Rep. Josh Kail, R-Beaver and Washington - Pennsylvania's Neighborhood: Washington
00:01 - REPRESENTATIVE JOSH KAIL IS
00:02 - REPUBLICAN WHO REPRESENTS THE
00:03 - 15TH DISTRICT. IT FOR THE
00:05 - PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE OF
00:05 - REPRESENTATIVES AND YOUR
00:06 - DISTRICT INCLUDES PARTS OF
00:07 - BEAVER AND
00:08 - WASHINGTON COUNTIES. COUNCIL
00:10 - BUT UP OUT ABOUT THE PART OF
00:11 - THE DISTRICT IN WASHINGTON
00:12 - COUNTY. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY SO THE
00:14 - WASHINGTON COUNTY PORTION OF MY
00:15 - DISTRICT IS ABOUT.
00:17 - GEOGRAPHICALLY THE ENTIRE
00:18 - LEFT SIDE OF THE COUNTY IT'S
00:20 - IT'S A LOT OF SPACE.
00:22 - IT'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT LAND
00:24 - AREAS, HOWEVER, IT'S VERY
00:25 - RURAL. SO THERE'S A LOT OF
00:27 - FARMS THERE'S A LOT DAIRY FARMS
00:30 - AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT
00:31 - OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF NATURAL GAS
00:32 - INTERESTS AS WELL. THE DRILLING
00:34 - HAPPENING THERE AND IN THE
00:36 - SOUTHERN PORTION OF MY WASHING
00:37 - COUNTY AREA. THERE'S ALSO COAL
00:39 - MINES AND ENTRANCES THE COAL
00:40 - MINES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE
00:42 - SO ENERGY CENTRIC THAT VERY
00:44 - MUCH SO IF SMALL TOWNS LIKE OF
00:46 - I A AND BERNSTEIN
00:47 - AND CLAYSVILLE
00:49 - BETTER YOU KNOW JUST GREAT
00:51 - SMALL A SMALL TOWN AMERICA
00:53 - TOWNS THAT WE ENJOY GOING TO
00:56 - IN THE SUMMER AND AND FOR THEIR
00:58 - CHRISTMAS PARADES AND ALL KINDS
00:59 - OF STUFF LIKE THAT. SO YOU
01:00 - MENTIONED IT'S A IT'S A
01:01 - RURAL AREA. IF IF WE WERE
01:03 - DRIVING DOWN THE ROADS IN IN
01:05 - THAT PART OF THE DISTRICT WHERE
01:06 - WHAT WE SEE.
01:08 - YOU WOULD WHAT I CALL STEEP
01:11 - MUDDY HILLS. BECAUSE IT'S YOU
01:14 - KNOW I IT BORDERS
01:15 - WEST, VIRGINIA. SO IT'S VERY
01:18 - YOU KNOW STEEP IT'S NOT JUST
01:21 - THE ROUND KIND OF HILLS IS THE
01:22 - FURTHER SOUTHWEST YOU GO IN THE
01:23 - CORNER OF THE DISTRICT, THE
01:24 - FURTHER YOU GET TO WEST,
01:26 - VIRGINIA. IT IS THE
01:28 - GEOGRAPHY BECOMES TOO DIFFICULT
01:31 - TO NAVIGATE ON DIFFICULT TO
01:32 - BUILD ROADS ON DIFFICULT TO
01:34 - MAINTAIN ROADS ARE WHICH
01:36 - OBVIOUSLY BECOMES AN ISSUE
01:38 - AS FAR AS MY ROLE IN ADVOCATING
01:40 - FOR ROADS AND AND FUNDING FOR
01:41 - THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
01:43 - YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SMALL TOWNS
01:45 - YOU CAN SEE A COUPLE DIFFERENT
01:46 - STATE HIGHWAYS THAT GOES FOR
01:47 - SMALL TOWNS. PLACES LIKE AMITY
01:50 - AND AVELLA THAT AREA THAT BIRD
01:53 - SOUND PARIS. A FLORANCE SAYS
01:56 - SMALL AREAS THAT THAT TIME
01:59 - THAT ARE SMALL KNIT
02:00 - COMMUNITIES, TIGHT KNIT THAT
02:03 - ARE REALLY INTERESTING PLACES
02:04 - AND THERE'S HISTORY IN THIS
