio's children were getttoday under tn library, all children under five are eligible, and we are now at 60% enrollment, with -- [applause] 60% of the children are enrolled with 4 the mail each and every month. [applause] so let me --

let me introduce my bride of 57 years, first lady fran dew ine. [applause] mbers of the general assembly, fran and i are so very, very grateful, grat t you, as well as our county partners, for your support and investment in imagination library. ohio now leads the nation . since fran became first lady, ohio children have received at least 60 million books in the mail.-- 1 6 million books in the mail. thank you. thank you for what you are going to help us achieve that.-- have done to help us achieve that. i want to thank you for what you have done for the science of

reading. we know the earlier child is reading at grade level, the more have in later grades as well as after graduation. last year, i told you that 40% of ohio's third-graders were not on track as provision proficient readers. however, as more schools move science of reading, we are beginning to see improvements. during a recent visit to northridge elementary school in dayton, the superintendent shared with us how they used data to measure the effectiveness of their reading n using the whole language approach to teach reading. during the 2018-2019 school year, only 46% of the kindergartners were on track. the next school year, they began the switch to science of reading. by the spring, 60% of

kindergartners were on track. by the spring of 2023, the kindergarten students were on track. we're seeing similar results all over the state of ohio from schools that have switched completely to the science of reading. it makes a difference. k-12 schools move to the science of reading, our colleges and our universities that prepare future teachers also must make that switch. fran and i know from our many classroom visits across the state, and from what teachers and superintendents all across ohio have told us, they have told us that moste in college were not taught to use the science of reading to teach their future students how to read. this is a huge problem for these teachers. a huge problem for their

schools. of our schools are having to retrain the teachers. so, today, i'm calling on every college and university president in ohio. every provost, every■i dean, the college of education to immediately align their teacher training programs with what we know works. and that, t is the science of reading. [applause] i want to talk for a moment about early childhood education. which, of course, lays the foundation for a child's future success in kindergarten and throughout their primary education.

sadly, we still have too many ohio children who are not prepared to enter kindergarten. so, we must do more, we must do more to ensure that all ohio children get to the starting line. that's why we are revising ohio's child quality rating system to simplify and reduce paperwork. focus on better child outcomes. and for the first time ever, provide our quality programs access to curriculum is aligned with the science of reading. further, we're making childcare more affordable and making it more accessible to ohio's working families. doing so, we will build today's workforce by getting people back to work and we will ensure that tomorrow's workforce is prepared for the demands that lie ahead. with the help and support of the general assembly, we have expanded access to childcare in ohio's public preschool programs

to greater eligibility and funding investments. as a result, we are now serving 16,000 more children today.and n more. i'm very pleased to announce the creation of ohio's■i new childce choice voucher program for ohio families that make up to 200% of the federal poverty level or $60,000 for a family of four. this new■! program will provide financial support for 8000 more ohio children. not only that, we will also be al funding, reallocating that federal funding to dedicate $85 million to create childcare access grants to improve and expand existing childcare facilities. [applausand to■■ help the many s

caring for their children with special needs who can't find childcare providers, we have created ohio promise. every childhood professional -- early childhood professionals learn how to care for and teach children with disabilities. the results have been good. in less than a year, over 2700 professionals have been trained. we have seen a 20% increase in the number of children with disabilities who are now being served. [applause] by doing all of these things, 're helping more families. businesses will find more workers and ohio's economy will thrive. when i think about how we can shape education for the greatest benefit of our children, i'm reminded of something that our high schoolmalone, once told fr.

he said when it comes to education, only two things really matter. a willing student and a good teacher. a good teacher has the power to fundamentally change the course of a child's life. i'm sure that each one of us could recall at least one grade teacher who inspired us or motivated us, and really changed our lives. i want to take a moment to thank all teachers in ohio. in the gallery with us today are ohio's 2024 teachers of the year. will you please stand so we can give you applause? ohio's teachers of the year. [applause]

know that school building principles are vitally important to a school success. they determine the culture in the school. a great in the school who creates the conditio for students and teachers alike to thrive. that is why i have directed our new department of education workforce to create a principal apprenticeship program so that aspiring priipals can watch veteran principals action through hands-on, in school training that will better prepare them for the challenges of the job of a principal. this builds on ohio's successful

