[ applause ] thank you, guys. Please be seated. Lt. Governor ivey, speaker hubbard, president marsh, distinguished guests, members of the alabama legislature, chief justice moore, justices of the Alabama Supreme Court and my fellow alabamians. The poorest county in the United States of america is located just 73 miles from where we sit tonight. If we were to drive a little over an hour from this historic hall we would find ourselves in Wilcox County where the Median Household Income is below that of any other county in this nation. 11thousand of our fellow alabamians live in Wilcox County where the Unemployment Rate is chronically in double digits and consistently ranks above the national average. Everyone in this room knows alabama is one of the poorest states in america, where one in four children live in poverty. Nearly 1million of our fellow alabamians are dependent on food stamps. The statistics are sobering. The facts are indisputable. Never ending cycles of a need for jobs, bett
Please be seated. Lt. Governor ivey, speaker hubbard, president marsh, distinguished guests, members of the alabama legislature, chief justice moore, justices of the Alabama Supreme Court and my fellow alabamians. The poorest county in the United States of america is located just 73 miles from where we sit tonight. If we were to drive a little over an hour from this historic hall we would find ourselves in Wilcox County where the Median Household Income is below that of any other county in this nation. 11thousand of our fellow alabamians live in Wilcox County where the Unemployment Rate is chronically in double digits and consistently ranks above the national average. Everyone in this room knows alabama is one of the poorest states in america, where one in four children live in poverty. Nearly 1million of our fellow alabamns are dependent on food stamps. The statistics are sobering. The facts are indisputable. Never ending cycles of a need for jobs, better job skills and better educati
Rightt but this economy now is very, very dependent on oil and gas. I cannot imagine a world where those products were not available to american consumers. [indiscernible] ofost we are running out time here, capitol hill hearings in a moment, but what have you heard from the Obama Administration on when this state Department Report will be finalized . Guest we do not really hear much more than anyone else years, to be honest. Our ceo was meeting with the state Department Last week. What we are looking at is we expect to see a final Environmental Impact Statement Issued by the state department sometime towards the end of the year. If you just look through the process, we are probably looking at something around three months or four months, give or take, is issued. Inal eis sometime in the first quarter, early in the Second Quarter next year, i would expect a decision on this. We want to thank our guest host we want to thank you for joining us for joining us from cushing, oklahoma this m
Reelection of president obama. What does this mean for u. S. Politics Going Forward . Mapes also a geographic that shows the future of u. S. Politics is in the south and southwest. Battleground states are the old playful states. In the southwest. It used to be known as mexico. 19, 24. 19 of voters of color is a threshold for whether a coalition can win an election. The 2010 republican tidal wave was to the weight and reelected to the crack to the senate. The democrats to the senate. They were able to prevail because of this coalition. They have 19 with voters of color. This is where the picture starts to come more closely into focus. There are 24 states in america that will have 19 voters of color. Though states are overwhelmingly in the south and southwest. Texas areeorgia in the new battleground. They will take the legs out of the machine to make it nearly impossible for a republican to win the white house. Georgia lost only six percentage points. Bidder presents a great opportunity
Someone dismantled a fire hydrant near my home and threw it in my pool in the backyard. Things like that. Do you think the Supreme Court decision will change any have experienced. Class time will tell. This has been mentioned in the media. Why is it that christians who profess to be moral and upstanding people, would do such things . Any thoughts on the question . I like very much the way the session began. I thought her questioning was excellent. Do you think it will ever get easier . Eliminate a set of rare or these rails test these , the town four years of greece had a moment of silence. In 1999, the new supervisor changed all that for the race. [indiscernible] know. O not do you know if it was related to this case . I believe it was. This all happened when the case was being discussed in the local media. I have no doubt it was related. Thank you. I am the legal director of americans united for separation of church and they. United has been so proud since 2008 to have bins on sponso