02:05 - PLACE IS TOO THAT THIS
02:06 - FASCINATE US ONE TIME
02:08 - WES MELTON. THAT THAT WAS PART
02:10 - OF YOU KNOW PART OF THE
02:12 - UNDERGROUND RAILROAD AND THEY
02:13 - HAVE A RICH HISTORY THERE AND
02:15 - THEY PRESERVE THAT HISTORY AND
02:17 - IT'S JUST FASCINATING
02:18 - TO SEE HOW PROUD THEY ARE OF
02:20 - THAT HISTORY. IT'S A SMALLER
02:21 - SMALLER TOM PROBABLY A 150
02:23 - PEOPLE THERE, BUT IT HAS A VERY
02:25 - RICH HISTORY. AND THAT'S THAT'S
02:26 - A LOT OF MY DISTRICTS LIKE THAT
02:28 - TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
02:29 - SOME OF THE INDUSTRIES IN THE
02:31 - REGION IN TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT
02:32 - IN TERMS OF THEIR IMPACT MUCH
02:34 - OF THE ENERGY INDUSTRY ENERGY
02:35 - INDUSTRY IS DEFINITELY A BIG
02:37 - ONE WE HAVE A LOT OF NATURAL
02:38 - GAS DRILLING IN FACT IN MY
02:40 - DISTRICT IN PART IT'S PROBABLY
02:41 - IN THE WASHINGTON COUNTY PART
02:43 - OF MY SOME IN BEAVER COUNTY BUT
02:45 - HAS MOSTLY BEEN WATCHING PARTY.
02:47 - WASHINGTON COUNTY PARK, RANGE
02:49 - RESOURCES HAS MORE ASSETS THERE
02:50 - THAN ANY OTHER A DISTRICT IN
02:52 - THE
02:52 - ENTIRE STATE. SO
02:55 - IT IT SIGNIFICANT ENERGY
02:58 - THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT IN
03:00 - THE FIELD AND ENERGY.
03:03 - A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS
03:04 - BENEFIT FROM THE ENERGY
03:05 - INDUSTRY. YOU KNOW THAT THAT
03:07 - AREA. THAT AREA OF
03:10 - THE DISTRICTS AND REALLY THE
03:12 - ENTIRE DISTRICTS WHEN THE MILLS
03:14 - LEFT THE STILL MOST LEFT IN THE
03:16 - MID 80'S, EARLY 80'S,
03:17 - LATE 70'S. IT DEVASTATED THOSE
03:21 - AND SO SEEING THE ENERGY
03:22 - INDUSTRY COME BACK TO THE
03:23 - REGION THE PAST 15 OR
03:25 - SO YEARS HAS REALLY BEEN A
03:26 - BLESSING A BENEFIT FOR THE
03:28 - REGION NOT NOT JUST FOR
03:29 - EMPLOYMENT. EITHER FOR FARM
03:32 - SAID THERE'S A LOT OF FARMS
03:33 - THAT WERE STRUGGLING TO MAKE
03:34 - ENDS MEET AND AND THEN THE
03:37 - INDUSTRY COMES IN AND THEY GET
03:39 - THROATY PAYMENTS AND WORKING
03:42 - THROUGH BONUS PAYMENTS STUFF
03:43 - LIKE THAT IT'S IT'S BEEN A VERY
03:44 - BENEFICIAL. THE NATURAL GAS
03:46 - INDUSTRY IN PARTICULAR BUT ALSO
03:48 - COAL MINE WE STILL HAVE A LOT
03:49 - OF COAL MINING IN THE REGION
03:51 - AFTER TO CLEAN THE SOUTHERN
03:52 - PART OF THE REGION EAST WEST
03:53 - FINLEY. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN
03:54 - THAT PEOPLE ARE EMPLOYED BY
03:56 - THAT INDUSTRY
03:56 - AS WELL. WHAT'S THE PARTISAN
03:58 - MAKEUP OF YOUR DISTRICT IS IN
04:00 - TERMS OF DEMOCRATS AND
04:01 - REPUBLICANS INTERESTING SO WHEN
04:04 - I
04:04 - FIRST RAN WHICH WAS 2018 WAS MY
04:07 - FIRST ELECTION IS ABOUT IT IN A
04:09 - 5050'S. NOT RIGHT BECAUSE
04:11 - THERE'S INDEPENDENCE AND THERE
04:12 - AS WELL. THOSE PRETTY
04:13 - EVEN BETWEEN REPUBLICANS AND
04:15 - DEMOCRAT REGISTRATION WISE.
