every state would be exactly alike. there would not be this mishmash of this state and that state. it doesn't make any sense anymore. i understand the reason why it was put in but that was long ago and we don't have that now. host: mr. morley? guest: the electoral account act is a federal statute that governs how congress deals with electoral votes within the context of the electoral college. what you are talking about, moving to a national popular vote where we abolish the electoral college, the most direct way of doing that would be a constitutional amendment. there currently is a proposal known as the national popular vote compact that seeks to circumvent the amendment process , seeks to make work within the confines of the electoral college to in effect, -- there are a range of policy and constitutional concerns that have been raised with regard to that proposal. as of right now, the national popular vote compact specifies it will only take effect when states collectively possessing -- that have enough votes on their own to determine the outcome of a president election, it will

deliver the state of the state address. one year ago f i delivered a speech a few miles from here at the state fairgrounds as members of our illinois national guard readied the facility to serve as a mass vaccination site. like all of you, i had hoped that was the beginning of the end of one of the most challenging times our state and our nation has ever live through. but it was notote the end. we continue even now to battle an invisible enemy that has challenged all of ourti institutions and forced every single illinois resident to hold deeply hold convictions of family work education, healthcare science and our collective responsibilityo to one another it would be the most human tendencies to obsess over one question. why? are we going through this? why did it start and why wanted and? why is this a slice of history we are being asked to carry? the answers to those questions remain elusive and we cannot allow their pursuit to distract us from another more essential question how do we distinguish ourselves and how will his

there has never been a bigger difference between a red state and a blue state. freedom loving americans cannot he is skate liberal lockdown states fast enough. since april of 2020, more than 27,000 of them have moved to oklahoma. that includes jonathan and erica who moved here from seattle because they believe in freedom and personal responsibility. can you imagine leaving a place like norman, oklahoma for southern california? i mean, who would do that? [laughter] >> . [applause] >> oklahoma, i'm proud of the progress we've made in just three short years, but today, the state of our state is at a crossroads. we have a choice between two paths. one path leads towards a top 10 state. it's a familiar road, it's paved with unity, fairness, and equal protection under the law. the other path leads to a jigsaw puzzle ever jurisdictions. from the beginning i've sounded the alarm on the supreme court's mcguirk decision because i knew then and know now even a narrow supreme court ruling can fundamentally changed a state. oklahoma has been robbed of the authority to prosec

state. 's been serving as governor since 2019. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. >> thank you so much. mr. president pro tem, lt. governor pinnell, members of my cabinet, mr. chief justice of the supreme court, mr. presiding justice, judge of the court of criminal appeals, and my friends, the members of the 58th legislature, tribal leaders, to my wonderful wife and partner, first lady sarah stitt and to my parents and thank you so much for being here and my brothers and my children, it means so much. and most important to my fellow oklahomans, i'm honored to stand before you today and begin my fourth year as your governor. [applause] >> it has been a great privilege to lead our state. i am thankful to the citizens of oklahoma and my heavenly father for giving me this opportunity. mr. speaker, mr. pro tem, members of the house and senate, last year we showed oklahomans what's possible when we work together. we cut taxes for every single oklahoman. we made record investments in ed

to assess the state of the state. we entered some difficult and dangerous times these last 23 months. this state and this nation have endured a time like none other . fending off a pervasive unceasing threat to our lives and our livelihoods. we in maine have never had it easy. we've never been able to take things for granted. we don't welcome tough times but we're not afraid of themto either . and as any good maine forresterwill tell you , good timber does not grow in ease. the stronger wind, the tougher trees. our presence in this chamber tonight is a sign of progress , of recovery. a step forward in our march towards normalcy and stability. especially from where we have been. early in the pandemic, there's no experience with this novel virus i like virtually every governor across the nation took steps to protect the health of many people. following the best available p science to protect lives. now with the development of vaccines, now available to nearly everyone, science liver to us the life-saving miracle we need

