anything to get you out west you were going to get it here. you can imagine a big buzzing community downtown. >> and on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, a tour of president truman's historic sites, including a visit to his home and his library. watch the c-span cities tour of independence, missouri, saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore the american story. illinois businessman j.b. prits kerr is now governor and delivered his inaugural address shortly after being sworn in. he described the state's situation as challenging and vowed to work with the state assembly to pass a balanced budget in 2019. the democratic governor takes

over from a republican and told illinois voters that the state's tax system is unsustainable and that change is coming. his speech is a half hour. ♪ ♪ >> please place your right hand and repeat after me. i, at the same time. >> i, j.b. pritzker. >> do solemnly swear. >> do solemnly swear. >> that i will support the constitution of the united states. >> that i will support the constitution of the united states. >> and the constitution of the

state of illinois. >> and the constitution of the state of illinois. >> and that i will faithfully exercise. >> and that i will faithfully exercise. >> the duties of office of governor of illinois. >> the duties of officer of governor of illinois. >> according to the best of my ability. >> according to the best of my ability. >> congratulations, governor. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> you did it. ♪ ♪

>> thank you all very much. thank you. i want to begin today by thanking my family. first, my partner, my best friend, the love of my life and now the first lady of illinois, m.k. pritzker. my wonderful children teddy and donny, i love you more than life itself. and my parents, sue and don pritzker, who departed this world too soon, more than three decades ago, but who left behind a set of values around honor and decency that will endure as long as there are good people in the

world. and please join me in giving an ovation for my partner and your lieutenant governor, the incomparable julianna stratton. [ applause ] i want to acknowledge the other distinguished guests here today, chief justice lloyd car meyer, president john cullerton, john mat began, jim durkin, secretary of state jesse white, comptroller susan na mendoza, the treasurer mike if. raric, members of the general assembly and congressional. bruin rauner and richard hayes. to all of you on behalf of the

people of illinois i thank you for your service. ladies and gentlemen, for 200 years illinois has proudly stood as the beating heart of our republic. a place whose people have high hope and clear vision. this is where lincoln found the metal to group a warring nation in both hands and hold us together. this is where obama came to organize and witness the courage that runs deep in our communities in whom he found the fortitude to launch his bid to make history. this is where the 13th and 19th amendments to the u.s. constitution were first ratified, ending slavery and guaranteeing a woman's right to

vote. this is where on the sunday morning after the great chicago fire reverend robert collier, pastor of the first union tearian church, an immigrant, an ardent anti-slavery abolitionist and a women's suffrage advocate stood amidst the broken ruins of his once grand church and brought hope and vision to his devastated congregation. his parishioners gathered around him, the sun peeking through gutted walls and splint erred beams and overturned column serving as his pulpit. his words that morning have survived the 148 years since. a testament to their power and truth. what is lost, he asked? first, our homes. second, our businesses. but these are temporary. what we have not lost is our

geography. nature called the lakes, the forests, the prairies together in convention long before we were born and they decided that on this spot a great city would be built. we have not lost hope, the fire makes no difference to me. if you will stay here i will, and we will work together and help each other out of our troubles. since reverend colliers' time americans have often had to gather in broken cathedrals, some of stone and glass, some of aspirations and promises, to reaffirm our faith to one another. we find ourselves at such a moment now. we contend every day with an economy that gives too little and takes too much, that allows parks and work ethic to be overwhelmed by student loans,

unexpected health emergencies and the rising cost of living. we want strong families, but we have yet to embrace more robust policies supporting paid parental leave and affordable child care that will sustain them. affordable child care that will sustain them. [ applause ] we watch hundred year storms that now come every year. and yet we don't allow the science of climate change to guide our decision-making. [ applause ] we fail to hold accountable leaders who sacrifice truth for personal gain, who substitute pageantry for patriotism. we're a nation founded on fearless ideas, and yet we move away from those drawn to that vision. we want better roads, better wages, better schools, but we vilify anyone who dares suggest a workable path to those things.

