she bait governor last year when terry branstad left to be ambassador to china. and the first elected to iowa, the 45 minute speech comes courtesy of iowa public television. television. [applaus [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. mr. lt. governor, mr. president, madam speaker, legislative leaders, senators, representatives, justices, judges, elected officials, distinguished guests, family, friends, and my fellow iowans, the job of government, above all else, is to provide for the health and safety of its citizens so i want to begin today by thanking the people who are on the front lines of providing that protection. our men and women who serve in the military, law enforcement, and as first responders who risk their lives for us, and some pay the ultimate sacrifice. it was with great sadness last week we laid to rest clinton firefighter lieutenant hossett and with prayerful hope that we watch firefighter cain recover from the same event. for these men and women, it's who they are, whether their uniform is on or off. take billy fox, after graduating fro