Rep. Pam Snyder, D-Fayette, Greene and Washington - Pennsylvania's Neighborhood: Washington
00:01 - REPRESENTATIVE PAM
00:02 - SNYDER, WASHINGTON COUNTY AS
00:04 - PART OF YOUR LEGISLATIVE
00:05 - DISTRICT, HOW WOULD YOU
00:07 - DESCRIBE THAT PART OF THE
00:08 - STATE.
00:10 - WASHINGTON COUNTY HAS A VERY
00:12 - GROWING AND
00:13 - PROSPEROUS COUNTY AND I AM
00:15 - HONORED TO REPRESENT TO
00:16 - MUNICIPALITIES IN WASHINGTON
00:18 - COUNTY AS PART OF THE 50TH
00:19 - DISTRICT SO WHAT ARE THE MAIN
00:21 - INDUSTRIES OUT THAT WAY
00:22 - REPRESENTATIVE KEEP THE ECONOMY
00:24 - GOING.
00:26 - WELL WE ARE VERY RICH IN
00:27 - NATURAL RESOURCES HERE, NATURAL
00:30 - GAS PLACE IS HUGE HARDEN THE
00:32 - ECONOMIC GROWTH OF
00:34 - WASHINGTON COUNTY. THE
00:36 - LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT THAT I
00:37 - REPRESENT ALSO INCLUDES GREEN
00:39 - AND A PORTION
00:40 - OF FAYETTE AND WE HAVE WE HAVE
00:41 - AN ABUNDANCE OF COAL RESERVES
00:43 - TO DO SO.
00:45 - ENERGY IS REALLY CRITICAL TO
00:46 - THIS PART OF THE COMMONWEALTH
00:48 - AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK MORE
00:49 - ABOUT YOUR NATURAL RESOURCES
00:50 - AND ENERGY IN GENERAL IN A FEW
00:51 - MINUTES, BUT FIRST,
00:52 - LET'S BACK UP YOUR STORY JUST A
00:54 - LITTLE BIT AND CONSIDER WHY DID
00:55 - YOU BECOME A LAWMAKER IN THE
00:57 - FIRST PLACE.
00:59 - WELL I WAS COUNTY COMMISSIONER
01:00 - PRIOR TO BEING A STATE
01:02 - REPRESENTATIVE AT THE TIME
01:04 - THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY THERE
01:05 - WAS A VACANCY AND THERE WAS AN
01:06 - OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO SEEK
01:08 - HIGHER OFFICE AND THAT'S WHAT I
01:09 - DID AS A COUNTY COMMISSIONER I
01:11 - RECOGNIZED ONLY ALL TOO WELL,
01:14 - HOW OFTEN THINGS FROM THE STATE
01:16 - LEVEL GET PUSHED DOWN TO THE
01:17 - LOCAL LEVEL.
01:18 - SO I RAN FOR THIS JOB IN THE
01:21 - HOPES THAT MAYBE I COULD
01:23 - HOW AN EFFECT ON THAT AND MAYBE
01:24 - BE A VOICE FOR OUR COUNTIES, A
01:26 - LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN HARRISBURG
01:28 - WHEN YOUR CONSTITUENTS CONTACT
01:30 - YOUR OFFICE WENT DOMINATES
01:32 - THEIR CONCERNS.
01:34 - BOY I'LL TELL YOU MY DISTRICT
01:35 - OFFICES ARE SO BUSY AND IT IS
01:38 - AN ARRAY OF ISSUES IT COULD BE
01:40 - ANYTHING FROM THAT MORNING HELP
01:42 - WITH PROPERTY TAX RENT REBATE
01:44 - OR THEM NEEDING HELP WITH
01:46 - SOMETHING INVOLVING THEIR
01:47 - HEALTH CARE OR THEIR
01:48 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
01:50 - THROUGH THE PANDEMIC THAT HAS
01:52 - JUST BEEN A HUGE HUGE
01:55 - UNDERTAKING FOR
01:55 - MY STAFF. WE ARE BUSY ALL DAY
01:59 - EVERY DAY PEOPLE ARE AND A LOT
02:00 - OF MY CAR MICHAEL'S OFFICE.