04:19 - WE WON THE SEAT BY 24 POINTS.
04:21 - THE FIRST THE FIRST YEAR AND
04:22 - THE LAST TIME IRAN WAS
04:24 - 42 POINTS. SO THE THE
04:27 - REGISTRATION REALLY DOESN'T
04:28 - MEAN A LOT OF DEMOCRATS ARE
04:31 - CONSERVATIVE DEMOCRATS 20 YEARS
04:33 - AGO THAT AREA WOULD HAVE BEEN
04:36 - HARD BLUE IN FACT
04:39 - THOUGH THE WEISE WAS IN THE
04:40 - DISTRICT JUST SOUTH OF WHERE
04:41 - I'M AT THE BORDER THAT MIKE FEE
04:44 - ON WAS IN PARTS OF MY NORTHERN
04:45 - PART OF THE DISTRICT, NEW
04:47 - LEADERSHIP FROM THE DEMOCRAT
04:48 - PARTY. JUST 20 YEARS AGO I GOT
04:51 - TO
04:51 - SAY I CANVASSING THE AREA
04:54 - KNOWING THE AREA GETTING AROUND
04:55 - KNOCKING ON A LOT OF DOORS IN
04:56 - THE REGION. THERE'S A
04:58 - SENTIMENT THAT IT'S A LOT OF
05:01 - SPECIAL PARTICULAR WITH THE THE
05:02 - DEMOCRATS IN THE REGION THE
05:05 - PARTY HAS LEFT THEM. BUT THE
05:07 - PARTY DOES NOT REPRESENT THEIR
05:08 - VALUES ANYMORE. SO I TELL MY
05:10 - FRIENDS ALL THE TIME ON ON THE
05:12 - REPUBLICAN SIDE. IT'S A LISTEN.
05:15 - AND THESE THESE MY
05:17 - CONSTITUENTS, THEY'RE THEY'RE
05:18 - NOT
05:18 - CRAZY ABOUT. BUT REPUBLICANS
05:20 - SAY JUST ARE VERY UPSET WITH
05:22 - WHAT DEMOCRATS IT'S AN
05:23 - INTERESTING
05:24 - DYNAMIC OUT HOW THE DEMOCRATIC
05:26 - PARTY HAS BECOME MORE OF A
05:28 - METROPOLITAN PARTY MORE OF A
05:29 - CITY URBAN PARTY WE'RE SEEING
05:30 - THAT ACROSS THE COUNTRY RIGHT
05:32 - NOW I KNOW THAT LIEUTENANT
05:33 - GOVERNOR FETTERMAN
05:34 - TALKS ABOUT THESE ISSUES ALL
05:35 - THE TIME ABOUT BRINGING RURAL
05:37 - AMERICANS BACK INTO THE FOLD
05:38 - FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY,
05:39 - BUT IDEOLOGICALLY THAT
05:41 - PARTICULAR SOCIAL ISSUES
05:42 - WHETHER IT'S LIFE OR GUNS OR
05:44 - FISCAL ISSUES ON TAXES. IT'S
05:47 - THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT THE
05:49 - DEMOCRATIC PARTY WOULD HAVE TO
05:50 - DO TO BRING HIM BACK WE TALK TO
05:52 - YOUR CONSTITUENTS SO WHAT ARE
05:53 - SOME OF THE
05:54 - TOP KEY THAT THAT YOU KNOW
05:56 - ABOUT ENERGY IS A BIG ONE
05:58 - FARMING FARMING IS IS A BIG ONE
06:00 - WE HAVE DAIRY FARMS AND
06:02 - DIFFERENT TYPES OF FARMS IN
06:03 - WASHINGTON COUNTY. SECOND
06:07 - AMENDMENT ISSUES
06:08 - BEING SUPPORTIVE OF THE SECOND
06:09 - AMENDMENT MAKING SURE THERE'S
06:10 - NOTHING INFRINGING UPON IT
06:12 - WITH LEGISLATION TAXES IS A BIG
06:15 - ISSUE IN LIFE LIFE IS A BIG
06:16 - ISSUE BEING PRO LIFE AND
06:18 - SUPPORTING THE UNBORN AND
06:19 - PROTECT THE UNBORN AS MUCH AS
06:20 - WE CAN. ON FEBRUARY GOVERNOR
06:23 - WOLF. OUR PROPOSAL, 43.7
06:25 - BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET FOR THIS
06:27 - NEXT FISCAL YEAR OR WHAT YOU
06:28 - THINK.
