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from 2017 Governor's State of the State speeches (number of quotes indicated): |
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Abortion Greg Abbott: Protect unborn children and promote a culture of life. |
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Budget & Economy Chris Sununu: Increase Rainy Day Fund to $100M; start Infrastructure Fund. Doug Burgum: Right-size government: cutting $1.2B is a great start. Jim Justice: Cut Rainy Day fund by $123M for WV's biggest depression ever. Bruce Rauner: Reduce regulatory costs & economy will take off like rocket. Steve Bullock: Veto any budget in the red. Bill Walker: With oil prices low, we have made cuts & must cut more. Phil Bryant: Implement a state lottery; Arkansas got $80M last year. Matt Mead: We used rainy day fund for rainy days; now make guidelines. Sam Brownback: The days of "tax first, cut never" have come to an end. Tom Wolf: Grow paltry rainy day fund from $245,000 to $500M by 2022. |
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Civil Rights Roy Cooper: Repeal the "Bathroom Bill"; it's a dark cloud over NC. Phil Scott: Support peaceful march against bias & discrimination. |
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Corporations John Bel Edwards: 80% of C-corps pay no state tax; that's just not right. John Kasich: Businesses are job creators, the engines of job growth. Rick Scott: Fighting for Florida's Future: cut the commercial lease tax. Chris Sununu: New department of Business and Economic Affairs. Jim Justice: Raise business B&O tax, sales tax, state fees, & gas tax. Phil Scott: Agency of Economic Opportunity: help find qualified workers. |
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Crime John Bel Edwards: Reduce incarceration rate of non-violent offenders. Jim Justice: Stiffer laws for drug pushers; treatment for addicts. Larry Hogan: Justice for Victims Initiative: protect vulnerable citizens. Greg Abbott: Make it a hate crime to target uniformed police officers. Bruce Rauner: Close outdated prisons; focus on reducing recidivism. Bruce Rauner: Police trooper surge to counter Chicago violence. Phil Scott: Close Windsor prison; expand home detention monitoring. Brian Sandoval: Reform juvenile justice system to reduce recidivism. Eric Greitens: Fight Ferguson Effect with Blue Alert to empower police. Phil Bryant: More Highway Patrol troopers on the road. Susana Martinez: Collect DNA from felons. Peter Ricketts: Automated sentence calculation for Department of Corrections. Nathan Deal: 20% pay raise for state-level law enforcement. Terry McAuliffe: Lowest adult recidivism rate in America. Asa Hutchinson: Balance public safety with giving a second chance in life. Chris Christie: Ban the box: don't ask job applicants about criminal record. Dennis Daugaard: Make mugshots and pardon process open to the public. Doug Ducey: Fully fund rape test kits, to finally ensure justice. Dan Malloy: Prison population has dropped AND recidivism has declined. Doug Burgum: Jail time without rehab is not a cure for addiction. |
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Drugs John Kasich: Shut down the pill mills; put crooked doctors in jail. John Kasich: StartTalking! Talk to kids to say no to opiates. John Carney: Impose new protections for the safe prescribing of opioids. Roy Cooper: Eliminate stigma & encourage opioid addicts to get treatment. Jim Justice: We have to have stiffer laws to fix the drug problem. Matt Bevin: Crack down on drug dealers and others who abuse the system. Larry Hogan: Created the Heroin and Opioid Emergency Task Force. Brian Sandoval: Rid the state of the scourge of opioid abuse. Brian Sandoval: I opposed legalization, but let's make pot market work well. Eric Holcomb: Attack epidemic with prevention, treatment & enforcement. Rick Snyder: Enforce prescription law, but Good Samaritans get treatment. Terry McAuliffe: Second chance at citizenship for recovering addicts. Chris Christie: Jailing & stigmatizing addiction victims won't help. Doug Ducey: Drug addiction is an epidemic plaguing our entire country. Robert Bentley: Fight opioid addiction and fight drug abuse. Tom Wolf: Opioid epidemic has stolen the futures of far too many. |