02:03 - IT'S LIKE A
02:03 - REVOLVING DOOR. BUT IT IS VERY
02:06 - REWARDING YOU KNOW WHAT WE DO
02:07 - IN HARRISBURG IS VERY IMPORTANT
02:09 - BUT I ALWAYS SAY WHAT KEEPS ME
02:11 - GROUNDED AND WHAT REALLY WARMS
02:13 - MY HEART
02:14 - IS WHAT I'M ABLE TO TRULY DO
02:16 - FOR PEOPLE BACK HOME ON A
02:17 - DAY-TO-DAY BASIS. SO YOU'RE A
02:19 - MEMBER OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
02:20 - RESOURCES AND
02:21 - ENERGY COMMITTEE.
02:23 - LET'S EXPAND WHAT YOU TOUCHED
02:25 - ON A FEW MINUTES AGO WHICH IS
02:27 - ENERGY. PROFILE OUT THERE IN
02:30 - WASHINGTON COUNTY.
02:32 - YES, YOU KNOW AS YOU ALL KNOW
02:33 - THE MARCELLUS SHALE INDUSTRY
02:35 - HIT HERE MORE THAN A
02:36 - DECADE AGO. AND THE IMPACT FEE,
02:40 - YOU I WAS A COUNTY COMMISSIONER
02:42 - WHEN THAT PASSED BUT
02:43 - I WAS GOING OUT THE DOOR AS THE
02:45 - FIRST IMPACT THE CHECK WAS
02:47 - COMING IN THE DOOR BUT I KNOW
02:49 - HOW IMPORTANT THAT SPEND A
02:50 - LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. TOWNSHIPS
02:53 - MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES TO
02:55 - BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT
02:56 - ADDITIONAL REVENUE JUST REALLY
02:57 - HELP THEM WITH THEIR WITH A LOT
02:59 - OF PROJECTS THAT THEY'RE ABLE
03:00 - TO FUND AND
03:01 - AND COMPLETE.
03:03 - LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
03:03 - GOVERNOR'S PLAN TO REDUCE
03:05 - GREENHOUSE GAS WHAT IS HIS PLAN
03:09 - TO IT IN BRIEFLY AND THEN TELL
03:11 - ME WHERE YOU STAND ON THAT.
03:13 - WELL YOU KNOW THE GOVERNOR
03:14 - HAS TAKEN UPON HIMSELF TO JOIN
03:16 - REGGIE. THE REGIONAL GREENHOUSE
03:17 - GAS INITIATIVE WHICH IS HE'S
03:20 - GOING TO JOIN WITH OTHER
03:21 - STATES. AND IT IS TO CUT
03:24 - DOWN AND ON CARBON DIOXIDE
03:26 - EMISSIONS BUT. IT'S
03:29 - A TAX IT'S A
03:30 - CARBON TAX AND ONLY THE GENERAL
03:33 - ASSEMBLY CAN IMPOSE A I HAVE
03:35 - BEEN OPPOSED TO
03:36 - THIS INITIATIVE. LOOK I'M ALL
03:38 - ABOUT PROTECTING OUR
03:39 - ENVIRONMENT, BUT I THINK WE CAN
03:40 - DO BOTH
03:41 - WE CAN PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT
03:43 - AND STILL CUT CO 2 EMISSIONS
03:45 - AND I THINK WHAT WE HEARD LAST
03:46 - NIGHT FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE
03:48 - UNITED STATES ABOUT ELECTRIC
03:50 - VEHICLES, YOU KNOW THAT
03:52 - THAT PRODUCES MORE CO 2 INTO
03:54 - THE ATMOSPHERE THAT AND THEN
03:57 - ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS HERE IN
03:58 - MY DISTRICT IN
03:59 - REGARD TO. THE ENERGY INDUSTRY
04:01 - BECAUSE THEY THEY'RE ALREADY
04:02 - HIGHLY REGULATED. YOU KNOW THE
04:04 - GAS AND COAL INDUSTRIES ARE
04:06 - BOTH REGULATED SEPARATELY UNDER
04:08 - THEIR OWN
04:09 - LEGISLATIVE
04:11 - INITIATIVE SO THEY THEY ARE
04:14 - HIGHLY REGULATED AND I BELIEVE
04:16 - THAT WE CAN DO BOTH BUT I DON'T
04:17 - BELIEVE JOINING REGGIE IS THE
04:19 - WAY TO GO BECAUSE
04:21 - THESE ARE GOOD FAMILY
04:22 - SUSTAINING JOBS AND UNTIL YOU
04:24 - HAVE A REPLACEMENT FOR
04:26 - THOSE JOBS. YOU'RE JUST PUSHING
04:28 - YOUR PUSHING THOUSANDS OF
04:29 - PEOPLE OUT OF WORK AND THAT THE
04:31 - UNEMPLOYMENT LINES. IF COAL
04:33 - MINES CLOSE AND AND AND AND GAS
04:35 - WELLS ARE KEPT SO
04:37 - IT'S IT'S A VERY FINE LINE
04:38 - WE'RE WALKING HERE AND WE SEE
04:40 - WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
04:41 - HE'S NOW IN UKRAINE YOU KNOW WE
04:44 - HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE
04:45 - ENERGY SELF-SUFFICIENT AND
04:47 - THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE SHOULD
04:48 - BE STRIVING TO DO AND TO MAKE
04:50 - SURE THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY
04:52 - TO HELP FOREIGN NATIONS THAT
04:54 - NEED OUR HELP OUR ALLIES.
