this legislature caret people. this legislature caret >> this legislature cares about people. i know that, because of what you've done. this saves thousands of lives when covid struck and we are now one of a handful of states to curb excessive drug costs and we have more ways to grow healthcare work. we have passed the nation's best paid family medical leave program. our story about this the other day and i went to the county country market for my grandkids. the woman behind the counter said, i have to tell you something and my fellow electorates know that when you hear a constituency that, then you can be in for anything, so i was prepared. here is what she said. she said, i had a broken wrist last year and i couldn't do my job and the only thing that kept my family afloat was the paid family medical leave law. i really hope that you are having those conversations in your districts, as well. your policies are making it a ends in people's lives. now, we have more work to do. protect healthcare, like wilson, vernon brady says john was diagnosed with cancer and the expected the

host: why focus on state legislature? guest: for state legislatures are the most critical office of our time there it congress is pretty dead locked in passing continuing resolutions, not doing the business government should doing. state that is they choose controlling lens of dollars that goes out into their states. whether that is reproductive justice, democracy, taxation, or everything happening, it is happening through state legislatures. all of these scotus decisions down to the statehouse. it is critical right now. especially important for redistricting, drawing fair maps . in 34 states, state legislatures control who draws congressional lines and they can control who draws their own minds. -- lines. it's critical to how our government is run. host: does it matter which party? guest: this is about values. the values of vote run lead our democracy. we are sent one political party question the integrity of election in government. this is but a feminist value sensing a future lead by women. this also means what does it

[applause] this legislature works wonders when it embraces ambition. we passed the two biggest transportation funding packages in state history during my time in office connecting washington and move ahead washington, yet we know we still face questions about how to meet our ambitions. now i don't miss suspect we will have all the answers to that this year, but there are things we can do in the next 60 days including helping our system, investing in cleaner, more efficient ferries, and i've asked them to expedite construction, but we also must increase staffing. i propose several things to help us do that and i hope you will pass those measures as well. we need it in the state of washington. we pursued some of the most transformative policies in the nation while i have been in this position. for example, i am proud the leaders of our state are under no illusion that social justice issues were somehow settled 60 years ago with the passage of the civil rights act. we will continue advancing social justice. and we have made equity a part of everything we

did you have the muscle the legislature >> our legislature can't be in muscle. we had to build consensus around these issues but we always brought it back do we wanted our teachers are police officers our nurses to that in the communities where they served and that was something everybody could support. that's been my experience and susan and i had a chance to serve in congress. we have people into our home on capitol hill every week and when you break read with people and share time together new focus on the key principle you are trying to achieve you get consensus. >> some the things the task force recommended as i understand it were to allow multifamily residential and single family areas to allow adu's without minimums associated with it. these are some the things they recommend. >> it seems like it was a supply issue in using deregulation and increasing housing density. is that right or is it more focused on supply and how to build more homes? >> that was the problem in part because everybody discovered montana's more beautiful than any other state in the c

the constitution from the great state of idaho received mate too report to our legislature on the condition of our states. thatthis is my sixth opportunito address you i am struck how much exchange and six years are not defined by how much greater my area is that, six years ago may maybe the speaker had here at. [laughter] but for all of the change i can confidently stand before you with the sixth straight year into the state of our state is strong. stronger than ever before. [applause] but we are doing is working. over the past year i have traveled 25000 miles across the state of idaho at times with their first lady, teresa. teresa, thank you for your love and support. [applause] one of the best and most important parts of my job visiting with parents, veterans, seniors, teachers, law enforcement officers, business leaders, faith leaders, farmers, and of course our young people. idaho is diverse. want quality of idaho's people is consistent. they continue to fight to keep our great state a special place for this generation and the next. that has always been my goal also. never settle, keep

