our veterans bougfought for us i thank you for help being there for them. for every soldier serving our country overseas there's a family back here at home putting on a brave face each day for the kids. families who in soldiering on through the loneliness lend their loved ones strength. it is so important as they lend us all strength we honor their sacrifice as well. tonight we are joined by heather styles and her daughters paige and payton. heather's husband of 11 years major matthew stooils is a helicopter pilot in his second deployment to afghanistan. while he serves our country at war heather is holding down the fort at their home in jefferson city. they represent thousands of military families all across our

>> military families are counting down the days. please join me in thanking the family for their service and sacrificing. we wish them a speedy and safe return. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> together we have laid a solid foundation that got us through some tough economic times. it has brought us to a defining moment for our sake. now there economy picking up steam, how do we build on that foundation? with washington paralyzed by politics, what can we do here in missouri to make a lasting difference to real people?

and when it's always easier to do the small things and to clear victory, how do we tackle the big challenges? the things that matter most. schools and good jobs and healthy communities for kids to grow up in. missouri is a state where we have small-business owners and artists and outdoorsmen and farmers and there are many things every single one of us would agree upon. but here is one that we can. our single greatest responsibility as elected officials and those parents and as citizens of our state is to make sure that every child in missouri has an opportunity to achieve his or her dreams. and we all know that that opportunity starts with education. [applause]

[applause] [applause] for centuries public education has been a value that we cherish and a value that we are reaffirmed time and time again. in the 1700s we call 48 education system that would safeguard our young democracy from tyranny and oppression. in the 1800s we establish a land grant university including the university of missouri and by 1900 every state in the nation had three public elementary schools. and when the greatest generation returned home from world war ii after saving a free world, a grateful nation honor them with something far more precious

unpatriotic than a ticker tape parade. the g.i. bill. [applause] [applause] >> shepherded through congress, he gave millions of americans an opportunity that their parents he gave millions of americans an opportunity that their parents never had. the chance to earn a college degree without going into debt. so take a second to think of the impact that we have had. between 1940 and 1950, the number of degrees awarded by u.s. colleges and universities more than doubled. over the next half-century the percentage of americans with a college degree quintupled and they became engineers of small-business owners and scientists supreme court justices. presidents and preschool teachers. they bought homes and they started companies creating the

modern middle-class unlike anything the world has ever seen. we are joined by one of them tonight. doctor frank fontana served and follow the frontline all the way to berlin. [applause] [applause] [applause] when he came home the g.i. bill provided him the opportunity to get a degree in optometry and he started his own practice later. he married the love of his life may have two sons that they put through school. the g.i. bill gave him the

opportunity to pursue his dreams. to support his family. to become a great optometrist. i should know. he is mine and i can see him. [laughter] please join me in thanking frank for his service in reminding more importantly what the american dream is really about. thank you. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> this nation's biggest generation made a commitment with education and they made the united states driver of the global economy and the undisputed leader of the free world. now it is our turn. it's our turn to carry on the legacy. now we must work to help every

child starts school ready to learn and we must demand that every school is getting the job done and we must make sure that every student can afford to get a college degree. and so let's resolve to give our children and grandchildren more opportunity and better opportunity and build the opportunities they deserve. [applause] but to really succeed we have to start early. the first few years have an impact that last a lifetime. the children start kindergarten ready to learn more likely to succeed in school and he did a good job after college. working together effort the last year we have expanded access giving more children the opportunity to go to high-quality preschool in their communities. but this year it is time that we

do much more. kids grow up fast and there is no time to waste. we must work together to make sure that our kids start smart. and that is why my budget will nearly triple funding for the missouri preschool program just this year. [applause] [applause] [applause] providing quality opportunities for thousands of kids all across missouri, but that is just the beginning. as many of you know we spent a lot of time in missouri schools talking with students and meeting with teachers and students and staff and sometimes i even seek out and shoot a few hoops. schools are the hearts of our @ommunities.

schools are the hearts of our communities. where lifelong friendships are made in fundamental values are learned. in today's global economy, whether you wrote for the dragons or the bulldogs were the panthers are k-12 schools must also be rigorous high-tech institutions of innovations. [applause] more technologies and smaller class sizes and well-prepared teachers. the tools at our kids need to succeed. [applause] accomplishing that goal will take an unwavering commitment by all of us. and something else, it is going to take months. that is why my budget increases funding this year by

$278 million. [applause] [applause] [cheers] and so those of you at home, that will put us on a path to fully funding the foundation formula for next year. [applause] [applause] >> you know every one of us has run for office. and when we knocked on doors folks asked if he believed in public education and we all said yes. when someone raised their hand

at town hall meetings and asked what we do with teachers, we said that we would support them. and on the campaign trail all of us made a promise to invest in our students and schools. it is time to put our budget or a campaign brochures. [applause] [applause] [cheers] [applause] it is time to decide we are going to talk about public education and whether we are going to fund it. this is the test and this is the year to get serious about funding our schools. [applause] and we all know our local schools work in a big way for kids in our communities. here are a few priorities that school districts have already

outlined. every student to have a computer. fifty additional teachers to reduce class sizes and give kids the personal attention that they need. in santa fe, they are going to bring back summer school and establish the district's first early childhood education program and then they will implement project project lead the way. to help students understand and excel in science. in springfield, 4000 or three and 4-year-olds will have the opportunity to attend high-quality preschool. >> i would like you to stand if you would, please. please join me in honoring them for the challenge of the take on

everyday for supporting our kids. [applause] [cheers] [applause] [cheers] you know, and with this commitment we are going to demand accountability and measurable results. cover classes and higher test scores and higher graduation rates. our students need to be ready to compete worldwide and that means that they have to raise their game and we have to raise ours as well. we have to believe in education so much that we commit to making it better. when we talk about education it is something that always bears repeating. there is no more honorable profession and being a teacher.

