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master, discusses what china's rise in the global order means for the u.s. be sure to watch these washington journal, saturday morning, join the discussion. >> saturday, advocate for women's right to hold a march in washington dc, it starts live at 1215 eastern on c-span. also tomorrow, she spends road to the white house coverage continues with remarks from new york democratic senator kiersten jill brent in the morn. she recently lost the democratic -- and to speak to democrats in polk county iowa, you will see that live tomorrow starting at 6 pm eastern, also on c-span. >> monday, martin luther king jr. day. at 8 am eastern, race relations in the u.s., with the american university professor leonard stein horn, and radio and tv
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talk show commentator armstrong williams, live on c-span's washington journal, at 4 pm on book tv on c-span two, discussion on race in america.>> voter suppression, voter suppression is real. let's just name a couple of states, florida, georgia, texas, north dakota. north dakota, yeah. today, in 2019, we're still doing with his issue on dr. king's birthday. >> and in american history td on c-span three, the real america at 8 pm eastern. the 1957 film, a time for freedom, documents the civil rights rally at the lincoln memorial.>> give us the ballot, and we will no longer plead to the federal government of an anti-lynching law, we will, by the power of our vote, right the law on the statues -- and bring an end to the vast
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dastardly acts of the perpetrators of violence. >> watch c-span, book tv in american history td on monday, martin luther king jr. day. >> up next, newly elected illinois -- inaugural address after being sworn into office he spoke about his estate tax system, and passing a balanced budget in 2019. from springville hanoi, this is about 25 minutes. >> [ music ] >> are you excited?>>, right up by your mom. >> and repeat after me, i can state your name. >> i jb. >> do solemnly swear. >> do solemnly swear.>> that i will support the constitution of the united states but >> that i will support the constitution of the united states. >> the constitution of the
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state of illinois. >> and the constitution of the state of illinois. >> and i will faithfully exercise >> and i will faithfully excellent size >> the duty of office of governor of illinois >> the duties of officer of governor of illinois. >> to the best of my ability >> according to the best of my ability. >> thank you.>> [ applause ] >> you did it! >> [ music ] [ music ] >> [ applause ]
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>> thank you all very much. thank you. >> [ applause ] >> i want to begin today, by thinking my family. first, my partner, my best friend, the love of my life, and now, the first lady of illinois, and cape rinsed her.>> [ applause ] >> my wonderful children teddy, and donna, i love you more than life itself. >> [ applause ] >> and my parents sue and don metzger, 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.
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and please, join me in getting an ovation for my partner, and your lieutenant governor, the inoperable, giuliana stratton. >> [ applause ] >> i want to acknowledge the other distinguished guest here today, chief justice lloyd carr meyer, president john culliton, speaker john madigan, leader bill grady, leader jim durkin, attorney general elect bonnie raul, secretary of state jesse like, controller susanna mendoza, treasurer mike rarick, members of the general assembly, members of the congressional delegation. governor pat quinn, governor bruce ratner, and national guard adjutant general richard hayes, to all of you, on behalf of of the people of illinois, i thank you for your service.>> [ applause ]
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>> 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 grip a whirring nation in both hands and hold us together. this is where obama came to organize and to witness the courage that runs deep in our communities, and whom he found the fortitude to launch his bid to make history.>> [ applause ] >> 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.
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>> [ applause ] >> this is where, on the sunday morning after the great chicago fire, reverend robert calio, pastor of the first unitarian church, an immigrant, an ardent antislavery abolitionist, and a women's suffrage advocate, stood admits 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 splintered 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
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geography, nature called the lakes, the forest, 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 of me, if you will stay here, i will. and we will work together, and help each other out of our troubles.>> [ applause ] >> since reverend collier's 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 can tend every day with an economy that gives too little and takes too much, that allows passion and work ethic to be overwhelmed by student loans, unexpected health emergencies,
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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 childcare that will sustain them. >> [ applause ] >> we watch hundred year storms that now come every year, and yet we do not allow the science of climate change to guide our decision making. >> [ applause ] >> we fail to hold accountable, leaders who sacrificed truth for personal gain, who substitute padron teeth for patriotism. we are a nation, founded on fearless ideas, and yet, we move away from those drawn to that vision. we want to roads, better wages, better schools, but we vilify anyone who dares suggest a workable path to those things.