we allow schools and movie theaters and hospitals and neighborhoods to become battlefields, legally accessible by the weapons of war. our abdication of responsibility must end. [ applause ] just a few weeks ago i went to mercy hospital to attend a vigil honoring the victims of the murderous shooting there's. to honor the police officer who ran into gunfire and not away from it. to honor the university of illinois doctor who raised money for disadvantaged kids and led her church choir. to honor a pharmacist who went into medicine because she had struggle with health problems herself. these are the very best of illinois. as a public servant, it's hard to bare witness to violence such as this. but this job also exposes us to

people who stitch us together time and again to the illinoisans who remind us what amazing capacity we have to change. at the mercy hospital vigil, sister barbara center read a fran franc franciscan prayer. it said may god bless us tears to shed from those who suffer from pain, rejection, hunger and war so we may reach out our hands to comfort them and turn their pain into joy. my god bless us with enough foolishness to believe that we can make a difference in this world so we can do what others claim cannot to be done, to bring justice and kindness to all our children and the poor. at 200 years old illinois is still a young promise. our time here has been but a blink. in 2019 we must begin a new century with a new maturity.

and enough foolishness to believe that we can make a difference in this world. [ applause ] that starts with leadership that abandons single minded arrogant notions. no. [ applause ] no, everything is not broken. our history is a story of leaps forward and occasional stumbles backward and a promise renewed with each generation that we'll try harder, that we'll do better, that big breakthroughs are built of centuries of selfless effort by unheralded heroes. that big change rides on what we can do together, not on what one person attempts alone. [ applause ] neighbors working side-by-side in taylorville lost their homes and worldly possessions in the

recent tornadoes. they know that what reverend collier said right after the great "chicago fire" was right. we work together to help each other out of our troubles. so today with all of the challenges illinois faces, democrats and republicans will work together and we must begin with our most basic responsibilities. [ applause ] we will propose debate and pass a balanced budget this year. [ cheers and applause ] it won't be easy, but let's confront this challenge with honesty. our obligations as a state outmatch our resources. our fiscal situation right now is challenging. and the solution requires a collective commitment to

embracing hard choices. we need to bring efficiencies to state government. our information technology systems are outdated and they cost more to maintain than they do to replace. inexpensive health care prevention programs were decimated, causing higher spending to treat diseases that could have been cured. balancing the budget means lowering the cost of government while delivering the high quality services that illinoisans deserve. [ applause ] but be clear about this. i won't balance the budget on the backs of the starving, the sick and the suffering. [ cheers and applause ] and i won't hollow out the functions of government to achieve an ideological agenda.

i won't make government the enemy and government employees the scapegoats. [ cheers and applause ] responsible fiscal management is a marriage of numbers and values. which is why it's time to start the earnest work of creating a fair tax system here in illinois. [ cheers and applause ] our regressive tax system including property taxes and sales taxes currently has the middle class paying nearly double the rate that the wealthy pay. that's not fair. and it doesn't pay our bills. today our state's fiscal instability affects every single person who lives and works in illinois whether you earn millions or the minimum wage. it means that our government wastes tens of millions of

dollars paying higher interest rates than almost any other state. and we scare businesses and families away because they fear our uncertain future. the current tax system is simply unsustainable. others have lied to you about this fact. i won't. [ cheers and applause ] the future of illinois depends on the passage of a fair income tax which will bring us into the 21st century like most of our mid-western neighbors and vast majority of the united states. now i'm not naive about what it will take to do this. all who enter discussion about hour state's budget and a fair tax system in good faith will be welcomed to the table. but if you lead with partisanship and scare tactics you'll be met with considerable political will.

