above most other states a national student has come a new jersey as so many teachers producing so many great students. too many in the educational establishment however you said your success as a camouflage for abject failure elsewhere in new jersey. to use its success about this as to but change for those we are failing is not only wrong, it is immoral. two neighbors schools are schools are failing our children and they have been failing them for far too long. we live in a time in educational attainment and economic success are correlated as never before and that's a good thing. it means that for this generation of americans, what you can achieve not by who you know, that buy what you know. these look only at the recent harvard columbia study of 2.5 million students over 20 years in america. it's independent research

supports what i told you from my heart and from this podium one year ago. great teachers have a more significant impact on their students future success than average. but even more importantly, average teachers have an even greater effect on their students when they replace underperforming ones. research that confirms our own common sense. tenure reform will lead to even greater student achievement because replacing underperforming teachers with even an average teacher raises these classrooms lifetime earnings by over a quarter of a million dollars. so let's act in real tenure reform now. let's replace the air with hope in every classroom because i believe if it seems to be satisfied when a chance for a life filled with hope and opportunity is determined not by how hard you're willing to work, but by where you happen to live. not by your intelligence, that by your zip code.

and let's face this fact. more money does not necessarily lead to a better education. today in newark we spent $23,000 per student for instructional services. 22% of ninth graders will receive high school diplomas in four years. entry into a similar at almost $30,000 a year. nearly 75% above the state average. the dropout rate is almost 10 times the state average. in math sat scores lacked the state average by 180 points. it's time to admit the supreme court's grand experiment new jersey children is a failure. 63% of state aid over the years has gone and the schools are still predominantly failing. what we've been doing this organ for children failing districts

and it is unfair. fundamentally unfair to the other 557 school districts that state taxpayers to spend more per pupil than any state in america. basic human decency and simple common sense it is time for a different and better approach. [applause] the tools to give our children and their grandparents are confronted failing schools the chance for a better outcome might be for you. they are embodied in bills, which are bipartisan in nature and consistent with reform advocated not only by me, but by president obama come education secretary duncan and most recently come up a by new york governor, andrew cuomo.

by proposals reflect the input administrations received hundreds of millions of educators, parents and professionals around the state. they are supported by independent research done at harvard and columbia. most importantly, they reflect the intention we should all have to put children first. now the momentum to put children first began last week when he passed and i traveled to san diego but hope that. it will allow school districts to partner with experts in the dirt to build and operate renaissance schools in these districts. we've given some of our urban schools the signal but hope is on the way. i like to think senator and mena made for their support of this idea. you and i both know this is a good start, but only a start. there's much more work to do. here's what i propose first. reform tenure and measuring

effectiveness as professional observation and it checked if quantifiable measures of student achievement and tenure to those of strong evaluations and taken away from those whose ratings are unacceptably weak. we cannot, as parents to accept failure and teachers when their children's lives hang in the balance. it is unacceptable for us to turn our backs on this issue any longer. second, if lives are necessary, remove the least effective teachers instead of just the most junior ones. it's time to end system of last and first up, which protects some of the worst and penalizes some of the best. third, pay teachers more. when they are saying to a failing school or to teach difficult subject. compensation should be designed to attract and retain effective teachers where we need the most. force. let's enforce treatments.

teachers should not be sent to schools about the mutual consent of the teacher and principal with an exceptional place that can't be found for 12 months comest pull districts have the right to place a teacher and current unpaid leave. this, we should reform our process for authorizing charter schools to attract as operators to new jersey, streamlined process for the best performers, should focus on our failing school districts and to encourage innovation. we must give parents and children are failing schools districts have many alternatives as we can. last and perhaps most importantly, let's establish tax credit to provide scholarships for low-income students in the worst performing schools in the state to enable them to attend better schools. opportunity should not be offered to only those in an excellent school district where parents have the money to release their children from the prison that is a feeling old. let's pass the opportunity scholarship that now.