04:56 - HERE'S SOMETHING ELSE YOU'RE
04:57 - WORKING ON IS CALLED THE
04:59 - BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
05:00 - AND I UNDERSTAND A
05:02 - LOT RECENTLY CREATED THAT WHAT
05:04 - IS THAT GROUP DOING AND WHAT
05:06 - ARE ITS GOALS.
05:08 - WELL I HAVE BEEN PUSHING THE
05:09 - BROADBAND ISSUE FOR 5 YEARS AND
05:11 - THE PANDEMIC BROUGHT THAT ISSUE
05:13 - TO THE FOREFRONT FOR EVERYONE I
05:14 - THINK PEOPLE REALIZE NOW THEY
05:16 - NEED THAT WHETHER IT'S THE
05:18 - AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY TO
05:19 - GROW OUR PROPS AND FOR FARMERS
05:21 - TO BE SUCCESSFUL ARE STUDENTS
05:23 - AT HOME TO BE ABLE TO LEARN
05:25 - WHEN THEY NEED TO FOR ALL
05:27 - TELE MEDICINE. YOU KNOW
05:29 - EVERYBODY IT TOUCHES EVERYBODY
05:30 - SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE
05:32 - LEGISLATION PASSED AND SIGNED
05:34 - INTO LAW IN DECEMBER CREATING
05:37 - BROADBAND AUTHORITY FOR THE
05:38 - COMMONWEALTH AND WE WERE VERY
05:40 - CAREFUL TO MAKE SURE WE
05:42 - AND HERE TO ALL THE FEDERAL
05:44 - REGULATIONS THAT THAT WE NEED
05:46 - TO UNDER THE INFRASTRUCTURE
05:47 - BILL THAT'S COMING DOWN FROM
05:48 - THE FEDS EVERY STATE IS GOING
05:50 - TO GET A 100 MILLION DOLLARS TO
05:52 - DEPLOY BROADBAND BUT
05:54 - THERE'S ALSO A 42 BILLION
05:56 - DOLLAR POT OF MONEY OUT THERE
05:58 - THAT STATES CAN COMPETE FOR.
06:00 - BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE
06:01 - PROPER VEHICLE AND PLACE.
06:03 - YOU CAN'T COMPETE FOR IT.
06:04 - SO THAT'S WHY THIS AUTHORITY IS
06:06 - SO CRITICAL
06:07 - AND EACH OF THE 4 CAUCUSES
06:09 - APPOINT A MEMBER TO THE
06:10 - AUTHORITY. I AM THE MEMBER THIS
06:12 - BEEN APPOINTED BY THE
06:13 - DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS. WE HAD OUR
06:14 - FIRST MEETING
06:15 - LAST MONTH. IT WAS VERY WELL WE
06:18 - HAVE BOUGHT IT FALLS UNDER THE
06:20 - PURVIEW OF DCE DAY TO MANAGE
06:22 - THE AUTHORITY AND THEY HAVE PUT
06:24 - THE JOB DESCRIPTION FOR AN
06:26 - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. SO WE'RE
06:27 - GOING TO WORK TO GET THEIR
06:28 - STAFF AND UP AND OPERATIONAL
06:31 - AND FUNCTIONAL SO THAT
06:32 - PENNSYLVANIA CAN COMPETE FOR
06:34 - THOSE DOLLARS BECAUSE WHILE
06:36 - 100 MILLION IS NICE.
06:37 - IT WILL NOT TOUCH WHAT WE NEED
06:38 - ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH TO MAKE
06:40 - SURE THAT EVERYBODY
06:41 - HAS ACCESS TO
06:42 - AFFORDABLE BROADBAND.