the best state for families and best state for business friendliness. we've also earned top ten rankings for the best state for millennial's, the best states to retire, best state to start a business and the best state for taking care of our natural environment with some of the cleanest air and water in the nation. and certainly at the end of the day, what matters perhaps most as many sites have agreed that north dakota is one of the happiest in the nation. let's give yourselves a hand for all of that. [applause] our population grew faster than all but three other states during the decade between 2010 and 2020. and families near and far are finding opportunities within the borders. among those, one great example from the u.s. territory of puerto rico, and he earned like many people have done, and animal science degree in 2014. a friend invited him to take a vacation. he instantly fell in love with the land and sea area. he found a job at a local cattle ranch and decided to move to north dakota. after the pandemic hit they were sitting with friends and d

the state of our state is strong and it is growing stronger. tonight, we recommit the progress to recovering, to moving forward to normalcy, to building that bond can our state together, a safe and stable structure with rafters and a bridge beam with brackets and a roof that is pointed to the heavens. that is my mission and i ask you all to join me because progress i've never believed more in the great state. god bless you and the state of maine. [applause] thank you. [applause] he spoke about the states response to the coronavirus pandemic, mental health job creation and investments in education. thank you, lieutenant governor, and a senate president. speakers and members of the 32nd legislature i'm glad to be

states. i'm glad you mentioned the award for our president and i think it is symbolic in recognition of the president's contribution -- conservation to defend taiwan. and as she mentioned when she received the award, this is not just the recognition of her, out of taiwan, the people and the place, willing to fight against communism, stand up for democracy. highly appreciated -- highly appreciative of receiving the award. when john mccain was serving in congress, he was a highly supported figure for the taiwanese people. every time there is a need for congress to speak out in defense of taiwan, he is always out there and is the champion of taiwan security. he is a champion for taiwan being a democracy, fighting against communism. to the taiwanese people, he is a hero and i know he is also a war hero for the united states, but to taiwan, it means more than that. we will treasure his support and we will remember him forever. mr. esper: thank you for sharing that, those are written or flexion's a

what should the capability be as a baseline across states? i think if we have reasonable markers and understanding -- california has a lot more resources than a much smaller state. there is no uniformity in thinking about where to go. i just want to give an example. we have all of these dates. it is time-limited. there will be limitations on how they can spend because there will be concerned about having sustainable cost at the end of the grant. but in massachusetts, there is a law that was passed and the governor signed it into law, and were allocating 200 million for local and regional boards of public health focusing on standardizing data systems, increasing training, software upgrades and technical systems. the point is they are trying to create a level playing field knowing there are these gaps among all the different parts of the public health system. there is another state trying to use dollars to build a dashboard that connects medicaid and public health sectors. that is a fundamental and interoperable standard that all states should

the best state for families and best state for business friendliness. we've also earned top ten rankings for the best state for millennial's, the best states to retire, best state to start a business and the best state for taking care of our natural environment with some of the cleanest air and water in the nation. and certainly at the end of the day, what matters perhaps most as many sites have agreed that north dakota is one of the happiest in the nation. let's give yourselves a hand for all of that. [applause] our population grew faster than all but three other states during the decade between 2010 and 2020. and families near and far are finding opportunities within the borders. among those, one great example from the u.s. territory of puerto rico, and he earned like many people have done, and animal science degree in 2014. a friend invited him to take a vacation. he instantly fell in love with the land and sea area. he found a job at a local cattle ranch and decided to move to north dakota. after the pandemic hit they were sitting with friends and d

states. the biggest problem was federalism. everyone agrees it was a state institution and that the constitution did not allow the federal government to abolish slavery in a state where it was legal. for these and other reasons, garrison denounced the constitution as a pro-slavery document. we need to take more seriously the hisses and boos that rang out from the listeners. at the moment he torched the constitution, most abolitionists and virtual all anti-slavery people disagreed with him. bric f fabric that fortune believed incorporated the principle of human rights universal rights proclaimed in the declaration of independence. anti-slavery politicians had a saying within the constitution freedom is the rule slavery is the exception. what did that mean? it meant that the founders had produced a constitution that overwhelmingly favored freedom. but which in order to create a unified new nation made a couple of deplorable, but alas necessary exceptions notably the three-fifths and fugitive sl