[applause] these are not radical reforms. they are common sense. they are not rash. they are long overdue. and they are not luxury, which can afford the language for another six months or another year. they are essential for new jersey's future success. i have a message that is not for me, but for a single mom in new york, a struggling parent at campus and the olive our state education reform, real education reform has laid upon enough. new jersey is one of america's most diverse state. this means we have diverse problems, but also diverse opportunities. it means we must build the skills and improve the

opportunity for many types of people from all backgrounds and walks of life and it means we must work in multiple ways to improve the quality of life for everyone. as we discussed creating jobs and fixing schools are probably the two most important is to do that, but they are your stats we can take us all to improve the quality of life here in new jersey. this leads me to job number three. we need to reclaim our entry cities, respond to other regions in the age and most vulnerable than. a few months ago i hosted a town hall meeting in union city with senator brian scott, a woman from new york with their. a mother, neighbor, concerned citizen. that day she asked me a very direct question and i believe it was a question for all of us. she said this. i just wonder, governor if the amount of violent, the amount of shootings, the amount of murders that take place in the city of newark, i just wonder sometimes if it bothers you like it others

us. particularly the mothers who have lost their children. and she ended her question with the plea. helpless she said. help us. well, that woman was strand three and i met with her and her neighbors in this building. she is here in this chamber today. pascal of you to send a message to new jersey and we are craving a place where everyone is given the opportunity to live the life they want. i ask all of you to join me and saying to cassandra, yes, we will help you. [applause] [applause]

here's one example. we can improve our quality of life that keep it in less them as they let criminals out the streets. so i ask you to approve my bill reform package which would appear the federal system and keep offenders with a history of violence in jail until the time of trial instead of releasing them back into society to prey on the public. this may require a constitutional amendment. it is reform that is long overdue. as you know, the person arrested a long record of violence, we can't detain that person in jail pending trial. we must release that person regardless of how dangerous they are to potential witnesses or to innocent members of our society. let's amend our bail laws to allow judgment to consider the

factory changers and straight communities before we release a violent person back on the street to maim or kill while they await trial. [applause] this too is just simple common sense. but at the same time, let us reclaim the lives of those drug offenders who have not committed a violent crime by investing time and money in drug treatment and an in-house secure facility, rather than putting them in prison. [applause] experience has shown us that treated nonviolent drug offenders is two thirds less expensive than warehousing imprisoned.

and more importantly, songs they've not violently that to my society, everyone deserves a second chance because no life is disposable. [applause] i am no longer satisfied to have this as merely a private project. i'm calling for transformation for the way we do with drug abuse and incarceration in every corner of new jersey. today is this legislator and the chief justice to join me in this commitment that no life is disposable. i propose mandatory treatment for every nonviolent offender with a drug abuse problem in new jersey. not just a select few. it will send a clear message to those who have fallen the time to the disease of drug abuse. we want to help you, not throw you away. we will require you to get treatment because your life has value.

every one of god's creatures can be redeemed. everyone deserves a second chance. [applause] [applause] so, these are the big things i'd like us to focus on in 2012. these are my priorities. you know, we know in our hearts that we represent some of the toughest, mr. radek honest people in america. a group of people destined for great things. we just give them the opportunity. but we also know that for too

many years, these same people were depressed about what new jersey had become. our leaders disappointed us in many different ways. promises are made that our economy suffocated under the wet blanket of overtaxation, overspending, over borrowing and over regulation. our education system failed those who needed it the most inerrant leaders stood by and say be patient. we'll fix it. popular culture in new jersey became a punchline rather than a place of pride. so what is happening over the last two years? over the last two years new jersey has seen around the country once again not exclusively as the of late-night jokes, but a focus of the evening news in sunday talk shows. why? because once again we are leading america by taking on the big things in public policy. we've known all along that our state is destined for great

things. we just needed to give the people of our states the confidence to come from watching leaders work together and from a state rising again all around them. to everyone in this room, to everyone watching at home are listening in your car, i was temple message. for the new jersey comeback to continue and grow, we must all come together. this obligation is not just mine and it's not just cans. it's not just these were she less. it is not just tom or john's. the new jersey comeback is not about what happens in trenton alone. all of you are in this, too. our wins and losses are your wins and losses. our successes and failures are your successes and failures. the new jersey comeback didn't come to see her and it won't be sustained just here. the new jersey comeback is yours, too. and so i say to you today,

regardless of where you've are, regardless of that region of the state you come from, regardless of what political party you call home, you have had a stake in what has happened over the last two years and you have contributed to make it happen. now is not the time to start. now it's time to to double down. now is not the time to put the brakes on new jersey's growth. now is the time to put the foot down harder on the accelerator. now is not the time to turn back. now is the attempt to make new jersey greatness of reality again. [applause] that is what the next two years of my governorship will be dedicated to every day. we have climbed out of the wolf that was left to us together.

now it is time to raise the great flag of the state of new jersey as high as they can together. i cannot do it alone. republicans cannot do it alone. democrats cannot do it alone because it's martin luther king once said, we may have come in different shapes, but we are in the same boat now. we must do this together in every town, in every city in every county across our state. if you're ready to join that fight with me in the next two years have you had in the last two years, we will be here two years from now, looking at a state that once again is the leader for a rejuvenated america. if you are willing to join that site, so am i., on your behalf. that is what you elected me to do and that is the solemn commitment i made to you again today. thank you. god bless you, god bless america and god bless the great state of new jersey.

