He put his house on ashore foundation the rain and the winds came. The floodwaters rose. But the house did firm. I tipped my had to governor deal in those lawmakers that came before me. Those who poured the concrete and lead the footings. Hardworking georgians who left this place better than they found it. When youre ago, i urged those in this room, in this historic space, to join me in building a safer, stronger, and more prosperous state. A state where Small Businesses are empowered to grow, invest, and thrive. Were government is responsive, and effective. A state where health care is affordable, accessible, and where the rights of the unborn are protected. I asked lawmakers, both republicans and democrats, to join me in the fight for georges future. To crack down on gangs and sex trafficking. To invest in education and our educators. To stand up for our values in those we value. To put politics and partisanship behind us and unite for the greater good. Over the last 12 months, we ha
Thank you very much. Thank you for the kind introduction, mr. Speaker. Lieutenant governor duncan, speaker ralston, mayor bottoms, governor and mrs. Deal, president pro tem miller, speaker pro tem jones, and members of the General Assembly. Constitutional officers, members of the judiciary, members of the consular core and my fellow georgians. During my first state of the state speech i talked about a wise builder who put his house on a sure foundation. The rain and the winds came, the floodwaters rose, but the house stood firm. I tipped my hat to governor deal and those lawmakers that came before me. Those who poured the concrete and laid the footings. Hard working georgians who left this place better than they full count found it. One year ago i urged those in this room, this historic space, to join me in building a safer, stronger, and more prosperous state. A state where Small Businesses are empowered to grow, invest, and thrive. Where government is responsive and effective. A stat
System of the Affordable Care act and change it into a block grant. States would get a set amount whatever they wanted care act, they could go single whatever they wanted in their Health Care System. They would take the dollars and implement a plan similar to the ffordable payer, or they can go a conservative route and undo some of the parts of the Affordable Care act particularly the consumer protexases that some folks like. The preexisting conditions, things like that. Governors would be able to undo those things and have this pot of money. Take a look at some of the details offered up by senator graham and well come back to our discussion. We keep medicaid in place as it is today. We try to give more flexibility because indiana is a good example of what can happen if you give states flexibility to help poor people. One thing about medicaid, is you get a headache you run to the emergency room. I want them to have some ownership. If you smoke thats something that ought to be considere
Story talks about the measure being offered by bill cassidy of louisiana, and also Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. What is in this measure . Lastis is the republicans ditch effort at trying to reveal the Affordable Care act. Is change thed do existing system of both the Affordable Care act and medicaid, and change it. It would get a set amount of money to do whatever they wanted in their Health Care System. They would implement those planet like the Affordable Care act, or single care, are more liberal, or they can go a conservative route and undo some of the Affordable Care act. Thatonsumer protections some folks like, particularly. Governors would be able to undo those things and have this pot of money to implement their own Health Care System. We will take you look at some of the details offered up by him , we will come back to our discussion. We keep medicaid in place, as it is today. We try to give more flexibility, indiana was a good example of what could happen. One thing abou
We have couple vacancies, including Communications Director is gone for a while. Taking idea of individuals. We are meeting with people of potential service to the administration. I dont think that should come to any surprise. Were looking for ways to do a better job of articulating the president s message. When we have announcement well let you know. Dave price from ohio. We understand that our longtime governor, now ambassador to china, Terry Branstad will be there with him. The president already praised ambassador branstad longtime relationship with chinas president xi. As you know the president has a certain style the way he tweets and talks that doesnt exactly mirror the way Terry Branstad has had his career. In light of that, how do you see this dynamic playing out in ambassador branstads role with china . Thanks, dave. Tomorrow the president , as you noted the president will be joined by governor branstad at kirkwood to not just discuss some agriculture aspects of what is going