program and will ensure schools across the state have the leadership that they need to succeed. [applause] let's talk for a moment about education requirements. ohio law today dictates th plan on how they will meet their graduation requirements. yet, the law fails to require may the most important thing. a plan for students to find a career they love and can excel at after graduation. every ohio student needs a graduation plan that includes not only how they meet their course requirements, but also what they intend to do post-graduation and how they intend to pay for it. today, i am aslegislature to may simple fix in our statute. to insert career planning into

existing graduation plan requirements so that every ohio student leaves school on a career pathway. [applaus fran and i want for all what we want for our own children, grandchildren, and now our great-granddaughter, who by the way, is up there. betty jane. our new great-granddaughter. [applause] ■kit's for them to find -- we wt all of our kids and grandkids, and great grandkids that they something that they are deeply passionate students, they find a pathway through career path.

fran and i and the lieutenant governor have visited programs all across the state and they are doing some amazing things. yet, a couple of years ago, we would repeatedly hear that kids were being turned away from tech because there was not enough room in the classes or not enough slots open in the student's area of interest. sometimes, the school did not have the right equipment or it was simply too old. with a strong supportive you, of this legislature, we have been making historic investments to eliminate wait lists to ensure any ohio students that wants career tech education has access to it. [applause] because of your action in november, we were able to announce a $200 million grant to build new career tech classrooms. just last month, we awarded more than $67 million to programs for

new equipment. as our high school students plan for their future, they need to have all kinds of options, certainly including career tech. members of the general assembly, let's you and i commit together that in the future, we will do what we have to do so that no ohio child who wants career tech is ever shut out of that because there simply is not room for them. [applause] if ohio is to compete in the 21st century, we must have an all of the abovettude regarding education. just as we need welders, mechanics, those who understand advanced manufacturing, we also need chemists, we need engineers, we need researchers. we need those with career tech

credentials as well as those with clear, four-year and advanced degrees. we need to play to ourhem. we are blessed with great colleges and universities, and have become a net importer of college students from other states. but,■must keep more of our own students here in ohio. so, i want to thank the members of the general assembly for helping us to enable more ohio kids to go to college to fulfill their dreams. since 2019, we have successfully persuaded all 14 universities in ohio, public universities, to provide four-year tuition and room and board guarantees so that no ohio family will experience an increase in college cost once their child [applause].

when i came into office, ohio's need-based aid for college studts the opportunity grant, was cut nearly in half from its all-time high in the year 2007. we have now been restoring that aid with your help. for students, and more than double the first student award. for students in stem fields, we have doubled funding for the choose ohio scholarship. and the seniors that will be graduating in a few weeks will be the very first students to receive ohio's new merit scholarship, renewable for up to $5,000 for each four years. [applause] all these scholarships will help people ohio colleges students in ohio and i look forward to

working with you, the general assembly, to keep even more students here in ohio. we used to look at how many students started college. then in 2013, we changed collegs accountable for the number of those who actually graduate. it is now time to begin measuring how many of those who graduate have a job in six months. and if that job is related to their college degree. so today, i am asking that ohio department of higher education to collaborate with our colleges, our universities to begin collecting this data. picking a college, our families deserve this information and we must make sure that they get it. [applause] now, when a child is not he

althy, that child will not thrive in school so let me talk about children with vision problems. if the child has difficulty seeing, they will certaiha readd difficulty learning. tragically, that is a case for too many ohio children today. today, all ohio children are required to get a vision screening test in school. but, other children who fail that screening test, the vast majority of them never get a comprehensive follow-up eye exam to determine if they need eyeglasses. that is wrong. it's wrong that in the third decade of the 21st century, tens of thousands of children in ohio who need eyeglasses are simply not getting them. however, there is good news. there are leaders across ohio who are demonstrating and doing great work so that children can get eyeglasses.

for example, the nderful people at sight for all united and athens of mobile clinic are bringing comprehensive follow-up eye exams directly to our schools. they are here with us today in the gallery. i would like for them to stand up. thank you for what you do. [applause] their models work. and we must take these models statewide. today, i am announcing the creatio's vision strikeforce. this will not be a study committee. problem and we know the solution.

