00:09 - We're joined by

00:10 - governor Tom wolf

00:11 - Pennsylvania's forty

00:12 - seventh governor for those

00:13 - that aren't familiar

00:14 - how would you

00:14 - describe the job

00:15 - of the governor.

00:16 - Well I'm i'm

00:17 - probably the most visible

00:19 - face.

00:20 - Of of this.

00:21 - State government.

00:23 - But I work with with two

00:24 - hundred and fifty three.

00:26 - Legislators senators and

00:28 - representatives

00:29 - to.

00:30 - Make laws

00:31 - in in pass laws.

00:33 - I propose.

00:34 - The

00:35 - legislation

00:36 - laws.

00:37 - I get a chance to

00:38 - negotiate to talk

00:40 - to have conversations

00:41 - with the general

00:41 - assembly to try to

00:42 - convince them of my ideas

00:43 - they try to convince

00:44 - me of theirs.

00:45 - And then ultimately I

00:46 - get to sign those bills or

00:48 - say nah we're not

00:49 - going to do that.

00:50 - And I also.

00:52 - Manage the

00:53 - the executive

00:54 - branch all the different

00:55 - agencies.

00:56 - And

00:57 - I do that.

00:59 - In an effort to make

01:00 - sure that we're all

01:01 - doing the best we can

01:02 - to serve the people of

01:03 - Pennsylvania.

01:04 - He talked about working

01:05 - with the legislature

01:06 - can you talk a

01:06 - little bit more about

01:08 - the three branches of

01:08 - government and your

01:09 - relationship with them

01:10 - and how everybody

01:11 - works together

01:12 - yeah the three branches

01:13 - of government here

01:13 - in the state level

01:14 - just as there are in

01:15 - Washington

01:16 - others the executive

01:17 - branch that's

01:18 - the

01:18 - governor her and in

01:19 - the the all the different.

01:22 - Agencies.

01:24 - Then there's the

01:24 - general assembly

01:25 - or the legislative

01:26 - branch and there are

01:27 - two houses the senate.

01:29 - And the

01:30 - the house of representatives.

01:32 - And then there is the.

01:35 - Judiciary the

01:36 - the.

01:37 - Court system.

01:38 - The state court system including

01:40 - up to the highest level of

01:41 - the state supreme court.

01:42 - What's a typical

01:43 - day like for you.

01:45 - Well.

01:46 - It's.

01:47 - It's a combination of of of.

01:50 - Working with people in the

01:51 - executive my branch this branch.

01:54 - To figure out

01:55 - what we ought to be proposing.

01:57 - And.

01:58 - What kinds of

01:59 - legislation.

02:01 - For example.

02:03 - What can we do to make

02:04 - sure that school lunches

02:05 - are everything they ought to be.

02:08 - He.

02:08 - Gets to two levels like that

02:10 - how can we make sure highways.

02:12 - Are as safe

02:14 - as they they can be

02:15 - so things like that

02:16 - they spend a lot of time.

02:18 - Talking to people who who

02:19 - want to.

02:20 - Do things with the state have

02:22 - they have their own ideas.

02:24 - And want to make

02:25 - suggestions so I need to hear.

02:27 - Those those

02:27 - suggestions and I spend

02:28 - as much time as I can doing that

02:30 - and then sometimes I

02:31 - spend time doing this.

02:33 - Why is it

02:34 - important for students to learn

02:35 - how the government works.

02:36 - It's important because we work

02:39 - for

02:39 - the citizens of Pennsylvania

02:41 - I'm an employee.

02:42 - And my bosses are the voters.

02:45 - And so it's important

02:45 - for everybody to

02:46 - understand how the

02:47 - government works because in

02:48 - the end.

02:49 - In the act of voting.

02:51 - They determine

02:52 - who the employees are who

02:53 - who people in my

02:54 - position really are so

02:56 - I work for them and

02:57 - and as employers.

02:58 - People who hire me and

03:00 - vote for me or vote against me.

03:02 - Or anybody else here.

03:04 - They need to know how

03:05 - the government works

03:06 - and and what they

03:06 - want that government to

03:07 - do for them.