06:44 - SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THE
06:45 - BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
06:46 - IS GOING TO BE A GATE KEEPER
06:48 - FOR MONEY THAT'S FLOWING INTO
06:50 - PENNSYLVANIA IS
06:50 - THAT RIGHT.
06:51 - THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT AND
06:53 - WE WILL HAVE TO ADHERE TO ALL
06:55 - OF THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES.
06:56 - IT WILL BE THE FEDERAL
06:57 - GOVERNMENT THAT WILL LAY OUT,
06:59 - YOU KNOW HOW THIS MONEY WILL BE
07:00 - SPENT TO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO AND
07:01 - MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REPORTING
07:03 - EVERYTHING CORRECTLY. SO YES IT
07:05 - IT PLAYS A BIG ROLE AND AND
07:07 - ALLOWING US TO GO AFTER THAT
07:09 - MONEY AND TO BE ABLE TO DEPLOY
07:11 - BROADBAND ACROSS THE
07:12 - COMMONWEALTH AND WE NEED IT ALL
07:14 - YOU KNOW WE CAN'T LAY FIBER TO
07:16 - EVERY HOUSE IN PENNSYLVANIA.
07:18 - THAT'S JUST NOT ALWAYS COST
07:20 - EFFECTIVE SO WE NEED WE NEED TO
07:22 - BE ABLE TO HAVE FIBER WIRELESS
07:24 - SATELLITE WE NEED IT ALL SO YOU
07:27 - KNOW THIS AUTHORITY WILL ALLOW.
07:29 - GROUPS TO COME TOGETHER
07:30 - HOPEFULLY THEY WILL HAVE WORK
07:32 - GROUPS WITHIN THE AUTHORITY
07:33 - WITH EXPERTISE THAT THE TABLE.
07:35 - THE WEEKEND COME UP WITH THE
07:37 - WITH A PLAN FOR THIS
07:38 - COMMONWEALTH. GOOD MAPPING
07:41 - UNDERSTANDING WE'RE REALLY
07:42 - NEEDS TO BE DEPLOYED AND WORK
07:44 - TOWARD THOSE GOALS.
07:46 - SO FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR
07:47 - STATEWIDE YEARS REPRESENTATIVE
07:48 - CAN YOU TELL THEM WHAT'S BEING
07:50 - HURT OR DAMAGED IN WASHINGTON
07:52 - COUNTY BY NOT HAVING THE BEST
07:54 - ACCESS TO BROADBAND.
07:57 - THROUGH THE PANDEMIC
07:58 - PARTICULARLY WAS SO CHALLENGING
08:00 - FOR OUR STUDENTS AND
08:02 - OUR TEACHERS TO BE ABLE TO.
08:05 - TO TEACH FOR STUDENTS TO BE
08:08 - ABLE TO LEARN I HAVE SO MANY
08:10 - INSTANCES IN MY DISTRICT WHERE
08:13 - STUDENTS WOULD COME TO HIM AND
08:14 - SAY YOU KNOW THEY WOULD HAVE TO
08:16 - DRIVE THERE ARE SIDE BY SIDE UP
08:18 - TO THE TOP OF THE HILL, SO THAT
08:20 - THEY COULD PUSH THE SEND BUTTON
08:22 - AND
08:22 - GET IT TO GO FORWARD TO THEIR
08:24 - TEACHER THEY WOULD HAVE TO
08:25 - DRIVE TO THEIR GRANDPARENTS.
08:27 - HOUSE AND SIT ON THE PORCH.
08:29 - SO THAT THEY WERE.
08:31 - IMPACTING YOUR GRANDPARENTS FOR
08:33 - FEAR OF COVID BUT THEY WERE
08:34 - ABLE TO GET A SIGNAL SITTING ON
08:36 - GRANDMA'S PORCH TO BE ABLE TO
08:38 - DO THEIR HOMEWORK AND YOU KNOW
08:39 - THERE WERE INSTANCES WHERE ARE
08:41 - I WOULD HAVE A
08:43 - FAMILY HERE THERE WILL BE A
08:45 - PROVIDER.
