Would recognize them. The counties, you never would. Gardner ran behind romney. It was a rural issue, not an acrosstheboard issue. The same thing is true in other places as well. Iowa, its less obvious but the same distinction prevails. Then the question is, what does this mean for 2016 if what were seeing is not a uniform swing but a localized swing . And is this a turnout question . Well, ive done two states, colorado and iowa, and colorado keeps moving up. But the differential, if you compare 2014 turnout to the 2012 turnout, is not very great. Its slightly higher as far as the percentage of people voting in rural areas versus urban areas, in 2014 versus 2012, but not enough to explain the difference. The reason joni ernst won is not because republicans were an unusual share of the electorate. The reason why cory gardner is the new senator from colorado is because he won persuadables and a few of them within the denver metro area, not because of massive turnout differentials. If tha
What happened is we rescued the School Systems. That is not an exaggeration. We did it. What ended up happening . Not totally because of that but now we have the highest Graduation Rate of over 80 for the First Time Ever and we have a dropout rate among blacks and hispanics that has dropped over 25 since you guys started running the show. Nobody knows that. It is like a tree falling in the forest. Anybody come up to you and say lately, thank you, you did a great job on the dropout rate . Thank you, you rescued my school . We upgraded our infrastructure. The largest public works project contained within a recovery act in history. Bigger than eisenhowers interstate highway program. 15,000 new projects, 42,000 miles of new roads, and 7700 bridges. 700 Drinking Water systems upgraded. I could go on and on. Providing broadband across america and in the process, we created hundreds of thousands of jobs just doing the project and it created a virtuous cycle. When youre building the bridge in
Three three times, twice to iraq and once to afghanistan. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, lets give one more nevada thank you for these nevada heros [applause] ladies and gentlemen nevada stands at a threshold. We live in a state that is transforming before our eyes, the 21st century companies, jobs and technologies that place us at the forefront of innovation and the new economy. Yet we still operate with decades old funding systems and an education structure that will eventually grind us to an inevitable halt. I know. I know that we have the ability, willingness and determination to do what is necessary. We all, i know, we all want to tell our grand children that we were the architects of the new nevada that we were here when nevada needed us most. Those before us rose to the challenges of their time and built a foundation of the state we all love. The centennial celebration highlighted those achievements. But tonight as we close the chapter on 150 years of history, this is our time
To encourage them in their official tasks. Be with them and with all who labor here to serve this great nation and its people. Assure them that whatever their responsibilities, you provide the grace to enable them to be faithful to their duties and the wisdom to be conscious of their obligations and fulfill them with integrity. Remind us all of the dignity of work and teach us to use our talents and abilities in ways that are honorable and just and are of benefit to those we serve. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentlewoman from North Carolina, ms. Foxx. Ms. Foxx please join in the pledge to our wonderful flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it
Effective Public Policy its not enough. Were pleased today to open the lecture series and have present the man for whom it was named, were delighted to have fred here. [applause] im going to start about 30 minutes on explaining what the American Action forum is. Its my pleasure to introduce scott. Before i do that i would like to compliment doug. Just a word on them. I founded this with the idea that we needed to bring together the policy ideas from the right to the moderate and is compelling to the American People. I must say, doug, its far exceeded any expectations i had. Its been a phenomenal success thanks to you and thanks to your team. As i like to say, you fought which above your weight and had a powerful unflew powerful invitation powerful influence i think on policy formation in this country. Now im not going to talk too much about scott walkers accomplishments as governor or his biographical background because you all have that in your handouts or have it in your knowledge. L