whether this group will work with vision care professionals in every corner of ohio to scale the proven models statewide and to provide schools with the technical assistance they need to implement these very important programs. ohio, sadly, has never had a statewide plan to ensure every ohio child that needs glasses will get glasses. now we do. [applause] another cha face is too many ohio children and adults live in communities where they don't have easy access to good, basic, primary health care. a number of ohio schools have partnered with hospitals or other providers to bring primary care inside the school building for the benefit of the children and adults who live in the community. less than three miles from here, for example, nationwide

en's hospital is serving the youth at east high school inside their school building. thanks to a clinic right on the school grounds, students are able to schedule appointments with health care professionals who will walk right in if they are sick. these clinics work. these clinics work because our schools are the heart and soul of our communities. it is where people are used to gathering and where people are comfortable going. they also have a significant impact not just on students health, but also on their academic performance, including improved attendance, higher gpa's, great promotions, better college prep, and reduce rates eneral assembly's historic investment in appalachia, we've enabled local communities to determine their revitalization priorities.

we recently announced the new appalachia insurance health initiative which will be helping 20 ohio counties to create or expand community and school-based health clinics to serve at least 61,000 students and residents in appalachia. i think it is important to note that these communities decided this was their top priority. today, i am asking every school in ohio to look at the school-based clinic model. it works. take a look at it. talk to your communities about partnering with your local hospital or primary care clinics, community health centers, or chdren's hospitals. we want to help you get the technical expertise you need to build your own school-based health center, like how you can use our student wellness and success funds to build a clinic. money that you have provided over the years can be

used for a clinic, it can be used to provide that kind of care. so today, i am asking several of our state agencie&8s to work together with school district leaders to provide needed technical assistance on how to utilize existing resources to build more high-quality, sustainable, school-based clinics. i want to talk now about the health of our youngest ohioans. we know the two biggest causes of death for infants are being born too early and not sleeping in safe environments. i want to thank the general assembly for with us on so many initiatives over the past five years to help vulnerable moms. with a focus on reducing premature births and encouraging safe sleep, we have helped thousands of pregnant women, new moms get medical care and other resources to access healthy food, breast-feeding support, baby cribs,ement. working together, we have

greatly expanded our home visiting program where trained professionals come directly to the home of moms and parents to answer the many questions allne. it is also a support when they are exhausted and worried. and help them understand the importance of healthy living. and we will be helping mothers s year to have healthy babies through our partnership with over 100 ob/gyn medical practices to offer comprehensive care. that means not just providing prenatal clinical care, but also directing women to needed resources, services, including funding for housing, food, and transportation. [applause] i'm also pleased today to announce we will be launching a new pilot program in 11 ohio counties that we are calling family connects.

family connects. every new mom will be eligible in these 11 counties to receive a visit from a nurse about three weeks after delivering her baby. these visiting nurses can guide families to clinical or community supports, recognize when a mom and baby need additional help as a resulof exhaustion or problems with breast-feeding, and remind or teach new moms safely. similar programs that we have looked at have shown a track record of reducing infant mortality. in places where these programs have been implemented, rates of child protective service investigations have decreased by 44% and mothers have shown a 3% drop in postpartum depression and 50% reduction in emergency room visits. in our next budget, we will present next year, i will be asking you for additional support to take that family connects program statewide.

when i took office, we started to reimagine health care in ohio. started by transforming medicaid care to focus more on positive health outcomes and less on the business of health care. our system has paid for health care providers to provide care when you need that care. we don't generally reward doctors for actually keeping you healthy. well, we are changing that in a very big way. today, i am pleased to announce the creation of a first of its kind partnership between the ohio department of■,■f medicaide ohio children's hospitals, and medicaid managed care plans to change how we deliver and coordinate care for our children. we are calling this historic undertaking the outcomes acceleration for kids learning network, or oak for short. we will no longer focus on sick care, but rather on wellcare. q9to do this, we will prioritize