i'm asking the legislature for $500 million in severance tax bonds to make this strategic water supply a reality. it will spur the private sector to turn an untapped resource into water we can use without asking taxpayers to front all of those costs. [applause] gov. grisham: i am also proposing we dedicate 2% of our severance tax fund come about $170 million, to catapult forward the advanced energy sources of the future. hydrogen, geothermal, next generation battery storage, further committing our state to the climate goals of the country and beyond. [applause] [laughter] gov. grisham: i am announcing a commitment to pursue an advanced manufacturing tax credit, a companion to the groundbreaking inflation reduction act. >> [indiscernible] gov. grisham: let's be gentle. it gives me an opportunity to talk about whatever i want. >> [indiscernible] gov. grisham: this might be an actual place for parents. there are other folks in the gallery who stand for things that not everybody will agree on. we will talk about it later in the speech like gun violence. they provide space for everyone. for

thank you legislature for doing that.what's happening with that investment, now more than 4,800 working families have received help with childcare costs just in the first six months of this biennium, more than 300 childcare business have benefited from grants and incentives, helping their businesses. think of that, close to 5,000. when we talk about trying to solve our issue with 30,000 jobs open, we put a huge dent in it with this child care thing because we got 5,000 people that maybe came back into the workforce. and other things we're doing to support workforce, for the first time north dakota job service budget included funding to support the h2a visa program for temporary ag workers. if you're in farming you know how critical and how important this is to support our farmers and ranchers. some others may not know you can get confused and caught up, you know, in all this discussion about immigration but we have had in some cases for decades, h2a visa workers from countries such as south africa, like these guys picture

speaker, members of the 67th legislature, jenny. jenny and i thank you for the invitation to be here. but before i begin take a moment to remember two remarkable people, senator heins who served ins6 this chamber and bobby barrasso, beloved wife of the senior senator john barrasso. please, let's take a>çq: moment. both of those individuals lived each day for wyoming, and i thank you for honoring them. secretary, superintendent, chief justice i think you're going to wingain. but i do look forward to your remarks. hopefully they are better than mine. justice i'd like to ask the justice to stand for the momento that we may recognize him -- is he not hear? he's right there. oh my god. thank you. [applause] [applause] he's going to be retiring next month and so your service both to the judiciary and to the supreme court, we truly appreciate. now i'm going to ask you to stand. we have several people i'd like to recognize so we can proba■8by get through this. a good chief justice in competition about who has the shortest speech. if you can

i am asking the legislature for two things. first, i am asking for funding to build the housing we need, $250 million dollars in low-interest loans to spur the private sector to build faster, and $250 million dollars to massively expand homebuying programs like down payment assistance. [applause] so we are prepared and more new mexicans like my brothers granddaughter in getting essay, affordable housing when they are ready to do so. at the same time, i intend to create an office of housing as a one-stop shop for developers and contractors looking to build and for families seeking a home of their own. second, as a condition of receiving state funding for housing development, i am asking the legislature to require local governments to institute zoning and permitting requirements that meet national best practices. nobody should be prevented from building vital housing, and nobody should be shut out of a place to live because of outdated and overlapping bureaucratic regulations. [applause] the health of our communities, and of our

south dakota has women lead before a business and state legislature and congress that we had never had a female governor before. we never had a woman as a ceo f our state. i had spent my entire life in a man's world. my dad was my best frii was usuy few women driving semis hauling grain, serving and leadership in our state legislature, even during my time in congress i was one of just a couple of women on the leadership team making decisions on policy. it was normal for me to be one of the few women in the world -- in the room and nothing out of the ordinary. i remember the day i was being sworn in to office as the first female governor of south dakota. much of that ceremony that day was dedicated to the historical nature of that event. i was being sworn in to office on the 100th anniversary of women getting the right to vote in our state for the first time. [applause] as the cnt on and the speakers continued to point out the significance of this anniversary and me taking the oath of office, started to hit me. for the first time i thought, wow, this is kind of a big deal. i looked arou

