down to under 50 million a month hundred 40 million for town roads for the skill of the congressional delegation in america senator leahy welch that he would get federal aid that we needed more time we need reducing our objective cost to the general fund to $30 million. please come join me in recognizing the great work of senator patrick leahy, senator bernie sanders and, peter welch and the partners at fema. [applause]

there are two lessons we must seize from our experience over the past four months. the first lesson is clear. if after irene which can rebuild over 500 miles of damage to roads and 34 bridges for a fraction of the normal cost with dwindling federal resources in the future we must apply the same lessons to maintaining and rebuilding firm of's transportation infrastructure from this point forward. we will build faster, smarter and more economically. [applause] instead of having to state

workers and their individual agencies processing paper, we broke down the silo, formed a partnership between aot, anr, private contractors and as the levees, contracting procedures were modified, access to stone and gravel was expedited, dangerous debris was removed from the streams as the engineers work together with environmental experts to get the job done. projects that would have taken years, gotten done in months, environmental quality was preserved, taxpayer dollars were saved, and roads and bridges were built to expend the assault of extreme whether looms even larger in our future. [applause] the second lesson comes from the remarkable tenacity of the hundreds of small businesses

that were drowned in water and mud putting the hard-working vermonters out of court. i pledge the following my jobs agenda will expand the ability of the emerging entrepreneurs and businesses to get access to capital when they needed the most. when the lieutenant governor scott and i traveled the state together, reaching out to hundreds of small businesses, hundreds of them shuddered by trouble storms, our message to our job creators was we stand with you, we stand by you and the state of vermont will do its part helping you get back on your feet. partnering with the development economic of 40 we've created in the emergency low-interest loan program that with minimal bureaucracy and maximum effectiveness got credit of up

to $100 to the job creators within days. more than 340 businesses and farms were granted loans totaling $15.3 million with liquidity vermont ingenuity and hard work, merkel after miracle happened and business after business reopened. the books in wilmington opened. leaders opened, simon pearce, windsor open, the wagon company opened, welcome home marketing open. sunrise general store in bridgewater corners, open. northfield, opened. nelson's hardware, open. the rochester cafe come open. wage field, open just down the

street, open, and the list goes on and on. the lesson for vermont government hoping to grow jobs in vermont is pretty simple. getting credit to entrepreneurs when they need it most grows prosperity in the gross jobs. in fact there's nothing standing in the reaffirm on's job creators that cannot be made right by a partnership with state government that is built on a foundation of common sense, trust expedited with capital for businesses when the others won't lend to them. [applause] vermont's response to irene perfectly illustrates the strong state of our state. perhaps the greatest lesson we can take from the challenges of the previous four months is that

despite the devastation, despite our part >> and payne, we are bound by a common purpose. we are also bound by tragic loss. to the hundreds and hundreds of vermonters who lost so much, lost their houses, lost their belongings, lost the land of their homes rested on the or the land that they killed, we stand with you in the long recovery that lies ahead to help you close the gap between your hopes and dreams that were washed away the $2,200 maximum reimbursement of for that to you by the federal government. why all we know that we can never make you hold on our results as your neighbors and friends to continue to help you rebuild your lives is as strong as ever. [applause]

we are so grateful to everyone that has stepped up and contributed to the students at martelle elementary school who passed it during class to the countless high church groups nonprofits and private companies who contributed millions of dollars. vermont musicians like fish and gray spot held a concert that raised over a million and tony who just recently pledged an extraordinary generous $1 million for the vermont disaster relief fund at and useful 93 tony is here today and we thank you for your generosity in vermont. [applause]

vermonters have been so generous but we have many miles to travel before we rest and many dollars to raise before we sleep. in that spirit, we are pleased to introduce our new vermont strong license plates which can be purchased at vtstrong.gov the proceeds will go to the vermont disaster relief fund to help those who still need us. so by one and put it on the

front. vermont strong. [applause] you know, i could devote this entire speech to the recovery because i believe that tropical storm irene represents a defining moment in history. but now is our moment to apply the same courage, strength and ingenuity to our most pressing need with jobs and prosperity for all vermonters. having witnessed what vermonters can get done when we get together, i've never been more optimistic about our ability of getting tough things done and helping us growth jobs and 2012. if we can rebuild destroyed roads and bridges in less than

four months, we can meet my promise of connecting every corner of vermont to high-speed internet and vastly improve the self-service by the end of 2013. in the past year we connected 7500 locations and installed 1600 miles of fiber in our ongoing effort to connect vermont. we are going to keep our promise of closing vermont's connectivity gap, and we are going to grow jobs as we connect. [applause] if we can rebuild our transportation infrastructure and 35 cents on the dollar, we can read the nation and arresting the skyrocketing cost of health care that's hurting job growth and picking the pockets of our struggling middle class. the health care board is hard at work building that system.

[applause] if we can reopen hundreds of the businesses and 14 weeks, we can transform vermont into the innovative education leader wherefrom early child education to higher education to the continuing education we train employees for the jobs of our future. in my budget address next week in addition to addressing the challenges and opportunities of replacing a state hospital and state complex, i would propose significant state investments in higher education and dual enrollment all aimed at making vermont students even more competitive and creating opportunities for employers to recruit to the employees that they are now seeking. we must do that together to the [applause]

if we can turn the lights back on in just three days for over 70,000 utility customers, thinks by the way to the hard work of the utilities, we can create jobs by harnessing the sun, wind, water, forests and fields to produce community generated renewable power. we have made progress in the past year, but we need to keep building. this session would propose requiring an affordable and achievable renewable energy portfolio standard that sets the goal of obtaining 75% of electricity from renewables in 20 years and we must get that done. [applause]

i will also recommend that vermont build on the standard author program so that we can keep building the renewables for vermont future. if we can reconnect hundreds of miles of dirt roads in just days so that milk trucks can get to the dairy farmers who like to dump milk during the storm we can create jobs by fueling the renaissance and locally grown vermont food. this year will continue to focus on our efforts on former to fork by local farmers markets while addressing the challenge of producing enough vermont marone immelt to meet the needs of our value-added dairy companies that are spreading all over vermont. [applause] if we can build a partnership

between state and municipal government to keep our citizens safe and secure, we can work together to address to of the most serious problems we face. winning the war on recidivism and spending the academic abuse of prescription drugs, particularly opiates tauter driving crime and destroying the lives of too many of our neighbors. [applause] next week i will also propose changes to the prescription drug monitoring system. access to the system by law enforcement needs to recognize an individual's right to privacy while giving wall enforcement the tools they need to track down abuse so that we can fight prescription drug of the death tax. this growing problem is so

frightening because the fda approved prescription drugs and opiates in particular are easy to get, but many of them are just as addicting and dangerous at a street heroin and crack cocaine. since taking office a year go, i've visited countless businesses throughout the state and we've met small-business owners from more who have a simple idea to put the phrase eat or kill on t-shirts and now works 14 hour days to fill orders from across the country to biotech a global leader in the medical a applications technology i'm so optimistic about our jobs future and everyday i see evidence of vermont's entrepreneurial success. [applause]

but we have a lot more to do. too many vermonters continue to struggle to make ends meet for themselves or their families. but to those who say that vermont is a bad place to do business, that our policies for job growth aren't getting results, that our optimism about vermont's job future is not matched by progress, i ask you to consider these facts. our unemployment rate at the peak of the recession, 7.3% today it is among the lowest in america at 5.3% the county now enjoys the fourth lowest on duty to unemployment rate in america. over the past year new jobs in vermont grew by 62 per cent over

the prior year. more than any other state in the nation. [applause] vermont ranked second in a recent study on how states use tax breaks and economic development subsidies to actually create jobs and this legislature gets the credit for that. [applause] now if you don't believe the data off a invite you to join me on the road. region not to vermont's job creators here are just a few that i visited over the past year. a newport, bill sinner is working on several projects in orleans county in issue to building a world-class four

seasons resort that employees hundreds of vermonters. they are bringing anc by yo and other projects that represent three injured $50 million worth of investment that will produce 3,000 direct and indirect jobs in the heart of the northeast kingdom. ge continues to expand. one of the largest manufacturing plants of jet engines in the nation for both commercial and military aircraft. hubbard and forage is on track to meet its goal of doubling sales and just five years. in the electronics it is up and running with capacity to produce parts for 100,000 heiberg of vehicles within three years and they are shipping all over the world including china. coffee roasters are building a plant that will employ hundreds of vermonters and help fuel the

exceptional growth to one of america's most successful companies. in the junction ibm continues to innovate and create jobs in the ibm plant that's right in and adding jobs is now one of the world's largest producers of the conductive technology employing 6,000 vermonters. in arlington, continues to hire and expand, but wrench is retiring. and ethics junction where i was at last week it is thriving and has developed a new combat helmet that if adopted by the u.s. military will allow them to vastly expand manufacturing and vermont. up and newport we will be building new facilities to expand manufacturing jobs. from the massachusetts line, to the canadian border, companies that open this year include the

forum and woodstock, swan valley cheese and many other small value-added agricultural businesses are growing their customer base, creating jobs and adding fidelity to the dairy industry that i believe is placed for revitalization. [applause] my administration and by commit ourselves every day to attracting entrepreneurs and growing jobs one job at a time coming and we slowly but surely will grow our way out of the most painful recession in our nation's history. let me say one last word about staying competitive and creating jobs. our tax policy has a direct

impact on our shows future. you heard me say this before but vermont's problem is not that our taxes are not high enough. it is that they are too high. i am a proud and strong supporter of vermont's progress of income tax structure. the most progressive in the country. we're unlike the federal government, we require our wealthiest citizens to pay their fair share of income tax. but we cannot correct the failure of washington from the state house in what dillinger, and you must be always mindful that every day we compete with our neighboring states for the same jobs. therefore, i remain determined not to increase broadbased tax on vermont as we begin to see signs modest economic growth. [applause]