the secretaries of state. he served in that role since 2018 after serving for nearly a decade as the first assistant secretary of state. since his election, kyle has championed -- strengthen louisiana's election laws and its cybersecurity including laws that valid harvesting, about trafficking and requireic managerial or managed service providers to register and report to the secretary of state. because of these efforts the agency that he oversees has received national recognition by the election assistance commission and various other organizations. a last but certainly not least we will hear from jessica anderson. jessica is currently the executive director at heritage action for america where she is responsible for the strategic vision and operations of that organization while working alongside the leadership of the heritage foundation to ensure that both organizations are aligned and working towards a common goal. jessica prepa's he worked at heritage action as a vice president before taking leave to join

they go to state election officials for and every state should say to federal courts. look you can have our voter registration list, but a condition of you using our state voter registration list, is that when someone is excused for a jury duty in a federal court, you have to tell us that they have been excused because either they're not a us citizen or perhaps they have moved out of state and those are all things that states ought to be doing and many states are not doing on this issue responding to your question equally briefly. i want to get a couple of look. i live in new york city. our system is broken. just look at our last primary election for mayor which was a disaster. what is new york city doing it's expanding the right of non-citizens to vote in all municipal elections. this is a big problem because they wanted to take it further. there is no enforcement if you're a non-citizen on an illegal status if you register to vote and vote, there's no enforcement of that secondly. the majority of the democratic caucus in the house of representatives last year. voted

to assess the state of the state. we have been through some difficult and dangerous times these last 23 months. the state and this nation have endured a time like none other, setting off a pervasive unceasing threat to our lives and our livelihood. we in maine have never had it easy, never been able to take things for granted. we do not welcome tough times, but we are not afraid of them either. what timber does not grow in eve, the stronger wind, the tougher trees, isn't that right president jackson? our presence in this chamber is a sign of progress, of recovery, a step forward in our march towards normalcy and just -- stability. , especially from where we have been. earlier in the pandemic, i, like every governor across the nation took steps to protect the health of the main people, following the best available science to protect lives. the development of vaccines now available to everyone, science delivered to us the miracle we needed, and with that, the responsibility to protect lives, no longer belong to me along

states.red their independence and become 13 slave states. by 1787, however, things had changed dramatically. inspired by the revolution, northern states had begun to abolish slavery. vermont's constitution did so in 1777, the pennsylvania legislature passed a gradual abolition statute, first of its kind in history in 1780, massachusetts's courts abolished slavery a few years later, as did the legislatures in the remaining new england states. both houses of the new york legislature of -- had voted to abolish slavery as well. as a result, at the constitutional convention in philadelphia, pro slavery and anti-slavery delegates encountered one another, argued with one another, and if they were to reach an agreement on a new constitution, they would have to compromise, and that notoriously is what the founders did. the result of those compromises was a document that included both pro slavery and anti-slavery clauses. the slave holders secured the protection, denounced by garrison, the three-fifths

you declared a state of emergency over the homelessness situation in the state. affordable housing, six years later, continues to be a problem. it is a serious problem in many counties. median home prices are over $1 million. this is a state where renters spend more than 30% of their monthly income on housing. what should hawaii be doing differently to meet this challenge? >> housing and homelessness has been a top priority of my administration since taking office. we knew that supply was a critical component of that. we established in the first year a goal of completing 10,000 new housing units by 2020 and i am proud of the fact we hit that goal. in fact, we added 3000 more by the end of this year. in total, since becoming governor, we have completed more than 11,200 housing units, of which 8000 of those were affordable rentals. one concern we have had in the past was an affordable home for sale is only affordable the first time. once someone acquires it, the price of the home goes to market rate and that is one reason we focused on affordable rentals. we do kno