[applause] [applause] you know, none of us would be in this room if it were not for the extraordinary people who taught us and believe dennis year ago. we are blessed to have so many talented teachers across our state. selfless public servants who stay late to make sure that our children don't fall behind and often dig into their own pockets to make sure that they have the material that they need to teach our kids. each year there are some who believe the way to build up our schools is to tear down our teachers. try to cut their pay, reduce their retirement benefits, or threaten their job security. that's simply must stop. [applause]

[cheers] [applause] [cheers] and now we can all support making smart reforms for education system and we should hold educators accountable for the important job that we have entrusted them to perform. but instead of attacking public school teachers we should make it our mission to recruit the best and brightest minds to take on the honorable work of teaching our kids. [applause] and that is exactly what this significant investigation will allow our local districts to do. tonight we are pleased to be joined by mr. schultz. ever since he was in ninth grade, he knew that he wanted to be a teacher. he continues to inspire and motivate students each and every day. last october mr. schultz won the prestigious milken family

foundation national educator award. we were all inspired by how we rally behind his students and his schools. just this month 1400 students walked into three brand-new schools working another milestone in a remarkable recovery. he is joined tonight by susan dey ncj hot. please join me in thanking mr. schultz and all of our teachers today. [applause] [applause] now, he works hard to make sure that kids are prepared to take the next step and in pursuit of higher education that they need

for the careers that they were. many of us have had the same conversation with her kids around the dinner table. you tell them that no matter what they are interested in, the more education they get the more financially secure that they will be in the numbers are stark. the unemployment rate among high school graduates is more than twice that and by the end of this decade two thirds of all jobs will require some kind of college credentials. we made great strides to ensure the quality and affordable college education is an option for every family and over the past five years missouri's public universities have led the nation in holding down tuition increases. we are number one. [applause] [applause] but we are not done yet. we're going to make sure that students graduate from college

with the skills to compete for good jobs and not just a load of debt. that is why i have called upon our for your institutions to once again freeze tuition. that is why. under my budget at our public universities should not have to pay a penny more for tuition. not a single penny. [applause] and no student should have to settle for less education just because their parents make less money. the we are doing something about that as well. my budget but puts additional dollars so that students from low-income families with the financial aid that they need. keeping our best and brightest students in missouri adding 266

schools in 2009. giving thousands of students the opportunity to earn a scholarship. all across missouri students who work hard and play by the rules and give back to their communities are going to be able to attend community college tuition free. but affordability is only part of the equation. once again the corresponding will be awarded based on performance on how well the institution meets specific goals and high-tech global economy, we need to make sure that the degree the students pursues matches the skills that businesses need. the jobs in highest demand will require some background in science and technology and engineering and math. absolutely. we are talking about

mathematicians, machinist, coders. the best way to attract high-paying jobs is to make sure that our workers have the skills to fill them. and that is exactly what it will do. with the initial investment of $22 million, this initiative will help her university purchased state-of-the-art equipment and more importantly produce more graduates in these fast growing cells. investing in high-tech educational pack a huge punch for our economy. [applause] now, education was started early, but it can never stop. we can't forget that learning needs to be a lifelong endeavor. we need to learn and work hard no matter what the age or

education level to give more missouri workers the opportunity to sharpen their skills and get better jobs. my budget includes. [applause] [applause] a growing economy affords us this unique opportunity to invest in our students future.

it is our responsibility to do it. but there are those who feel that instead fully funding our schools, we should pull money out of our classrooms in order to experiment with our tax codes. so let's get something straight. i've held the line on taxes every year i've been governor. missouri is a low tax state, the sixth lowest six lowest in the nation and we like it that way. i have signed for tax cuts as your governor. specific that have helped their businesses grow. for example, employers will save $70 million this year alone. because we cut the corporate franchise tax. but here's what i won't do. i will not support anybody that takes money out of our

classrooms. [applause] [applause] and as we saw last summer in community after community in all corners of our state. parents and teachers and school board members spoke out with one united voice. the people of missouri said that they expected their leaders to support the public schools because they know that education is the best economic tool that there it is. [applause] [applause] high-paying jobs and growing

businesses and thriving communities. these are the goals that we share. select invest in the one thing that we know will help us achieve them. a workforce that can compete worldwide. this is the year to send a budget to my desk that puts it on track to fully fund the schools and build the missouri that our kids deserve. [applause] [applause] now, we have shown that we can work together to create better opportunities for all missourians. just look at what we are doing together to serve those with mental illness. in 2010 we passed landmark legislation to require insurance companies to cover the diagnosis and treatment of the autism spectrum disorders. what a difference it has made for children. today because of this law

1.6 million have coverage for these proven treatments and more than 2500on have coverage for these proven treatments and more than 2500 were treated for autism spectrum disorders last year alone. thank you. [applause] and now our partnership continues to be a life-changing success for thousands of missourians with developmental disabilities. my budget expands this vital program to more in this community across our great state. thousands of missourians with developmental disabilities were forced to wait months and often years to get the in-home medicaid services that they need. people like nate huffman who i met when we first launched the partnership for hope back in 2010. back when he was in school they had access and he had even

gotten strong enough to walk around his high school track. but when he graduated those services ended. for eight years his condition and quality of life worsen while he was placed on a waiting list for in-home services. eight years. it was heartbreaking. but that was before the partnership for hope. nate is doing much better today. his physical therapy is going well and is able to communicate through new computer systems and he told me that his goal was to be able to someday run up and then walk around the track again and thanks to the partnership for hope he is getting closer to reaching that goal each and every day. so because of missourians like me each year i have been in office we have made it a priority to chip away at the waiting room and now i am proud to report that this year the waiting list will no longer

exist. [applause] [applause] [applause] our friends and neighbors will now get a life-changing services that they need when they need them. we took action here in missouri. we added new mental health liaisons at each of our 29 community mental health centers so that our law enforcement officers can focus on being caught and not front-line caregivers. we launched seven targeted response teams to ease the burden on our doctors and nurses and we made a historic investment in mental health as well. so that the more teachers and

clergy and first responders and ordinary citizens can identify the signs of mental illness and know what to do. together we are training more than 1000 missourians on these proven lifesaving techniques in with your help this session we will train thousands more. [applause] but there are times when it is simply not enough since 1851 this care has been provided at the fulton state mental hospital. the only psychiatric facility. and it is an adequate with patience and dangerous for the

staff and it's an embarrassment to our state. now is the time to take action and that is why look forward to working with the two addresses urgent need to support the construction of a new mental hospital in the works. [applause] interest rates are low and our credit rating is high and friends, let's roll up our sleeves and work together and for the safety of all of our communities, let's get it done this year. [applause] as we intensify our efforts to make sure that those with mental illness and developmental disabilities get the appropriate care, it is clear that we need more qualified professionals to

provide that care. just look at the numbers. 104 of the 114 counties are designated as shortage areas. seventy-two counties even lack a licensed psychiatrist. these are good jobs. and that is why my budget includes a 20 million-dollar investment to help our community colleges and universities train 1200 more mental health professionals. [applause] to make sure that all missourians have the opportunity to live up to their god-given protection.