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Education Roy Cooper: 4,700 additional Pre-K slots for at-risk 4-year olds. Roy Cooper: NC GROW: Getting Ready for Opportunities in the Workforce. Chris Sununu: Increase operating budget $10M of Community College System. Doug Burgum: Kids can't prepare for 21st century using 19th-century model. Jim Justice: Return education back from bureaucracies to local level. Jim Justice: Replace Smarter Balance with ACT testing. Jim Justice: We're dead last: 2% teacher raise; and dump state testing. Larry Hogan: $7M for student scholarships to attend a private school. Larry Hogan: Tuition relief for state colleges: 2% growth cap. Larry Hogan: More charter school choice; more P-TECH schools. Greg Abbott: Fully fund GURI: Governor's University Research Initiative. Bill Haslam: Narrow score gaps for minority and female students. Bill Haslam: STRONG Act: tuition-free public college for veterans. Bruce Rauner: $100M for early education; close district funding gaps. Phil Scott: Realign funding toward early care and trades training. Phil Scott: $4M to state colleges; low tuition increases thru 2021. Steve Bullock: Increase funding for higher education. Steve Bullock: Invest in publicly funded early childhood education. Brian Sandoval: $115 million in new investments for higher education. Gina Raimondo: PrepareRI Dual Enrollment: free tuition for high schoolers. Gina Raimondo: All-day kindergarten for all; computers in every school. Rick Snyder: CCSTEP: capital equipment for training in community colleges. Asa Hutchinson: ArFuture Grants: pay tuition & stay in state for 3 years. Kim Reynolds: Future Ready Iowa: 70% of Iowans beyond high school. Sam Brownback: TeachersKan: scholarship program for Kansas college students. Scott Walker: Private refinancing options for student loan debt. Terry Branstad: Future Ready Iowa: 70% of Iowans beyond high school. Terry Branstad: Teacher Leadership System for every public school. Butch Otter: $58M to make public school teacher pay competitive. Doug Ducey: Lead the nation on school choice and charters. Doug Ducey: Invest in public school teachers with tuition & bonuses. Kate Brown: Oregon Promise: community college access program. |
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Energy & Oil Jim Christiana: Cut spending, cut taxes. Doug Burgum: Protest campers at Dakota Access Pipeline should leave. Jim Justice: Lower the severance tax on coal and gas. Jim Justice: Lower, and then tier, the severance tax on coal and gas. Larry Hogan: Clean Cars Act: invest in electric cars & charging stations. Phil Scott: Tax holiday on hybrids, electric vehicles, & green products. Charlie Baker: Reduce carbon footprint while maintaining supply of energy. Jerry Brown: No climate deniers: the science is clear; the danger is real. David Ige: 100% of our electricity from renewable sources by 2045. Rick Snyder: Protect our environment while meeting our energy needs. Susana Martinez: Diversify so we're not at mercy of federal government. Matt Mead: $10M prize for making a useful product from captured CO2. |
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Environment John Kasich: $2.5B invested in cleaning Lake Erie, and keep it clean. Chris Sununu: Fund asbestos cleanup, and clean water infrastructure. Jim Justice: I love the outdoors, but regulatory agencies tell you no. Larry Hogan: Reduce nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment in Chesapeake Bay. Bruce Rauner: Test drinking water for lead, as social justice issue. Phil Scott: $50M for clean-up of our impaired waterways. Rick Snyder: Pure Michigan: promote tourism like U.P. and brewery trail. Rick Snyder: More resources to fight invasive species in Great Lakes. Rick Snyder: Work tirelessly, plus $27M, to make Flint's water safe. Matt Mead: Improve Endangered Species Act: only 1% ever got delisted. Gary Herbert: Re-opened National Parks during 2013 shutdown. Robert Bentley: Gulf State Park: economically & environmentally sustainable. |