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we allow schools, and movie theaters, and hospitals, and neighborhoods to become battlefields. legally accessible by the weapons of war. 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 shootings there. 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 let her church choir. to honor, a pharmacist who went into medicine, because she had struggled with health problems herself. these are the very best of illinois. is a public servant, it is hard to bear witness to the violence such as this. that this job also exposes you to people who stitch us together. time and again, to illinois,
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and to remind us what amazing capacity we have to change. at the mercy hospital vigil, sister barbara senter read a franciscan freighter, that speaks to who we are in illinois. she said, may god bless us with tears to shed, for those who suffer from pain, rejection, hunger, and war, so that we may reach out our hands to comfort them, and turn their pain into joy. and, may god bless us with an s enough foolishness to make us believe we can make a difference in this world so that we can do what others claim cannot be done. to bring justice, and kindness to all our children, and the poor. at 200 years old colt 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
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believe we can make a difference in this world.>> [ applause ] >> that starts with leadership that abandons single-minded arrogant notions. no! 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 will try harder. that we will 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
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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 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. >> [ applause ] >> it will not be easy, but let's confront this challenge with honesty. our obligation does the state out match our resources, our situation right now is challenging for. and, it -- a commitment to
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embracing hard choices, we need to bring efficiencies to state government. our information technology systems are outdated, the cost more to maintain than they do to replace. inexpensive healthcare 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 pet illinoisans deserve. >> [ applause ] >> but, be clear about this, i will not balance the budget on the backs of the starving, the sick, and the suffering. >> [ applause ] >> and, i will not hollow out the functions of government to achieve and ideological agenda. >> [ applause ] >> i will not make government
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the enemy, and government employees the scape goat. >> [ applause ] >> responsible, fiscal management is a marriage of numbers, and values. which is why it is time to start the earnest work of creating a fair tax system here in illinois. >> [ applause ] >> our regressive tax system, including property taxes and sales taxes, currently has the middle class paying double the rate that the wealthy pay. that is not fair, and it does not pay our bills. today, our state's fiscal instability affects every single person who lives and works in illinois whether you earn millions, or minimum wage. and means, that our government waste tens of millions of dollars, paying higher interest rates in almost any other
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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 will not. >> [ 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 midwestern neighbors and like the vast majority of the united states. >> [ applause ] >> now, i am not naove about what it will take to do this. all who enter a discussion about our state budget and a fair tax system, good faith will be welcomed to the table. but, if you lead with partisanship and scare tactics, you will be met with considerable political will. >> [ applause ]
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>> it is time to update and repair our states aging infrastructure, railways, roads, infrastructure's and freshwater arteries are on the verge of collapse. >> [ applause ] >> crumbling bridges mean people's lives are in danger, deteriorating rail systems means goods and services take longer to deliver and they cost more. we are the nation's supply chain hub and we must be built like it. >> [ applause ] >> let's remember to, that an aging highway system is not just concrete and steel, it is a longer commute home. it is missing the golden hours between dinner and bedtime when your kids are young, we spend a few minutes reading a book together, talking about their day. government really do reflect richness and joy of our lives.