legislature cannot fix north dakota i'm telling you now legislature cannot fix your local problem with a blanket approach to property taxes because they're set at the locat level and they vary widely across the state. a mill in one county, one city is wildly different the value of one mill in a different state. we can't do a one size fits all because local valuations and local spending, some local school districts, park districts and cities are growing like crazy in terms of their breath,i they are getting wider and bigger faster than their population is growing.ow they are increasing linear and property taxes go up and the solution is not for us to take someone else's tax dollars and send it to that city and say keep doing what you're doing, you know, you don't give people more of something when they are doing something that's uneconomic, you figure out a way to create constraints so the current and past proposals that so-called eliminate property s taxes, they are just redistribution schemes. they use someone else's tax money to pay another group of taxpayers but the people that are

thanks to the help of the legislature. we were able to sign legislation during, after a special session, where we expanded sanctions on the country responsible ultimately for these heinous attacks, the islamic republic of iran. they were behind the attacks, they funded the attacks. and the state of florida has recognized, we are going to do everything we can to stop having money flow into the coffers of that regime. as threats of violence continue here at home. we stood up to protect our jewish synagogues, students on campuses. but we realize that many universities outside of florida, have simply failed. this week, jewish students across the country are returning to campuses that have outright condoned anti- semitism. over the coming months, they have astition to make. do they pack up and leave? or do they stay and continue to endure a hostile environment. and if they do decide to come to florida. i can tell you this, we will welcome them with open arms includes waving min mim hours for application transfers. and encouragi

one of his colleagues while doing so, the legislature there was debating a bill that would ban obscene material from schools. when senator steve halloran read a graphic passage from the that's selling memoir, lucky, by alice bold, but that's not all halloran began inserting a fellow lawmakers name into the passage, making it appear as if she were the victim listen that was grounded on the ground, trying to search about the filth of my clothes he kicked me and i crawled into a ball. i want to senator kavanaugh how are in apologized for what he said. he said he was trying to get the attention of both the female lawmaker and her brother with the same last name. but now many of his colleagues are calling for his resignation including one of the senators that how tolerant mentioned in the speech, michela kavanaugh, she sent this statement to cnn halloran verbally spat in the face of sexual assault victims across this state and the country by inserting my name in-between phrases obscenity, it's beneath him it's beneath his title. so let me say this. senator steve halloran should be held acco

i literally to diddy -- two days ago, i decided to run for the maryland state just legislature.orked on so many campaigns as a campaign manager and hoping to fundraiser events. i find myself wide-eyed about doing this. i'm 60 and has taken this long to get the courage up to do this. i'm part of a group called immersed which is training de[m)mocratic women to do this. just to run and to win and i wonder if you could speak more to the state legislature at all in the types of programs like immersed maryland which is training women to run. i haven't on the program myself but i raise money for them. do you have any comment on the state maryland has among the mot women in the most diversity in our states. host: thank you for the call. guest: first of all, congratulations tox"na and q does for making that choice. it's not an easy choice to make especially in this environment. kudos to that choice. we know that state legislatures are the place were some of the most important policies are being made. more more that things are getting done in major decisions are being made in state legisl

that is why in minnesota the legislature took action after roe v. wade fell, writing protections for reproductive freedom into state laws and making sure people, not politicians, can make their own reproductive choices, including ivf. [applause] you have my pledge as long as i am governor, ivf will continue to be a lifeline of hope for families so they too can celebrate the beautiful families everyone of us so dearly want. meanwhile, while they fight these fights, we will keep building those families, building communities, building more roads and bridges, we will keep building more career pathways and more schools and will be building more opportunities for our kids, their kids and for generations to come. [applause] gov. walz: and i'll say, part of that good work includes following up on all of the incredible work that this legislature did. things like building a new state agency focused on children and families to be more efficient in implementing programs. we need to stand up paid family and medical leave and make sure our adult use cannabis work