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this is 40 minutes. [applause] thank you. thank you. [applause]

[applause] [applause] mr. speaker, mr. president. the governor on behalf of the joint session we welcome you to the house of chambers and look forward to your address and look forward to working with you this session. the house and senate both agreed this will be very short session. [laughter] sounds promising already. the podium is yours.

thank you. mr. president, mr. speaker, honorable justice, my fellow constitutional officers, distinguished legislators, special guests in my cabinet as well as my friends and my family and my first lady. [applause] my fellow idahoans i'm here to report on the view of our state and to provide you with recommendations to this coming year it is idaho has been tested

by this great recession. now emerging, lean, strong her, more resilient and better prepared to compete prosper in prevail in the years. thank you. thank you for your leadership and your partnership in guiding idaho through the time the people we serve and thank you for your virtues in staying true to our idaho values to be i am also proud and humble to report to you today successful in the honorable homecoming men and women in the national guard on hundred 60 combat team. [applause]

[applause] we also recently welcomed home about 100 idahoans who were deployed to iraq with the army's 300 company. but it is also my solemn duty to report that two of our courageous from the 115 lost their lives defending freedom during 2011 in a country half a world away. i ask that you remember and speech debate could teach the specialist nicholas and their loved one in your prayers and thoughts as we begin our work. along with staff sergeant jason who was wounded and received the

purple heart, they were among the more than 1500 idaho members of the 116 who put their lives on line for us and they were not alone. specialist robert at the first infantry division and the 82nd airborne and corporal ryan shore of the infantry division each gave a measure of devotion in the defense of liberty during 2011. they were our sons, our fathers, our brothers, our teachers, our students and friends. they will be sorely missed. now that most of our soldiers are home and once again helping make idaho the best place in the world to live and raise a family unfortunately that isn't true of hanly who remains in captivity of the taliban supported terrorist network in

afghanistan. i know you will join me in continuing to pray for his safe return home. [applause] among those troops who have returned home grateful for their freedom far too many did so without a job. that will change. it must change. i believe that we can all agree that these men and women have faced too much hardship fighting abroad for us to ask to face more hardship home. i'm pleased to report the department of labor and of the veterans services the department of commerce, the department of education and all the agencies are joined in the task of addressing that challenge. ladies and gentlemen, to hire one is more than the right thing to do. it is our responsibility to

ensure that our troops have the tools that they need to resume their productive lives as civilians. [applause] so i would encourage you and all idahoans to help however you can to make good on a shared commitment of those who safeguard our country's future. their fight is our fight. their success will be our success. i cannot put it any plainer than that. those veterans and our children are gephardt of the idaho that i want to see. i want to see in idaho that is more independent and dynamic, the first. built on a foundation of freedom and personal responsibility and public accountability. i want to see idaho focus model scarcity or what we lacked but

more on prosperous future it is with that idaho in mind i set my budget top priorities for the 2012 legislative session. in the the reality is those priorities are inseparable. jobs and education. almost everything we do this year when pact on those two priorities which i'm confident that you share. let's talk first about the philosophy that underpins those priorities. the philosophy that has seen us through one of the worst economic downturns in american history. about 14 months ago, you and i were elected to idaho with understanding that we would make economic growth in the creation of more career opportunities the centerpiece of our state government agenda. the interest of us to deliver and to bring to them a more

efficient and effective smaller state government and to protect idaho's hard-working taxpayers. our citizens express strong support for our emphasis on government doing more with less as they have had to do. and our steadfast focus on living with in the people's means they embraced our ideas and encourage our efforts and we committed along with each of us to putting the politics of the past in the past and they endorsed our federal programs and policies aimed at imposing a greater burden on taxpayers with a regulatory roadblocks and imposing topped on mandates and creating one-size-fits-all government solutions to the challenge. the things to your leadership and understanding of our constituents needs i believe only a citizen legislature can