better management ofasthma, ann, follow-up care for families after leaving the emergency room when their child has a mental health crisis, and access to the latest life-saving treatments for children living with sickle cell disease. let's take asthma as an example. it affects one in every 12 children in ohio. when■b asthma is not managed we, kids miss school, they cannot participate in sports, their parents miss work and trips to the emergency room are manage at requires taking the time to understand the needs and circumstances of the family. making sure they have access to care and to medications. ensuring the school nurse knows the child's asthma action plan. these holistic actions altogether are what kids and fali manage asthma

effectively. ouring network will reward and incentivize her health care system in a new way to focus on asthma prevention. further, we have the ability to change the game for those children with sickle cell disease. it is a condition that can cause organ damage and stroke, reduce the quality of life, shorten the lives of those who have it. more than 4500 ohio children have sickle cell disease and roughly 95% of them are african-american. the disease impacts their lives in deep and profound ways. youth with sickle cell disease miss an average of 20 to 40 days of school eachour network will s with effective management of this disease and will connect them to the resources and the

newly approved life altering treatments that are now available. ■gbfby doing so, we believe that within three years, ohio can lead the nation the treatment of sickle cell disease and actually cure the disease for ohio's sickest children. [applause] as i have in my last two state of the state speeches, we focus our attention on mental health. because we all know we are in crisis, a crisis in this country. our children tisolated, more ane depressed, and morsuicidal. there are a lot of factors impacting behavioral health of our children. but likely number one on the list is the use of smartphones

and access to social media. i want to talk about that right now. in his new book, "the anxious generation," author and social psychologist jonathan hite examines the,é impact that smartphones have had on this generation. the first generation to go through puberty with instant an constant access to the internet. giving a generation of children smartphones, and these are the author's words, the largest uncontrolled experiment humanity has ever performed on its own children." and that experiment has failed, and failed miserably. [applause] i want to take a moment to recognize my lieutenant governor, john husted, his

wife tina who is up in the balcony. [applause] tina and john have started to vx against smartphone use in schools, and for parental nofi media. i am grateful for what they are doing. let's give them a round of applause again. [applause] recently, i joined the lieutenant governor and tina for around table discussion with educators about schools and their cell phone policies. what is happening today is bad. and if you don't believe me,

talk to a teacher. talk to a principal, talk to a superintendent. they will all tell you hdistrace classroom and how negatively they can impact a child's mental health. when you talk to teachers in schools, schools that have actually the lunch period, they will tell you that change is miracous. guess what? without phones, the lunchroom is noisy again. instead of having their heads down on their phones, kids are talking and interacting and laughing and enjoying themselves. a number of ohio schools have made the decision to eliminate cell phone use during the school day and i believe clearly that is the right decision. [applause] these phones are clearly

detrimental to learning. they're detrimental to our children's mental health. and they truly do need to be removed from our classrooms in ohio. i want to thank the members of the general assembly who have taken on this issue. that includes step cousy, bill morrow, steve demetrio, and tom young. senator andy brenner is working on an amendment requiring all ohio schools to adopt a smartphone policy that will mimize phone usage by students in the classroom and make those policies availa and encourage the general assembly to take this up legislation and pass in quickly. [applause] gov. dewine: further, we need to

go after the social media companies that are targeting our kids addicting them and monetizing that addiction. what they are doing is shamful. last year as part of our budget i signed a law requiring parental consent for children understood 16 to use social media. got to get the parents' permission first. however, as you know a federal judge hasson joined the will you from going into effect. but while it would be best that theer a national standard they have not acteded a we cannot and sul not wait. let's take the lessons we are learning from courtrooms across the country and develop a plan for oh a blueprint for putting parents, not social media companies back in charge of the digital lives of their children.

i believe we can craft new law that is informed that is expressed by the words of judge marbling and will pleasure all the things in the law you previously passed. so i'm asking you to work with us to get this done. we simply have no time to waste. some children in ohio have extremely complex behavioral healthcare needs. if it is not your own child it is hard to manual what these parents are going through. so i want to share part of a letter a sphoerpt to me about her son. i'm an adopted mother with three kids including my son tom. he has been physically and

sexually abused starting at age five. in recent years he started acting out and became physically aggressive hitting furniture, t to hurt us with knives. i was scared every day and forward for the safety of our other kids. one occasion we had to lock ourselves and the other kids in the basement while we called the police to restrain our son. as a result of what he's been through he ran away, started■ c physically aggressive toward a convenience store ownerment he was arrested and locked up in detention and all he really needed was treatment. end of quote. these are not isolated cases. this is the reality of life for a lot of ohio parents and too often they don't know where to turn. and, really, they havedo been pretty much ignored.