isn't it great to be in the freest state in the united states? [cheers and applause] >> it's an honor to be here, i want to thank tomas for the introduction. what we've seen in other states over the last couple years has brought to light an old debate that some of our founding fathers had about what was the world's oldest profession, and it was a debate between dr. benjamin rush, thomas jefferson and benjamin franklin and dr. rush was a physician so he said the world's oldest profession is the physician, after all, eve was cut out of adam's rib it has to be the physician and thomas jefferson as you know designed the university of virginia said no, no, no, the world's oldest profession is the architect, you needed the architect to bring chaos. dr. benjamin franklin, it wasn't the architect, it was the politician. who do you think created the chaos in the first place. [applause] >> and unfortunately, we have seen in many other jurisdictions in this countries and in many jurisdictions around the world, the creation of fauci and dystopias, freedoms c

i was thinking about the state of the state. i was thinking about a mornings of my youth when my family drove our cattle to the mountain. the hardest and longest days always came about midway through the drive. we were already tired from 2:00 a.m. rising for the entire week before that. regardless of whether it was snowing or raining, that date we -- that day we rode nine miles from our barn and started our cattle up the slip. beyond the elements, there was always a challenge that came up, a bull might duck off into the canyon or -- the day was brutal for our horses and exhausting for us, especially as a little kid. that drive had to be completed before sunrise and the day became too hot. it meant most of it happened in the dark. at times it seemed like it was never going to end. here in wyoming, you have had a hard pull too. folks are wondering if the end will ever come into view. i believe we are beginning to see the first rays of the sunrise. over the past couple of years, wyoming people kept working, our students kept learni

united states house of representatives. they are democrats and republicans. they have a wide range of political views. but they stand together in recognition of the value and the importance of our nato alliance. whole >> as president joe biden has made it clear the united states, our nato allies and our partners have been and remain open to serious diplomacy. we have put concrete proposals on the table. we have encouraged and engaged russia through nato, the organization of security and cooperation in europe. the united nations and bilateral dialogue. we have engaged in good faith. russia continues to claim it is ready for talks. while at the same time it narrows the avenues for diplomacy. their actions simply do not match their words. let me be clear i can say with absolute certainty if russia further invades ukraine the united states together with our allies and partners will impose significant and unprecedented economic costs. [applause] ensure we are prepared to move forward with consequences. we have prepared, together

she earned a bs in microbiology from oregon on state university -- oregon state university. i am wondering if you could give us an overview of how the covid-19 pandemic exposed some of the long-standing data gaps and data infrastructure problems that exists within state and federal health agencies and just generally, nationwide and then also what impacted -- what impact those gaps had in tracking outbreaks of covid-19. >> thank you for that question. it is a pleasure to be with all of you. thank you for this important discussion. i would start by rewinding the clock to pre-covid as a local health officer and then a health officer dealer with many different disease threats, we knew at the local level that the data or intelligence we had was generally siloed, slow, based on antiquated technology or systems, it tended to move at a much lower radel the pathogen and really dependent on human vigilance so going into covid, all of the amazing heroes, our local health officials who did a phenomenal job new at the outset of that that we would not have the real-time intelligence we ne

legislatures at the state level. how the constitution was viewed for the first 170 -- 180 years of the country's existence. >> as we saw we're one of seven countries. i was chief justice roberts and oral oral arguments of company of people's republic of china north korea to share our abortion law with. >> think a lot of people do not realize how radical the american abortion regime as compared to other industrialized countries printing part of it is because , this is an issue that is 99.9% the press on pro- abortion side proved very few would be sympathetic to any type of protections for life. the public at the distorted position for they also get a distorted view of depression will if it's our turn means abortion is not allowed nationwide of kick it back tofe the states made those points and look at that is what the constitution commanded that will be one thing but is an outlier based off really try to have far-flung interpretation. >> another example of that we may see come to the court at some point is new york re

pritzker gave you state that the state address from the old state capitol in springfield. he highlighted the states response to the covid-19 pandemic, , it's budget surplus and proposed tax relief. [applause] >> thank you very much, everyone. leaders, members, lt. governor, first lady. joining us today are a special group of distinguished guests, teachers, doctors, nurses and first responders. i want to sincerely thank all of you for joining me under the dome of the old illinois state capitol building. so many of you have showed up to work in person during the worst health crisis our state has ever seen.te i figured the least i could do as your governor was brave a snow storm to deliver the state of the state address. one year ago, i delivered a speech a few miles from here in the orr building at the state fairgrounds as members of our illinois national guard readied the facility to serve as a massr vaccination site. like all of you, i had hoped that that was the beginning of the end of one of the most challenging times our state and our nation has ever lived through. but