[ applause ] it's time to update and repair our state's ageing infrastructure. railway, roads, bridges and fresh water arteries are on the verge of collapse. [ applause ] crumbling bridges mean people's lives are in danger. deteriorating rail services mean goods and services take longer to deliver and cost more. we are the nation's supply chain hub, and we must be built like it. [ applause ] let's remember too that an ageing highway system is not just concrete and steel, it's a longer commute home. it's missing those golden hours between dinner and bedtime when your kids are young, where you spend a few minutes reading a book together and talking about their day. the seemingly dry act of government really do affect the

richness and joy of our lives. we must treat the decisions we make together, the decisions of our elected officials to champion a cause and the decisions of our citizens to embrace or reject those efforts with an eye to the pursuit of happiness. as we enter illinois' third century, we must bring a renaissance to down state illinois, which has been deprived of some basic resources for education and business building. [ cheers and applause ] that are taken for granted elsewhere in our state. to begin with, we will work to deliver high-speed broadband internet coverage to everyone in every corner of illinois. [ applause ] today every new job and every student is dependent upon connectivity and no part of our state should be left out. now our future depends upon our actions today and that's why we must embrace a broadvision of environmental protection or else

decisions are going to be forced upon us in ways that will offer us little control and catastrophic outcomes for our children. i believe in science. and to that end as one of my first acts as governor -- [ applause ] -- as one of my first acts as governor, illinois will become a member of the u.s. climate alliance, upholding the goals and ideals of the paris climate accord. [ cheers and applause ] working men and women deserve to have a governor and a department of labor that will enforce laws protecting workers wages and workers rights. [ cheers and applause ] and they deserve a $15 minimum wage. [ cheers and applause ] it's good for the working families of illinois and good for our economy. as your governor, i will be

committed to helping us become the fastest growing big state economy in the nation. i'll be our state's best chief marketing officer, to attract jobs and businesses to illinois. we'll bring capital and technical assistance and mentorship to help illinoisans across our state to start and build new businesses and new jobs. our economic success depends upon that. in the interest of keeping the public safe from harm, safe from harm and in the interest of expanding true justice in our criminal justice system. advancing economic inclusion, i will work with the legislature to legalize tax and regulate the sale of creational cannab recren illinois. [ cheers and applause ] we will approach education with

a holistic mindset, recognizing that students do their best in community schools where teachers are paid well. [ cheers and applause ] and where kids start learning at the earliest ages. and our economy grows when vocational training, when community colleges and universities are strong. and we will do all of this with the most diverse set of voices and perspectives that illinois has ever seen. i have built a cabinet of people who will bring with them experiences that i don't share from communities i did not come from, with expertise i don't have, because to lead well all of illinois must be represented in the decision-making. [ cheers and applause ] and furthermore, i want all of

the children of illinois to see someone who looks like them in our government. [ cheers and applause ] high hope and clear vision are what have built this state, despite all the turmoil in this world, illinoisans continue to build, innovate, create and dream. our agriculture sector is built on the most fertile soil in the world and it's expanding and employing more than 700,000 people in every part of this state. we have nearly 13,000 manufacturing firms in illinois that employ more than 580,000 people. most of them proud union workers with the best training in the world. [ cheers and applause ] one out of ten computer science degrees in the nation comes from illinois colleges and

universities. [ applause ] our entrepreneurs continue to be tireless dreamers. whether it's someone creating a software, or shaping glass in peoria, creating custom jewelry in evanston, or one using his grandfather's original recipes to make and sell candy in richmond. that's till i see, one of possibility and promise. that's the illinois that i know. one whose people are fearless and audacious. that's the vision i have for this state, another century of boundless opportunity. when your faith in this future flags, i urge you to remember reverend collier and his ruined church. how he was the vessel for his parishioners burnt hopes. how he saw the natural beauty of illinois and knew that nothing could steal that from them. i see the natural beauty of

illinois in our people. more than anything else, i see it in our capacity to be kind. consider the story a few weeks ago of casey. casey moved to barrington last may and proudly flu a rainbow flag behind their home. and then someone snuck into their backyard and stole it. replacing with it an american flag. ironic because the thief doesn't understand that you rob the american flag of meaning when you steal a person's symbol of self-expression. [ applause ] now, that could have been the end of that story, but casey's neighbor wouldn't let it be. she put a pride flag in her yard in solidarity and then she kept buying them because her neighbors kept asking for them