we are now giving them a life line through our ohio rise program created two years ago connecting families and children who have the most complicated needs to appropriate care and do all of this in ohio. all of these children need more than a doctor. they need therapists, prescribers, teachers, school counselors, other caring people to help them. families who participate in ohio rise are assigned a hands odina professionals together to plan and manage care with the goal of keeping children in their homesed a their families together. since i delivered my state of the state address last year we have added 14,000 more children to ohio rise. today we are serving ul32,000 children and families, 11,000 getting veryntensive care

including tom. his mother went on to say in the letter with nowhere else to turn relinquishing tom was my own option until cooked with ohio a professionals to support tom and or family and we found a residential facility where being live and receive the intensive treatment he needs. his behavior is improving and we are able to visit him often. ohio rise helped my family connect with therapy following the incident and aware healing. [applause] -- and we are healing. this is what complete wraparound care should look like. because no child, no parent, no family, should ever walk alone.

one of the biggest complaints i hear as i travel around ohio is families that don't know where to turn we their child is in a mental health crisis. so we are increasing the availability of immediatere at t the right time at mobile response stabilization services. these services are similar to what first responders do when they show up for a physical health emergency in the community. or mobile crisis response units would deploy within 60 minutes directly to the youth experiencing distress. a team of transcend professionals will conduct safety assessments, deescalate situations and offer peer support■1 among other services. when i took office 13 ohio counties will mobil response stabilization services. today, with your help, we are

now in 38 ohio counties and i intend to take this model to all 88 counties so no matter where you live, if your child is in mental health crisis that child will be able to get immediate care. [applause] gov. dewine: when we talk about ntal health treatment one of our greatest challenges is having enough professionals in the mental health field. the demand for behavioral health services increased twice as fast as the increase in the workforce. so it is critical that more people go into the community based community healthcare. we must dramaticallyo4 increase the pool of people. and all of u career tech centers, colleges, universities,

all of us must work aggressively as the demand for these jobs is by the end of this decade ohio will need new chemical dependent r depend si, 4300 new social workers, hundreds of new psychiatrists. with generous support from you we have created the great minds fellowship to attract 4,000 new behavioral health officialless. if you are pursuing a degree in the area you can get ■$10,000 toward your education before you graduate. it is a grant that you do not have to pay pack. in ohio's colleges and universities have the funds available right now. they have those funds aab right now to spend on these students. therefore, i'm calling on ohio college for year and two-year to find students, recruit

tell. get the money in their hands and get them started in school. it will makedifference. [applause] gov. dewine: i want to turn to foster care. rin my career i focused on the need of children who are placed in foster care. we have made hick investments. help these kids. as a result, 1,000 fewer ohio children are in foster care than when i took office. while that is progress, we must and can do better. currently there are more than 1800 foster children who live in group settings because they are not willing or comfortable enough to take on the significant behavioral and health exams and complex needs

these children present. and though some need to be in congress degree -- congregate care the best place is in as to terror home with adults who love them. there's great work going on in northwest sandusky, seneca ottawa, wyandotte counties have recruited foster parents to help children with the most complex needs and created a situation for a child to remain at home in a family. represents from these counties are with us in the gallery today and i want you to stand and give tell a -- give them an applause for the work they are doing.