. >> governor reeves is now recognized to give the state of the state. >> thank you. thank you. [applause] thank you for giving this opportunity. bailey. gordy. thank you. thank you lieutenant governor hose men. thank you speaker gun. to the members of the legislature, other elected officials and other appointed officials, thank you. thank you for your commitment to bettering our state. thank you for your dedication to our people. together, we can do great things. i look forward to partnering with each of you this session to continue making mississippi the best state in the nation to live , work and raise a family. i would also be remiss if i did not thank the person who enables me to stand here in the first place. someone who always puts others before herself, someone who is an amazing ambassador for our state and a great first lady. thank you for everything you do for me. [applause] and for our family. i could doubt ask for a better partner and mississippi could not ask for a better first lady. mississippi has weathered great storms in the last two years. we have been to, but

you can't be the best state for families unless you'rethe best state for all families . and i believe that we. [applause] i believe that we have still significant work to do in improving access to health care for tennessee families because of our prudent fiscal management we're making hugeinvestments in rural health care in this budget . and that means actual care, not just keeping high school open. we need qualified dedicated physicians and staff in rural areas so we're dedicating more than $18 million to attract 150 new americare residents to rural tennessee. because of the block grant waiver , program that you passed and that we now have confidencein , we are now able to make significant investments in healthcare, additionally including $55 million and to our medicaid pathway to independence program. this simply means more benefits and smarter spending on behalf of our population. also dramatically expanding dental care and more than 600,000 tenncare recipients through a. [applause] these 600 recipients will receive the scarecrow a $25million investment and we're work

but today the state of our state is at a crossroads. we have a choice between two path one leads toward the top ten state it is a familiar role road period with unity and fairness and equal protection under the law. the other path leads to a jigsaw puzzle restriction. from the beginning it sounded the alarm on the supreme court decision because i knew then and i know now that even supreme court ruling can fundamentally change a state oklahoma has been robbed of the authority to prosecute crimes andro put simply it jeopardizes justice and over the past year we have done everything we can to protect law and order to limit the impacts of this decision our broad coalition includes john o'connor all attorneys across the state police chiefs like franklin period and thehe sheriffs association and the farm bureau the cattlemen's association and environmentalist and has petroleum and cityad leaders. recently we want to major victories to protect law and order first the supreme court agreed it is that means convicted criminals stay imprisoned. th

of utah from other states. we've seen especially from state who did not weather as well through the economic situation because of the shutdown that shut down the economy, places like california and new york and blue states were people have left to come to utah that has increased the price of housing which means people on the lower end of the socioeconomic scale are having ag harder time findg places to rent, to buy and that has exacerbated that so we have significant proposals this year in our budget, 200 million we've put forward, i think $120 milliond specifically for not just low income housing but ultra low income housing that will impact the homeless population and helpingt them bt we are doing more than that, it's providing opportunities for people to get jobs. some great news on back on planet rate 1.9% which is the lowest in our state history and the second lowest in the country which means we c have jobs available across the board, wages are rising and that means significant opportunity for people in o

to create a new state. so this is the panama example is the united states wants to build across. it's me in canal. we had talked about doing it in nicaragua and then we change our minds and decided to do it in panama. panama was part of columbia. at the time and we supported a resistance movement in 1903 to create an independent panama which we then negotiated a deal to to build a canal. so my that doesn't show up in my case universe because it's a part of a it's a piece of territory that was part of a country beforehand and we the intervention is to make a new country. um, and my cases is to are to look at countries that were already independent where you then change the regime rather than just, you know, help them help empower leader is transitioning into independence safe from being part of another state or being colonized so that gives you a sense of of the kind of cases that do not do and do not appear in my in my data. okay, great the second sort of pair of questions. you know, if not regime change then what so like what are the some of the alternatives and also why do we k