keys and clapping because it is his birthday. [laughter] looking back on last year, looking back on the last year we have so much to be thankful for and so many opportunities ahead. as we enter the new year, partisanship continues to paralyze our democracy in washington, d.c.. at a time when many of our american cities and communities beyond vermont's borders often seem more divided than united, our little state has distinguished itself. indy 500, there is nothing wrong with america that could not be made right by the ingenuity and caring spirit of the people of

the state of vermont. [applause] by continuing to set aside what divides us and finding common ground to unite us. we will rebuild our state better than the way that i mean found us while making a bold decisions that will lead us to continued job growth and a bright future to vermont. let's get back to work. thank you so much. [applause]

iowa governor terry branstad says his state can be a model for the nation on how democrats and republicans can work together on budget issues. governor branstad's condition of the state address of the iowa general assembly in des moines is half an hour. [applause] thank you. thank you. [applause]

madam lieutenant gabbard, mr. president, mr. speaker, leaders, justices and judges, legislators, elected officials, distinguished guests, families, friends and fellow iowans come to the it is my honor to stand before you and deliver this, my 17th state of the state address in this great chamber. and while 17 doesn't sound like such a big number to me, my wife chris would say i just don't know when to quit talking. [laughter] i stand here today older and wiser than during my first such opportunity in those years ago, but with a heart full of pride, a head full of ideas and with a state full of new opportunities to grow and prosper as never

before. last year, we, like many of your states, faced serious budget challenges and unacceptably high levels of unemployment. 89 programs were funded with one time money that was due to run out to the tune of $900 million. in other words, it amounted to nearly one sixth of our entire general fund budget. more than 100,000 iowans were out of work and seeking jobs and thousands more have simply given up hope. my charge to each of us was simple, yet significant: to restore predictability and stability to our state budget, to ensure our decisions were sustainable for the long term; to the stage for a period of unprecedented economic expansion. together we took these challenges -- as iowans always do. and while the process was messy -- as it always is, and though none of us got everything we saw -- as we never do, we took the

necessary steps to put the state's fiscal house back in order, ended our dependency on one time revenue come from the dannel balanced budget using the ongoing revenue and passed a lie annual budget that funds most areas for two years. [applause] here in iowa we are a model for the nation on how republicans and democrats can work together for the common good of our people. iowans deserve a budget that works, a budget that focuses on the essentials, a budget that reflects the character and the ideal of iowa's are working taxpayers, and together, we delivered just that. so take this moment, before the hard work of this session

begins, and congratulate your fellow legislators for a good job well done as i congratulate each of you. [applause] now, with our fiscal house much improved, and our fiscal year 2013 budget already substantially completed, we have a tremendous opportunity to focus the next few months on to other critical priorities. first, creating new jobs and careers for iowans to significantly raise family incomes, and second, adopting common sense solutions for our schools to give our children a world-class education. we must share the urgency of iowans to revitalize our economy and improve our schools. ..

i met with vice president xi jinping. he actually visited iowa in

april of 1985 as a party official. he is now the vice president and later this year he will become the president of china. out of that meeting one thing was very clear. for iowa to compete in the future we must compete globally. on that trip i met with companies in each country that i visited. i was able to communicate a message that iowa is open for business and poised for growth. a message that iowa is full of hard-working citizens who are ready to work. as a result of those efforts, we convince the south korean company cj, to invest $324 million in the fort dodge area and bring 180 and 80 great jobs to iowa. however companies -- [applause]

however companies abroad should not be the sole-source of our growth. american companies have seen the work we have done collectively to enhance stability in our state through our fiscal discipline. as a result numerous companies have announced the relocation or expansion plans in iowa. cargo purchased the tate and lyle's plant in fort dodge and will create over 100 day jobs in webster county and provide another market for iowa corn. >> caller: is investing nearly $300 million in their davenport factory where they will begin producing automotive aluminum to meet the rising demand for lighter and more fuel-efficient vehicles. the combination of our strong agricultural, bioscience manufacturing and financial sectors means iowa is in a better position than most states for economic expansion. [applause]

but i believe being better is not good enough. we must try it to be the best. i'm convinced iowa stands on the trespass of major economic expansion but that expansion is not guaranteed. our opportunity for unparalleled growth is like the opportunity that a good iowa field affords a farmer, but work must be done before a harvest can be reaped. are job creators are ready. the question is, our week? are we ready to plant the seeds for growth and prosperity? if the answer is yes, and the answer must be yes, then we must develop the permanent tools -- the permanent tools that job creators and hard-working iowans so critically need. that is why today i am proposing a 4.plan of action, a focused

initiative designed to help create the jobs that we need today and the careers that we need tomorrow. [applause] the first piece of my action plan should calm to know -- as no surprise to anyone. this year i will submit to the general assembly ever buys plan to reduce commercial and industrial property taxes by 40% over the next eight years. commercial property taxes and iowa are the second-highest in the nation and i believe there is an agreement within this chamber that these taxes must be reduced, not because they cost businesses money, but because they cost iowans jobs. [applause]

[applause] what has been lacking in this discussion i believe is an understanding of the consequences for small business owners who struggle to keep their doors open and their workers employed, due to this back raking business burden. today, sitting with my family is being sought. i met her at the immigrant entrepreneurial summit. she is a leader who has helped hundreds of him at her and entrepreneur start and successful businesses including her own. she and nearly 500 other iowans met to discuss their experience of starting businesses and their dreams of success here in iowa. i was honored to address their summit and to wreck lies 125 immigrant entrepreneurs who

started new business in iowa last year here in the state of iowa. thank you. [applause] [applause] she is a relatively new american citizen. she has a growing cpa business, but she does not own her own office space. rather, she leases the property and she, like thousands of other small-business owners across iowa, feels the brunt of our high property taxes through the net-net leases where he and she pays the full cost of the property taxes attributable to her footprint. we are proud of you.

you represent thousands of other hopefuls small business owners, iowans who are in most need of commercial property tax relief. [applause] will each of you commit to permanent property tax relief solutions for all small business owners in the tens of thousands of iowans seeking jobs? [applause] [applause] passing our plan will give a iowa business owners permanent

relief and a fighting chance to compete. in addition, our plan prevents a shift to other classes of property by limiting local government spending and by cutting in half the annual growth limit for residential and agricultural property. the second piece of my action plan is to give our iowa economic development authority the tools it needs to create our job and help lead our job creation efforts. last year the legislature directed us to create a replacement for her grow iowa values fund and we are proposing a new 25 million-dollar annual investment in our high-quality jobs program. the high-quality jobs program has a proven record of success and a duck and the return on investment of $2 in new tax revenue for every 1 dollar invested. this direct assistance component gives the iowa partnership for

economic progress and important tool in attracting high-quality businesses and careers to iowa. in addition, my proposal will be structured so that the state investments in this program will decline over time so the program will be self-funding within 10 years as a direct result of the jobs that it brings to iowa. the third component of my jobs and careers action plan will encourage those small businesses that supply key components to our strong manufacturing sector to grow their facilities and create new jobs in iowa. often major manufactures have large supply chains filled with companies that produce vital components for the anchor manufacturer. manufacturing must remain an important part of our diversified iowa economy. i will offer legislation that removes the barriers that discourage suppliers from bringing their business is closer to their best iowa customers. we have major anchor

manufactures like john deere in waterloo. let's develop a supply chain cluster were in surrounding towns attract those smaller support businesses that feed john deere. without question, the jobs such suppliers will bring to places like hudson, laporte city, parkersburg and denver are equally as important to those communities is the jobs that john deere provides to the citizens of waterloo. the final piece of this jobs and careers puzzle involves the dilemma faced by rural communities when there anchor businesses put up for sale. when hometown business are sold to out-of-state or out of country buyers the local community often suffers. we must work to keep iowa companies in iowa, even though -- even when an ownership change takes place. this is not just a tool for iowa

businesses. it is a tool for iowa communities. iowa communities where these companies represent so much more than jobs, where these companies represent our families, friends and our way of life. many of these companies have operated in iowa for years, operated by owners committed to the local way of life. when those owners wish to retire, they must have options to keep their company's local. i am proposing legislation that will encourage the formation of employee stock option plans to encourage the sale of these local businesses to the very employees who have made the company a profitable success. [applause] our plan will encourage more iowans to own a stake in their company, to reach a greater share of the fruits of their own labor and to help protect the

quality of life in their local community. employee ownership is great for the iowa communities in which these businesses, jobs and careers exists. my 4.action plan to create the jobs we need today, it will help us create the jobs we need today and the careers we need tomorrow and it is essential that we have your bipartisan support to get this done. [applause] we can leave any discussion about iowa's future without focusing on our most precious natural resource, our children. with four young granddaughters, i understand the importance of commitment, commitment at this time when new technology and

other forces are rapidly reshaping the labor market. our children's future depends on whether they learn the knowledge, life skills, need to succeed in it local economy and be well informed, good citizens of the 21st century. our state's future depends on whether the quality of our schools matches the best performing schools anywhere in the world. today we have with us in the galleries, students from van meter, ankeny, and q. elementary here in des moines. i asked them to be here because today we take a crucial step towards ensuring that they have opportunities to pursue their dreams by being among the best educated anywhere in the world. [applause] [applause]

thank you, students. [applause] the bottom line is, education must be a greater priority in our state has of our schools are not the best, then we will fail our young people and those young iowans who follow them. last week, lieutenant governor kim reynolds and i unveil their updated education reform blueprint. it is the product of nearly a year of hard work. that work included an education summit that brought together the best minds from iowa, the nation and the world. than it was followed by a release of the initial loop rent to start a statewide conversation on how to give our kids the best education. at that point we hit the road to hold an unprecedented number of

education town halls to engage students, parents, teachers, jobseekers and other iowans in a true give-and-take dialogue about the future of iowa's education system, with the final step being revising the blueprint into the actual reforms that are before you now. here are some of the steps we need to take together to turn iowa's good schools into world class schools. one, we need a great teacher in every classroom and a great principal in every building. that starts by being more selective in who becomes an educator. a b college grade point average ford mission to iowa's teacher preparation program is not asking too much. two, all prospective teachers seeking a state license should demonstrate content and teaching mastery to assure they are ready for the crucial work of teaching our children.

