Good afternoon. Thank you for those timely and empowering words. Thanks to t thanks for the lieu ten napt governor all of our hearts and i appreciate you honor him. She tells me her first 100 years in washington have been pretty great. Appreciate that. [ applause ] i would like to welcome our new legislators in our ranks. May you all do good work here. Mr. President , mr. Speaker, distinguished justices of the court, members of the legislature, state and local government officials, members of the counselor corp. I am honored to stand before you once again to report on the state of washington. Our state has made crucial investments in our schools and colleges, in our highway and transit system, in our health care m system. Last year we passed the best paid Family Leave Program in the United States. [ applause ] we have invested in our people. Our state has one of the Fastest Growing economies. It was named the top state for doing business and why it is at a historic low. Our economy is
No deal, 850,000 workers including members of the military will not be receiving paychecks and they may be furloughed as the unprecedented Government Shutdown goes into day three. But that could change all this morning as the senate vote is slated for noon that could determine whether the closure will end in a shortterm funding bill returning Government Employees for work at least for now. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell made the announcement on the senate floor overnight. It would be my intention to proceed to legislation that would address daca, border security, and related issues. The shutdown should stop today. Lets stop victimizing the American People and get back to work on their behalf. But even as mcconnell announced that move, Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer made sure to point out that as of right now there is still no agreement. I am happy to continue my discussion with the majority leader about reopening the government. Weve had several conversations, talks will
For copresenting lecture with a. J. Baim and were in for a great story if you havent read the book i highly encourage it. It will be on sale tonight later right here on this stage. And just a couple of words i cant resist the opportunity to plug the Truman Library, its not too far away about 25 minutes. Directly that way, if you havent been there recently, i encourage you to visit it. We have a fantastic special exhibit there right now on trumans renovation of the white house. Great story many of you probably dont know that. Couple of other plugs weve got several Upcoming Events including on december 6th, of the program called nato truman to trump, presented with our partner American Public square on december 14th. The faith of a first Lady Eleanor Roosevelt spirituality by local author dr. Harold ivan smith who some of you may know. And then on december, 19th, ultimate insiders white house trafers and how they shape history by Kenneth Walsh thats the last in our year long series on wh
Where are parents can customize the learning experience. It could grow by the way probably to 100,000 if we had the budget to be able to make that happen. In states that are focused on this for special needs kids and for in the case of nftd adef and oth nevada and other place, my vision of this with the right policies in place, the most open system, would you have a half day, perhaps mom could pick a half day of of a traditional Public School, take an ap calculus course thats not available in that classroom setting online from one of the Virtual Schools, take an online music class from juilliard and a spanish course with a local retired school teacher. In that system, my guess is that our education outcomes would be much stronger and more sustainable to be able to deal with the world that were moving towards. So the question is, what are the issues at hand to implement this vision . And its complicated. Theres a lot of things that have to be worked on. What does accountability look lik
Here at the henry ford. We are inside the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation, just outside our driving america exhibit where we look at the history of the automobile in the united states. Were actually standing in front of series of president ial limousines telling the story of the development of president ial transportation over the last 117 years or so. Behind me is a 1902 clarj used by theodore roosevelt. By the time of his administration its a common occurrence of cars moving on public streets. Roosevelt, for all of the reputation he has is a forward looking progressive. They thought there was a formality appropriate to the dig any to the office and he had a progressive and man of the people image he wanted to protect and automobiles were thought of as play things for the wealthy. It wouldnt do him good riding around in a car. He used a broem moving around washington, d. C. Vehicles like this were fairly common in larger cities. We have a vision in our heads by so many wester