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Families & Children John Bel Edwards: Family Services placed 735 kids in foster homes despite cuts. John Kasich: CATCH court: prostitutes are victims of human trafficking. John Carney: Re-establish the Family Services Cabinet Council. Matt Bevin: Czar to overhaul state foster care and adoption programs. Larry Hogan: Pass the Common Sense Paid Sick Leave Act. Greg Abbott: Reform Child Protective System or more children will die. Bruce Rauner: Created the Governor's Cabinet on Children and Youth. Phil Scott: $800,000 for Guardians ad Litem for kids of drug addicts. Phil Scott: $7.5 million for Child Care Financial Assistance. Steve Bullock: Don't cut workers from Child and Family Services Division. Eric Greitens: Let parents decide how to spend special needs funding. Gina Raimondo: Pass modern, common-sense paid sick leave laws. Phil Bryant: $34M for new Department of Child Protection Services. Peter Ricketts: More resources for Child and Family Services. Nathan Deal: 19% pay raise for Family and Children Services. Asa Hutchinson: More funding for foster children. Andrew Cuomo: Middle Class Child Care Tax Credit for 200,000 families. Doug Ducey: Automatically screen all babies for SCID. Doug Ducey: Grandmother Stipend: fund foster care for relatives. Robert Bentley: Fund treatment for low-income children with Autism Spectrum. Tom Wolf: Improve home-based & community-based senior care services. |
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Foreign Policy Greg Abbott: Texas is exceptional; we'd be world's 10th largest economy. |
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Free Trade Jim Justice: Bring manufacturing back from Vietnam, China and Mexico. David Ige: Hawaii dominated world trade via entrepreneurial innovation. Eric Holcomb: We're as likely to trade with Germany as with Georgia. |
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Government Reform Jim Justice: Appoint a Waste Czar to root out agency excess. Larry Hogan: Disallow legislators from drawing their own district lines. Bruce Rauner: The people demanded fair districting; judges denied them. Terry McAuliffe: Photo ID law made it significantly harder to vote. Dennis Daugaard: Red Tape Repeal: remove 4,000 obsolete laws & rules. Dan Malloy: Cut state agencies by 28% and cut state workforce by 9%. |
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Gun Control Matt Mead: New initiative for public shooting ranges. Terry McAuliffe: Keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers. |
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Health Care John Bel Edwards: Medicaid expansion reduced uninsured by 43% & saved $200M. John Kasich: Medicaid expansion brought health care to 700,000 people. Chris Sununu: Push for a true accounting of our Medicaid program. Mark Dayton: Preserve successes like Medicaid expansion & MinnesotaCare. John Hickenlooper: Basic health care is a right, not a privilege. Asa Hutchinson: $5M for Mental Health Stabilization Centers. Sam Brownback: Refusing ObamaCare like declining a discount on the Titanic. Terry Branstad: Transform mental health system to community-based model. |
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Homeland Security Rick Scott: $6 million for counterterrorism and police equipment. Phil Scott: $500,000 for college scholarships for veterans at UVM. Charlie Baker: $4,000 tax credit for hiring unemployed veterans. Matt Mead: Long-term commitment for veteran's tuition waiver. Terry McAuliffe: Expand Virginia Values Veterans program: help vets find work. |
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Immigration Greg Abbott: Enforce against sanctuary cities or more Texans will die. Jay Inslee: Stand up proudly for DREAMers. |
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Jobs John Bel Edwards: Close gender wage gap by ending corporate "pay secrecy". John Bel Edwards: Meaningful increase to the minimum wage. Roy Cooper: Grow out Unemployment Trust Fund to more than $2 billion. Larry Hogan: New jobs in manufacturing led to low unemployment. Greg Abbott: No state deductions of union dues on paychecks. Phil Scott: Deal with Vermont's shrinking workforce population. Jerry Brown: Raised minimum wage and reduced unemployment. Mark Dayton: Unemployment is down, but average family is poorer. Eric Greitens: Right to Work instead of Project Labor Agreements. Eric Holcomb: Five pillars: 21st century workforce is magnet for jobs. Gina Raimondo: Give everyone chance for dignified work at a decent wage. Rick Snyder: People now moving to Michigan for good jobs. Kate Brown: Raised minimum wage for struggling Oregon families. Dan Malloy: Pushed bill to protect advanced manufacturing jobs. |