three, the school administration manager program should be changed to provide more time for principals to be instructional leaders. other staff can take on some management tasks to free principals to observing coach teachers in their classrooms. four, the iowa department of education will continue to improve the iowa court, our state standards for math, science english and social studies but well-rounded healthy students the more than just these core areas. the department will work with educators to develop new standards for music and other fine arts, character education, physical education come, entrepreneurship education applied arts in foreign languages. five, new kindergarten assessments will assure that students start kindergarten ready to learn and leave prepared to flourish in first grade. sixth, and of course tests in

core subjects will demonstrate that high school students are ready to graduate. these will be designed with teachers and will emphasize not just in content but being able to apply it. seventh, all junior should take a college entrance exam and the state will cover the cost. in addition we should have the option -- they should have the option of taking a work skills readiness test. this will tell us whether iowa's students iowa students are college and career ready for life after high school. eight, let's assure that children can read by the end of third grade. otherwise, they will fall further and further behind. and intensive focus on literacy means working closely with families and providing more set port for reading and writing in schools, starting in preschool and continuing through kindergarten, first, second and third grades.

because reading is so essential for later success in school, it is just unfair to promote an illiterate child. [applause] nine, iowa has some highly innovative schools and we should encourage more schools to to be innovative. youngsters need more opportunities to engage in real life experiences including internships in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. doing well in the subject is the gateway to fast-growing fields with some of the best paying jobs, whether students are headed for career training or a two or four-year college. to encourage such efforts iowa should establish an innovation acceleration fund. schools and partners will identify education problems and innovative solutions. competitive grants will fund the

best ideas, which may then be scaled up statewide. 10, on line learning that complements learning in a traditional classroom should be promoted. associate competency based learning that personalizes education for each child and begins the process of moving away from the time-based industrial model for education. let's do all of this and more for our children, with a bipartisan consensus, with a bipartisan consensus that will stand the test of time. [applause] [applause] don't iowa's students deserve a world-class education?

we have a decade of hard work ahead of us. so let's get to work, because this this is not about this administration or the next or the one after that. it is about our children's future and our states prosperity and growth. let's work together on a bipartisan basis to put in place commonsense solutions that are sustainable by adapting best practices that work and by innovating to find new approaches that fit iowa. let's work together to continually improve because that is what the highest performing school systems due to give their children a world-class education. let's work together to continually improve because iowans will hold us accountable. the solutions i have outlined today are about the future. they are about ensuring the american dream and the iowa way of life will be passed on to our children.

imagine filling iowa's main streets with thriving businessed happy customers. imagine creating the kind of long-term careers to that keep young iowans home and attract those who have left to come back to their roots. imagine schools among the best in the world, providing our children and grandchildren with endless opportunities to pursue their dreams. these are not empty aspirations. rather, they are part of a grand vision for restoring a healthy iowa. as the lute and a governor and i traveled to all 99 counties last year one thing was absolutely clear to us, i'll must strive to be the best. whether in other parts of our nation -- where in other parts of become the new reality. it is imperative that we make iowa the center for stability and innovation. [applause]

and let us never forget as we work together toward these goals, iowans are going to hold us accountable. we have an obligation to exceed their expectations, begin building on our foundation for growth. i believe our aspirations for a better tomorrow can and will ignite our capacity to innovate. so, let's be unabated today. let's provide the permanent tools that are small businesses and hard-working taxpayers of critically need. let's commit to new jobs and career opportunities for all iowans. let's give our children the best education in the world. let us, republicans and democrats, rural and urban, all iowans, become a beacon of hope for the rest of the nation and show them how a motivated people working together, with the best

interests of our children in our hearts, and a set of new tools in our hands, can solve our common problems and bring iowa on resident of economic expansion and on parallel educational opportunities. that is our challenge. that is our mission. that is our obligation. thank you. god lest you and god bless the great state of iowa. [applause] [applause] [applause]

>> i have never felt more strongly that america's best days and democracy's best days lie ahead. we are a powerful force for good, with faith and courage. we can perform great deeds and take freedoms next step. and we will. we will carry on the tradition of a good and worthy people who have wrought light where there is darkness, warmth where there was coldcold, medicine where there was disease, food where there was hunger and peace where there was only bloodshed. let us be sure that those who have come after will say of us in our time, that in our time we did everything that could id.. we finish the race, we kept them free, we kept the faith.

>> phil bryant took the oath of office said mississippi 64th governor earlier this month. his predecessor as governor haley farley -- haley barbour pardoned criminals. in his inaugural speech incoming governor ryan said he would end the policy allowing violent offenders to work at the governor's mansion. this is 20 minutes. [applause] >> place your left hand on the

bible and raise your right hand. i phil bryant do solemnly swear that i will faithfully support the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of mississippi and obey the laws there of, that i'm not disqualified from holding the office of governor of the state of mississippi. and i will faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which i am about to enter, so help me god. >> thank you, sir. [applause]

[applause] [applause] [applause] >> thank you. [applause] thank you mr. lieutenant governor. i look so forward to our term of service together. deborah and i are proud to work with you and l.a. kelly in this

crowded hour. thank you mr. chief justice for your work in the judiciary and for guiding me through that oath of office. governor barbour, senator wicker, congressman harper, natalie, palazzo in speaker. [sound of gunfire] , senate and house members and all elected officials, i offer a warm welcome with profound gratitude for your presence here today. i am joined on this delightful occasioned by my families both immediate and extended, holding my grandmother's bible for my oath of office as one who has supported my dreams and challenges for over 35 years. the person who has held my heart in her hands, my wonderful and patient wife, and our new first lady, deborah.

[applause] [applause] also here are my two children, katie and patrick, who are the light of my life and stephen who will soon join our family is katie's husband. i am so grateful. 's great gift to such a beloved family. my two older brothers are here today by my side as they have been since my earliest memory. larry, the oldest, said an example with his passion for success and dedication to achievement. chuck, the middle child, has been the balance between hard work and a love for life.

i am here today because i stood on their shoulders. our parents, and duly and estelle, would have been equally proud of their children today. our mother was the lighthouse in our lives that would bring us home when we lost our way. they were simply the best part of our lives, and we love to them with all our heart. to my mother-in-law, doris hayes, i extend a heartfelt thanks for your acceptance and your willingness to allow your daughter to marry a young deputy sheriff so many years ago. i know you all must be equally surprised today. [laughter] you are my family and my world would have been empty without your love and support. two former speaker really mccoy,

i am honored you are here mr. speaker and thankful for our years of service together. i ask god's blessings upon you and yours. thank you for your leadership when i was such a young house member. god bless you. to newly-elected speaker philip going to i extend a hearty congratulations and i look over to our time together as you serve the great citizens of our beloved mississippi. and i want to give a very special thank you to governor barbour for -- and first lady for their leadership. mississippi will long remember and appreciate your dedication and sacrifice. i think i can speak for all of mississippi when i say well done our chu and faithful servants. [applause]

[applause] [applause] a tough act to follow. in addition to my parents, there are others i wish could be here today. i would have enjoyed governor. pat would have been gracious with their comments and kirk would have said keep it short, phil. i was elected to the house of representatives on the same day he was elected governor. iran for that office after i had the rare opportunity to visit the white house to meet president ronald reagan in 1996. inspired by his admission to rise above my own self-interest and to stay the course of his conservative revolution, i

return returned to mississippi determined to make a difference. i have been blessed on my journey with some unique perspectives of this wonderful place. i've seen it from behind a badge as a deputy sheriff, as mississippi keeps the peace. i've seen it from the records as a state auditor how mississippi spends its money and i've seen it from the floor of the senate as to how mississippi makes its laws and i might add from the floor of the house of representatives. at each step along the way i have marveled at our people. i give my sincere respect to the incredible people of mississippi who made this day possible. you are truly amazing in my eyes, which make my presence here today is your governor it even all the more humbling. today we start a new administration, one that will reflect upon the success of our past with admiration and respect

while looking for greater achievements in our future. it would be timid and insincere to believe that our problems are all solved and our shared potential exhausted. we must dedicate ourselves to the belief that we may fall separately, but we will surely rise together. and if we are to rise together we must do so with the inherent characteristics of mississippi. you see we are a people of character, who value hard work and treasure loyalty to our families, our state and our country. and as the profit isaiah describe so long ago we are a people of faith who will soar on wings like eagles, and we will walk and not row faint because our trust is in the lord. with the lord's blessings i want to help the people of mississippi to be a people of opportunity. i know they are and there are

four important opportunities that we will start our work with here today. every mississippi and should have the opportunity to be gainfully employed right here at home. they should have the opportunity to learn from the best educational system we can offer. every mississippi and should have the opportunity to be born into a mature two parent family. every mississippi resident should have the opportunity to make sure his or her tax dollars are put to proper use. first are more support and work is to make sure we have work. providing job opportunities is critical for mississippi's long-term success. and there are two sectors we can follow that have incredible promise to bring more jobs to mississippi over the next decade, energy and health care. mississippi is becoming a center of power, the very power that fuels modern life.

natural gas, biofuels, solar power, clean coal to elegy and tertiary oil recovery are adding to our position as the leader in the energy economy of the 21st century. mississippi cannot only create thousands of homegrown jobs within energy economy but we can help this nation become an energy independent but we do it. [applause] mississippi's other potential growth sector for enhancement is health care. just look around us. many of us here today are baby boomers. and whether it was hula hoops, automobiles or housing, we have driven the economy since the 1950's. we will now need additional health care. to meet this demand, it proposed adding 1000 new physicians by 2025, knowing that each doctor and the support services surrounding that position will

bring in $2 million into the community in which he or she will settle. to do this we will complete our new medical school as we have -- as we also plan for new medical zones across mississippi. thousands of jobs that will be created at his public and private venture is just the beginning. the lives that will be saved, the disease that could be eradicated and the education of the nation's finest medical professionals will be transformational. together, we can enhance the health of our bodies and the health of our economy at the same time. governor barbour and i had a singular focus on economic development for an important reason. when we have a job that changes absolutely everything. it adds taxes to the state treasury, is an example of responsibility to his or her

children and is more like you to avoid crime, to vote and to participate in the community. [applause] we can remove as many obstacles as practical to make our state of magnet for people and companies who do. every day i'm governor i will make my job -- my job will assure that mississipians have a job of their own. second, we must change or discussion on education from one of only dollars and cents to one that makes sense. early childhood learning, charter schools. classroom redesign. [applause] and higher qualifying standards for new teachers will be our goal. we must also attack the dropout rate by allowing the children,

our children, to take standard high school exams and workforce learning and community college at the same time. a dropout who would otherwise be preordained as a societal failure could be valued as a craftsman with such programs. we must refocus our efforts on the most important there in education, a child's ability to read. [applause] we know a child who cannot read at a standard level by the fourth grade is almost always destined to failure. and we cannot continue to stand by and allow this failure for mississippi's children. the future our children live in will be written, and i want them to be able to read it. third, the epidemic of teenage pregnancy in the state must come to an end.