too. soon there were pride flags every where, a place that hate had tried to fill was conquered by love instead. [ cheers and applause ] and kim noted, frankly, i've grown weary of this, of all this hate and i got to say it just seemed like there was one thing that i could do that i had control of. remember that our ability to grow weary of hate fuels our enormous capacity to be kind. the bright moments of our past, the north stars of our future are all lit not by ambition, partisanship or greed but by kindness. a willingness to be kind is a virtue, often overlooked in life. a commitment to be kind in politics can change the world. over a century ago, public policy grounded by kindness offered a opinioniless immigrant to illinois a bed to sleep in.

a public school education. and the opportunity to succeed and 130 years later his great-grandson just took the oath of office to become the governor of this great state. [ cheers and applause ] so thank you, illinois, thank you for your faith in me. i promise to live up to it every day. together let's go into this new century with enough faith to help each other out of our troubles. with enough foolishness to believe that we can make a difference in this world. wasn't enough kindness to find the courage to change. thank you, god bless the state of illinois and god bless the united states of america. [ cheers and applause ] ♪

here in washington, d.c., president trump's state of the union address may be postponed. house speaker nancy pelosi asked the president to delay his speech until after the government shutdown ends or submit it in writing. republican senators are talking about inviting the president to give his address in the senate chamber instead. the government shutdown is now in its 27th day, six days longer than any previous shutdown. the standoff continues over border wall funding. former vermont governor and democratic national committee chair howard dean speaks this afternoon about changes in the health care industry.

he's the keynote speaker at the american bankruptcy institute. you can watch it live on c-span 2 at 12:30 eastern. meanwhile here on c-span 3 we'll have live coverage with house republican leadership members female political experts and former campaign staffers. they are speaking at the launch event for representative elise stefanik political action committee which aims to recruit and elect republican women. that's at 1:00 eastern. watch c-span for life coverages. on friday the march for life starts at noon eastern. and on saturday, the women's march beginning at 1:30 p.m. eastern this friday and saturday, live on c-span. over 100 new members joined either the house or the senate for the 116th congress. indiana voters elected republican mike braun to the u.s. senate. he previously served in the state house.

the senator owns a company that manufactures and distributes parts for trucks. voters in indiana's 6th district sent the vice president's brother greg pence to house to. he owns two antique malls in indiana. he was in the oil and gas industry earlier in his career. congressman jim baird now represents the 4th district. he previously had been elected to in the end state house and the putnam county commission. the congressman owns a family farm and a home health agency in indiana. he lost his left arm while serving as an officers in the u.s. army during the vietnam war. wisconsin added only one new member to their congressional delegation. representative bryan steil was elected to succeed paul ryan. the congressman served on the university of wisconsin board of regions. before that he was an attorney who worked both in private practice and corporate law. michigan elected four new members of congress all democrats. andy levin succeeded his father

former representative sandy levin in michigan's 9th district. he previously owned a clean energy firm and worked on energy of former michigan governor. representative rashida tlaib is the first palestinianian woman and first of two muslim women elected to congress. she previously served three terms in the state house. congresswoman elissa slotkin served in a variety of roles at the pentagon during the obama administration. had two years of acting assistant defense secretary. prior to that she worked in the u.s. intelligence community including spending time in iraq with jobs in the cia, the national security couldn't sishl -- counsel and state department. and haley stevens worked for obama administration auto industry bail out.

she created job training programs. her colleagues elected her as one of the two co-presidents of the freshman class. new congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span. two days after being sworn in, new wyoming governor mark gordon delivered his first state of the state of address in cheyenne. the former state treasurer called for more spending restraint and talked about boosting wyoming's coal industry through more exports. the republican governor spoke for about a half hour. [ cheers and applause ] thank you.