That somehow the big cities have all the answers, but in some cases, some smalltown approaches might be the things that you actually solve some of the challenges that were facing in our large metros. [people cheering] [margaret] burgum earned a spot in the first gop president ial debate, where he stood by his commitment to support his partys nominee. As he looks to expand his national profile, what does governor doug burgum say now . [announcer] firing line with Margaret Hoover is made possible in part by robert granieri, vanessa and henry cornell, the fairweather foundation, the tepper foundation, the asness family foundation, the mckenna family foundation, charles r. Schwab, and by the rosalind p. Walter foundation, and damon button. Corporate funding is provided by stephens inc. Governor doug burgum, welcome to firing line. Margaret, great to be with you, excited to be with you, honored to be with you. You, governor, have an extensive record of success in the private sector, and you
Governor dennis duguard. [ applause ] [ applause continues ] thank you very much. Thank you, Lieutenant Governor. Youre outstanding. Thank you all for being here today. To begin, i would like to recognize two new legislators, first, doug bartell. Appointed him to replace don hager. Doug spent his career in Law Enforcement, including 12 years as due pauls chief of police. He was here last month and sworn in. Lets welcome him again. Doug where are you . There he is. Welcome. [ applause ] second is mike dedrick. I appointed mike last month following the loss of our friend, craig teasen. Mike has served three terms in the 80s and 90s. I appreciate his willingness to serve, especially on short notice. Please join me in welcoming mike. [ applause ] today, i would like to look back at some of the things weve accomplished together over the past seven years, and update you on some progress. Ill also offer new proposals to consider this year. I would like to start today by talking about workforc
Yu Lieutenant Governor stanford. It is a pleasure serving with you, appreciate all that you are doing, and appreciate the fact you are staying so close to your kids. I cant even get through the first line. This guy is amazing as a dad, a partner, former cfo, he is exactly what the state needs it is a key part of what we have gotten done as well. [applause] governing is a team effort and there are three branches of government and we are well represented here today. We have four of the five Supreme Court justices that serve our state here today including the chief justice, longestserving justice in the history of north dakota but lets honor our judicial court, if you guys could stand to be recognized. [applause] and we have a fabulous turn out of state legislators hear from across the state, they have different from all over, these people serve all of you, not just when they are in session but all year round so if we could have all our state senators and representatives today please stan
The people of south dakota listening and viewing this, please welcome the honorable governor dennis daugaard. [applause] applause continues ] [ applause] governor daugaard thank you. Thank you, very much. Thank you, Lieutenant Governor. Youre outstanding. Thank you all for being here today. To begin, i would like to recognize two new legislators, first, doug bartel. I appointed doug to replace don hager. Doug spent his career in Law Enforcement, including 12 years as due pauls chief of police. He was sworn in last month. Lets welcome him again. , where are you . There he is. Welcome. [applause] second is mike diedrich. I appointed mike last month following the loss of our friend, craig teasen. Mike has served three terms in the 1980s and 1990s. I appreciate his willingness to serve, especially on short notice. Please join me in welcoming mike diedrich. [applause] today, i would like to look back at some of the things weve accomplished together over the past seven years, and update you
Thank you, lieutenant sanford. It is a pleasure serving with you. We appreciate everything you are doing and you and sandy and the sacrifices youre making. I pressure staying close to watford, your kids. I cant even get through the first line. This guy is amazing. As a dad, partner, cfo, exactly what state needs right now and is a key part to what we got done this last year. [ applause ] governing is team effort and there are three branches of government and we are well represented here today. We have 4 of the 5 Supreme Court justices that serve our state here today. Including the chief justice, longest serving justice in history of north dakota. But lets honor our judicial court, if you guys could stand. And be recognized. [ applause ] we have a fabulous turnout of state legislator from across the state. They have driven from all over. They serve all of you, not just when they are in session, but all yearround. If we could have our state senators and representatives here today please