the priorities i have just laid out are by no means the only issues that require our attention this session. we need to reinstate strict campaign contribution limits and passed a comprehensive ethics reform. [applause] we want a solid return on our investment. and we need to end discrimination against those in the workplace and none of them should be fired because of who they are or who they love. [applause]

[applause] includes bipartisan support that failed to get on my desk. let's get that done this year. we also need to fix the law we need to have a robust discussion about the long-term infrastructure needs and how to pay for it. we need to develop a comprehensive energy plan, one that balances the low-cost reliable energy to be responsible stewards of the environment.

many to help the elderly people do prescriptions for medicare and medicaid. [applause] we can to suspend the essential help from missourians in need. the most significant improvement is for the health and well-being of our state. it is medicaid and it needs to get done this year. [applause] [applause] [cheers] [applause] since new year's day the missouri taxpayers have spent $150 million and counting. that is $5.47 million per day.

to improve and reform health care and other states. states like arkansas and arizona and new jersey and north dakota. it adds up $2 billion. $500 for every missouri taxpayer every year. each day we don't act, these states use missouri tax dollars to implement innovative reforms. like rewards for making healthier lifestyle choices and penalties for doctor choices. each day that we don't act the medicaid system continues as it has for years without additional protections for taxpayers or new measures to promote personal responsibility. each day that we do not act, thousands of missouri women are not getting the preventative health care that they need to

detect breast cancer or cervical cancer early while there is time to treat it. [applause] and each day we don't act nearly 300,000 working missourians go another day without the treatment that they desperately need for no other reason than they live in branson instead of bentonville. in marysville instead of muscatine. [applause] and if you don't see these folks knocking on your doors are knocking on your phone lines, it is because they don't have time and they are working.

[applause] they are working to pay the bills and make ends meet. we all know that there are problems with obamacare and washington's implementation of this has been abysmal. [applause] but rejecting medicaid won't take care of too many of those things. [applause] >> it will not keep missouri from having to pay federal taxes. it won't exempt our businesses for new requirements under the law. by standing still we're just making sure that the things we don't like about obamacare are even worse.

forcing those in missouri to bear the cost of the law and reason on of the benefits. [applause] think about that. the people who are suffering now is a result of our failure to act work night the night shift in our factories. they wait tables and scrub floors of a drive snowplows and they look after our kids. [applause] and right now hundreds of thousands of these working individuals can't afford to get the basic health services they need to eat healthy productive lives. folks like anita sutherland from bandura. being uninsured has already taken a toll. the year ago she was diagnosed

with uterine cancer and had to leave her full-time job. since then she has wrapped up over $100,000 in medical bills and is suffering from complications of her cancer treatment. today she is unable to afford the medical care that she leaves and she doesn't see a way out. she feels hopeless. she will be able to get the treatment that she needs and go back to working full-time. [applause] she will have hope. working missourians are not looking for a handout. they just want to get a checkup without wiping out their bank account. [applause] [applause]

and i challenge each one of you to think of any other bill that would make this kind of real and immediate difference in the kind of difference that medicaid would make in the lives of those that we need. we need to consider how history will judge those who have the power to help people like anita. i challenge each of you to explain why it makes more sense to pay for medicaid than other states than it does to reform it in our state. the path before us is clear. we can make sure that we can assess affordable health care coverage we can improve and reform medicaid in missouri. we can help people. and as the book of isaiah says, if you satisfy the needs of the

afflicted then your light shall rise in the darkness and your night will become like noonday. [applause] [applause] at this time lester the same medicaid debate was taking place in the state capital across the country. since that time we have seen governors and legislatures and democrats and republicans and other states come together to form the health care system. here in missouri we stood still. and now we have fallen behind. mr. missouri is paying the cost. this year the missourians are suffering the consequences. so i look forward to working with all of you to bring affordable health coverage to working families in missouri and perform medicaid the missouri way. [applause]

[applause] one year ago many of us gathered in st. louis to mourn the loss of an icon. missouri's adopted son. he was a member of the greatest generation who put his career on hold to serving in world war ii and he went on to become the greatest hitter in baseball history. [applause] he was called baseball's perfect warrior because while he swung a wildcat, he also carried himself with a quiet dignity. always a gentleman, he was known to say that every day you put this jersey on, it is a privilege. every day you put this jersey

on, it is a privilege. the same can be said for all of us in this room. everyday when he put that pen on your lapel, it is a privilege. and with that privilege comes responsibility. the people count on us to look out for their families as if they were our families. to focus on what matters. better jobs and better schools and better opportunities. and you know that it is easy to get caught up in the political back-and-forth where the controversy of the hour for the latest tweet but we must be bigger than that. [applause] [applause] because the work that we do here is very real.

it is real to those who didn't go to college but saved money every week so that someday that their children can. it is real to the farmer in trenton who nearly lost his crop during the drought of 2012 that has come charging back. it is real to the child with autism who is getting the treatment that he needs and you better believe that it is real to the family lost everything and could have moved away and started anew. but they chose to stay right there and rebuild the town that they love. in their state government has been with them every step of the way because that is what we do. [applause] [applause] we are here to make a difference to those who work hard and those who need a hand. often times people that will

never meet. because the legacy that we leave will not be measured by votes on election day or back slaps and hallways. it will be measured by the lasting impact that we have on the communities in which we serve. the opportunity that we have been given to make this kind of difference in the lives of those that we represent his is where is it is fleeting. ten years from now when the trucks are still rolling off the line, folks may not remember the missouri manufacturing jobs act. twenty years from now when the mom pay for the cancer treatment that saved her life in 30 years

from now when the student was the first to go to college takes the reins of the fortune 500 company, she probably will not credit the high-quality preschool that she attended, but we will. and we will know that we focused on the right thing. we will know that we made the right choices. they are called action and that is the responsibility that we hold in the short time that we have been given let's make it count. working together, let's build the missouri that our kids deserve. thank you and god bless. [applause] [applause]