08:47 - THAT THEIR NEIGHBOR HAD HERE
08:48 - THAT HAVE INTERNET THERE WOULD
08:50 - BE A DIFFERENT PROVIDER
08:51 - TO THEIR NEIGHBOR ON THIS SIDE
08:52 - OF THEM, BUT THEY WOULD BE LEFT
08:54 - OUT. SO YOU KNOW THOSE ARE THE
08:56 - KIND OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE GOT
08:57 - US GOT TO MAKE
08:58 - SURE THAT EVERYBODY EVERYBODY
09:00 - HAS ACCESS.
09:02 - NOW AS WE CONTINUE TO TALK
09:03 - ABOUT THE BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT
09:05 - AUTHORITY BEING A
09:05 - STATEWIDE CONCERN JUST WHAT'S
09:08 - THE FIRST THING THEY HAVE TO DO
09:09 - IN OTHER WORDS TO GET A MAP IN
09:10 - FRONT OF YOU OF ALL 67 COUNTIES
09:13 - IN PENNSYLVANIA
09:14 - AND POINTED CERTAIN COUNTIES
09:15 - AND SAY WE HAVE TO START HERE
09:16 - AND THERE THAT THAT'S WHERE THE
09:18 - MOST URGENT
09:18 - NEED IS.
09:19 - WELL FIRST OF ALL WE HAVE TO
09:21 - GET STAFF SO THAT WE HAVE THE
09:23 - RIGHT PEOPLE AT THE TABLE AND
09:24 - THAT WE KNOW WHAT DIRECTION
09:26 - WE'RE HEADING IN SECOND WE HAVE
09:28 - TO COME UP WITH A PLAN FOR THE
09:29 - COMMON LAW. WE HAVE TO HAVE THE
09:30 - PLAN IN PLACE IN ORDER TO
09:32 - QUALIFY FOR THOSE FEDERAL
09:33 - DOLLARS. PENN STATE HAS DONE A
09:36 - LOT OF GOOD MAPPING WHEN I TALK
09:38 - OUT THAT IT'S
09:38 - NOT JUST LAYING A MAPPED OUT OF
09:40 - THE 67 COUNTIES AND JUST
09:42 - THROWING A DART SAY, HERE'S
09:43 - WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO KNOW WE
09:45 - WE THIS MAP AND WILL SHOW
09:47 - EXACTLY WHERE THE UNSERVED AND
09:49 - UNDERSERVED AREAS ARE AND
09:51 - THAT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT
09:53 - THAT'S WHAT THIS.
09:55 - INFRASTRUCTURE MONEY IS GEARED
09:56 - TO AND THAT'S WHAT THIS
09:58 - AUTHORITY IS DESIGNED TO DO TO
10:00 - TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE THAT
10:03 - DON'T HAVE SERVICE OR THAT
10:04 - DON'T HAVE IT
10:05 - ADEQUATE SPEEDS. WE ARE ABLE TO
10:08 - GET WHAT THEY NEED
10:09 - SO THAT SOMEONE CAN PAY ONLINE
10:12 - DOING
10:13 - THEIR HOMEWORK. WELL SOFTBALL
10:15 - MOMS IN ANOTHER ROOM DOING
10:18 - HER JOB. SO YOU KNOW IT'S IT'S
10:20 - CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE
10:22 - HAVE GOOD NOTHING IN PLACE
10:24 - AND THAT THAT WILL BE A BIG
10:25 - THAT WILL BE A BIG STEP UP FOR
10:27 - THIS AUTHORITY STAFF TO BE ABLE
10:29 - TO
10:29 - PUT TOGETHER.
10:30 - THERE'S A LOT OF DEBATE IN
10:31 - HARRISBURG ABOUT THE
10:32 - POSSIBILITY OF AMENDING THE
10:33 - STATE CONSTITUTION. I
10:35 - UNDERSTAND YOU'RE WORKING ON A
10:36 - BILL THAT WOULD MAKE IT MORE
10:38 - DIFFICULT TO AMEND THE STATE
10:40 - CONSTITUTION. AND WHY DO YOU
10:42 - WANT TO DO THAT.
10:43 - WELL WHAT I'M SEEING
10:45 - HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN
10:45 - HARRISBURG AS SOMEONE DOESN'T
10:47 - GET
10:47 - THEIR WAY. THEY WANT TO
10:49 - INTRODUCE A CONSTITUTIONAL
10:51 - MEHMET THERE ARE LIKE 7 DAY
10:53 - CONSTITUTIONAL MEMBER BILLS OUT
10:55 - THERE RIGHT NOW WHICH IS
10:56 - JUST RIDICULOUS THE CARS TO TO
10:59 - SHUN SHOULD NOT BE USED AS A
11:00 - POLITICAL FOOTBALL. AND THAT'S
11:03 - WHAT'S HAPPENING.