[applause] churches, schools, community organizations and most importantly families, must realize that the highest teen pregnancy rate in america will eventually cripple our state. such a change in societal norms is in fact possible. 40 years ago, think back, 40 years ago many of you here today may have been smoke and during the ceremony. what it was the norm even in this chamber and few would have noticed. society however decided that smoking was harmful and a slow but certain repudiation of that habit began. a similar attitude must move forward with teen pregnancy. it must begin with every church, health care provider, teacher and employer must help in

identifying teen pregnancy is an activity as challenging as smoking. brands we can no longer turn our heads and pretend the problem does not exist. teen pregnancy and mississippi must be reduced if we are to reach our full potential. finally, our people need to know that their precious tax dollars that they send to jackson are spent with the utmost care. mississippi's budget process is broken and it must be fixed. our state cannot a successful in the 21st century with a budget system from the 19th. most importantly, it is inefficient at a time when we can ill afford inefficiencies. instead of measuring outcomes and appropriations for success our state budget -- budgets are often set by two deciding factors. what were last year's budget numbers and who denote the capitol building? this is no way to treat our

people's tax dollars. [applause] we will work smarter and our sister states, make spending transparent and design a budget taste on performance, not politics. and appropriation of money when not solve all of our problems but an appropriation of leadership can. not just the kind of leadership at the state capital capital but the kind of leadership that has helped mississippi endure great challenges. friends, mississippi has endured a civil war, a reconstruction, a great depression, poverty, racial strife and the worst natural disaster in american history. we have been branded by the rest of the world by these challenget deny our resilience and perseverance.

from a state that seceded from the union we are now home to thousands of u.s. military men and women, many you see here today. the most patriotic people in the union. [applause] [applause] from the depths of the poverty we cradle the birth of america's music from blues to country to rock 'n roll, from the bitter and righteous struggle for civil rights we gave inspirational rise to some of the country's foremost writers, musicians, artists and leaders. with each challenge we have as

william faulkner said not only endured that prevailed. our endurance and perseverance has been at its best when the water has risen around us. mississippi has become accustomed to rising water. over the last decade alone hurricane katrina and the mississippi river have given us historic and painful examples of the water step. but there is something we have learned from it. they rising water has forced us to higher ground. it has forced us to build stronger and better. it has made us climb to new heights. my fellow mississipians it is true that in the years past our troubles have risen around us like that rising water. but we have persevered and each time we have climbed to the new perspective of that higher ground. and as we make our way deeper into this new century, let us

rise together. let us ascend to a place where the troubled waters can no longer touch us, a place where the view of the water is big and wide and beautiful. let us rise together, mississippi, with the guiding hand of god almighty. let us take that first step up together. god bless you, god was mississippi and god lest the united united states of america. [applause] [applause] [applause]

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>> mr. speaker, the president of the united states. tuesday night president obama delivers his state of the union address. live coverage begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern including the presidents speech, republican response by indiana governor mitch daniels and your phonecalls live on c-span and c-span radio. on c-span2 watch the president's speech along with tweets from members of congress and after the address, more reaction from house members and senators. throughout the mag on line for live video and add your comments using facebook and twitter at c-span.org. california governor jerry brown wants voters to decide on a temporary tax increase. he is seeking a balance initiative on its plan to

increase sales taxes and income taxes on high earners. governor brown's state of the state's speech speech last week was 20 minutes. [applause] [applause]rown >> thank you. thank you. fellow dignitaries and fellow citizens, as required by the state to you this morning on thecond conditionio of our state. before he do i just want to make one notation. i noticed that connie and mr. huff put out their critique

of my speech 24 hours ago. [laughter] i will let you in on a little secret, my speech was not finished 24 hours ago and i do want to say i you are psychic. [laughter] and you possess the powers of three cognition andrvoyan clairvoyance. after the speech i want to check with you on some stock tips.ps [laughter][applaud [applause]in we could use some in the state. putting it as simply as i can, california is on the mend.ia last year we were looking at act structural deficit ofon $20 billion. it was a real mess. rea but you rose to the occasion anc together we shrunk state government,ca reduce their darlg cause and transferred key functions to local government,

closer to the people. the result is a problem one fourth of what we confronted last year. [applause] my goal then was to balance budget cuts with a temporary extension of existing taxes if the voters approve.de t you make the reductions in some very difficult decisions but the four republican votes needed to put the tax measure onth thepu ballot werebl not there. so we are left with unfinished business, closing the remaining gap. again, i propose cuts in temporarypr taxes. neither ista popular, but both must be done. in a world still reeling from the collapse of the financialnac system, it makes no sense to spend more than we have. the financial downgrading of the united states as well as of several governments in europe should be warning enough.enough it is said that the road to hell is paved with good intentions

and digging ourselves into a deep one man show whole to do good is a bad idea. in this time of uncertainty, prudence and paying down debt is the bestpr policy. for my part i'm determined to press ahead with substantial budget cuts and my tax initiative. the cuts are not ones thatia itn like what the situation demands them. as for the initiative, it is fair, it is temporary, it is half of what people were payingt in 2010 and it will protect our schools and guarantee in the constitutionco funding for the public safety programs we transferred to local government. with enough time, we can and shouldca devise more permanent x reform but for now, we should finish the job of ringingng spending into line with revenue revenues.s. putting our fiscal house in order is good stewardshipin and helps us regain the trust of the people.it

itls also builds confidence in california as a place to invest and realize one's dreams. contrary to those critics who fantasize that california is aa failed state, i see unspent potential and incredible opportunity. every decade since the 60s, dystopian journalists write stories on the impending decline ofou our economy, our culture ad our politics. yes it is fair to say that california is turbulent, less predictable and well, different. yet, look at the facts.he after the mortgage bubble burst in 2007, california lost 1 million jobs, much of itrage driven by the overleveraged construction industry and its financial partners in the under regulated mortgage industry. the result is a recovery far slower than after the previous six national recessions. but now we are coming back inal 2011. california personal income greww by almost

$100,000,000,000.230000 jobs were created, a rate much higher than the nation as a whole. contraryon to those decline is, who singled texas and bemoan our woes, california is still the land of dreams as well as the d.r.e.a.m.th act. [applause] california is the place where apple, intel, hewlett-packard, oracle, qualcomm, twitter facebook and countless otherhim creative companies all began. it is home a to more nobelapit laureates and venture capital investments than any otherstates state. received 40%ornia of u.s. venture capital investments and in the first three months of last year, ite v roseen even higher, to 52%. there is more than four times --

that is more than four times greater than massachusetts. is for new patents california inventors were awarded almost four times as many as inventors from the nextfo day, new york. california has problems but rumors of its demise are greatlu exaggerated. [applause] the year 2012 presents plenty of toportunity that if we were together we can stimulate jobs, build renewable energy, reduce pollution and greenhouse gases, launched the nation's only high-speed rail system, richard freeman on a plan to fix the delta, improve our schools, reform our pensions and make sure prison realignment is working to protect public safety and reduce recidivism. last year, i appointed a top adviser with an impressive record -- record and charged them with finding out what does not work for business in the state and how to fix it.g ou

what he hearwhd consistently was that business needed an effective champion to navigatea the state plethora complex laws and regulations which can discourage investment and job creation. you enacted a law to restructure our office of business development and place it in the governor's office. under the name scope is we now have a point of contact at the i highest level for businesses large and small. more thaann that, the office is staffed with people who understand what it is like to bo in business and they stand ready to intervene and give real help to get businesses open and projectspr off the ground. already california is leading ic the nation in creating jobs in renewable energy and the design and construction of morecotr efficient buildings and new technologies. our state keeps demanding morete efficient structures, cars, machines and electric devices. we do that because we understand that fossil duels, particularly

foreign oil, creates ever rising cost to our economy and to our a health. it is true that the renewable energy sector is small relativet see it overall economy but it pays good wages and will onlyigs grow bigger as oil prices increase andpr the effects of climate change become more obvious and expensive. i have set a goal of 20,000 megawatts of renewable energy by 2020. you have laid the foundation byg adopting the requirement a that one third of electricity come from renewable sourcesfr by that day. this morning i can tell you weo we are in track to meet that goal and substantially exceed it. in the last two years aloneca california has permitted over 16,000 megawatts of solar, wind and geothermal energy projects.a [applause] in the beginning of the computer industry, jobs were numbered inn the thousands.

