1 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:09,340 Hey, it's the last week. We're done. we made it what's exciting 2 00:00:09,340 --> 00:00:11,800 this week the biggest things budget. We always balance the 3 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:14,820 budget and state of Utah and we did it again. We do have some 4 00:00:14,820 --> 00:00:20,500 challenges with general Fund versus education fund dollars. 5 00:00:20,500 --> 00:00:24,740 which means education was very highly supported this year, 6 00:00:24,740 --> 00:00:28,640 which is awesome. We also worked out kind of a pretty 7 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:34,400 surprising for me but also exciting compromise. Education 8 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:37,160 community pretty much across the board on a Constitutional 9 00:00:37,160 --> 00:00:41,760 amendment to allow for children and disabled to use the income 10 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:46,220 tax to fund projects for them, but also what we worked out with 11 00:00:46,220 --> 00:00:50,820 the education community is a bigger WPU. so we did that and 12 00:00:50,820 --> 00:00:53,220 some other things they asked for on the funding side, which we 13 00:00:53,220 --> 00:00:56,920 tried to be super supportive of and did in fact, work out a 14 00:00:56,920 --> 00:01:00,200 great deal with some guarantees on on education funding and 15 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:04,980 statute so that the education. It feels like the commitment 16 00:01:04,980 --> 00:01:10,100 that we always verbalize is now in statute and on the same on 17 00:01:10,100 --> 00:01:12,440 the same token, they're supporting a constitutional amendment 18 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:15,980 to allow income tax to be used for both just children in 19 00:01:15,980 --> 00:01:19,840 general, which would primarily be children social services like 20 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:22,500 Medicaid kids on Medicaid, which is the bulk of the people on 21 00:01:22,500 --> 00:01:27,600 Medicaid in the state of Utah and people with disability. so 22 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:30,920 pretty pretty neat pretty pretty big deal that frankly, I was 23 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:33,660 skeptical that that anyone could could work. Out but all the 24 00:01:33,660 --> 00:01:36,180 groups came together again. another aspect of legislative 25 00:01:36,180 --> 00:01:38,640 process working well where different stakeholders come 26 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:40,980 together. They work through the bill to build rates throughout 27 00:01:40,980 --> 00:01:44,880 the process and at the end of the day. we have something that 28 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:47,760 everyone's happy with it is a true compromise and true 29 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:53,340 consensus which again is great. It's awesome. Other than that 30 00:01:53,340 --> 00:01:56,740 we're running through the bills. This is when we pass most of 31 00:01:56,740 --> 00:01:59,740 the bills and the reason we pass all the bills today is because 32 00:01:59,740 --> 00:02:03,100 we can't pass any tomorrow. So there's a deadline and we work 33 00:02:03,100 --> 00:02:05,620 up to that deadline. So it's pretty hectic. I'm the Whip. I'm 34 00:02:05,620 --> 00:02:07,780 running back and forth to the House constantly. If you look at 35 00:02:07,780 --> 00:02:10,440 my voting record, you'll see a lot of missed votes because my job in 36 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:13,620 leadership is as the whip I coordinate between the House and 37 00:02:13,620 --> 00:02:17,100 the Senate and so constantly running back and forth constantly 38 00:02:17,100 --> 00:02:23,300 running back and forth and but but you know again. Thanks for 39 00:02:23,300 --> 00:02:26,060 letting me serve up here. thanks for letting me see you. I'll 40 00:02:26,060 --> 00:02:29,640 be running for reelection and hope you vote for me to 41 00:02:29,640 --> 00:02:33,580 continue serving up here for another four years. Thank you.