possess the result is we have a state government that is not safe and will not face a staggering deficits, layoffs, shutdowns, tax increases and other problems that are facing other states. [applause] keeping our heads above water in difficult times isn't good enough. not for us and not for the people of idaho. we are not here to just get by. we are here to help and enable the people that we serve to get ahead. when first elected as governor we were to encourage economic opportunity, ensure responsible government and in power idaho citizens to be the architect of their own destiny. those remain the foundation of my approach to this job but

circumstances have converged to raising stakes. you will continue to see my administration focused on the reestablishing the proper role of state government in our lives, and you will see and will continue to see our extraordinary idaho independence and self-reliance assert itself in response to federal intrusions on our sovereignty [applause] you will also see a greater emphasis on sharing the efficiency and the prudently devotee that was a established in every state agency of the government during the past three years. there will become standard procedure. what we have had to do will become our new normal going forward and you'll see a greater emphasis on building innovative public and private partnerships

that leverage our resources to advancing and achieving our shared goals and that is especially true when it comes to fulfilling the benchmarks of the budget and putting more of our 65,000 unemployed idahoans back to work and preparing our citizens to build more of the 18,500 jobs that remain vacant in idaho. that isn't just jobs but wishful thinking. we are taking concrete steps to address the fact that employment growth the lagging economic indicator has been lagging far too long. unemployment is slowly starting to decline. we have seen some good news in the recent months with our jobless percentage that is so great in two years. but unemployment remains the unacceptable level with the government can do is limit as it should be we can and should do a better job of reaching out to our businesses and employers in

this effort and not project 60 at the top have taken over as the department of commerce. he brings with him a wealth of private sector experience as well as renewed interest, enthusiasm to engaging in people who make our economy and our communities work and it's already making a difference. jeff is joined by roger madsen of the department of labour. bill at the department of insurance. ryan maseth, department of transportation, susan gold at the department of the agriculture, gavin at the department of finance, our colleges and universities and others to provide employers, job-seekers and businesses looking to grow with the tools they need to succeed. jeff and roger in particular are already working closely with the

local economic develop and professionals allover idaho. their job is ensuring that we are prepared to to get in touch of economic opportunities and create even more with a well trained and motivated work force. targeted investments and government red tape. [applause] they understand the role of government, effective government is not to create but rather to facilitate opportunities. is that the right path forward? asked the people who will be working in the plant. in fact ask anyone benefitting from the incredible economic growth and the increasing business diversity being made possible by the success of the

idaho industry. ask the hundreds of idaho citizens who are paying taxes in the growth for the new policy of regional customer service center after the supporting business is benefiting from the growth of the ground force manufacturing in the false or the new underground expansion or any of the health science research and technology businesses choosing to expand into the core. other great idaho companies like boise and dynamic and eagle also have the potential to substantially change landscape. those examples and many more are tangible results of idaho's entrepreneur stepping up and expressing confidence in our future and the key to their

willingness to stick their future, idaho is the degree to which we make a commitment to being part person of progress. partnership is a key to the new programs you'll be hearing about in the weeks and months to come. it's called simply igem,. it's seen in utah and virginia a similar concept is now being applied in colorado and industry increasingly rubbing its arms around the idea. we are not reinventing the wheel here. in fact aware our agricultural industry has had similar programs in place for years. we are just protecting it for our universities and more of a were idaho business. igem involves on japan or some higher education, the national laboratory, and the center for

advanced energy studies. together to focus will be on creating the new value on our campus that will number one, help existing businesses grow as well as nurturing the start of the new businesses and create new jobs and opportunities for idaho to read that will require a genuine commitment on some targeted investments and perhaps most importantly a significant cultural change as our universities have approached research and working with the industry's. i appreciate our university. [applause] and also the state board of education for partnering with us in that process. i urge you to act decisively in

support of the legislative efforts that igem will require that includes collaborative research aimed at job creation. public schools throughout idaho are also undergoing a cultural and technological change as we continue implementing the students reforms that you all passed and approved last year. i am committed along with the superintendent to ensure the success of the reforms and that's why my budget calls for the full funding of students come first including its technology and pay for performance elements. the modest, the targeted responsible general funding increase on the proposing public schools is a right path forward. will help our limited taxpayer resources go further and make our k-12 education system more effective and customer driven. most importantly, founding students come first will help insure the success of our idaho