>> governor nixon's call for more money to be spent on education in the state is the focus of this to help missouri schools he wants more reforms regarding future valuations and school choice. the request totals $493 million. >> job creation and education and crime are topics during the state of the state address by governor sam brownback. he he became the 46th governor of kansas in 2011. [applause] thank you, mr. speaker. i am president, members of the

legislature and the cabinet and the judiciary's. my wife, mary and my fellow kansans. welcome. as had been for tort and transport told us long ago in great promise, god is in heaven, the legislature is back and the crane is gone. it is finally gone. [applause] and it only took 12 years but isn't this place marvelous? isn't this a beautiful facility? [applause] this is a beautiful place. the capital, by kansas is open for business.

so friends, welcome back. welcome back to the fellowship of this assembly. welcome back to this special place in welcome back to the work of building a better kansas, because there is work to do. and we gathered here three years ago we faced two big challenges. the economy and the budget. in the state government was flat broke. i remember when they told me that we had the last fiscal year with $876.5 in the bank account. that number is etched in my mind in the state cannot even pay its bills on time. everyone was suffering months of delays because state government had no cash. by january the state budget was illegally in the dataset and even more daunting we face a 500 million-dollar budget shortfall and that was after taxes have been raised.

the decade of higher taxes and more spending and in january of 2011 fewer kansans were working in the private sector than in january of 2001 a decade earlier. all across kansas family budgets were hurting and no government can be more prosperous than the people for long. and the government was out serving the people and unfortunately it was the other way around. so we have two big challenges. get people working again and restore the fiscal discipline. we took the action from the failed policies of the past. in consultation with some of the

best minds in america we develop an action plan to streamline and it went from the second-highest tax burden to the second lowest. cutting our taxes so that we could grow. [applause] [cheers] [applause] and we start counting on government and we put our faith and the people of kansas and three years later we are in a much better position. and a thousand more a month. and they are going to keep adding jobs and we are going to keep adding jobs. [applause]

[applause] >> thank you. [applause] [cheers] [applause] we balanced the budget in a row and this is a key number. personal income of kansas families is rising faster than government spending and that is what you want to have taken place. personal income rising. [applause] and simply put, the government is back in its proper place and

kansas fourth-graders for progress, one of the 10 best states for reading proficiency. and it is for these reasons and more that i can report to you and it we are leading in american renaissance. [applause] we are leading an american renaissance. [applause] [cheers] [applause] so that is good work.

that is very good work. the state is more than its balance sheet. is the 2.9 million souls that call kansas home that cherish the way of life that honors family and values education and embraces positive change. by the end of this decade for the first time in our history the population will surpass 3 million people. and i have seen the majesty of this state were the one of its people and they care about their fellow man and they like it here. if you ask them what kind of

state one of the key pieces is education. we kansans loved our schools and they are great schools. [applause] [applause] >> kansas ranks fourth among all states committed to education, more than 50% of our state budget committed to k-12. when we look at funding from all government sources, kansas schools received more than $12,500 per student. every classroom of 20 students i was more than a quarter million dollars put in there by the taxpayers. it also appears that see that that money is spent wisely and

it is usually made by those students. so it's worth noting that school districts across kansas have made it a priority of all gay kindergarten. and it seems strange to me that it would count all the 12 and only half of the kindergarten. we just came forward with a bipartisan idea to achieve this goal. this proposal is targeted for the next five years and it will benefit kansas school kids we can assure that every kansas child has access to all-day kindergarten and we should do it now. it.

[applause] [applause] you can get up for that one. [applause] for districts that have already taken a this step, increasing student count will free up resources with more money and flexibility of learning. all paid for out of a growing economfor out of a growing economy. that is just the beginning. in the past two years we have implemented programs to increase reading abilities of our children and it's a vital skill for success in school and in life. younger students were given extra training in the summer and more than half of them had

significant improvement in their abilities. based on this success we have a roadmap initiative for more than 40 schools across the state that are working with nonprofit organizations and family engagements. and listen to this number. we have seen a 75% increase in technical education in the last two years and that is amazing. [applause] with her students we will find a path to progress of progress for education and good jobs with good wages. making a foundation for the

families and kansas economies. he reaches out to high school students at risk and those that are falling through the cracks. to help them build the skills to make the best of their lives. it's not a program or class but it's family. mike munoz works with students here in topeka. proving that one man can make a difference in many lives. mike, would you please stand up. let's give you a round of applause for what you do. [applause]

[applause] thanks mike. thank you for what you did. [applause] and kansas universities are critical and also very good and more are concluded in my proposal. one of these had already been bearing fruit. in years of hard bipartisan work have paid off and there is now no doubt that that will be built and kansas will be the center of the global health industry for generations to come and that is going to happen. [applause]

all we have done and continue to do is done with the goal of a building a broad process forty for all kansas. that's our responsibility. now, if you'll induel a farm kid just a little bit, i hope our three millionth gets to grow up in rural kansas like i did. and the reasons for optimism. a rural opportunities program is flourishing and a majority of our counties and there will be proposals to expand it even more. in fact, we now have a rural housing shortage in the state of kansas. this budget i'll propose an additional $2 million to address the shortage focused on moderate-income housing. in addition to housing rural communities need access to medical care. my budget will include money for the rural bridging program to

bring doctors to rural kansas. cutting-edge opportunities in agricultural and animal health are being complimented by an energy renaissance where every sector from oil to wind and biofuels approach a historic production levels. but all of these industries, all of our lives, depend on our most precious natural resource. clean water. if the 3 millionth is to stay and build a life here. we must leave her a state of the access our life blood. water. we're expanding the liquid capital of our state. fortunately, strong bipartisan majority of this legislature took steps to extend the life of the -- encourage best practices toward water usage statewide. as many of you came to the building tonight, you saw the words of our greatest kansas dwight horizon hour. iraq once said, the opportunist

thinks of me and today. the statesman thinks of us and tomorrow. it's no coincidence that much of the water infrastructure we're spending through today was built in ike's time. we're relying on wise decisions made generations ago. those who come after us deserve the same statesmanship that we have been shown. throughout this year, people from across our state will gather to develop a comprehensive water strategy. a strategy to secure our water future for the next 50 years. for legislature and citizens involve yourself in the process. without water, there is no future. [applause]

next we owe our millionth a safe state. last september this legislature came together in a bipartisan fashion strengthening penalty for the most serious criements in a historically efficient special session. mr. speaker, madam president, leader hencely, leader davis, well done. that was a good session. [applause] well done. [applause] [applause] special sessions can be difficult but you did a nice job with it. this cooperation can serve as a model going forward as we complete the work on hard 50 sentencing early in this session.