>> pure sunt to a resolution duelly adapted in each of the houses of legislature, the senate and the assembly of the stitt of new york are met in joint session for the purpose of receiving the annual message to the legislature from the governor of the state of new york. ladies and gentlemen, i am proud and honored to present the 57th governor to the state of new york, kathy hochul. [applause] ■á ul [applause] gov.: hochul: thank you and good afternoon. it's an honor to be back in this hallowed chamber a place since 1879, civic-mind new yorkers have wrestled from everything to the great deinteresting to world wars to the every day issues that matter most to the millions of people who call new york our home. generations are past lead verse shared the so william responsibility of representing their citizens and i'm honored to be joined by the leaders of today. first, let me thank our lieutenant governor antonio delgado, he's done an amazing job. so proud to have him at my side i want to thank senior pastor for the invocation and i look forward to seeing you perhaps in church. save me a

speaker madam president members of the legislature in fellow citizens, 2024 is going to be a banner year for the free state of florida. [applause] now this is somewhat of a unique start to the legislative session because every government building except this one is close in tallahassee because of the weather we have had a lot of whether move through northwest florida. we have issued in the executive order and displayed -- declared a state of emergency and we respond when these things happen so those folks who have been impacted just know the state of florida stands with you and we will handle whatever fallout is from these dangerous tornadoes. we are as a country in the midst of the great people and we see this throughout the land. under the current administration in washington, homelessness is at record levels, 62% of americans are living paycheck to paycheck and the federal budget deficit is expected to hit $2 trillion this year. a course more than 8 million illegal aliens have entered the united states across the southern border in the past three years alone and that --deaths due to s

he speaks to the legislature in tallahassee. governor desantis is currently in the middle of his second term, having first been elected in 2018. this is 35 minutes. >> all righty. thank you! thank you so much! great to see you all. you all seem a little restless to start the year. well thank you so much, mr. speaker, madam president, members of the legislature and our fellow citizens. 2024 is going to be a banner year for the free state of florida. [applause] now this is somewhat of a unique start to the legislative session, because every government building except this one is closed in tallahassee, because of the weather, and we've had a lot of weather move through northwest florida. we've issued an executive order to declare a state of emergency, and we just do what we do in florida. we respond when these things happen. so these folks that have been impacted, just know the state of florida stands with you, and we'll handle whatever fallout there is from these dangerous tornadoes. we are, as a country, in the midst of a great u

[applause] i'm calling on the legislature to begin at arizona state university's. to double the size of the university of arizona medical schools, and to start a new medical school focused on serving rural and tribal communities at northern arizona university. [applause] as someone who had to work my way through college and wouldn't be here today without the help of scholarships and financial aid, and ensuring higher education is attainable for any arizonans who want it, it's personal to me. i know of many in the chamber today recognize we have a duty to make higher education as accessible as possible. we should be proud of the progress we've made in this area through securing significant investments in tribal colleges as well as new funding for community colleges in rural arizona. however, we must also recognize many of our actions have been one-time investments. we must seize the opportunity as our budget outlook improves in future years to strengthen support for efforts such as scholarship programs for students from low income households. the programs that provi

we have state legislature.ator staff and many housing experts and■,■k the centerpiece of the efforts montana has enacted a set of policies left to locality. counties, cities, unincorporated areas. that's land usage planning and zoning. statewide, zoning efforts have grown since 2019 whenut so-calld middle housing bill on the books. this deals with smaller more affordable units like accessory dwelling units that might be an apartment standing on the land of a single family home or duplex or basement apartment. six duplexes on most residential lots. a dozen consider proposal to sanction similar form housing that have been stopped by the local so, the focus of this discussion is to dig in with two experts from different states on the problems they are facing,■7■ the reasons they are recommending these based solutions they are proposing. just to make it interesting, it's ward to identify two states that are more dissimilar than montana and new york. there are similarities. when it comes to g and ethnicity. yet, i h