11:04 - AND REPRESENTATIVE RYAN
11:06 - BIZZARRO OUT OF THE AREA MYSELF
11:08 - WE HAVE INTRODUCED OUR OWN
11:09 - CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
11:10 - BUT SAYS IT WOULD TAKE 2 THIRDS
11:12 - MAJORITY VOTE IN THE HOUSE AND
11:13 - SENATE BEFORE A CONSTITUTIONAL
11:15 - AMENDMENT, ITS PAST
11:17 - THAT TAKES THE POLITICS OUT OF
11:19 - IT AND THE POLITICS SHOULD BE
11:21 - TAKEN OUT OF IT. IT
11:22 - REALLY REALLY UPSETS ME AND
11:25 - FRUSTRATES ME JUST SEE WHAT'S
11:27 - HAPPENING HERE. YOU KNOW JUST
11:29 - BECAUSE YOU DON'T GET YOUR WAY
11:31 - DOESN'T MEAN YOU GO AND CHANGE
11:32 - THE CONSTITUTION OF
11:33 - PENNSYLVANIA.
11:35 - I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
11:36 - UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WANT TO DO
11:37 - REPRESENTATIVE, SO YOU WANT TO
11:38 - 2 THIRDS MAJORITY IN ORDER TO
11:40 - CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION HOW
11:41 - DOES THAT COMPARE TO WHAT WE
11:43 - REQUIRE NOW. WHAT WE'RE CAUGHT
11:45 - OUT JUST A SIMPLE MAJORITY.
11:47 - AND IT IS A PURSUING
11:49 - THIS LEGISLATION THE IMPORTANT
11:51 - TO YOUR CAUCUS INTO THE
11:52 - MAJORITY LEADER AT THIS POINT.
11:54 - WELL, IT'S CERTAINLY
11:55 - IMPORTANT YOU KNOW AND AND AND
11:57 - I TRULY FEEL THIS WAY I DON'T
11:59 - CARE WHICH SIDE HOLDS THE
12:00 - MAJORITY CHANGING THE
12:02 - CONSTITUTION SHOULD NOT BE
12:03 - ABOUT POLITICS, CHANGING THE
12:05 - CONSTITUTION SHOULD NOT BE
12:06 - ABOUT SOMEONE NOT GETTING THEIR
12:07 - WAY.
12:09 - CHANGING THE CONSTITUTION
12:10 - SHOULD BE ABOUT
12:11 - ISSUES THAT ARE TRULY IMPORTANT
12:13 - AND REALLY MATTER AND THAT THE
12:15 - PEOPLE NEED TO 0 IN ON. YOU
12:17 - KNOW JUST BECAUSE.
12:19 - REDISTRICTING MAP DIDN'T SUIT
12:21 - YOU POLITICALLY YOU WANT TO
12:23 - CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION.
12:25 - NO SORRY, YOU KNOW THE MATH MAY
12:27 - BE GETTING SUED ME I WOULD
12:28 - NEVER DREAM OF TRYING TO CHANGE
12:29 - THE CONSTITUTION BECAUSE I
12:31 - DIDN'T GET MY WAY ON SOMETHING
12:33 - WE HAVE ABOUT 2 MINUTES WHAT
12:34 - ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO
12:36 - WORKING ON IN THE IMMEDIATE
12:37 - FUTURE.
12:38 - I WANT TO MAKE SURE AS I SAID
12:40 - ON THIS BROADBAND AUTHORITY
12:42 - THAT WE
12:43 - HAVE THIS UP AND OPERATIONAL
12:45 - AND FUNCTIONAL BEFORE MY TERM
12:46 - ENDS AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.
12:48 - I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK HARD
12:50 - EVERY DAY ON BEHALF OF THE
12:52 - PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT
12:53 - AND YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT
12:55 - LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVE JUST
12:56 - LIKE THE CONSTITUTIONAL
12:57 - AMENDMENT THAT I WANT TO
12:58 - CONTINUE TO WORK ON IT AND MOVE
13:00 - FORWARD WITH.
13:01 - ALL RIGHT REPRESENTATIVE
13:02 - PAM SNYDER FROM WASHINGTON
13:04 - COUNTY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
13:06 - THANK YOU SO MUCH IT WAS A
13:08 - PLEASURE.