if you go a little bit further you'll see another quote. this one from the kansas constitution. all public office of this state swear an oath. all political power is inherit in the people. all political power is inherit in the people. that's an american idea. no kings or queen, ours is a system of self-government of, by, and for the people. for the first time a person's station in life wouldn't be a product of the station of their birth. in kansas, you can go as far as your talents, hard work, and the good lord took you. the freedom and sovereignty is part of what we owe our 3 millionth and all who come after her. one of the ironies, though of our age is that government has

become omnipresent. the people have never felt more distant. too many decisions are made by unaccountable, opaque institutions. elected officials are sometimes complies it because it removes them from responsibility. let be clear. on the number one item in the state budget, education, institution. to fund our schools. [applause] [applause]

[applause] this is the people's business done by the people's house through this wonderfully untidy but open to all see business of appropriations. let us resolve that our schools remain open and are not closed by the courts or anymore -- anyone else. [applause] [cheering and applause] responsibility, education, opportunity, safety, natural boundary, freedom, sovereignty, reconciliation, these are fine things to leave our three

millionth kansas. as i conclude tonight. please allow me to add one more. we owe our example. we have with us tonight some wonderful examples i point you to the balcony and ask captain adam and captain casey wolf wounded in combat to stand and be recognized. [applause]

[applause] thank you, gentlemen. i have met veterans who have -- i have met active servicemembers who have done as many as 7 tours of duty. it is amazing. they have done. in kansas we honor our veterans, we remember their service with gratitude and are humbled by their commitment to this great nation. honored by their commitment and sacrifice inspired by this place. let us dedicate ourselves anu to doing the peoples' business. let us do so with a return to the virtue and character that allowed god to bless our

founders. our state's motto promises that the kansas path is a difficult one. we've been called to blaze the trail for america out of the wilderness on several occasions with a willingness to stand for what is good, oppose what is not, and acknowledge when we have been wrong. kansas marked the bloody trail out of slavery when the nation was divided and undecided on whether to do so. the chains of bondage of our brothers rubbed our skin and hearts raw until we could stand no more and erupted in to bleeding kansas. the summer of mercy sprung forth in kansas as we could no longer tolerate the death of innocent children. last year i traveled with the survivors of the pottawatomie trail of death. to near mound city to remember, acknowledge, and apologize for the barbarous treatment of

native americans moved to kansas. i was at the graveyard at haskell native children including infants are buried. children taken from their native families to be raised as caulk cautions under the theme "kill the indian; save the man." i was at the monroe school here in topeka the doctrine of separate but equal was once the law of the lander. as governor, i acknowledge and accept responsibility on behalf of the people of kansas. and i ask forgiveness for these wrongs we have done. today the nation deathers while the path forward seems uncharted. america can't decide which way to go. yet pat path forward is clear. kansas is leading an american renaissance. a return to the virtue and character that built this state and a great nation in the first

place. the path is not uncharted. we know the way. we must redrill the will that gave us life the first time. they will refresh and renew us again. today we're growing and moving forward but not for the sake of growth alone. we grow because it helps everyone to realize the god-given potential. we rebuild our families so 3 millionth and automatic of those like her can know the value of a family, none of which are perfect. yet we all inspire them to be better, virtuous, just, and rich use. we might be blessed and be a blessing. our dependence is not on big government, but on a big god who loves us and lives within us. [applause]

our future is bright. our renaissance is assured if we move from deatherring to action. if we listen to our own better angels and the still small voice that calls us on ward. listen to the voice of home and not the noise of decline. which way to choose. we know the way. god wrote it on our hearts. do the right thing. seek the truth, defend the weak. live courageous lives. thank you for all you do and service to our state. may god bless you and continue to bless the wonderful people of kansas. [applause]

no matter what party they belong to, i bet most americans are thinking the same thing. nothing will get done in washington this year or next year. or maybe even the year after that. because washington is broken. can you blame them for feeling a

little cynical? the great e blow to our confidence in our economy last year didn't come from events beyond our control, it came from a debate in washington over whether the united states would pay its bills or not. watch president obama this year's address. it starts live tuesday night at 8:00 eastern with the president at 9:00. followed by the response from republican conference chair kathy mcmorris rogers. and your reaction by phone, facebook, and twit per. state of the union tuesday night live on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org.

under his watch, everything has gotten worse. he should talk to himself because poverty is worse. food stamps dependency is worse. and more people have given up looking for under barack obama's watch than any time that i can remember. when the federal government tries to equalize outcomes the

job market and health care. we're going to be better off. that's the right approach. visiting hundreds of schools and communities nationwide.

20 years later it continues on the road. on the campaign trail and visiting book festivals history events, education conferences and schools. look for us on the road and online on our website c-span.org. we are hitting the road! coming up next kentucky governor speaking about the state's expansion of medicaid under the health care law. after that fbi director james talking about the relationship between local law enforcement.

in is 20 minutes. [applause] thank you. thank you very much. have some credibility to it. because my dad was a baptist preacher. and so right toward the end of my talk today, if you don't want to answer the alter call, you

better leave early. [laughter] i appreciate the opportunity to come here and talk to you about a subject we're not all only interested in, but very fervent about, and our feelings of what ought to be done for this country. you know, people who don't know kentucky might consider the commonwealth on odd choice to be leading the nation and implementing federal health care reform. suffered from national stereo type being one of the southern states that a little bit behind the times.