and state broadband initiatives. they have different requirements and the cities and towns across new hampshire are looking for assurances that there will be effective coordination among the states and the various federal agencies and ministering broadband programs. that coordination will be very important to serve more people and stretch the dollars further. we also know creating low cost options for reliable high-speed internet is crucial. we look forward to hearing how the department plans to work with states to develop the proposals as mandated by the bipartisan infrastructure law. these challenges are just the tip of the iceberg, but i would like you, madam secretary, to know that we on the subcommittee stand ready to assist the department as it executes these investments. it's no exaggeration to say these investments will transform the lives of tens of millions of americans. madam secretary, we know you understand as well and we very much look forward to your testimony this afternoon. with that, let me recogniz

public why the united states has a duty to impose sanctions on russia but also state on the side of allies and the west as we have done throughout the 20th century. thinking back to old war two and that era. he will need to explain why u.s. sanctions towards russia will impact the u.s. public in terms of the economy and gas prices and inflation, why those are valuable and necessary. the third crisis is the current state of the u.s. economy and inflation, we are seeing a four year high and that is imposing significant challenges for the biden administration and also thinking about the midterm elections. finally, i would argue we are in the midst of defining what american democracy is going to look like. if we can consider and think to previous examples of state of the union addresses, we expect to hear the sergeant at arm's introducing the president, see them walk down the aisle, it should not be lost on any of us that 14 months ago the images that we saw of that gallery, the house gallery were of rioters who were attacking the u.s. and attempting to undermine a free and fair presidential e

the state is calling this. it's smarter plan, an acronym that stands for a focus on shots are ramping up of vaccine delivery, especially a focus on getting them to younger children, as they did approve. masks governor, newsom said. they may be brought back if needed. the state still recommends them and indoor spaces. for now, awareness, then readiness, the state committing to have resources available in the event of an outbreak testing. education focusing on giving schools the tools they need to stay open for in person instruction, and the r is for rx or treatments to help people who do get infected. here's the bottom line. state health leaders say they are shifting the lens through which they see covid-19 looking at a quick response over those mandates, and as we move towards some pre pandemic normalcy, california is still cautiously keeping tools at the ready one of those tools on and off ramps if a certain area of the state sees a spike due to a new variant, or due to a seasonal increase, like the ones we've

i said in our state of the state a couple of weeks ago, we mention what we want to do at the state level to help other people under similar circumstances but we are looking forward to 2022 being the year where we can announce that she will actually be cancer free, so that is what we are looking for. [applause] >> my whole family will continue to pray for your family. i now know why i suspected, while we have all those great out-of-state license plates, is because we have a great governor. [applause] gov. desantis: thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2022] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. provided by these television companies and more, including buckeye broadband. >> buckeye broadband supports -- support c-span is a public service, giving your front row seat to democracy. ♪ susan: dr. amy zegart, 30 years of writing on the intelligence community. today is the publication date of your book "spies, lies, and algor

no state has been targeted more by the current s administration and the great state of alaska.every turn and since day one the hostility has been clear. they don't care about alaska. they don't care about you. out of all 50 states we are the only state t specifically admitted to the union compelled to support ourselves with the development of the rich natural resources. if they want to invest in programs such as renewables as i do a cost of this transition can only come as revenue from oil and gas and from that perspective coming from washington dc the policy makes no sense and quite frankly it borders on insanity. why do i say that because no president xi have to beg for more deal with —- oil from the middle east we can produce it right here better and safer than anywhere else on the planet. [applause] this is just common sense and misguided policy only caters to the extremist and in the environmental movement and strangely to the leaders of countries that are not our friends. our enemies are laughing all the way to the bank. this is why my administration initiative is vital t

changes the state i don't. on this yeah, so if that person wants to clarify the question a little bit more, but one thing that insurance people do is just for example is help the state decide whether commercial property is or is not american just sort of a funky question to be asking but in an age of warfare, there's a lot of intricate international law about what property is allowed to be confiscated or not like an enemies property or a friend's property on an enemy ship or like a friend's property, but it's weapons and it's going to an enemy or you're like running a blockade for some reason. so this little sounds very arcane, but again, you have to think about this in a world where american commerce is absolutely crucial to the countries financial success. so these questions about what's the american property or not. it's really important. it's also really important in the country. how do you know what's an american or not? we think of this in terms of citizens, but stuff is also like it's almost like more im