[applause] gov. dewine: we are now replicating what they are doing through a pilot program that will help more counties recruit and create foster homes providing one-on-one help for families and crisis downing and training so children with complex behavioral needs can stay in a home with a loving family that can remain actively involved in that child's treatment process.goal. we are expanding that and we will continue to expand it. i'm also very excited to sannounce on fran's new effort o get those in foster care signed up to receive a monthly book from the dolly parton imagination library. [applause]

gov. dewine: we are doing this by our department of children organization. they have developed a system to keep mailing addresses updated so when a child moves around the monthly book delivery will always follow them. so, starting this summer 5,000 children in ohio's foster care system receiving a age appropriate work from the dolly parton imagition library. my friends, we have accomplished big things together so it is really no wonder that pennsy pennsylvania, as governor shapiro put it -- and i quote the governor -- is sick and tired of losing to frigging ohio --

gov. dewine: think about it. employment is at historic lows, the job market is booming and unlike the federal government ohio has the highest possible credit rating possible. [applae] gov. dewine: we are a national leader in aerospace. we are making great progress protecting lake erie and other ohio water way he's through ohio. we have an outstanding state fair that is bet thanks to your invest manies. in a few weeks we will open ohio's 76th and they all remain free. and the ceremonial earth week,

are a unesco world heritage site. i'm so grateful for all we have been together. but we've more to do. additional urgent issues that we must address. let me talk for a moment about them. first, let's talk about intoxicating camp known as delta 8. it is phone easily accessible to kids in gas stations and convenience stores. it is disguised as candy, gummies, even breakfast cereal. it can cause hall laws nation, vomiting, dizziness, confusion and loss of consciousness. just in the cases that were reported to the ohio spoken control center there were 100 delta 8 poisonings last year.

those, 40 were children five or younger. that is just what was reported. further a recent national survey of 12th graders found over 11 had used delta 8 the pass year. because of a loophole in the law it can be sold as hemp without the warning restrictions of marijuana. we know the comuce and sell the intentionally market them to our children. members of the general assembly today i'm asking you to pass legislation to ban the sale of these dangerous products to our children. [applause] gov. dewine: then there's marijuana. we must respect th will of ohio

voters, absolutely. absolutely. however, i doubt if very many people voted yes on issue two want their kids breathing in marijuana smoke while walking in a public park, or a sidewalk to ball practice or smelling the stench of it walking from a parking lot to a■8game. that's not what people voted for. but make no mistake about it, that is what the current law allows and will continue to allow until we do something about it. we owe it to or families to -- to our families to change that and you have the power to do that. i■= ask you to exercise that power. it is not what people want tdwa.

[applause] gov. dewine: now, let's not forget about the tobacco companies. they continue to target our kids eager to adick the next generation through cigarettes, vaping and tphraeufrdz products. nearly 81% of youths 12 to 17 have used a tobacco product reported that the first product they ever tried was flavored. the biden administration has the authority to stop the sale of flavored to be products including menthol cigarettes and flavored vaping rodshey have not done so. i urge them to do that. but i think we have all learned that we can't depend on washington. we have an obligation to protect ohio children and we have the ability to do that.

now, i understand the desire for you to]8 form it statewide so i asking you to pass a uniform state law banning flavored and . it will save need to protect ouf [applause] gov. dewine: in november juveni working group and asked them to review the system in ohio. i was intentional incg involvin skwraoufr -- juvenile jobs bass of their commitment to building programs to serve youth so they can remain with their families. the judges do a good job. the working group will review the well system and develop recommendations on behavioral

health. safetyperation staffing and the pop lease served. these recommendations include, one of them is placing offenders in smaller state facilities. so i will be asking you to implement that very specific■, recommendation. we can't talk about the health of children without talking about gun violence. we have dedicated hundreds of millions of dollars with year help to help ohio cities and local law enforcement to protect citizens with investments in crime prevention techn levels f local police departments. we have september in our ohio state highway patrol authority and ohio investigative unit to work side by side with local police officers to search into high crime areas to prevent

violence and gets guns out of the hands of those who are illegally armed. in cleveland, for example, alone we supported authorities in rent suspects and seizing more than 450 illegally possessed firearms. so, to ohio's mayors, chiefs of police, to ohio's local safety directors, our team iszí#eady ad willing to search in and help. just call ■r. we will be there. we also have an obligation to keep our children safe on ohio roads and highways. thank you for passing the distracted driving law because with our action the lives of many are being saved. a study released last week says it has prevented 3600 crashes,

2,000 injuries and saved 17 lives. we also know that a primary seat belt will you with protect people traveling on ohio's highways. here are the statistics, and they are not good. ohio is 10th from the bottom of all states in srt belt use. while the national average for seat belt use is 91%, ohio's number is only 81%. 91, 82. and sadly, our youngest drivers have the lowest rate of all. that is why i will come to you with a proposal to save young people's lives and adults thug seat belt law. we will be bringing that to you.