further more, as ron pointed out, our two u.s. senators, mitch mcconnell and rand paul, are vocal and have a meant about their opposition to affordable care act, medicaid expansion, government spending and about anything related to president obama. they feel comfortable doing that because our lek trait in kentucky has been somewhat cool to president obama through two elections. coming out against him by about a 2-1 majority. classic red state per sewn that; right? >> wrong. we developed our own state-based

exchange. look at what kentucky is doing. in fact, i have been invited to tell our story on programs like meet the press, c span, cnn n, bbc. cbs evening news. hardball, the national journal here in d.c. and in the "the wall street journal" and "the new york times." governor, how are you doing this. why are you doing this? let me talk about the how. because that's an easy

conversation. i determined that i had the legal authority under kentucky law to do it. that's the way some governors do, you know. but historically the general assembly in our state delicated and has delicated to the executive branch instead of having to wrestle with the legislature i had our cab innocent for health and family services amend our regulation. we expanded medicaid. we just did it. [applause] as you can imagine, yes, we had a few tea party people that immediately challenged me in court. well, we won! [applause] or i should say, actually, the

people of the commonwealth of kentucky won! they won because their ability to access health care is no longer being held hostage by political considerations! [applause] you know, on a national level, kentucky senators may be screaming about president obama and also the cost to society of taking care of those in need, but there is a huge disconnect between the rank partisanship of national politics and governors whose job it is to help beleaguered families to strengthen our work forces and attract companies and build a balanced budget! look, i don't have time for all of the political craziness that goes on in this town! [laughter] [applause] i don't have time for that! i have a job do that's to take

care of coilt and their needs! and, you know, over governors get that, too. because it's no coincidence that many governors and not only democrats but also even some republicans like arizona's jan brewer or ohio's, or michigan pushed to use medicaid to help more of their people! because like me, they saw the affordable care act not as a referendum on president obama, but a tool for his historic transformation! now let me talk about the why. why has kentucky under my leadership move forward so aggressively on health care reform? you know, i made the decision last may to expand medicaid, i opened my press conference with these words, "today we change the course of kentucky's history

." i wasn't really being dramatic. i was being truthful. kentucky is a state whose collective health has long been horrible. we rank among the who's, if not the worst, in almost every major health category from smoking to cancer deaths, preventable hospitalizations, preventable our premature death, cardiac heart disease, diabetes, you name the condition, we don't look very good in it. and those horrible rankings didn't just come about l.a. week or last year. we've ranked like that ever since they started keeping rankings of these things in the united states. don't get me wrong, we have made progress over the years in kentucky in health care, but those incremental improvements aren't enough. i knew that to make fundamental

change in a transformational change in our health status, i needed a big solution. and along came the frablght and gave that big solution to me. and now because of the aca, for the first time in our history, kentucky is making affordable health coverage available to every single kentucky person in the commonwealth of kentucky! [applause] it's not just any old insurance. it's darn good coverage! comprehensive coverage! it's desperately needed! when we began the process, some 640,000 people in kentucky were uninsured. that's almost one in six kentucky people. folks, these aren't some group of aliens from a distant planet. these are our friends and our

neighbors. these are people we go to church with on sunday. we shop with during the week. we sit in the bleachers on friday night and watch our kids play baseball or football or soccer. we hunt with them, we fish with them. they're farmers on the tractedder. they're substitute teachers. they're nurses aids. they're new graduates at high-tech start-ups. they're grocery clerks. i tell some of the other kentucky leaders all the time you would be surprised at how many of kentucky's uninsured you know and for the uninsured the lack of health coverage put their health and financial security at risk. these folks get up every morning and go to work. just hoping and praying they don't get sick. they have to choose between sometimes between food and medicine. they skip visit to the doctor, hoping a condition and praying a

condition turns out to be nothing. they live in fear and anxiety knowing that bankruptcy is only one bad diagnosis away. and further more, their children, their children go long periods without checkups that focus on imminnizations on preventive care on vision tests and hearing tests. folks, that's unacceptable. that's unacceptable. so a short answer to why is kentucky being so aggressive in implementing the aca because it's the morally right thing to do. that's why.

.. i went out and hire no one but two independent experts to a brought on board the urban studies institute of the university of louisville to an economic impact study of land-the-sleeve renowned

actuarial firm price waterhouse coopers to do an analysis of cost and benefit. they're findings in about six months came back to me and provided absolutely overwhelming case for making these steps. those findings included informing me that medicated expanding medicaid would inject $15 billion into our economy over the next eight years. it would create almost 17,000 new jobs azusa to amateur and costly new federal mandates into an $802 million positive general fund budget impact and protect our hospitals "cuts and indigent care funding is still best since been in short of a community you can afford to do this to him and

hope that every governor does not yet taken this step will put aside the political considerations and do the same kind of analysis because they guarantee it will go to the same conclusion. [applause] now, you all have heard about connect, that funny spelled word that is our health care exchange. i know you have also heard about are successful of limitation that has become the model in this entire country. i am very proud of that of a product where we are, the reputation we have been committed the people who have done it. it is awfully easy for a stand-up. take credit, but you know the hundreds of people that work night and day for months to make

sure that our health benefits exchange work and work well. kerry led the charge. one of the main drivers. we have got a large group of people like them that are so proud right now because they are helping me change the course of kentucky's history. as of today if you do have an update, over 175,000 people have used it connect to sign up for either expanded medicaid or qualified health plans that nec are office has been inundated with stories of gratitude. it has been amazing to see this. it's been amazing to experience it. one came from of lady called suzanne, grandmother. she had not had is sharon since

her husband died even though the house and up to take care of an adult disabled child and four grandchildren. everybody in that seven personal and health insurance acceptor. even though she suffers from asthma, high cholesterol, arthritis to and some other complaints, she could not afford medication and is not been to the doctor in a long time. we helped her get health insurance. now she is visiting a doctor and she has her needed men's. she says she sees better knowing then she can stay healthy so that she can care for that large household fest. another thing came from lisa, a social worker. his employer did not offer insurance. they had been paying eight to $9,000 in premiums for insurance that he just passed a half.

merrill they have a serious and they're paying a lot less. they can afford it. a fellow named harold, 45 years old. his good job and his answer is disappeared generous gesture he as a new job but it pays about a fourth of what is less just did it does not offer insurance. and during that time he get in with the $30,000 hospital bill. well, he still faces the bill will but he now has insurance that will protect him from further financial catastrophes like ellen. other notes come from steven, a 27 year-old show who is self-employed and had health insurance the sculptor from finding. i can go on in non. and that each of you out here and those stories just like that it is amazing how this decision

made on the state level has been changing so many people's lives. it is also interesting how we have they will decide change in the narrative a little bidding contest the six. even though folks, kentucky a red state, a new kentucky health issue paul says that almost eight intend kentucky adults favor our decision to expand medicaid to cover more low income people. so perhaps we are -- [applause] -- perhaps we are finally getting that point across. that point is this, two of two politicians see issues only in terms of political ground to be one of lost. folks, in kentucky and in your state the stakes are too high for that. this is not about politics. it's about human being.