students in the increasingly complex, competitive global markets. [applause] repairing idaho students for a wide world and for reaching their greatest potential here at home is a constitutional responsibility for the state government. like supporting our veterans it happens to be the right thing to do for our families, for our communities and for our future. when it comes to education we cannot rely on the policy of the past to prepare our children for the possibility of the future. [applause] that's why i'm additionally proposing to fully fund the cost of enrollment growth going forward at our universities and

colleges and community colleges and it's in my recommendation that we fully fund the cost of moving into and operating the facilities on all of those campuses. [applause] and that we will be addressing the top priorities identified with the president has those institutions. i'd like to say a few words about our community colleges. specifically i want to mention an extraordinary example of collaboration between north idaho college from the college of southern idaho and the college of western idaho. as you know, there is now and has been a pressing need for the work force training. in fact it is close growth in demand here in the treasury rally prompted the board chairs at nicoe and psi to defer their share of $1 million in proposed

funding for fiscal year 2013. they said they would rather see the extra money in the college of idaho, sorry, the college of western idaho. which as you know is one of the fastest growing community colleges in the nation. with gratitude for appreciating the foresight and offering that and my budget recommendation. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, superintendent luna and i were there a few weeks ago to mark the statewide completion of the idaho education network. 194 high schools now are

connected to the idaho education network. almost a year ahead of schedule and 16% of the budget. [applause] in st. mary's principal john and superintendent joseph have been champions of using technology and distance learning to improve and expand student achievement. the culture at st. mary's is the case as so many of the schools throughout idaho has been one aimed at enhancing student achievement through a variety of options despite their remote and rural nature of your working with north idaho college and those in park state college and other curriculum providers demonstrate the possibilities are limitless with a no open mind and there are plenty of those throughout idaho.

for the chance to expand the horizon as our student comes first efforts state government must be prepared for the challenges ahead. their understanding of the needs to work with us while preparing for the worst gave us the ability to draw down more than $381 million from our various accounts over the past four budget years. those funds were essentials in helping idaho run into the tough economic hard times without anything like the dislocation of the draconian measures that other states were forced to take. that money helped us keep our credit rating - and debt level low. it helps keep our taxes in check and i is on the emergence of this extended downturn with the balanced sound budget and we all know that if the requisite for

the group and the renewed prosperity that we need that is exactly what we need. that's why the budget i am submitting to proposed to begin refilling their reserve accounts in preparation for the next unforeseen rainy day. my executive budget calls for setting aside a total $60 million into the public education stabilization fund, the public -- the budget stabilization fund and the new higher education stabilization fund. it will help us maintain stability and certainty and responsibility that idahoans desert and employers look for in their state governor. and that is what idaho citizens will keep getting under my administration and we need your help to continue the support. bye contrast -- [applause]

bye contrast that's not what the american people are getting from washington, d.c.. despite the hard work of our fine congressional delegation, idaho's brightest spot on the level in 2011 was doing what the courts refused to do. congressman mike simpson deserves our praise and thanks for his successful legislation restoring the state management to idaho. [applause] now it helps that mike was a former speaker of the house. with that experience and his growing influence in congress he knows what it takes to get things done that reflect the priorities and the needs of the people at home. i am proud that we are represented in washington, d.c. by the legislators who serve with distinction in this very building. on the other end of the spectrum

as you know the administration, the obama administration and their so-called patient protection global health care act mandated is published men's of the health insurance exchange and each of the states. i'm the first to admit that i struggled with that federal position of this mandate in part because idaho was already exploring its own way to create a market based insurance exchange long before the federal read about its wall. still, last september i allowed state agencies to allow etd to apply for a grant to the federal law while we continued to fight in court. my decision to allow the applications to be submitted simply preserves the opportunity for you and all idahoans to discuss our options and decide what is best for idaho and our state and city to be the next few weeks, we will continue to

have those discussions we now all of our options and the potential outcomes associated with each. it's also important to remember those discussions will be taking place in the context of the u.s. supreme court agreeing to consider the lawsuit that idaho in 25 other states in idaho for the people to choose. [applause] my goal is to collaborate with you today on a principled have forward so that we are prepared for the health care environment we will have tomorrow. i look forward to hearing from each of you and form the people of idaho, the people that we serve about the state's role in insuring that environment makes health care or accessible and