now they the same thing will happen with green jobs. california is positionedia is pi perfectly to reap the economic benefits that will inevitablycao flow. a california also leads the nation in cleaning up the air, air encouraging electric vehicles in reducing pollution and greenhouse gases. our vehicle emission standards which have always set the pace now have been adopted by the federal government for the rest of the country. under ab32 california stepped out and crafted a bold plan to deal with climate change and foreign oianl dependency. our plan will require less carbon in our fuels, more efficient technologies across ae broad swath of businesses andan the carefully designed cap-and-trade system that uses market incentives instead of descriptive mandates. as a result, california isifora' attracting billions of dollars in clean tech venture capital investments.cain in 2011, almost 40% of suchch

investments are made incalifo california, may kiar state not only the leader in the nationstt but in the entire world.re [applause] my commitment is to continue these innovative programs and build on them in the coming year in every way i can. s .. of a revised business plan, it willenableus to begin initia construction before the year i out. president obama strongly supportsthproject anha provided the majoritoffund for the firsphase. it's now youdecision t evaluatethplan and decid what action totake withouhesitation iurge you

approval [applauding] if youbeliev california will continue tgrowasi do, an millions more people wil b living in our state, this is a wise investment. building new runways and expanding our airports and highways is the onlyalternativ alternative. that is not cheaper and will face even more political opposition those who believe californiais naturally shrink back from dertakin such ag. undertaking.dersta i understand that feeling but ib don't share it because i know the state and the spirit of ther people who chose toit o live he. california is still the gold mountain the chinese immigrants in 1848 can across the compliance. the wealth is different and not for mining of this year ends but from the creative imagination of those who invent and build thost

who drive our economy forward. critics in the high-speed railct project as they often do as proposed during the 1830's the central valley was called a fantastic dream that wouldn'tth work. mas the master plan for theighway se interstate highway system in 1939 was divided what does new deal jitterbug economics. in 1966 when the mayor johnson of berkeley called it a billion dollar potential fiasco the bar panel was for years thought to be impracticable and benjaminone himself said of the cal impossible. the critics were wrong then and they are wrong now. [applause]

and when you build the first phase so that if of itself isioe worth the $2 billion the state would invest nothing elsein happened and it will. another issue is water. last week secretary of interior inrior met ken salazar met in s iacramento with those in the station were wo working to complete the delta conservation plan that by thiseh summer we sit have the basicba elements of the project we need to build. this is something my fatherfathr worked on and on and worked once as well decades ago. coitte we know nor the become more now and are committed to the ecosystem and ensuring a reliable water supply. this is an enormous project to ensure water for 25 millionericn

californians and for many of acres of farmland as well as 100,000 acres of new habitat for fish and other wildlife.done wil to get it done would require time, political will andfrom countless permits from state and federal agencies. i invite your collaboration and constructive engagement. next i want to say somethingomeg about our schools. they consume more tax dollars an any than any other government activity. and rightlyey so as they have a profound effect on our future. since everyone goes to school, everyone thinks they knowmethinu something about education and in a sense they do. consultants from offering theirl ideas. usually labor reform and changing and tenure intervalslen right now more and better. it's all regulatory and even thr

edifying that so much intereston is shown in the next generation. nevertheless, in the state with 6 million students, 300,000hers teachers, deep economic 100 languages some humility is called for in the spirit -- [applause][applaudin in that spirit by offer these thoughts. first, responsibility must bebew clearly between the various levels of power in the state's educational system. what needs to be avoided is what must concentrating more and moreor decision making at the federal or state level. for better or worse we depend on elected school boards and theeah principals and teachers thebid r higher to read to me we should set broad goals and have a good

accountability system leaving the real work to those closest the students. [applause] yet we should demand a continuous improvement in meeting our state standards.ou we should not impose accepting more detailed mandates.my budges my budget proposes to categorical programs with a newu student formula to provide the o basic level of funding withditin disadvantaged students and thost struggling to learn english. this will give more authority to local school districts to fashion the ofkind of programsss they say their students need and also create transparency, reducu bureaucracy and simplify complex funding streams. given the cutbacks to education in the recent ye imperative that californiata devotes more tax dollars in itsr most basic of public services.

if we are successful in passinge the tax system i propose and the economy continues to expand comt schools will be in a much stronger position. no system, however, works with the accountability. in california we have detailedsd state standards and lots ofrtun tests.resultin unfortunately the resulting data is not provided until after the school was over.oday as i ea even today, as i speak to you, the ranking of schools based on the tests taken in april and ma1 of 2011 is not available.lable. i reduce the number of tests and e cht the results the teachers,ata principals and superintendents s in weeks,up not months. [applause]el it is timely data us, principals and superintendents can mentor and guide teacher's house well as make sound evaluations of their performance.

i believe we also need a qualitative system of assessment such as a site visitation prm program where each classroom isd visited, observed and evaluated. i will work with the state board of education to develop this proposal. the hous the house of education is slashg powerful forces and strong emotions. my role as governor is not to choose choose sides, but to listen, to engage and to lead. i will do that.both i have reform and tradition but not complacency. my hunch is that principals and but i will take good ideas from wherever they come. as for pensions i put forth my 12-point proposal, examining, ie improving, but please, to get si the issue and do something real. i am committed to --[applaud [applause]in

i am committed to the pension reform as i believe it is a real al problem. three times as many people asnyt are retiring as or entering the workforce. this arithmetic doesn't add up. in addition, benefits, contributions in the age ofremel retirement all have to balance. todon't believe they do today. start tomorrow, work for 40 years are you going to lift 80, 90, 110?ho is th how much is that? how many people retired? how many people are working, how many people are coming along, how does it all worked out? anybody who tells me that you feel absolutely confident thatlh 40 or 50 years from now thingshg are all going to be paid for not looking at the numbers and the of the investments. the prison alignment we are just at the beginning. the cooperation of sheriffs, police chiefs, officers,ct attod district attorneys and locals he officials have been remarkable. we have much to do to protect public safety and reduceredu

recidivism and together we will get it done.it it's one thing to pass phill law and it'squ quite another toke i implement and make it work. as i see it, that is my job asrr governor and does she toch executive.make t make the operations ofhe government work efficiently, honestly and in the people's interest. with your help that is what weaw 2012, improved oncein again that the decline in california is wrong. we on the move, let's get it done.move, thank you. [applause]we

i've never felt more strongly the that america's best days and democracy's best days lie ahead. we are a powerful force for good with faith and courage we can perform great deeds and take freedom next step and we will. we will carry on the tradition of a good and worthy people who have brought light where there was darkness, warmth where there was cold, medicine where there was disease, to where there was thunder and peace we're there was only blood shed. let us be sure that those who have come after you would say of us in our time that in our time we did everything that could be done.

we finished the race and kept them free with messages its comer deval patrick delivered his state of the gulf commons speech at the state house in boston. he talked about the state unemployment rate stood a three-year low of 6.8%. the governor releases the proposal budget and is expected to include higher taxes on cigarettes, candy and soda. [applause]

thank you very much. thank you free much. [applause] thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. lieutenant governor and a fellow constitutional law officer, madame president, mr. speaker and of the senate and the house, members of the judiciary, members of our cabinet and of the of the administration and municipal officials, reverend clergy a and most especially fellow citizens of massachusetts , good evening and thank you for joining me for my annual report on the status of our commonwealth. i'd like to start by acknowledging and thinking of

the first lady, diane patrick. [applause] [applause] appreciate your leadership in your public life and your patience in your private one. and i know we all do. let us also acknowledge and "uhhh" the relatives, friends and neighbors from massachusetts who are serving today in the military. we appreciate you and your families for your service to the commonwealth and to our country. a special welcome home to senator rushed is here.

[applause] [applause] and also to the representative who is here. thank you. [applause] we have returned from combat duty in iraq back safely and we thank you for your service.

this is my sixth speech of this kind. in that time the world has experienced a dramatic change and even turmoil of the global economic collapse, slow job growth, crumbling infrastructure, growing inequality come public increasing change. periods of chollet and uncertainty are not new in massachusetts and not in history. what defines us is not the challenge but how we need it. we remember with gratitude the generation before hours that rose to the challenges of their kind and left for us a better commonwealth. thanks to them many of us in this room tonight sit where our parents and grandparents could hardly imagine. now, we face our test. it is a test for our time and for the future. while others elsewhere in positions like yours and mine

come to division and stalemate here pull together and for the good of the commonwealth made hard choices. like every state, we cut spending and headcount and slim down programs orie eliminate and also we chose to invest in education and health care and job creation because we all know that educating our kids have in health care you can depend on and a good job is the path to a better future. that's why today our students would lead the nation and overall achievement and the world in science. that's why -- [applause] that's why we lead the nation and health care coverage with

almost 98% of our residents. [applause] that is why we have moved from 47 the nation in job creation in 2006 to fifth in the nation in the last two years while our economy is growing faster. [applause] that's why we lead the nation and energy efficiency and investment surface. and it's also why we have not only closed our budget gap, eliminate or structural deficit and achieved the highest bond rating in history. but with leader of the table meaningful reform in the pension system and municipal health benefits in our schools and transportation so much more that had eluded us and our

predecessors for a long time. none of this is happening by accident. although insurance rates itself 13% in the last couple of years. the largest in america of the accident but because we chose to reinvent the system and introduce the managed competition. the clean energy industry grew nearly 7% in massachusetts last year and had thousands of kilowatts of renewable generations and the thousands of jobs not by accident but because -- -- but because we passed the green communities act in joining the world fundamental shift toward efficiency and renewable energy the shelters and models

and into permanent housing last year not by accident but because we chose to move towards the housing first strategy to work to end homelessness for good. this and much more of the progress we've made to get there. it's heaven because of the choices we have made to get their. choices inspired by our generational response will become our commitment to leave it to of course it's better commonwealth of and we found. so to the members of the legislature's i know that some of the votes that i have asked to take were politically cut. they may even have made some of you uncomfortable. but now is no time for making each other comfortable. now is the time to step up and

time after time for the good of the commonwealth we have. let me thank you mr. speaker and view, madam president and each and every member of the house and senate for working together with my administration in that spirit. we have a lot of progress to celebrate and to be proud of and i think you for that. [applause] and yet as proud as we may be, there are parents across the state who wonder tonight whether they will be able to do as well for their children as her parents did for them. there are workers, some unemployed for months to wonder tonight who wonder they have a place for them. there are small businesses and

