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YOU TO THIS KICK OFF PRESS CONFERENCE OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNORS' ASSOCIATION SUMMER MEETING AND TO WELCOME MY COLLEAGUES AND THEIR STAFF AND FAMILIES...
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| 00:03:05 |
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TO YOU, DIANE, TO YOUR STAFF, TO THE HOST COMMITTEE AND EVERYONE IN THE BOSTON AREA WHO HAS BEEN SO HOSPITABLE. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT...
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| 00:06:42 |
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GOOD MORNING TO ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING. JIM, LET ME CONGRATULATE YOU ON THE JOB YOU HAVE DONE, YOUR LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN UNBELIEVABLE. ALL OF...
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| 00:13:54 |
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WE CERTAINLY LOOK TO THE CONGRESS FOR SUPPORT IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS. IN FEBRUARY, 47 GOVERNOR SIGNED
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| 00:14:11 |
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A LETTER TO THE CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP REQUESTING AN EXTENSION OF THE APPROPRIATION. WE SENT THAT AGAIN TO THEM EARLIER THIS YEAR. AS YOU KNOW, IT IS...
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| 00:14:55 |
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GOVERNORS, WITH ANY OF THE MONEY THAT FLOWS THROUGH THE STATES, IT GIVES US A CHANCE TO DIRECT THE MONEY TO HELP OUR PEOPLE. EVERY GOVERNOR KNOWS WHERE...
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| 00:15:28 |
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I TALKED TO SENATOR BROWN ABOUT BOTH OF THOSE SUBJECTS, BUT I
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| 00:15:46 |
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CANNOT COMMENT AND DO NOT HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT A LINK BETWEEN THOSE TWO. THE SPEAKER AND I HAD A MEETING WITH HIM THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT...
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| 00:16:35 |
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IMMEDIATELY, OR SHOULD THEY TRY TO FIND SOME WAY OF SETTING [UNINTELLIGIBLE] >> WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF...
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| 00:16:56 |
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CONSENSUS BASIS, BIPARTISAN ORGANIZATION. WE NEED TO FIND THAT COMMON GROUND AS WE DID WHEN WE SENT A BIPARTISAN LETTER ON FMAP. I WOULD SAY THIS, AS...
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| 00:17:49 |
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EIGHT YEARS, WE ALWAYS HAVE MET WITH THE PRESIDENT AND A NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF HIS CABINET AT THE WHITE HOUSE. WE HAVE A VERY EXTENSIVE TWO OR THREE...
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| 00:18:22 |
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WHAT STILL NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO BREAK THE CYCLE? >> WORKING OUT OF WHAT IS CALLED THE GREAT RECESSION, IT IS THE LONGEST AND DEEPEST RECESSION IN OUR LIFETIME....
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| 00:18:39 |
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HAS UPS AND DOWNS, AND GOVERNORS AND LEGISLATORS HAVE TO REACT TO THAT. THIS IS A MORE PROFOUND DOWNTURN THAN WE HAVE EXPERIENCE IN THE PAST. STATES ARE...
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| 00:19:51 |
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RECOMMENDATIONS. WHAT CAN WE DO AND WHAT SHOULD WE BE LOOKING AT, AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS? RESTRUCTURING GOVERNMENT, WHICH IS PART OF...
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| 00:21:22 |
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RECOGNIZE THAT WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTACK REJECTED TAX OUR WAY TO A PROSPEROUS THE FUTURE. WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CUT OUR WAY TO A PROSPEROUS FUTURE....
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| 00:22:54 |
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DEFICIT, AND $11 BILLION BUDGET DEFICIT ON A $29 BILLION BUDGET. WE HAVE CLOSED THAT DEFICIT WITH A BUDGET THAT WAS PASSED A COUPLE OF DAYS EARLY, ON...
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| 00:27:13 |
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I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING LATE. I IMAGINE THIS DISCUSSION IS NOT ABOUT HANDLING
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| 00:27:20 |
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THE SLOWDOWN. TENNESSEE IS IN REASONABLY DECENT SHAPE. WE HAVE HAD SOME SIGNIFICANT REVENUE SHORTFALLS. AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE A SALES TAX STATE AND DO...
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| 00:30:12 |
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IS THAT WE ARE HELD RESPONSIBLE AND ACCOUNTABLE. WE HAVE TO LIVE WITHIN OUR MEANS, THE SAME WITH OUR CITIZENS. WE HAVE TO MAKE THE SAME DECISIONS THEY...
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| 00:32:11 |
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ONE TO THANK GOVERNOR PATRICK FOR HIS GRACIOUS HOSPITALITY. IF I WAS BORN IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. IT IS NICE TO COME HOME, IN THIS SENSE,...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.