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Local Issues John Carney: Develop incubators like DTP @ STAR, full on Day 1. Larry Hogan: Repeal the misguided Road Kill Bill. Andrew Cuomo: Buffalo Billion: make up for 50 years of state inattention. Robert Bentley: Fix the fatally-dangerous Redmill Bridge, despite obstacles. |
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Principles & Values John Carney: Delawareans are willing to chip in and help, if all do. Roy Cooper: Common Ground Solutions instead of either/or choices. Bill Walker: Cancer survivor after routine prostrate cancer screening. Nikki Haley: State workers all say "It's a Great Day in South Carolina". Robert Bentley: Great State 2019 Plan: purpose by the One who ordained us. |
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Social Security Matt Bevin: Increase taxes to fund Kentucky Retirement Systems. Larry Hogan: Eliminate all taxes on retirement income. Gina Raimondo: Get most state retirees a cost of living increase. Dan Malloy: 78% of our state pension fund is making up for past mistakes. |
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Tax Reform John Bel Edwards: Reform tax structure or face $1.3B fiscal cliff in 2018. John Bel Edwards: Reduce sales tax; eliminate federal income tax deductibility. John Carney: Share sacrifice of budget cuts and tax hikes. Jim Justice: Increase fees, gas tax, and business tax to close deficit. Greg Abbott: The only good tax is a dead tax. Mark Dayton: Tax cuts for the wealthy do not lead to economic growth. Gina Raimondo: Reduced the corporate minimum tax. Gina Raimondo: Cut car tax by at least 30%. Chris Christie: Put the death tax on life support. |
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Technology John Bel Edwards: Gas tax to pay for transportation and coastal infrastructure. Roy Cooper: Rural high-speed broadband access, and technical training. Chris Sununu: Double infrastructure grants to towns for roads and bridges. Doug Burgum: Main Street Initiative: use existing infrastructure fully. Jim Justice: Bid all road jobs, with 5% construction severance. Larry Hogan: Fix all 69 structurally deficient bridges that we inherited. Greg Abbott: Innovation renaissance: biotech, wearable tech, clean tech. Bill Haslam: Tools to be successful: good roads and broadband access. Bruce Rauner: Increase state transparency: millions of documents online. Charlie Baker: Last Mile program: high-speed internet for rural communities. Mark Dayton: $6B investment in highway projects & infrastructure. Brian Sandoval: $3.5M for cyberdefense against unprecedented threats. Eric Greitens: Replace 1959 COBOL systems with online government. Eric Holcomb: High-tech is key to unlocking 21st century economy. Eric Holcomb: Invest a little more to keep the Crossroads of America. Gina Raimondo: RhodeWorks: fix highways ad 12n0 bridges. Rick Snyder: Invest billions to address risk of aging infrastructure. Nathan Deal: Make GA the Silicon Valley of the South via cyber security. Dennis Daugaard: Online retailers should voluntarily remit sales tax. Kim Reynolds: STEM initiative to prepare for a 21st century economy. Scott Walker: $35 million to expand broadband access grant program. Butch Otter: Support STEM Action Center and Computer Science Initiative. Dan Malloy: On-time on-budget completion of Q Bridge project & CTfastrak. |
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War & Peace Rick Scott: $1M for Homes for Heroes; $102M for active military & vets. Brian Sandoval: Inspired by Nevadans serving in 5 middle eastern countries. |
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Welfare & Poverty John Kasich: Welfare without a path to work doesn't work. Roy Cooper: Create affordable, available housing for disaster recovery. Phil Scott: $35 million housing bond for full spectrum of housing. Brian Sandoval: $1.5M more for Meals-on-Wheels for seniors. Phil Bryant: Create the Mississippi Faith-Based Advisory Council. John Hickenlooper: Use marijuana tax revenue to address chronic homelessness. John Hickenlooper: More affordable housing via construction defects legislation. Doug Ducey: 12 months extra food stamps if you're looking for a job. |
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