working families who now have the security of health insurance but wonder tonight whether they can manage the ever-increasing cost. there are children tonight who wonder whether they will be safe when they stepped outside. we are not yet fulfilling or generational responsibility to them. the strength of our progress is an indisputable fact. things are better in massachusetts than in most other places in america. but that does not mean that the orchestra to a unef. we have hard choices to make. and so i will begin to ask the legislature and the people of massachusetts to move an ambitious agenda this year. we need action to help people get back to work lowering health care cost and making neighborhoods safer. in each of these i will again ask the legislature and the people to make part traces

starting with jobs. there are 240,000 people still looking for work in massachusetts and nearly 120,000 job openings. why? how can we have so much opportunity available and so many people still looking for their chance? business leaders tell me over and over again that it is because the people looking for jobs don't have the skills required. many of these openings are for the so-called middle skills jobs that require more than a high school diploma but not necessarily a four year degree. jobs and medical device manufacturing or the solar for example and a lot of those forced by this economic downturn to make career changes, people in the 30's or 40's or 50's don't have the proper training for those jobs we have a skilled

gap. we can do something about that. we can help people get back to work, and our community colleges should be at the very center of it. we have 15 public community colleges across massachusetts. each strive to meet a whole array of needs preparing high school graduates and four year colleges training workers for the careers hoppin the newcomers master the english language enabling people to scratch an intellectual witch. to get a chance to keep people who oftentimes for the work they do community colleges rarely receive proper recognition, but low inadequate funding. i have visited their campuses and have seen their good work. they are an important resource and we must ask more of them. i believe community colleges are uniquely positioned to get people back to work to write

some are already making impressive contributions to work force development. the community college for civil runs an academy of health professions in bedford ample tied to the industry growth in the valley. the community college is an indispensable source of trained workers for the benefit from companies in western massachusetts. just this month they launched a program that gives students a combination of classroom learning and for the largest employers we need that across the commonwealth for the community colleges to become a fully integrated part of the state's workforce development program. they must be aligned with employers and work force investments in the region where they operate. aligned with each other in the course offered and the

commonwealth job growth strategy. we can't do that in 15 different campuses at 15 different strategies. we need to do this together. we need a unified community college system in massachusetts. in a unified system do to this specifically tailored to meet local work force and on the side of the emphasis on stem subjects and critics that easily transferable to the community college or a four year college. in a unified system we could create an alert and run programs that cost the entire state while completing the course work in a unified system would earn a significant work place readiness to would open doors and their children's fields anywhere in the state one-stop career centers save it on campus to help them move into orbit into

the workplace. i will propose in my budget to streamline the funding and the governments of the community colleges and increase overall funding by $10 million. i challenge the business community to the $10 million. i also propose to tell more state work force training dollars through the community colleges. with a sharper focus, a simpler structure, increased funding and greater accountability community colleges can help us better prepare people for the metal skills job of today and tomorrow this will be another tough vote. another challenging reform. but of those 120 open positions were filled the rate would be

cut in half to the lowest in a decade it would mean an hundred 20,000 people would go from being unemployed in across the state to $800 million to being earners of to to be more than $500 million in the revenue and invest in further growth and most importantly it would offer a way forward to those who are wondering tonight if it is a time for them in tomorrow's economy. so for the good of the commonwealth, let's do this and do it now. [applause]

we can do more to control health care costs as well. after lots of study and broad consultation i ask you to act on a plan to control the rising cost of health care we find it goes up too fast. we know it consumes too much of the family, small business and government budgets. our businesses and employees, family, governments, all of this combined to spend $66 million of health care in massachusetts every year and without intervention will double again in the next ten years. starting two years ago we intervene and its holding. average premium increases for 16.3% in two years ago there were 3% three [applause]

insurance carriers have reopened their contracts and cut the rate increases in some cases by more than half. we treated led to the network plans to give consumers opportunities to get great care and neighborhood settings of four costs. we are ending the minister duplications by requiring the common codes and forms by insurers and providers and there are new plants coming off for small businesses but promised to be as much as 20% cheaper to read in the state government by using these new tools and new approaches to how we pay for care we will avoid nearly a billion dollars in the cost increases in this fiscal year and another several hundred million more next year. the market is moving in the right direction and that's very good news, but it is not enough.

to many small businesses and to many working families still go through an annual ritual that starts with the notice of another premium increase and too often ends with a new plan costing the same or more for less coverage. flood and the rate of increase, but unless that slowdown is sustained, health care costs will continue to squeeze everything of including job growth itself. we need to put an end to the fee-for-service model. we need to stop paying for the amount of care and start paying instead for the quality-of-care. [applause] we need to import doctors to coordinate and care in focus on wellness rather than sickness,

and we need medical malpractice reform. all of this is addressed in the bill that i filed last year. it can slow the growth of health care cost significantly and can count on the creativity civic responsibility and partnership and those who lead our health care industry just as we have to the process at this point. i am confident i can do this the right way. they've done considerable work and i want to congratulate your care and thoughtfulness and now it's time to act. the past health care cost containment legislation. [applause]

this is another hard decision. but for the good of the common wealth, let's do this and do it now with. last i asked you to continue support of the public safety plan and send me a crime bill that is both strong and smart. there are too many tragedies to recount. it really doesn't matter if it doesn't happen in your city in your neighborhood whether it is a 14-year-old shot and killed by an 19 wallsten or officer john mcguire shot and killed, everybody's loss matters. the overall rate of violent crime in many of our cities are down. but they are still too many instances of young people killing other young people and isolated but no less shocking

instances of the repeat offenders committing further acts of violence. this problem belongs to all of us. last summer the legislature approved and funded our successful youth initiative. we are working alongside the leaders, local law enforcement and community groups in high crime areas to focus on those people most likely to commit or be victims of crime. we want a support strategy that addresses local realities with measurable success at reducing violence and engaging young people at risk and to stop funding the program however well-intentioned that are not getting results in supporting this initiative we will find do so again in our next budget. together with our next work to close the achievement given the schools, support summer jobs and mentoring we have a sound and

comprehensive plan. another piece of the strategy is before you now in the proposed crime bill. we've proposed reforms to both of our habitual offender laws and to our mandatory minimum sentencing law to make the public seaford safe. both are important and you must send both. [applause] in the past ten years, 84 people have been convicted and sentenced under the mall for committing three felonies. i propose to lengthen the time before the third time violent felon would become eligible for parole, and i would support a mandatory sentence of life without the possibility of parole for anyone whose third

felony is murder or similarly heinous act of violence. these reforms are not about sweeping of the innocent or the unlucky few they really focus on the worst of those who repeatedly prey on our revenue. we cannot and will not pursue a strategy that categorically rejects the proper place of the parole and public safety but that small number of the most hardened and destructive offenders are to be separated from the public for a long time. at the other end of the spectrum the long final lead drug offenders and in these cases we have to deal with the fact simply warehousing non-violent offenders is a costly policy failure. our spending on prison is 30% in the past decade much of that because of the longer sentences for first-time non-violent drug

offenders the repeat offenders to in this contest prison sentences and gained nothing for public safety. [applause] 92% of the total prison population, 92% is eligible at some point as they went into the distance across the country most recently ohio, delaware and south carolina have already a recognized the folly of mandatory minimum sentences for the nonviolent drug offenders and made significant reforms. so alongside the reform of the habitual offender rules we must

have a comprehensive reentry program. we need more education, job training and certainly more drug treatment in prison and mandatory supervision of the relief and we missed make the offenders for parole sooner south. by permitting them to have released after serving half of their sentence we can begin to reintegrate four to 500 non-violent offenders in the next year and save millions in prison cost every year. we must be smarter about how we protect public safety. that means targeting the most dangerous and damaging to the strictest sentences and better preparing them on dangerous for the eventual release and reintegration. we don't have to choose one or the other without successful reentry has failed.

again for the good of the commonwealth then we build the great reforms to the habitual offender law we and our mandatory minimum sentencing law for nonviolent drug offenders. i will not accept one without the other. [applause] we have reason to past challenges and we will rise to these if we stay true to our values and work together. restated for the future, that transcends momentary political convenience. i still believe our commonwealth as a community and we have a stake in each other. that fell you leads us time after time to better choices

however difficult they may be. we can overcome any challenge. i have no doubt about it and if you have any doubt of think back to last june that tornado touched down in massachusetts without much warning in a matter of minutes it toward authority mile long half a mile wide trade of under destruction through nine communities. when i visited in the hours after it hit i was struck by how random the damage was. if you happen to be in the tornado's half, you lost everything. but if you were just a few feet away, your home was untouched. now the fortunate ones didn't just walk away and count their blessings. they didn't tell their neighbors you are on your own. the people of westfield and munson, brims field in west

springfield, the people of massachusetts opened their homes and their hearts. they cried together and prayed together and then they went to work together rebuilding their community and work alongside them because their community is ours. the challenge facing people in the future of their american dream and work force is hours too. the challenge facing small businesses and working families struggling with the cost of care is ours, too. the challenge facing those to fear for their safety and those seeking a way that successfully in the main street is hours too. we can meet those challenges if we work together. we are here today because

someone did the same for us. for the good of the commonwealth and the stake of our future. god bless our work and all of you and god bless the commonwealth of massachusetts. thank you very much. [applause] [applause] thank you all. [applause]

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today the supreme court unanimously ruled that police violated the constitution by putting a gps device on a suspect's car and tracking him

without a warrant. the court heard oral arguments in the case last november. this is an hour and five minutes. >> we will hear arguments first of this morning in 1059 the united states versus jones. >> mr. chief justice may i please the court. >> since the court's decision in tax worse is the united states court has recognized a basic dichotomy under the fourth amendment read what a person seeks to preserve as private in the enclave of his own home or in a private letter or inside of his vehicle when he is traveling is a subject of the fourth amendment protection. but what he reveals to the world, such as his movement in the car on the public roadway is not.