06:30 - CONCERNING I UNDERSTAND THAT WE
06:32 - HAVE OR SERVERS AND I
06:34 - UNDERSTAND THAT CERTAIN PEOPLE
06:35 - WOULD LIKE TO SPEND THEIR
06:36 - RESERVES AND THE GOVERNOR WOULD
06:37 - LIKE TO
06:38 - THE FILL CERTAIN VOIDS AND
06:39 - LISTEN THERE'S ALWAYS GOOD
06:40 - REASONS THAT WE COULD FIND OR
06:42 - ARE SAYING MESSAGE TO SPEND
06:44 - MONEY RIGHT THERE'S ALWAYS
06:45 - SOMETHING THAT WE COULD FIND NO
06:46 - THIS
06:46 - IS A GREAT REASON TO DO IT.
06:48 - THE PROBLEM IS IT'S A YEAR TOO
06:50 - WITH A NEW GOVERNOR
06:51 - WHEN THERE AREN'T ALL THIS ALL
06:53 - THIS FEDERAL MONEY OUT THERE.
06:55 - WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A HARD YOU
06:57 - KNOW KEEPING UP
06:58 - AND IT'S EITHER GOING TO BE
06:59 - MESSAGE SAYS CUTS THAT WERE
07:01 - DONE BY THE LEGISLATURE.
07:03 - THE NEW GOVERNOR WHOEVER IT IS.
07:06 - OR SOMEBODY IS GOING TO HAVE TO
07:08 - RAISE TAXES AND I THINK THAT'S
07:10 - A PROBLEM
07:10 - YOU KNOW THE PUBLIC OFFICE
07:12 - REQUIRES PUBLIC TRUST
07:14 - AND ONE OF OUR MAJOR
07:15 - RESPONSIBILITIES WITH THE
07:16 - PUBLIC FISK. YES, IT LOOKS
07:19 - GREAT NOW WITH ALL THE
07:20 - DIFFERENT FEDERAL FUNDING THAT
07:21 - WE'RE GETTING
07:22 - BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE FLEETING
07:24 - AND HE'S GOING TO COME A TIME
07:26 - WHEN WE NEED THE RESOURCES AND
07:28 - WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO HAVE IT
07:29 - AND WE'RE GOING TO WISH THAT WE
07:30 - HAD SPENT IT SO I'M IN FAVOR
07:33 - OF HAVING RAINY DAY FUNDS I'M
07:34 - IN FAVOR OF KEEPING MORE OR
07:36 - LESS THE NUMBERS WHERE THEY ARE
07:37 - NOT INCREASING THEM ARE
07:38 - INCREASING AS LITTLE
07:39 - AS POSSIBLE. AND SAVING THAT
07:42 - MONEY FOR FUTURE BUDGETS SO
07:44 - THAT WHEN WE
07:44 - DO SEE SLOWDOWNS IN THE ECONOMY
07:47 - NOT AS MUCH REVENUE COMING IN.
07:49 - AND WE HAVE SOMETHING TO FALL
07:51 - BACK ON SAYS HIS BUDGET PROCESS
07:53 - UNFOLDS ARE THERE SPECIFIC
07:55 - SUBJECT AREAS YOU'RE GOING TO
07:56 - KEEP YOUR EYE ON.
07:57 - YEAH I THINK IN PARTICULAR
07:58 - IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING
08:01 - ENERGY ISSUES KIND OF FIT INTO
08:03 - THE BUDGET PROCESS.