so it is all states which had your critique state board by of the majority, which happens to be muslims. and then the religious minorities when persecuted when they come to india, including bunger this. that is when they're given the citizenship. now for if a majority, or if a member of a majority of birth, your critic state guns and seeks for citizenship easy religiously persecuted. no. so this is giving citizenship to religiously persecuted minorities. ok, bye at your critics. i know that i want it. i want to do is jump limited and retrospective of of that issue of the time because what we're talking about is how this was received by me in the installation in this and how that is going to translate into the elections. that is what we want to talk with her. so let's, let's talk about the elections below dory, which you heard from the previous to. her speakers has been to sol, hatred among religious community, saying muslims are angry with the hindu dominated state. you will relate is that the state has not discriminated against the hindus or the muslims show me. one example where the g

. >> tennessee governor bill lee delivered his fourth state of the state address in nashville. he talked about the state's fiscal health, funding for public education, the opioid epidemic and criminal justice reform. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you very much. very gracious. lieutenant governor mcnally and speaker sexton, speaker pro tem hale, members of the 112th general assembly, justices, constitutional officers and to my family, thank you for being here today. itth means a lot. i first and especially want to acknowledge someone who has for the last three years been a steadfast partner to me in this journey. she's also been a faithful friend to tennesseans, especially underserved tennesseans. through her tennesseeee serves initiative.an i'm so proud of the work that she has done for tennesseans, hundreds of thousands of meals and backpacks and shoes for children and gold star families and those with disabilities and homeless. tennesseans are proud of you ask i'm proud of you, our first lady, maria lee are. [applause] a spirit of humble serv

if it's 2500 hits. >> 1500. >> any amount that the state that we can convince the state, the governor and the democrats in the legislature to send back i think is a benefit to every california governor gavin newsom did not include this kind of spending when he presented his state budget proposal last month. >> but he did answer questions about a potential round of golden state stimulus checks that yes. >> there likely will be substantial. contributions back to the taxpayers. what form they come in work with the legislature and 2, what degree in terms of total of dollars will be determined more closely. >> in may, our office actually think it's a very good idea for the legislature to develop a plan before that gave attack is the state legislative analyst's. he says waiting until may to decide how to spend the money could put lawmakers and the governor in a tough position giving them only weeks to negotiate with the budget deadline. june 15th. he says it's likely the budget surplus will be even bigger sums. 45.7 billion dollar projection last month. >> all signs point to higher revenues

that's united states policy. and under this doctrine, the united states has undermined and overthrown at least a dozen countries throughout latin america, central america, and the caribbean. as many might recall, in 1962 we came to the brink of nuclear war with the soviet union. why was that? why did we almost come to the brink of nuclear war with the soviet union? well, we did that in response to the placement of soviet missiles in cuba 90 miles from our shore. and the kennedy administration saw that as an unacceptable threat to national security. we said it is unacceptable for a hostile country to have a significant military presence 9. and let us be clear. the monroe doctrine is not ancient history. as recently as 2018, donald trump's secretary of state, rex tillerson, called the monroe doctrine, quote, as relevant today as it was the day it was written, end quote. in 2019, former trump national security advisor, john bolton, declared, quote, the monroe doctrine is alive and well, end quote. to put it simply,

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let me welcome you to the freest state in these united states. [applause] we were lucky to have cpac in 2021 and i'm happy to inform you, 2021 florida set an all-timerecord for domestic tourism coming into our state . and those record numbers include a number of lockdown politicians wholocked down their own people, respect their own people . mandates, governors, mayors. add hosts. they criticize florida and the first chance they get, what do they do west and mark escape to freedom in the state of florida. and why even these biggest critics and lockdown come to floridai think it's simple . from the very beginning we refused to let this state this end into some type of faucian dystopia. we protect the people's rights. we protect people's jobs. we protected small businesses and we made sure every kid in the state of florida had an opportunity to go to school in person, five days a week. [applause] in florida we reject the biomedical security state which euros liberty, harms livelihoods and divides our society. and we not only reject it if it's gover