we better bring the debate back to that point. this is about human beings, not about democrats and republicans first. i spent more than six years ago as kentucky's governor. like many others governors before me, and focused on three fundamental niece of our state. education and health care, in job creation. because you and i both know that those of the three areas more than anything else that will dictate kentucky's success in the 21st century. if and those areas are in the types has been that healthier, smarter, and more energetic work force he his -- tackling the issues is a huge challenge, but we are -- what i am about to

tell you is why i will actually argue with you that kentucky is really a red state. yes, our national persona because of the face of our congressional delegation causes those that don't know about consecutive think that tests. but kentucky is actually a very progressive state, and we have some great things going on. decade ago of humans in the education we where barris, but today related. since i took office in 2007 squeeze 70 testing and accountability system in begin the very first date to adopt a common core standards in english language and mathematics.

think about that. we're going to teach science and science class. [laughter] suit will dramatically improve our school graduation rates. my wife in the fall for five years. i convinced them, pass it on a voluntary basis. and get them to pass it. it said each district, we have under and 73 school districts. each district and voluntarily adopt this policy. was 55 percent of them adopted and it will become mandatory statewide. they didn't think we could do it .

folks, and two weeks after that law became effective over 95 school districts adopted that policy. today we have 140 of the one under 73 districts already on board. that shows you with the education community is about. in the quality counts survey which education week does every year and into years we moved up from 304th that tent in the nation in terms of student performance and the number of measures of education. i'm proud of that. in the world of business kentucky has also been recognized for our aggressive efforts to merge in this global recession sooner than most. we moved up in 2013 to number three in building cars. we are number one in the creation of new business and a

setting records in exports. so to me it is the surprising well we're doing in health care reform because we're doing the same thing in the areas that will make a difference for our people in the 21st century. is the surprising to me what we're doing. with surprising to me, mostly what is disappointing to me is that more states are putting politics aside and following us. they cue for having me. [applause] >> on the next washington journal crating ethics with the managing editor for the center for public integrity. in the federal options in responding to the chemical spill in west virginia earlier this month that the competitive enterprise institute and the president of the center for

progressive reform. in discussion about mandatory life sentences for young criminal offenders. our guest is carriage driving. that's on washington journal starting line at 7:00 a.m. eastern. new peace vehicle recalls, it reads : facebook comments. >> wasser program and first lady barbara bush saturday at 7:00 p.m. eastern followed by a recent interview with mrs. bush had her go. >> began her car hit cops right after graduating from yale three hillary came a year later. her career began right inside this building. taught classics such as criminal law, crow procedure, trial procedure, and the prison project. she was a while fully educated

ivy league law school grad than encouraging d.c. in peace to bus two weeks of for hillary father first-class. >> monday night and:00 eastern live on c-span and c-span three, also on c-span radio in c-span.org. >> this week the house and senate held a brief pro-forma sessions. for a look ahead at what to expect we talked to a congressional report. >> that the expectation that obama will continue to focus on income inequality, all the

issues that surround that the minimum wage, extending the and and plumb the benefit. that is their push for 2014 as they head into the midterm. we expect to hear a lot about that. >> we understand that representative can be mcmorris rogers will give the republican response. >> the top republican moment in the house. i don't know this stuff, but i think the republicans probably have an interest in putting her up there as a woman. we are in that attack season where democrats will say things like republicans a women and minorities. chests we can expect this for several more months. >> at least in the house next week it looks like a pretty short week with the state of the union, the republican retreat, but there is an abortion bill coming to the house floor that was mentioned him in this week's mark for life. what is that all about.

>> the venue has watched all day on wednesday, the march for life, he said there will be an abortion vote based weaken its of the we have seen before. they passed a very similar bill that codifies current law that changes over every year this is no federal funds to be used for abortion. the spending bill, some tourists this year, so obamacare language . what obamacare does is says, if you have a low enough income certain federal subsidies, you will get those subsidies this week you will get the subsidies if it became law. as one of the ways republicans are continuing to attack obamacare. >> could this be a little bit dicey? it's coming up as a suspension bill. >> and not aware that it is coming is suspension. no think that's clear.

it had passed in the last congress. ahead of the 16 democrats. it probably can't pass as a suspension. they try it that way it will probably fail. it should pass easily if it becomes a normal bill. >> presumably a lawyer week in the senate. you write about a likely action. the senate looking to delay key provisions of the flood insurers performed. >> it's a very complicated bill. 2012 congress passed a flawed bill that charge a rescue the national flood insurance program what they did is made changes to say this raise the rates of some of these flood prone areas. if you have to buy insurance you will palin's more to help us to get a debt. a couple of issues of club members to five members of sides will see his problems six. there was language the city sell your house you will get that

subsidy every so that isabela people of said. delicate summer else. it's too expensive. so it's too hard to sell it to develop to fix things like that. and of support on both sides were agassiz's pass in the house and senate. >> you also tweeted about another issue that is still out there, the military pensions. lawmakers face congress and a crocodile tears. >> this is that issue that we saw it as the budget. let's cut about 600 million of of better in pensions. sylvia to see a fix. congress rushed to pass that. it was in the budget but also in the spending bill giving everyone is saying we need to fix it. this is several weeks after you pass a bill that makes the cut. this pick something. a month or year goes by anyone to change it again. that's an issue that will be

talked about at the very least. nothing scheduled yet. >> as we wrap up the about talked about unemployment extension or other must be done in congress. what are some of those that we will see in the coming weeks? >> and ensure we will see unemployment again. they talk like they will try again, but it's unclear if it would get anywhere. especially it something of the obama speech could reenergize, they could try to get another shot and extending the benefits. that's something that with the retreat coming up with republicans, we may see immigration talked about more. watering of principles for that. prole in the next few weeks is a little too quick, but we will see stuff this week says. >> you can read the reporting in volume on twitter.