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we must treat the decisions we make together, the decisions of our elected officials that champion a cause and the decisions of our citizens to embrace or reject those efforts with an eye on the pursuit of happiness. as we enter illinois third century, we must bring a reticence to downstate illinois which has been deprived of some basic resources for education and business welding. 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 our connectivity and no part of our state should be left out. our future depends on our action today and that's why we must embrace a broad vision of environmental protection or
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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 signs. 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 us climate alliance upholding the goals and ideals of the paris climate accord. [ 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. [ applause ] it's good for the working families of illinois and good for our economy. as your governor, i will be
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committed to helping us become the fastest growing thick state economy in the nation. i will be our state's best chief marketing officer to attract jobs and businesses to illinois. we will bring capital and technical assistance and mentorship to help illinoisans across our state to start and build new businesses and 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, and advancing economic inclusion, i will work with the legislature to legalize tax and regulate the sale of record recreational cannabis in illinois. [ cheers and applause ] we will approach education with a holistic mindset, recognizing
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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. [ applause ] 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 that i did not come from, with expertise that i don't have, because delete well, all of illinois must be represented in the decision- making. [ cheers and applause ] and furthermore, i want all of the
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children of illinois to see someone who looks like them in our government. [ cheers and applause ] hi hope and clear vision are what have built the 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 is expanding, employ more than 700,000 people in every part of this state. we have nearly 13,000 manufacturing firms in illinois that employed more than 580,000 people. most of them, proud union workers with the best training in the world. [ cheers and applause ] one out of 10 commuter science degrees in the nation comes from illinois' colleges and universities. our entrepreneurs continue to
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be tireless dreamers, whether it's jamie glatfelter quitting a software development incubator, jeremy draper chapin glass in peoria, lena kim creating custom jewelry in evanston or leif erickson still using his grandfather's original rep as he to make and sell candy in richmond. that is the illinois that i see, one of possibility and promise. that is the illinois that i know. one whose people are fillers and audacious, and that's the division 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' birdhouse. how he saw the natural beauty of illinois and knew that nothing could sealed steel that from them. i see the natural unity of illinois and our people.
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more than anything else i see it in our capacity to be kind. consider the story a few weeks ago of casey handle and jeanette rosado. casey and rosette moved to barrington last may and they proudly flew a rainbow flag behind their home. and then, someone snuck into their backyard and stole it, replacing it with an american flag. ironic, because the beef 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 and the debt neighbor kim filion 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 everywhere.
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a place that hate had tried to fill was conquered by love instead. [ applause ] and kim, and kim filion noted, frankly i have grown weary of this of all this hate and i have 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 and politics can change the world. over a century ago, public policy grounded by kindness offered a penniless immigrant to illinois a bed to sleep in, a public school education and the opportunity to succeed.
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and 130 years later, his great grandson just took the oath of office to become governor of this great state. [ cheers and applause ] [ laughing ] 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 about troubles, with enough foolishness to believe that we can make a difference in this world, and with enough kindness to find the courage to change. thank you. god bless the state of illinois and god bless the united dates of america! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [
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cheers and applause ] coming up on c-span 3, day 20 of the government shutdown a form on staff turnover in the trump administration. and how it compares to other presidencies. ceo of the us chamber of commerce with analysis of this year's is this climate. and from washington journal the plot to assassinate president george washington with offer brad meltzer. >> c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that affect you, coming up saturday morning, clinical reporter daniel strauss discusses the early entries in the 2020 presidential election and who else could announce a possible run. also the heritage foundation's
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james take her final discusses the government shutdown, border security and immigration and foreign affair contributor discusses what china's rise in the global order mean for the us. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7 am eastern saturday morning. join the discussion. ♪ next a look at staff turnover in the trump administration. the brookings institutions catherine dunn talks about her decades long research in turnover in presidential's ministrations. washington center hosted this event. >> please take your seats. w
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all right. this morning, we have our first speaker, i know has katie, dr. tenpas , who is going to talk to us about you are hired, you're fired, stepping the trump presidency analysis and comparison. dr. tenpas is sa nonresident senior fellow with government studies and a fellow at the governance institute. a research address is the intersection between the presidency and policy including the presidential reelection campaigns and trends in presidential travel and polling, expenses she is also look at white house stepping with a particular focus on turnover rates and individual white house entities like the office of political affairs, office of faith based and community initiatives, and staff secretary. dr. tenpas has authored the book president as candidates, inside the white house for the presidential campaign and

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