[applause] gov. dewine: before we conclude i want to take a moment to remember the five respected former leaders from this body who died since the start of this year. former speaker of the house chuck curtis. former senate majority majority edds grey and c.j. apprentice and former minority whip bridgett kelly. each of them embodied gate abou. by always looking to the rising sun, focusing on what is important to ohio families, an fighting for the betterment of the whole state. they willmissed, but they will always be remembered. [applause]

gov. dewine: in january, fran and i had the great privilege to host at the governor's residence and honor some of the most heroic figures that have defined our nation's aerospace history. they came to ohio for thenof oh. the grant painting of the ohio space legends john glenn, neil armstrong, jim level. resnik and gene crans. they take their place in our

rotunda across from the wright brothers. it was a thrill to meet and listen to toledo native gene kranz who tkrbged a number of missions. he spoke of our early space pioneers who wilngly accepted great person risk in the name of national progress and eagerly accepted president kennedy's challenge to put the american flag on the moon. they were children of the depression, first generation college graduates who grew up on farms. they were leaders and team builders. they stood for something greater than themselves. they loved their country and vowed to serve. always grounded in the strong work eth a deeply held values they were from their own parents. and they all have big dreams. tomorrow will be the 54th

anniversary of the liftoff of apollo 13. gene krans was the mission flight director and general level was the mission commander. on the third day an only tank exploded damaging the spacecraft forcing crew into a line knar module supported for two days and it became their life boat for nearly four days. but this was their time in history. failure as we know it was never going to be an option for tell. this ingenious currentous resourceful team of risk takers managed to return the spacecraft safely to earth coming done section days after it asked ifs going to be nasa's darkest potomac, he said no.

this will be our fineest hour. for all of us in ohio this is now our time in history. and we must act with great urgency to notquander this precious finite window of opportunity when our children are growing up. this is our time to that i have today. to do the hard things that matter. it will make a lasting difference for our children and the future of ohio. this is our time. our time to chart a path forward as we protect our most precious resource, our children. we must protect our newborn babies can grow and thrive, so kids are healthier and more resilient and learn to read and go to career they are passionate about and ultimately grow into thriving productive ohio adults. this is our time to ban

together, to work together to be resourceful, to be innovative, to be optimistic, to inspire and, yes, to lead. and when we do this and when we do this, this will be ohio's finest hour. thank you, may god bless ohio. [applause]■l

>> the document national committee plans nominate president biden ahead oth convention august 19. this ensures that he will not be left off othe ohio general ball ection to the august deadline for certifying candidates. a vote by the rules and bylaws committee is expected june 4 to pass a resolution to allow for a virtual roll call. they will then vote on a st also regarding the nomination and then a virtual nomination p. >> november for most me constit. their primary is where they use time so the districts have gone from here to here. the way people receive their news has actual vetted news where everybody has their own truth and don't tune in for information. in the monday in politics is

moved from the parties which politics 200 years out to the super pac and 501c4zt% enforcem mechanic numbers and there is no cavalry for those who deviateom those factors have made it very difficult for members to step across those lines and get outside of their comfort two words that don't show up in the founding documents. democracy doesn' show up and compromise. i have never see anyone run for office to be a compromise. that is sure to have a short way of a career but they want wanted a structure that requires compromise. we have two chambers in the legislative branch not because they wanted a spare, they created an architecture to thind it is things that need but the

democracy is invent on compromise. if you lose the ability to compromise you don't have democracy. you could not say winner take all. >> a group gathered to asks congressional gridlock and offer their thoughts. being watch the full want tonight starting at 9:00 eastern on c-span,ge c-spaw or c-span.org. >> tune into c-span's coverage of a republican four-day event in milwaukee, and then democrats convening in chicago. to stay connected to c-span■> fr unfiltered glimpse of democracy at work. watch the republican and democratic national committee inventions this summer on c-span, c-span