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in 2011 the united states stopped paying dues and eventually withdrew in 2019.iden administration request a waiver to facilitate participation. can you speak to why the united states shouldea participate in what is at stake? >> thank you for that question. should the administration decide to rejoin, there are a couple of key factors i would like to highlight. engaged in a broad range of work impact u.s. security and commercial interest including the shaping of standards and best practices not only on education but issues like ethics of emerging technologies, ethics of artificial intelligence, open access to information that has implications for intellectual property. in the absence of u.s. leadership, the prc and others have become more assertive shaping the draft language or try to shape standards in a way that run up against democratic norms where we see advanced authoritarian agendas in this. of course i need to underscore that should the administration decide to rejoin, we will work to ensure the u.s. does not permit hiss proportionate focus on israel as par

attorneys in the united states to prioritize combating gun trafficking across the state lines the city boundaries and the justice department is sending additional resources to shut down when they refer to as the iron pipeline like states like baltimore and philadelphia and new york and so many other places in the governor, we work with the mayor nypd, and nine other states creating your task force on illegal guns and that is a kind of leadership that is going to solve the problems. it will hear more about that project and i also want to help every major city following new york's lead, put together partnerships like this one to put together, and building in everyday here in new york city, federal, state and local enforcement, share intelligence about shootings from the day before, the work to take those herself the street as quickly as possible. visit with the partnership looks like and this is what you put together. it's important we need more cities to adopt the same model. that's why they're also directing the u.s. attorneys to work with state and local law enforcement in partnership

mark gordon has been governor of wyoming and in the state of state address he talked about pent -- the pandemic and other topics. this is 35 minutes. capital in cheyenne, this is 35 minutes. on-the-job in his second week, the superintendent. thank you for the opportunity to serve with you. this is an all-star cast. [applause] over the last couple of years, we have encouraged and tackling new challenge and sees fresh opportunities. as i was inking about this state of the state, i was thinking about when my family drove our cattle to the mountain. the hardest and longest days came midway through the drive. we were already tired from the entire week before that. regardless of whether it was snowing, clear, dusty, muddy, we drove nine miles and started cattle. beyond the elements there was a challenge that came up. day was brutal for horses and exhausting for us, especially as a little kid. the drive had to be completed before sunrise in the day became too hot and most of it happened in the dark. at times it's mike it was never going to end. folks are wondering if the and will ever come in

not every state is like massachusetts. every states needs to develop an integrated care system. thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today and i look forward to answering your questions. sen. casey: thank you for the opening statement and we will turn next to ms. doyle. ms. doyle: good morning, chairman casey, ranking member scott and members of the senate special committee on aging. i name is jane doyle. i have lived in pennsylvania for the past 32 years. i have two children and three grandchildren living in the suburbs of atlanta and boston. i am honored to have this opportunity to testify to help make positive change toward better health care for everyone. i have experience for myself and my family several different kinds of dual eligibility when i was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. i applied for social security disability so i also qualify for medicare. i still was able to work part-time and i also access medicaid through a special program. it allows people -- excuse me. it allows people to work and still earn higher incomes but otherwise qualify for medicaid

united states.n to 11% -- 10% today. the idea of america competes is that these factories are expensive to build. they take a long time to get up and running. and they involve a lot of research and development. and so from a public sector perspective of providing some incentive, providing some matching resources for companies to locate their l production here is going to pay dividends to the economy down the road. there's $52 billion specifically for semi conductor manufacturing in here. there's a variety of other incentives related to ensuring manufacturing or some trade enforcement in the legislation as well. it should be a down payment within the last word on industrial strategy. we know our competitors in europe, asia and other parts of the world are busy at work nalso figuring out how they can bolster their own manufacturing base for. >> republicans argue on the house for last week this bill is not tough enough i on china. provisions including some climate provisions in this legislation actuall