08:05 - I THINK WITH THE CURRENT
08:07 - REGGIE DEBATE THERE MIGHT
08:08 - BE SOME.
08:10 - MINGLING THERE TO TRY AND FIT
08:12 - REQUIREMENT THAT THE
08:13 - LEGISLATURE APPROVED REGGIE
08:15 - INTO THE BUDGET PROCESS INTO A
08:17 - FISCAL CODE OR MISTREAT COULD
08:19 - MAYBE I'M
08:19 - NOT SURE. EXACTLY OUT OF THE
08:22 - STRATEGY, BUT I THINK THERE'S
08:23 - GOING TO BE INJURY ISSUES THERE
08:24 - I THINK NOW WOULD BE A GREAT
08:26 - TIME TO LOWER THE CORPORATE NET
08:27 - INCOME TAX.
08:28 - THE GOVERNOR HAS TALKED ABOUT
08:29 - AND I THINK THE GOVERNOR'S IS
08:31 - RIGHT TO BE LOOKING AT THAT
08:33 - PENNSYLVANIA IS THE
08:34 - THIRD-HIGHEST NOW I THINK
08:35 - THANKS TO NEW JERSEY PASSING US
08:36 - JUST RECENTLY
08:38 - AND THAT'S A MAJOR ISSUE NOW
08:40 - THE PETROCHEMICAL PLANT
08:42 - THAT SHOWS BUILDING IN BEAVER
08:43 - COUNTY THAT'S IN MY IN MY
08:45 - DISTRICT IN NORTHERN PART OF MY
08:46 - DISTRICT AND I'VE BEEN TALKING
08:48 - TO A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOKING TO
08:49 - INVEST AROUND THAT PLANT
08:50 - BECAUSE IT'S LIKE AN ANCHOR
08:51 - MANUFACTURER, OTHER
08:53 - MANUFACTURERS COME JUST TO BE
08:54 - AROUND IT AND THE SERVICE
08:55 - THAT PLANT OR TO USE THE
08:58 - PRODUCT THAT'S COMING FROM THE
08:59 - PLANT
09:01 - YOU KNOW THAT'S ONE OF THE
09:02 - MAJOR DRAWBACKS FOR PEOPLE I
09:04 - TALKED TO INVESTOR THEY TELL ME
09:05 - WELL YOUR GUYS TAX SCHEME
09:07 - IS TOO. IT'S TOO TOUGH ON NEW
09:09 - INVESTMENT AND IT'S ALSO A WITH
09:12 - THE REGULATORY SCHEMES THAT WE
09:13 - HAVEN'T REALLY PERMITTING
09:15 - DELAYS NOT SO MUCH WHAT THEY
09:16 - HAVE TO PERMIT FOR. BUT THE
09:18 - DELAYS IN PERMITTING IS A HUGE
09:20 - ISSUE AS WELL. SO WE'RE TRYING
09:22 - TO COMPETE WITH WEST, VIRGINIA
09:23 - AND OHIO.
09:24 - SO I THINK IT'S SMART IN THIS
09:25 - BUDGET CYCLE TO DEAL WITH THOSE
09:27 - TAX CODE ISSUES. I HAVE A NET
09:29 - OPERATING LOSS PILL
09:31 - AND THAT BASICALLY WOULD NEAR
09:32 - WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
09:33 - DOES WITH OUR OUR TAXES AND HOW
09:35 - THEY CARRY FORWARD LOSSES
09:36 - CARRY FORWARD. SO I'D LIKE TO
09:38 - SEE THAT PART OF THE
09:39 - CONVERSATION AS WELL, BUT.
09:41 - I DO THINK THAT ULTIMATELY THE
09:44 - ANSWER FOR PENNSYLVANIA.