affordable for all of idaho. of course health care is only one of the challenges that lie ahead. we have little control over the world and the national economy but we can ensure that economic opportunity finds a welcoming home here in idaho. ladies and gentlemen, that's why i'm proposing that we set aside $45 million of tax relief in fiscal 2013. i've been discussing the form of tax relief for some time now with legislative leadership, tax experts and citizens. there remains a wide variety of how best to target tax relief. there are plenty of ideas to crunch the numbers but there's also a broad consensus on the need to reduce the burden on both the tax payers and all those employers who are working and looking for opportunities to grow while the economy is

creating new livelihood opportunities. i look forward to hearing from your proposals and working with you on irresponsible and forward looking ways to get more of our taxpayers' money with our communities and people. [applause] we are not tasked with addressing the national administration consequences of its inaction or misplaced priorities. but what we can do is to set an example, the best example of possible of prudent responsible responses and detective state governments. and we can do this if we nurture and celebrate our private sector success. we can encourage and collaborate

permission while protecting individual freedom. we can foster and remove impediments opportunity and seek to more equitably reword the most valued state employees for continuing in public service. to that and i am proposing that we set aside $41 million in the general fund in fiscal year 2013 to reward our most deserving employees including our public school teachers. but that reward should be structured in such a way that it gives management as much flexibility as possible. it should be in the form of onetime payments and should be conditioned on tax revenues meeting our projection. before i go on i want to take just a moment to recognize and offer my personal thanks for a long time public service who has been a mentor and leader and a dear friend the generations of idaho. general darryl manning who is

one of the most primitive and conscientious and common sense people that i've ever had the privilege of knowing and working with. he served in both of the legislatures he was idaho's first transportation director and has been a valued adviser of governors and legislators for decades. the recent decision to retire as the chairman of the transportation ward leaves the backing of knowledge and experience and institutional amendments the would be difficult to fill. i'm proud to have served by his side and pleased to know he will continue to answer my call for his of vice and council. [applause] general lanning. [applause]

with general lanning's support, i would also want to announce today that the transportation board member in jerry blight has agreed to take over as the chairman effective in february. i know you'll join me in welcoming daryl b lund shannon. [applause] i ask you to pledge support to jerry and the transportation board and to brian as they work as a team to develop plans and priorities from central part of the economic infrastructure.

it's been the team concept that has enabled us to define our state government process in the past few years. we've made them more transparent , responsive and stable. most importantly, we've become better stewards in the taxpayers' money and that has served to strengthen the foundation on which public confidence is built. that is what being in laboratory of the republic would mean and it is what idaho is perfectly suited to contribute to the national discussion. speaking of teams last summer my staff and i visited with a football coach chris peterson. we asked the coach how he has been able to keep upgrading the success on the field. we asked how he and been able to build a reputation for influence with what is considered limited resources by today's college football standards. what we and i took away from his answer was this, focus.

focus on the challenge at hand. focused on leveraging your strength, for improving every day and focus on what you can control and finally focus on helping individual players understand how they can help achieve the team goals while reaching their own academic potential. that is a pretty good formula for success. it is high standard but one which i know everybody here would agree to today. and commit to for achieving the best we can for our people. keeping pace with the idaho way of life that we inherited and in which we want to pass on demands nothing less. that way of life is characterized by our idaho values including our independence and spiritual strength of our strong belief

and determination and enduring love of liberty. those values in turn are driven by feith in the broad american idea that we as individuals have both the ability and the responsibility to make our future better than our past. the response of the leak we share is to ensure that every individual has the opportunity to realize that goal. to do that, we must be united to overcome the common challenges. we must be consistent in nurturing success and most of all we must be resolute in protecting our citizens in the effort. ladies and gentlemen, let me close today by expressing my sincere gratitude to you for agreeing to be part of this process. thomas jefferson wrote in each team 01 that the expression to the importance of the integrity to the working of government and

he wrote, quote of the various executive students, no one excites more anxious concern than that of the interest of our fellow citizens in the hands of honest men with the understanding sufficient for their station and i would add my friends, you have to enjoy that perspective and you have the love of the state of idaho more, far more than is needed sufficient for your station and for more than is needed for the sufficient challenging times in which we live. my thanks to you, god speed. let's go to work. [applause]

thank you. [applause] just a little more. i would like to have a little more darryl had. [laughter] >> thank you, governor. we look forward to working with you during the next recession and continuing the discussions and working towards the goal that you have.

would the committee come forward to escort the chamber. [inaudible conversations] [applause]