It is no small task to be up here. We would like to welcome our panelists. Starting with dan from oxford house, state coordinator from oklahoma. [applause] Curtis Taylor, oxford house alumni from North Carolina. Michael, oxford house alumni, outreach in florida. [applause] jason wilson, oxford house resident and reentry coordinator, North Carolina. Jesse. What did i say . Jesse. And ann cleveland, oxford house alumni. [applause] over three quarters of oxford house population has done some jail or prison time. In america today, approximately 60 of those in jail or prisons are addicted to alcohol or drugs. Each year, thousands of those incarcerated reenter society. However, within one year of reentry, about half of those individuals will commit another crime and head to conviction and reentry into incarceration. The experience of those who enter oxford house following incarceration is usually longterm recovery in crime free recovery and crime free behavior. In some states, oxford house h
[ applause ] members of the cabinet and legislature, distinguished guests and most them rightly, fellow citizens of wisconsin. It is an honor to come before you this afternoon to report on the state of our great state. Before we start, i want to recognize the first lady of wisconsin, my wife and our two sons, matt and alex. [ applause ] last year as you might remember, my wife joined me at this podium to talk about her groundbreaking work called fostering futures. She and her team continue their efforts regarding tribal council, county governments, nonprofits, colleges and universities and employers across wisconsin. Our state agencies have been trained how to incorporate trauma informed care. She brought together a group of for spouses and staff to wisconsin to talk about this work and she went to washington to get the federal government more involved in syria. I want to thank you for your leadership, jeanette, leadership that will change the lives of children, adults and families acr
The cabinet and legislature, distinguished guests and most them rightly, fellow citizens of wisconsin. It is an honor to come before you this afternoon to report on the state of our great state. Before we start, i want to recognize the first lady of wisconsin, my wife and our two sons, matt and alex. [ applause ] last year as you might remember, my wife joined me at this podium to talk about her groundbreaking work called fostering futures. She and her team continue their efforts regarding tribal council, county governments, nonprofits, colleges and universities and employers across wisconsin. Our state agencies have been trained how to incorporate trauma informed care. She brought together a group of for spouses and staff to wisconsin to talk about this work and she went to washington to get the federal government more involved in syria. I want to thank you for your leadership, jeanette, leadership that will change the lives of children, adults and families across wisconsin. [ applaus
202 7488000. Are you opposed . 202 7488001. Republicans with and some democrats that congress should take a pause on the program . 202 7488002. You can also lead us or go to facebook, or email us at journal cspan. Org. We will get to your calls in a minute. Listen to what the speaker had to say yesterday about republican concerns and why they want to halt the program. [video clip] isis showed that they are committing an act of war against the west. What else do you call what they did in paris . What is the congressional response . We have the authority under the existing the way we look at this issue is, number one, in front of us is the fact we have a refugee situation that we think requires more comprehensive assessment on how to guarantee members of isis are not infiltrating the refugee population. Please know that this is not only about refugees. This is about having a comprehensive strategy to deal with isis by defeating isis, that is what we dont have. The bill we are sending som
Dwravetate to first class infrastructure gravitate to first class infrastructure and at times this budget lays out how mied a strailings will continue to act it cut red tape and stream line the permitting process for key projects so we can get more construction workers on the jobs as fast as possible. Also have the chance right now to beat other countries in the race for the next wave of hightech manufacturing jobs. My administration has already launched four hubs of hightech manufacturing where we connect to businesses to Research Universities that can help america lead the world in advanced technologies. The budgeter expands on these effort combiss providing funding for five additional institutes and through the opportunity growth and Security Initiative, supports the goal i announced last sum for creating a National Network of 45 of these manufacturing entities over the next 10 years. We know that the nation that goes all in on innovation today will own the Global Economy tomorrow.