09:46 - AND AS FAR AS. REVENUES AND AND
09:49 - MONEY COMING IN. I THINK WHAT
09:51 - WE REALLY HAVE TO FOCUS ON IS
09:53 - GROWING THE PIE AND NOT FINDING
09:55 - MORE WAYS TO CUT IT UP MEANING
09:57 - WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON
09:58 - ITS GROSS ECONOMIC GROWTH AND
10:01 - INCENTIVIZING BUSINESSES TO
10:02 - COME
10:03 - TO PENNSYLVANIA. INSTEAD OF
10:06 - TAXING THEM AWAY FROM
10:07 - PENNSYLVANIA BECAUSE WE CAN
10:08 - RAISE TAXES AND WE MIGHT GET
10:09 - MORE REVENUE FOR 6 MONTHS OR
10:11 - YEAR. BUT EVENTUALLY THOSE
10:12 - COMPANIES ARE GOING TO KEEP
10:13 - LEAVING AND LEAVING AND LEAVING
10:15 - AND THEN WE'LL HAVE LESS TAXES
10:16 - BECAUSE WE HAVE LESS OF A
10:17 - TAX BASE. SO WE HAVE TO
10:19 - INCREASE THE TAX BASE, I THINK
10:20 - IT'S IMPORTANT THAT CUTTING
10:22 - TAXES A BIG WAY TO DO IT.
10:23 - WE HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF
10:24 - MINUTES LEFT YES PROBABLY NOT
10:25 - SO FAST
10:26 - THIS BUT YOU MENTIONED REGGIE,
10:28 - THE REGIONAL GREENHOUSE GAS
10:29 - INITIATIVE TO YOU.
10:30 - GIVE US
10:30 - A BRIEF EXPLORATION WELL IT IS
10:32 - AND WHY IT'S CONTENTIOUS RIGHT
10:33 - NOW, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY SO REGGIE
10:35 - IS A CARBON TAX BASICALLY A TAX
10:38 - ON ELECTRICITY. THAT THE
10:40 - GOVERNOR HAS SINGLE-HANDEDLY AT
10:41 - THEIR BEST AND TO NOW THERE'S
10:43 - 11 OTHER STATES THAT HAVE DONE
10:44 - IT. NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY AND
10:47 - MARYLAND.
10:47 - AND VIRGINIA IS OR WAS AND
10:50 - THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT GETTING
10:51 - OUT OF
10:51 - IT NOW. AND STATES IN THE
10:54 - NORTHEAST A ALL 11 OF THEM HAVE
10:57 - HAD LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL OF THE
10:59 - PROCESS IS NOT BEEN
11:01 - JUST ONE PERSON DOING IT NEW
11:02 - YORK THE GOVERNOR DID DO IT BY
11:04 - HIMSELF INITIALLY THEY WANT
11:05 - BACK ABOUT LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL
11:07 - FOR IT. IT'S SO BASICALLY WHAT
11:10 - WE'RE SEEING IS
11:12 - IT'S AN ADDITIONAL PAYMENT THAT
11:15 - GETS PUT ON CONSUMERS AND WE
11:17 - HAVE ALL THIS INFLATION COMING
11:18 - IN AND PEOPLE ARE ALREADY
11:19 - PAYING HIGHER BILLS ON THERE
11:21 - AND OR GASOLINE OR FOOD OR
11:23 - WHATEVER IT IS NOW GOING TO
11:24 - START SEEING HIGHER BILLS ON
11:25 - YOUR ENERGY BILLS AS WELL TO
11:27 - HEAT
11:27 - YOUR HOME. IT'S THERE'S OTHER
11:29 - PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH IT AS
11:31 - WELL I I THINK
11:33 - THAT'S ONE THING FOR NEW YORK
11:34 - OR NEW JERSEY OR THOSE STATES
11:36 - LIKE THAT TO GET INTO IT, BUT
11:38 - WE ARE AN ENERGY
11:39 - PRODUCING STATE. WE EXPORT
11:41 - ENERGY HERE, PENNSYLVANIA,
11:43 - MEANING THAT WE PRODUCE THAT WE
11:45 - GENERATED AND THEN WE SELL THE
11:47 - STATES LIKE
11:48 - NEW YORK AND A SPEEDO THE SOUTH
11:50 - THEM ALLOWS THEM TO KEEP THEIR
11:52 - NUMBERS LOW
11:54 - BY THE WAY OVER THE COURSE OF
11:55 - THE LAST 10 YEARS, OUR CARBON
11:56 - EMISSIONS HAVE SHRUNK
11:57 - SIGNIFICANTLY SIGNIFICANTLY AND
12:00 - IT'S FOR ONE REASON IT'S
12:01 - BECAUSE OF NATURAL GAS ENTERING
12:03 - INTO THE GENERATION
12:05 - WE SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT
12:06 - OUR ENVIRONMENT WE SHOULD BE
12:07 - COGNIZANT OF THAT AND THAT'S
12:08 - WHY WE SHOULD BE DRILLING MORE
12:10 - NATURAL GAS AND USING IT
12:12 - INSTEAD OF OTHER METHODS OR OR
12:14 - GETTING IN THE CARBON CAPTURE.