>> you're watching a c-span2 with politics and public affairs asman the fbi future priorities. this is 25 minutes. [applause] >> the keys so much for that introduction and take you for giving me a chair is to visit

with you. you are stuck with me. and just beginning its in-year term. you will hear nine more of these talks, and i'll try to keep them fresh. another would make sense for me to talk about three things this morning to introduce myself in share with you what i expect from the fbi, what the fbi should expect from me to lend them what you should expect from the fbi. let me start by telling you how exciting it is to be back among law-enforcement, the most rewarding parts of my career have always been one of working cases, federal, state, or local law enforcers. i grew up in a law-enforcement families. one of my heroes was my grandfather. when his dad was killed in industrial accidents in new york and he was the oldest his family he jumped at a school in the sixth grade to support his siblings and his mom.

he never get to go back to school. and he was old enough to begin a patrolman arrows over 40 years to lead the department. headquarters tsks, was doing this a part blocking immobile of luxury, that in 1929. escorting a guide to general had been issued with the police. i leave it there is reminder to legacy i have inherited. my grandfather was a strong silent type, tall, quiet, dignified, and passion about the rule of law to be one of the stories i grew up with was from him and my dad telling me about the time that his officers discovered during prohibition the bootleggers for running a beer in fire hoses through the sewers of yonkers and into the bronx. my grandfather was to let this when i knew after prohibition

enjoy the occasional beer. he ordered his men to cut the says the fire axes because it was the law fest that led to a protective detail being around his home and my father was a kid because the bootleggers were shocked that so long for some would do that. you're not shocked by that. and that shocked by that. that's the kind of person i grew up admiring. as the person whose terrorist enemy every single day of my desk in fbi headquarters. it's great to be back among you. what does the fbi -- what are my expectations? i actually spoke to all employees, all 3,710,000 employees by video my first morning to be elected with a new busted years away expectations are. i said, and above expectations of a lot to be clear. the first is to my expect you will find joy in your work.

you do get for a living no matter what you do in this organization your part of protecting the innocent to rescuing the most vulnerable, making sure predators' to continue to arm. that is good. you get to do good for a living. if you can find joy and that there's something wrong x if you need to find a way to a place for you can take joy in doing that for a live tsks. surely in a year for the money. that should give you great joy in this something we don't talk about of enough. that's easy because you do. that is a fire you up, nothing will. i expect you to work hard is to do that. third, because you're going to

find joy in your work in a going to work really hard and easy to do the third thing. my expectation is the will keep the life. keep that balance, that distance that keeps you healthy in both body and spirit. zero of the choses we left off or even don't talk about those stressors seeing so much pain does to osama working so hard just to listen to our relationships. but no one knew to neglect that. an easy to look after your buddies, relationships for a couple reasons. is the right thing to do. a second because i need you for the fight the we erin. it's a long, unending fight. need you help the in mind, body commands. to help us protect the innocent and do that could. as a little part of the speech, there are people in your lives call loveland's because somebody is supposed to love them. that is you.

there is tendency to especially for those lists were passionate, to think i have to get back to mom and dad, my girlfriend, barbara, my children. all fine time for the later. there is no later. everyone in this room knows flatfish short in cruel and bad things happen to good people. there is no getting back. i have five children, and i have no more than most people the joy of feeling, hearing, and watching it to year-old run across the floor fess to the mist that in so many other great experiences. find a way to achieve that balance. love somebody. okay. joy, hard work, find distance a new life, find some way to stay healthy and balanced. i a expect that every human being in this organization from

the interim to the director will be treated with the exact same amount of dignity and respect. they're all god's creatures. from a distance are up this coaster is the difference. i will not tolerate people being treated differently by virtue of some perception of a station alive just a crazy in terms are in transit or if there is the difference between this and the knowledge of that should be reflected in the way you deal with every human being in this organization. is one other reason is that of the organization because that is part of our culture, but i insist that it continue. i said last is in some ways the artist because i expect you will protect the great gift to have

been given. all of you know this. that gift is manifest and when you stand up for the first time and show your credentials and speak will whether it's in their core room or conference room or a cookout. when you identify yourself as part of this organization and speak total strangers will believe what you say next. no one to burst your bubble, but this month because of you. they're total strangers to you. that is because of what would before you, because the people who over generations built this culture so that you would be believed. they belted by telling the truth of making mistakes and a minimum of fixing them, by listening to the voice inside themselves when they felt something was not quite right. a belted by honoring the reputation of this great organization. i think of that as a reservoir, reservoir of trust and credibility.

the challenge is to take forever to phil and build. one hole in the dam is going to train the whole thing. you're a custodian of the reservoir. don't you ever do anything that jeopardize is that gift. he was patrol, once the dam, constantly ask yourself in my honor in the gift had been given i would love it. and the summit was to be an fbi agent it thinks a renewed foreign no. [laughter] but i would love it if one of my children or their children or their children choices organization, and when they send up and identify themselves they are believed. he predicted the gift. it being believed is of the core of every the we do in law enforcement lisa will result, where we felt something, what we heard, we must be believed by people of all stripes, else we

can accomplish the good that we signed up to do. i say to these folks, i know that seems easy, but that is the most important charge and give you facts. it is all gone unless you protect that reservoir. those are my expectations for all 37,000 police. what should you expect me? you should expect a humility to listen. have of the fbi mile little life, though a ton of work will but i don't know it well enough and especially don't know the way in which it is chase in the years i've been out of government to be effected as your director. you're going to see me a lot coming around to ask you what do you think should focus on? what are you worried about direct or keeping my priority should be? one thing i learned is the best teaching is don't roll into an organization asking the question

what are what to do. you will end up doing things and fun for you or the you get a kick of or that are consistent with your past experience, and demand up to what the organization needs to do. the question you should ask, have learned, as witnesses blessed it for me. one of the things the fbi needed for me was for me to focus on the budget. i had no plans to be rejected a joint, but i heard from my folks loma walked in to you will not believe the impact of this is having on those. we are rationing guess, trying to decide whether to go do an interview because we may need to do an interview on thursday and i don't want to spend against libya during the interview day. that's crazy, sort focused on the budget right away. gun to a place where congress workers support is adequately funded the fbi for this year than hoping for next year offs. youul