members of my cabinet, leaders of the kansas tribes and all of the constitutional officers and legislatures several tonight's, it is an honor to speak with you. it is also my honor to welcome lieutenant governor david tolan along with his family his wife beth and their children caroline and william. [applause] at this time last year i stood here and reviewed the tremendous turn around our state had made in just four years. four straight years of balanced budgets. four straight years of fully funding schools. landing the largest economic development project in the history of our states. i declared the state of our state to be very strong. [applause] while achieving excellence is hard, sustaining that excellence is even harder. yet that is exactly what we have done together. last year kansas attracted more business investment per capita than any other state in the country. this year kansas is number one again. [applause] two years ago, thanks to the influx of new jobs we hit record low unemployment rates so we encouraged more kansas to join the labor force and give them the tools and training

but it failed in the legislature and it died in the legislature.t to tackle this issue again what have learned from would have in 2023 from it not passing and would be done different this time around to get it to the legislature? >> it didn't fail, past the house and time ran out. >> and a democrat-controlled legislature. >> yes. this session, which he sees rather than having anonymous on housing, their seven or eight or nine bills on housing that are stronger than before.d committes which is a piece of it, have people live near bus and real service, front range passenger rail, accessory to dwelling units, another example, limiting occupancy restrictions. there's a number of different components. sometimes from my legislative days and see this, sometimes in on this an agent and sometimes it's harder. you never really know until you get into it but a think in this case the ominous could of made as i said it didn't pass the house, it just died on the calendar. now the strategy is rather than anonymous let's have seven or eight component bills. what t

what role will the legislature play in this - the legislature play in this response?legislature here and members of the legislature here and members of the legislature here and the legislator will have a role in all of this, as well our local elected officials, as will state officials, as will the federal government. you know, everybody will have a role in terms of how we think about the rebuilding. haifa have a role in terms of how we think about the rebuilding.— about the rebuilding. how long do ou exect about the rebuilding. how long do you expect shipping _ about the rebuilding. how long do you expect shipping to _ about the rebuilding. how long do you expect shipping to be - about the rebuilding. how long do you expect shipping to be closed i you expect shipping to be closed down _ you expect shipping to be closed down into— you expect shipping to be closed down into the _ you expect shipping to be closed down into the port? _ you expect shipping to be closed down into the port? do- you expect shipping to be closed down into the port? do you - you expect shipping

so real i'm like that's my home state legislature. i used to work in that building and now it's being broadcast all around the world talk, to my family who lives in tennessee, but i wasn't really on top of what was going on after the expulsion that started paying a lot more attention >> i actually saw it as tennessee again, being part of this national tug of war over the direction of the country and really over democracy itself. expelling state legislators is something that happens very rarely throughout american history >> presented also, the gentleman shows no remorse. it's clear that he wants to be expelled. he and two other representatives effectively conducted a mutiny. >> a >> mutiny, which to this body into the state has been unknown in its 227 year history. you simply cannot allow one much less a group of members to hijack proceedings on the floor of the house. >> what that represented was more norm erosion legislative norms of bipartisanship that you don't expel a legislator because they say something that you disagree with.

the 18th 2014 the exact same process as in ty paid to the legislature in taiwan, the sunflower movements monthly motions for the new political generation leech. and i was just 9 years old. when she, with her parents joined hundreds of thousands on this type, the streets in supports of the students. now what university herself, she says with some families, minutes continues to shape you of tie once future. lawrence is a about us only though i lots of people will think on our road. what power do we have? even if there's 100 people, what power do we have? if the government wants to do something they can do us? that's why it was such a moving moment. it showed if we work together, we can change our society, say what it showed taiwan belongs to us. a majority of time when he's going to answer the question, which one, despite paging ramping up military pressure until i pay in recent years on so many he, the important se attached to ty, ones autonomy, even in the face of such threats, was seated in the sun from movements 10 years ago. so you're up to date here on dw, up next we made 3 women str

