herbert, governor of the great state of utah, and first lady jeanette herbert, followed by spencer cox, our lieutenant governor, and his wife abby. [ applause ] [ applause ] [ applause ] >> governor, welcome to the joint conference. >> well, thank you very much. it's always an honor to be with you here at this special occasion. president niederhauser, speaker ewes, members of the legislature, attorney general sean reyes, auditor dugal, justices of the utah supreme court, lieutenant governor and mrs. cox and utah's first lady, my wonderful wife, jeanette. my fellow utahns, the utah we know and love today stands on higher ground because of the many sacrifices of utahans who have gone before us. let me begin this evening by acknowledging two of these giants who left us this past year. former governors norm bangerter and arlene walker. among governor bangerter's many achievements, he deserves great credit foreign creasing education funding and improving government efficiency in a time of economic uncertainty. governor bangerter was a down to earth leader who liked to say he was just an old

herbert, governor of the great state of utah, and first lady jeanette herbert, followed by spencer cox, our lieutenant governor, and his wife abby. [ applause ]

herbert, governor of the great state of utah, and first lady jeanette herbert, followed by spencer cox, our lieutenant governor, and his wife abby. [ applause ] [ applause ] [ applause ] [ applause ] >> governor, welcome to the joint conference. >> well, thank you very much. it's always an honor to be with you here at this special occasion. president niederhauser, speaker ewes, members of the legislature, attorney general sean reyes, auditor dugal, justices of the utah supreme court, lieutenant governor and mrs. cox and utah's first lady, my wonderful wife, jeanette. my fellow utahns, the utah we know and love today stands on higher ground because of the many sacrifices of utahans who have gone before us. let me begin this evening by acknowledging two of these giants who left us this past year. former governors norm bangerter and arlene walker. among governor bangerter's many achievements, he deserves great credit foreign creasing education funning and improving government efficiency in a time of economic uncertainty. governor bangerter was a down to earth leader who liked to say he wa

the honorable gary herbert, governor of the great state of utah, and first lady jeanette herbert, followedencer cox, lieutenant governor and his wife, abby. [applause] [inaudible conversations] it's always an honor to be with you year of this special occasion. president niederhauser, speaker hughes, members of the legislature, justices of the utah supreme court, lieutenant governor and mrs. cox and utah's first lady, my wife, jeanette. my fellow utahns. the utah we know and love today stands on higher ground because of the many sacrifices of hardworking utahns who have gone before us. let me begin this evening by acknowledging two of these giants who left us this past year, former governors, norm bangerter and olene walker. among governor bangerter's many achievements, he deserves great credit for increasing education funding and improving government efficiency during a time of economic uncertainty. governor bangerter was a down-to-earth leader who liked to say that he was just an old farmer and carpenter from granger who happened to be governor. we all saw so much more in norm bangerter.