Earlier this week. Speech is about 15 minutes. [applause]. Raise your right hand place. I read jonathan do solemnly swear that i will support the constitution of the united states. In the constitution of the state of mississippi. And obey the law thereof, that i am not disqualified, promoting the god office of governor, for the state of mississippi. And i will faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which i am about to enter. So help me god. Congratulations. [background sounds] thank you mr. Chief justice, governor bryant, governor barbara, thank you for being here. Lt. Governor, president kirby, speaker white, members of the mississippi legislature, friends, family, and my fellow mississippians, is my greatest honor to stand before you today and take the sacred oath. I was just 29 years old when i first took enough in this capital. To serve the people of this great state. The last part of that oath in the heart of the end of the day, and it drives me still today. So help me god. The call to action of the oath of office is noncommitment to be perfect. It is a commitment to seek the guidance of the almighty god to compensate for human cruelty. Our forebears and mississippi governments, were not perfect. But the perfectly scripted this oath. As you governor, you have my commitment to seek god news guidance and god news will and all that i do. [applause]. We began the celebration on sunday, and the church where we have worshiped since we were students in college. In a start the celebration, we pray not that will we would be perfect but that we would be faithful. I would like to take a few moments today, to talk about the road ahead of us and about what is behind us. 2019, was a tough campaign year. Some would say it was a full contact campaign. But, that campaign is over. Campaigns by necessity highlight differences governing is about coming together. Heres my promise, this will be an administration for all mississippi. For all of mississippi. [applause]. That is our theme here today. That will be our motto. That means, are two priorities will be defending the living culture that underpins our quality of life and growing the economy that liz all of our families. A culture of love and kinship and has knitted mississippi family sealer time into each other for ages. It is what makes us special in a fastpaced and transient world. I will defend that culture against the erosion that creates society. And i will work to make sure our State Government functions reflect the love we have for each other. That will mean, taking care of foster kids. That will mean getting special kids the special needs kids the special company. And yes, it will mean claiming of corrections to provide for the safety of our systems citizens and Human Dignity of all within the system. [applause]. And will mean making sure the State Government is not causing more problems than it solves. And of course, the very best way to solve problems for families is to get them great jobs. [applause]. A growing vibrant economy solve more problems than any government giveaway ever could. [applause]. A Government Program helps for a month but a good paint career as a family for generations. [applause]. It is my mission to spend every single day creating a climate where good careers are plentiful with every mississippian prepared to pursue them. To do this, we must raise our byline and our expectations. It must not be our new mission to suddenly keep up with arkansas or alabama, it must be our goal to compete for the very best job in all of the world. We can do it. It starts with workforce training. I am committed to a history making entries in workforce training in our state. A skill based system will be the envy of the nation. [applause]. I am committed to elevating our Public Schools the means of pay raise for every teacher in a new mission to give a Smart NationalBoard Certified teachers per capita than any state in the nation. [applause]. You will note, but i did not say more than anyone in the midsouth, i did not say number one in the southeast. I said number one in the nation. [applause]. It is a goal we can achieve and one worth achieving. We have done it before, and we can do it again. [applause]. While we rebuild the way we train our workforce, from kindergarten beyond high school, we will travel the world to find the job trainers who want to be our partners. We will comb our state to my the companies that want to grow. We will lower barriers to innovation and we will do everything in our power to make sure this is the easiest place in america to start and to grow a business. [applause]. Youve heard governors talk about opportunity as long as we have had governors. I want you to know for me, it is not just a matter of politics. It is not just a matter of policies. It is personal. My dad is joining me in the chamber today, and that is more than fitting. I wouldve never made it into any chambers without him or my mom and my brother. My dad grew up as one of 11 kids in a two room house in mississippi. If youd like to my dad circumstances, you never wouldve guessed what it would have accomplished. But then he started working on air conditioners. He worked hard. He grew and he built any grind until he was one of the most respected people in his field. In the entire state of mississippi. His skills and his character changed his life. And that changed mine. It must be the mission of our government, to open the doors of generational opportunities to more people in our state. North and south. Man and woman. Blackandwhite. When we graduated, we both had opportunities to work in other states. I think we can all agree that people seem to like her better so she probably had more opportunities than i did. We were way too young to be wise. So we did make one wise decision that shaped our lives ever since. Together, as a young couple, we decided to stand our ground in mississippi. We decided. [applause]. We decided we would get married. We decided to pursue mississippi careers. We decided we would raise mississippi kids. [applause]. And then, we decided we would Work Together to make mississippi better. I have never regretted it. [applause]. Lets give a round of applause to neely for all she has put up with. [applause]. [applause]. Surprise, she is the largest deposit of the end of the day. We have never regretted those decisions. And now as governor, i will spare no thing to finish the job we started. As state treasurer, and a shotgun on Development Mission with the greatest salesman mississippi has ever known. As lt. Governor, i got to walk shoulder to shoulder with a great listener who can relate to every person in mississippi. Governor barbara, and governor bryant, you have prepared me well and i thank you. [applause]. The greatest preparation you gave me, was the understanding that no governor does this job alone. Leadership is an attitude of common purpose. It is the product of solidarity. It comes only when we all began caring about each other more than ourselves. The kind of leadership requires a sense of mission. Not just for our governor. Not just for our legislature. But a sense of mission for paul mississippi. Im asking you today, to join me in that mission. We must care about each other enough to overcome our differences. We must be faithful to each other enough to outlast our shortcomings. And we must be committed to each other enough to raise our expectation. When i took that first oath of office in 2003, i did not know how long my service would last. All i knew is that you, the people of mississippi, had demonstrated a faith in me that it might never be able to make. I have never underestimated your trust. I have never forgotten the oath to pursuit service with the help of our guide. I wake up every day working to bring us together and to make our state the ally can be. Work that will be done by all of mississippi, for all of mississippi. [applause]. Thank you for your support and thank you for your prayers. God bless you, god bless your families and may god bless the great state of mississippi. [applause]. 2020 democratic president ial candidates, joe biden, be due to digestion senators amy for shark and remarks at this year news legislative conference of the i was state Education Association unit into my british wifi saturday beginning at 20 to 25 easter because he spent online assessment of art from the sunlight with the free cspan radio app. For the third time in history, a president is on trial in the u. S. Senate. 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