arizona legislatures passed a flat tax in 2021. now they are facing a significant budget for shortfall. guess where the cutss are coming from, their public school, their law enforcement and their infrastructure. we have been down that road before and we do not want to go back. not back to four-day school weeks, not back to crumbling roads, falling down bridges all because some politicians want to push through another reckless tax experiment. [applause] on monday i joined republicans and democrat legislatures to propose a responsible comprehensive and affordable plan that benefits every kansan. it starts by doing what we should have done in the first place completely eliminate the grocery tax on food. no waiting until 2025, we owe it to kansans to do it now. [applause] next, we need to provide relief for our retirees. something i know is of utmost importance to many of us here. our seniors have worked hard their entire life paying into social security so that they can enjoy a usable retirement their next chapter in life should not b

on a decade ago, hundreds of students storming taiwan legislature. the occupation of the building lost in more than 3 weeks through some insurance to express and go to plans the trade pads for the china. 1 need is including dismantling fe fun said it was passed without cross politics, greece, and could leave type, have vulnerable to economic pressure from china, which came sovereignty over taiwan. it was name to sometime these notes of the flower became the symbol of the students calls for grades of transparency to targeted was eventually scrub. revisiting the legislature building for the 1st time since the occupation when faced man tells us the movement was the turning point in time. once political history pringle originated at the time. when is the relations with china? i see what you mean if you decide it's by a small group of political leads. but it sounds almost like trick out the symbolize that that one is useful. have a desire to decide. our relationship with china, off by ourselves. empower at the time was a can see it's high when he's policy

guest: the legislature is about 60%. host: what have they been able to accomplish with that many women? guest: what is the trust women act which is a larger piece of legislation. it is also a small legislative body. when you see nevada being a small legislative body, he sees other places trying to replicate it, it doesn't necessarily have the same ability to be replicated. it comes down to recruitment. putting a person who lives in that area who has connection to their neighbors and the ability to take ideas and work on a team body. you're looking for people willing to compromise and willing to take time away from their family to get the job done. host: but here from audrey in virginia -- let's hear from audrey in virginia. caller: this is my first time calling. the two women who called from florida speaking on the people running. i wanted to talk about the women in public office and i am so proud of that. i am proud of our vice president and the house and our speaker of the house that retired, nancy pelosi. i am proud o

almost for making sure elections arlli think if you neu should go to the state legislature and makeouion't te grants when they are coming from partisan groups is the right thing to do because it does nothing but muddy the waterse pn election. host: if you would like to: in ask questions to ouruest jason sneed on lines for democrats (202) 748-8000, for republicans (202) 748-8001 for independents (202) 748- you can text on online (202) 748-8003 and on facebook facebook.com/cspan and on x at cspanwj. you want to requireoswhat would be audited o would do it? guest: these are not console confirming artists of process audit is. the ideas that every office who rents election should be routinely audited. make sure the rules were followed in the law adhered to. secretaries of station to do this. ■"in looking at each election jurisdiction and making sure the rules and laws are followed. on anybody but to make sure our election offices are working as well as they can make sure we have transparency. we will look at the way offices are run that is great way to answer buyer confidence. host: you wan

i am joined now by one of his colleagues in the state legislature. to this story. how quickly did people sniff out the actual story here? >> almost immediately. it would be hilarious if this weren't an actual elected official, but this is not the first time he's done this. you have people like him frantically driving around the state looking for any bus as a sign of a threat. we saw this happen in florida. a woman posted a video following the line of yellow school buses asking questions about where these people were going. it was runners going to a 10k. it's just, how do you live in this paranoid universe where every single bus is a threat instead of a basketball team? >> it is interesting. i have watched -- i was looking at some data on the number one issue for republican voters and it has also been independent voters. one thing is really interesting is the economy is the really number one issue one people were frustrated with it. it has come down precipitously for republicans and even independent says the number one issue being replaced by immigrat