and the court applied the principal to hold the division will and deep surveillance of the vehicle traveling on the public roadways in french to know for the amendment expectation. >> it seems to me though much more like the traditional surveillance or fall when the car followed from a slightly greater distance. the was 30 years ago. the technology is different and you give a lot more information from the gps surveillance them from pulling in decoupling a beeper. >> it is the crucial fact that shows this was not simply amplify the visual surveillance when they feared this as the car crossed from minnesota to wisconsin the driver began to do certain you turns and the police broke up the visual surveillance. they lost track of the car for flower. dingley were able to discover it by having a deeper receiver and

a helicopter that detected the deep from the radio transmitter. >> that is a good example in the change of technology. that is a lot of work to follow the car. when they lose it they have to call in the helicopter. joost beckham the station and push a button whenever they want to find out where the car is the look at data and find out everywhere it's been in the past month? that seems to me a dramatically different. >> but it doesn't expose anything that isn't already exposed to the public view for anyone who wanted to watch and it was a crucial principle the court applied. islamic could you put a beeper on the code? >> probably not, justice kennedy and the reason is the court in the united states and i would say karo distinguished the possibility of following the car on the public roadway from determining the location of an object in a place where a person

has a reasonable expectation. >> this is a special device that measures streets and public elevators and public buildings. estimate in that even, justice kennedy, there's a serious question about whether the installation of such a device which implicate a search or seizure but if it did not the public movement does not implicate a seizure. estimate in that latter point, you might just be aware i have serious reservations that about the way in which it was installed but you can get to that at your convenience. >> i'd like to get to it now. >> happy to, your honor. i have to get a little prologue to my question. when the why you're tapping first came in this court we held it wasn't a violation of the fourth amendment because the fourth amendment says the people shall be secured in their houses, papers and affect against the reasonable searches

and seizures and wiretapping just pick up conversations that isn't how they are in effect. later on we reversed ourselves and as you mentioned, taxes. the was the new criteria which is is there an invasion of privacy? or you obtaining information that a person had a reasonable expectation to be kept private? i think that was wrong. i don't think of was the original meaning of the fourth amendment but nonetheless it's been around for so long we are not going to overrule that. however, it is one thing to add that privacy concept to the fourth amendment as it originally existed and it is quite something else to use the concept to narrow the fourth amendment from what it originally meant. and it seems to me that when that device is installed against the will of the owner of the car that is unquestionably injustice and thereby rendering of the

owner of the car not secure and his effect. it is attached to the car against his will and it is a search because what it obtains as the location of the car from their forward. do you deny that it is justice? >> it was equally in the united states versus karo when intent of either was transferred to somebody and it had a radio transfer -- to mick the owner of the can at the time it was installed this was not this case this device was a fix with the justice scalia. >> there was no consent the owner acquired it to have it contained a for an item in stolen the government. >> that doesn't make it a

trespass the risk and get me bea is the key thing to do -- >> it was a technical trespass and that made no difference because the purpose of the fourth amendment is to protect privacy interests and meaningful interferences with not to cover all technical trust passes to respect the privacy rationale doesn't expand it but it narrows it in some respects. >> it changes it, justice scalia. the distinction between the trespass and fourth amendment protection for the opened fuel stock trading and in that case it was absolutely no doubt the police have committed a trust pass under a local mall. they entered, they ignored the trespassing times and this court held that the interest protected by the trespass law are distinct from those predicted by the --

>> but the rationale of the case was not an unreasonable. >> the rational is the there was no search, justice scalia the rationale is the open fields are not among the things that are part of it by the fourth amendment and the court was very specifically focused on the distinction between the trespass law and fourth amendment. >> you think there would also not be a search if you put a gps device on all of our cars, monitored our movements for a month you think you are entitled to do that under your theory? the justices of this court? >> yes. [laughter] under our fury and under this court's cases the justices of this court when driving on public roadways have no greater expectation. estimate your answer is yes you decide you could put a gps device on every one of our cars, all was for a month, no problem in the constitution. >> equally mr. chief justice if the fbi wanted to it could put a

surveillance agents around the clock on any individual and follow the individual movement as they went around on a public street. >> that seems to me to get to what is really involved here and whether there is a technical trespass or ground for deciding the particular case but it seems to me the heart of the problem will be presented by other cases involving the new technology. is that in the computer printer and page much of the privacy of people enjoy was not the result of the legal protections or constitutional protections. it was the result simply of the difficulty of travelling around and gathering up information but with computers it is now so simple to amass an enormous amount of information about people that consists of things that could have been observed on the streets and information was made available to the public. if this case is decided on the ground, i don't have much doubt

in the near future it will be possible if it's possible now in many instances for the law enforcement to monitor people's movement on the public streets without committing a technical trust us how do we deal with this? we just say nothing has changed so all the information people exposed to the public is fair game. there is no search or she is the the the procedure when that is obtained because there is no reasonable expectation by this. but isn't there a change in this regard? >> i don't think, justice alito, that there is a dramatic change in this case from what went on in the cases. it is possible to envision broad areas as in technology that would allow more public information to be a mask and put into the computer systems. but i think that the remedy if this court agrees with the principals in box and carroll in

this case devotees for the legislation just as when the courts held that amassing their register data all of the numbers that you die on your telephone, the length of the time of the calls from the court is confronted in that case justice stuart's review -- >> in the telephone register case here is the police essentially i think you answered the question of the position would mean any of us could be monitored whenever we leave our home, so the only thing secure is the home and that is the end point of your argument the electronics devices as long as it is not used in the house it's okay. >> we are talking here about

monitoring somebody's movement in public we are not talking about monitory the conversations or telephone calls, the interior of their cars are private letters or packages. so there are enclaves for the fourth amendment protections of this court -- >> what is the question i think people are driving at as i understand them and certainly share the concern if you when this case then there is nothing to prevent the police or the government monitoring the 24 hours a day the public movement of every citizen of the united states and the difference between the monitoring and what happened in the past is memories are friable and no one or a least very rarely human beings to follow people 24 hours a day. but with the machines you can't. if you win you suddenly produce what sounds like 1984 from the briefly understand they have an

interest and perhaps dramatizing that, but may be overly but it still sounds like it and so what protection is there if any once we accept your view of the case from this slight futuristic scenarios that's been painted and is done so more in their brief? >> this is the same argument that was presented to the court if you go back to 1983, the technology in that case seemed extraordinarily advanced and there was a potential for it to be used. >> that's true and they do have a limit in this case they say it involved a single journey or it involved four journeys and let's say for journeys in today's. this involves every journey for a month. so they say whatever the line is this going to protect us its

short of every journey in the month. i accept your point and what you say is the limit. >> i first want to suggest you could draw a line from a month and a trip and have a workable standards for police officers to use. police officers use a variety of investigative techniques which in the aggregate produce an enormous amount of information and registers they look at financial records, they conduct additional surveillance and under the principles law that says one trick is okay but 30 trips is not there is absolutely no guidance for the law enforcement. >> there is the same kind of guidance that you have in any case of this court that uses the technique which is used sometimes. i think it is used for example in the riding of the judge the case, the campaign contribution. neutral fielder limit so you can't go beyond that. we know within that standard we

leave it for the lower court to work out and go review over time. that is not necessarily desirable but that is a message to the court has sometimes used even if it is wrong. i want to know if you are saying there is no limit or are you suggesting one? ..

>> there is no fourth amendment search. >> on talking up the difference between the a title and a mosaic. one canvas information is. >> so does the pen register looking as somebody's credit card statement you have held that is not a search. >> but there was a warrant and the limits were not followed. do this within 10 days. there were supposed to do it in washington d.c. instead they did in merrill lynch.

in fact, they had received it. i take it with the electronic surveillance manual, but they would have to get a warrant. was there any problem with this kind of surveillance did they have the difficulty to get warrants? if not in this case there would not have been a difficult the justice ginsberg beyond a monitoring the car beyond entering the car to install it which was not necessary it also authorized monetary the car at any location with a reasonable exploitation of privacy this is only about monitoring on a public street but it is important to keep in mind the principal use is of the police have not yet acquired

probable cause but have a situation that gives monitoring and if the police get an anonymous phone call that a bomb threat will be carried out at a mosque by people who work at a small company, the bomb threat on the anonymous call will not even under suspicion and endear or a decision if you can hardly expect to the fbi to ignore the detailed sounding information. >> and anonymous tip that there is a bomb in somebody's house and you get a warrant to or just go in and the? >> you do me there without probable cause. >> why you asking for a different role in this situation? >> the police in this situation have the traditional means to investigate. they could put teams of agents on all the individuals within the pool of suspicion to follow them

24/7. >> but now you are suggesting an answer to the justice kennedy question it is okay to take the computer chip to put it on somebody's a overcoat to follow every citizen everywhere they go indefinitely. under your theory, and the theory espoused in your brief, you could monitor and track every person with your cellphone because today the smart phone emits signals that police could pick up and used to follow somebody anywhere they go. your theory is that why this is being monitored, they have no reasonable expectation that their position will not be used bayou. >> budget is to invade their sense of integrity in their

choice what they've won to see the. >> our position is not the courts should overrule to permit monitoring within a private residence. that is off-limits out since a warrant or circumstances. monitoring fee individuals through their closing poses the extremely high of likelihood would have been reasonable expectation. >> it happened here. >> but a car parked in a garage it does not have a reasonable expectation. >> lead over co is hung on a hanger? >> once the fact is in the house there is the expectation of privacy that it cannot be breached

without a warrant to we're not asking the court to overrule. >> tell me the difference between this and a general warrant. the fourth amendment is of disapproval come with the outrage that our founding fathers experienced with warrants that permitted of belief indiscriminate -- police indiscriminately on the basis of suspicion on probable cause and to innovate every position that the individual have. how is this different? there is no probable cause, certainly a reasonable suspicion. >> the warrant authorizes the search this authorizes the ability to track somebody's movements in a car that this court said in knotts nobody has a