12:17 - AND USING COAL FIRE PLANTS
12:19 - USING CARBON CAPTURE TECHNOLOGY
12:21 - AND HEADING TOWARDS
12:22 - THAT DIRECTION AS OPPOSED
12:25 - CURATIVE LEE PUNISHING
12:27 - GENERATORS THAT ARE REALLY
12:28 - PROVIDING A CLEAN PRODUCT FOR
12:29 - THE ENTIRE NORTHEAST.
12:31 - WE HAVE JUST ABOUT A MINUTE
12:32 - LEFT TO THE GOVERNOR HAS ALSO
12:34 - PROPOSED INCREASING SPENDING ON
12:36 - BASIC EDUCATION IS THAT
12:38 - SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE
12:39 - TO SEE FOR YOUR SCHOOLS IN YOUR
12:39 - DISTRICT. I THINK THERE
12:41 - DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE
12:42 - EDUCATION REFORM.
12:45 - I'M SUSPECT OF EVERY YEAR
12:47 - SAYING WE NEED MORE MONEY WE
12:48 - NEED MORE MONEY AND THEN WE SAY
12:50 - THE SYSTEM'S BROKEN SYSTEM
12:51 - IS BROKE. I CAN REMEMBER LAST
12:54 - REPRESENTATIVE MATT BRADFORD
12:56 - THE APPROPRIATIONS CHAIR
12:57 - FOR DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE OF
12:59 - REPRESENTATIVES SAYING
13:00 - EDUCATION SYSTEMS BROKE IT'S
13:02 - BROKE IT'S BROKE AND THEN
13:03 - TURNING AROUND AND SAYING WHAT
13:06 - WE NEED TO DO IS THROW MORE
13:07 - MONEY AT I THINK IF YOU KEEP
13:08 - THROWING MONEY AT A BROKEN
13:10 - SYSTEM. THERE'S A PROBLEM I
13:11 - AGREE THAT THERE ARE DEFINITELY
13:13 - DEFICIENCIES WITHIN
13:14 - OUR SYSTEM. AND I DO
13:16 - THINK IT'S CRITICAL THAT OUR
13:19 - DISTRICTS SPEND MONEY WISELY.
13:23 - AND I DO THINK THERE'S WAYS
13:24 - THAT WE CAN REFORM THE SYSTEM
13:26 - BUT CONTINUING TO JUST THROW
13:27 - MONEY AT THE SYSTEM I DON'T
13:29 - THINK THAT'S A
13:30 - LONG TERM. FIX TO WHAT WE'RE
13:32 - SEEING AND SOME SCHOOL
13:33 - DISTRICTS ARE WONDER 5 SCHOOL
13:35 - DISTRICTS IN MY AREA THAT WE'RE
13:37 - VERY HAPPY WITH IT TO A GREAT
13:38 - JOB. BUT OTHER ONES ARE TONIGHT
13:41 - JUST THINK PARENTS OUGHT TO BE
13:42 - IN CONTROL OF THAT PROCESS AND
13:44 - I THINK THEY OUGHT TO HAVE A
13:45 - SAY WHERE THEIR KIDS CAN GO TO
13:46 - SCHOOL AND WHAT TYPE OF
13:47 - EDUCATION THEY GET.
13:49 - REPRESENTATIVE JOSH KAIL
13:50 - REPRESENTED THE 15TH DISTRICT
13:51 - IN BEAVER AND WASHINGTON
13:52 - COUNTIES. THANK YOU FOR JOINING
13:53 - US ABSOLUTELY THANKS FOR HAVING
13:55 - ANY TIME.