reasonable expectation to follow them in a car traveling on public roads, anybody can look. the police have no obligation to avert their eyes. >> i give you that it is in public. but a reasonable expectation of privacy trump the fact? in other words, we ask people doesn't violate you're right to privacy to have this information acquired? everybody says yes. is that response it takes place in public or reasonable expectation regardless that it takes place in public? >> of the mitt takes place in public is not inherently off-limits. that is the holding. you go into a phone booth you are in public making your calls and subject to reasonable expectation of

privacy but inflow of fairness recognize so if you ask people doesn't violate your privacy to be followed followed, you may get one answer but today's u.s. people doesn't violate you're right to privacy the police can have a record of every movement you made in the past month, they may see that differently. >> far more information if they and ups to mike steadily gives you the car and speed professor tata. >> but it is easy to fix of the above speeding to have a far worse was no probable cause? >> this court held that when

the police have probable cause to stop somebody for a traffic violation they can do that. >> right. but that is when the police come upon the violator. this is all on a computer. the police can say we want to find out more profound. >> justice ginsberg is so hard for police to follow with a traffic violation but to answer in part justice breyer earlier concerned about limiting principles the court recognized earlier that although the fourth amendment is not a restriction on discriminatory or arbitrary or oprah's if stops based on

characteristics of equal protection clause. the first amendment stands as a protection in this is there are other constitutional principles. >> but the fourth amendment says it has been interpreted to mean a fight them in public and the police want to steal my luggage it is a violation. but yet to this kind of monitoring and installing fed ups and monetary the person's movements even if there outside the house is not creeks. >> but i feel that they can

look to their trash for the month or keep a record of every telephone call they made and that generation that went through but to we are conducting 10 to the surveillance in some decisions would be. >> but they bond. and probably could not physically. start with the other end. what what a democratic society look-alike with a large number of people did things that the government was tracking their every move over long periods of time? once you reject that you have to have a reason under the fourth amendment and a principal. i am looking for other principle that would reject

that to comment and who would not also reject 24 hours per day, 28 days. that is what i am listening very hard to find a. >> justice breyer. two things. first of all, off the line trying problems the court creates for itself would be intolerable and the court should address the 1984 scenario if they come to pass rather than using this case is a vehicle for doing so. second. >> this case is not that the a call. >> gps technology today limited only by the cost of the instrument that frankly right now is so small that it would not take that much of a local budget to place a gps on every car in the nation. >> that would be impossible of the kind that was the.

>> is not any legislature to stop this? >> it is a safeguard and if the court believes there needs to be a fourth amendment safeguard we have urged as a fallback position and the court create a reasonable suspicion standard to allow them to conduct their movements that they could do visually on public roadways to allow the police to investigate even tips that arise is under cert 10 circumstances. >> so what about reasonable suspicion in? >> as with others it is the belief that the front end and the courts at the back in if there are motions to suppress evidence. but just as in the pen register example and financial records example, if the court concludes consistent with the earlier case it is not a

search by yet all americans find it to be the zero men of 1984, congress would stand ready to provide appropriate protection. >> i will say the rest of my time. >> our questions have eaten into your rebuttal time. >> mr. chief justice i want to talk about the one issues united states did not talk about that if this is a seizure. of the case could be resolved -- leeza all done narrow basis but the water the consequences with the police install the gps secretly of many citizens and want to use the evidence gained that way in a criminal trial? our position is that is the seizure. >> what is the size of the device? >> the record does not show in this case but we learned last week justice, there is now a gps on the market that

weighs 2 ounces the size of a credit card. thing cal easy that would be for any agent to stick one of those on anybody's vehicle. >> if it is on of license plates is that the property of the driver? >> is five understand that it is the property of this day and driving is of privilege and not a technical trespass. >> i don't own the my license plate? i did not know that. how do you know, that? [laughter] >> we don't need to get into the live free or die. [laughter] what i am saying justices is that's is it a meaningful? everybody agrees that jones had the right to control the use of his vehicle. the question was the

interference. >> i did not hear the answer to the justice question what is the answer of putting it on the stay on the license plate? >> they cannot do it. it is a seizure. i am sorry. >> if man standing it is required bayou are trespassing it falls apart with that particular scenario. >> first of all, chief justice roberts you'd probably see the gps. >> if it is the size of a credit card slip a behind. >> than in that case the installation of the gs, what makes it a meaningful is the use. >> this is ridiculous. you give the state permission to put the license plate to have your car carry the license plate you do not give anybody

permission to have your car carry a tracking device. whether put directly on a car or something that the car is carrying does not seem to make any difference. >> i thought i make a difference under your theory of trespass because it was attached to the affect owned buy somebody else not owned by the individual so the trespass theory does not seem ridiculous. >> but if you put it on somebody's briefcase or somebody's car you have affected the interest. >> i am not sure i quite understand the argument because the trespass is accomplished a matter what you put on somebody's noverco or darfur you could put to the nonworking device on somebody's car and it is still a trespass. but surely the same constitutional problem is not raised. how you get from the

trespass to the constitutional problem? fam i think you justice kagan. as i said moments -- moments ago makes a meaningful deprivation is that once it is activated. >> that does not make it nsc share. it makes it a search for you could say there is a trespass for the purpose of obtaining information which makes it us search but it is not to see share. you have to bring something within your control not to stop the person or the vehicle. what has been seized when you slap a tracking device on the car? >> data is seized created a jones has the right to control the use of his vehicle with the government did was surreptitiously deprive him. >> is there a case of seizure of data has opposed to papers? >> the closest is the fourth

amendment violation. >> violation in addition to the search is the unreasonable search. the same is true with the seizure? everybody agrees at least it is a search so what do you care? there is a case that says whether a trespass does not really matter. but it is the reasonableness but you can argue trespass as much as you want but is a reasonable? i think that is the question we have been debating in i would like to know from you, what they're saying is the the parade that we could worry about of variables that police have many, many people they have suspected from kidnappings, terrorism, all kinds of crimes. they will do reasonable suspicion in a pinch and

they say with that you avoid the 1984 scenario and you will in fact, allow the police to do their work with doing no more than subjecting the person with a really good knowledge of where he is going. they probably put a better buy appreciate your views on that. >> reasonable suspicion is what the court has adopted for limited intrusions. every 10 seconds of the day coming 28 days by no person of life is limited intrusion. but what happened here, society is not viewed as a reasonable of a concept that united states government has the right to take a device that enables them to engage in pervasive limitless surveillance. >> how do you know, that? suppose the police department could put 30 deputies on this route and

watch this% or we could have a device with a warrant. what difference does it make? >> but the police have the capacity with gps to have grave abuse and a group liberties. >> but what they got is nothing more than they would have had if they had 30 deputies staked out. they would have the same information. unconstitutional violation? >> yes. in the placement of a gps on anybody's car. >> we are assuming there is no initial trespass which is a problem in this case. you are saying it is the quantity of the information's seized and the time of which it is seized. that is the proposition retesting and it seems that the police have to use the

most inefficient met since. i am fully aware of the 1984a ministry of peace problem. your argument seems to have no principal distinction. >> we're not asking to make the police a less efficient before urge etfs was in the fact but we're saying the use has a grave potential and threats of abuse to privacy that people have the expectation and justice kennedy that the neighbor will not use their car to track them. i referred the of court to footnote 12 jones had control of the car that meant he had a reasonable expectation that society is

prepared to view as objectively reasonable. >> he would not be protected against a surveillance camera that could get information. is this different from the surveillance camera? >> yes. you have the physical invasion with the placement on the car. the physical and has always been viewed by the court has more invasive. even with a camera depending on the type of the video camera, we are not saying the police are prohibited from having video cameras to use surveillance but we are saying this device that enables limitless pervasive. >> but what is the difference really? maybe this is run by and

told a somebody goes to london almost every place they are going there is a camera taking pictures of the police can put together snapshots everybody is all the time so how was this different from that? >> that is scary and i would not want to live in london. >> then it must be unconstitutional if it is scary. [laughter] the scary provision of one article? >> those cameras if you watch to track the bomber who would block the airport in glass go to stop him before he did. there are many people who will say that kind of surveillance is worthwhile and there are others who will say that is a bad thing. but that is not the issue exactly in front of the. >> that is correct your honor. >> justice kagan wanted to know why not? >> the existence of a

physical trespass is only marginally relevant to the question of the fourth amendment has been mild-- violated for the actual trespass is not necessary nor sufficient to establish a constitutional violation. so you can talk you would like. it is your our but i would be interested in hearing you on the assumption that this is reasonable. >> it is not. first of all, in caro, the installation was consent. the package came in by somebody who was working for the government. the installation was not -- was on like this case where was surreptitiously a gauged by a government agent. >> you are mixing two things. i thought your position was the initial trespass is not

important zenawi ask you and you say there was a trespass. that is not a responsive answer. >> but the technology is dramatically different. >> but it will be dramatically different with the next up there are no satellites to look down at your home on the block or the neighborhood. i don't see that far in the future renault's cameras can show you the entire world and what you track somebody on the camera from place to place. so give us a theory is that okay for the police to access those cameras to look at you going from place to place? if that is okay then why is this not okay? >> my theory justice with respect to the video camera camera, this is a great question but if the court wanted to address the

question, once the police target somebody they went to engage in the individualized targeting with the network of cameras and gps is like 1 million cameras. >> there are 28 satellites. >> 28 cameras the equivalent of tracking you. every street corner you are on. once you have individualized suspicion i believe he would have to have a warrant. >> all of the discussion you go and it with it but it leaps over the difficult part of your case. the issue before us is not the abstract if it is unreasonable but the and reasonable requirement does not take effect unless there has been a search. and there is no search when

that you are in public and everything you do is open to the view of the people. that is the hard question. not whether it is unreasonable. that is not with the fourth amendment says that the police can do what is unreasonable they can do a lot of things that are unreasonable without violating the fourth amendment and the protection against that is the legislature. but you have to establish that there has been an invasion of privacy. when all this shows is where is the car going on the public streets where the police could have had round-the-clock surveillance 41 1/3 to month or three months and that would not apply to anything? and no. because there is no invasion of privacy so why is this? >> because it is the