New Mexico State of the State Address; 2002 (With Follow Up)

SRT Captions File Generated by MXFplus >> Arcie: HELLO, AND WELCOME

TODAY NEW MEXICO PUBLIC ADDRESS. FOR HIS FINAL YEAR HER ANALYSIS OF ROBINSON, BUSINESS EDITOR IS. >> Arcie: THANK I FOR BEING HE IS ABOUT TO SPEAK >> Sherry: MONEY, MONEY, AND >> Sherry: HAVING NOT ENOUGH, TKHAP THE PIE SDZ 8 MILLION, I BELIEVE. >> Sherry: $8 MILLION IN NEW AND OTHER PRETKPEUBGSS SAY >> Arcie: THAT CAN YOU THINK

>> Sherry: I DON'T THINK HIS REPUBLICANS HAVE PRETTY MUCH >> Arcie: THE BUDGET IS CONTENTIOUS AT THIS YEAR'S >> Sherry: THIS IS SUPPOSED HE HAS INCLUDED THE DEATH PENALTY DEBATE IN THIS FOR ABORTION. EMOTIONAL ISSUES. AND WILL ONLY BOG THINGS >> Arcie: WHY DO YOU THINK >> Sherry: I THINK THIS IS AND THEN HE WAS WILLING TO >> Arcie: IT LOOKS LIKE THE >> TKPWHROEFPB:

MR. PRESIDENT -- WHERE IS OF THE 45th LEGISLATURE, DISTINGUISHED GUESTS, MY THIS WILL BE A YEAR LIKE NO HISTORY. AS A RESULT, ONE CANNOT REALLY SPEAK OF THE STATE OF WE HAVE LOST LOVED ONES, BUT WE HAVE SEEN DESTRUCTION, WE HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED, BUT LOSS, BUT WE ARE RECOVERING. SO, AS WE ENTER THIS YEAR OF 2002, WE MUST BE MINDFUL OF A NEW WORLD.

MAINTAINING OUR NATIONAL AND STATEWIDE SECURITY. HIGH END LEVEL FOR YEARS TO THAT WAS NOT NEEDED IN THE REVENUE IS DOWN, SO THE IMPORTANT INDUSTRIES. ANOTHER IMPORTANT INDUSTRY, IS DOWN AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE 9-11 TRAGEDY. BUSINESSS ARE NOT EXPANDING CAUTION HAS BECOME THE WATCH COMMONPLACE. AS ALWAYS, WE IN GOVERNMENT FORTUNATELY, WE HAVE GOTTEN WE, IN GOVERNMENT, THE

LEGISLATURE, THE KOURGTS, QUALITY OF LIFE IN NEW HAVE JUST TRAVELED, AND CONSTRUCTION OF 500 MILES OF FOUR-LANE HIGHWAYS, AS WELL IMPORTANT PROJECTS BECAUSE (APPLAUSE) >> WE HAVE OPENED UP NEW MEXICO NEW MEXICO IMPROVED INFRASTRUCTURE. THE FINANCING FOR THE INFLATION COSTS FOR HIGHWAYS

4.5%. COSTS. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CAN YEARS FROM NOW. WE HAVE ALSO BUILT NEW IN ADDITION, THE DURAN JUSTICE SYSTEM HAS BEEN REPORT BY THE INDEPENDENT SHOULD BE VIEWED AS SUCH. IT IS ALSO A FACT THAT OUR PRISONS ARE FULL. I CAN REPORT TO YOU THAT OF STATE EMPLOYEES BY ONE

AND QUARTER PERCENT SINCE I SYSTEMS THAT BETTER SERVE COUNT GREW AT AN ANN YOU'LL RATE OF 2.8%. IN A TREND WOULD HAVE INSTEAD OF THE CURRENT (APPLAUSE) >> IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THEY ARE DOING MORE WORK WITH FEWER PEOPLE. PASSED, I SIGNED, IS MAKING SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS HAS MEASURES ARE IN PLACE AT

ANNUALLY. INCENTIVES NOW REWARD SANCTIONS AND CORRECTIVE EDUCATION TODAY THAN THERE SCHOOLS ON LINE WITH THE IN TERMS OF EDUCATIONAL SPENDING. RENOVATED AND REPAIRED. 680 MILLION DOLLARS SINCE 1995, AND YOU'LL OPERATIONAL SPENDING HAS INCREASED BY $600 MILLION, AND TEACHER PAY HAS

OF $8,000. THIS SCHOOL YEAR, WE ARE MILLION. $1{ BILLION806 MILLION. OUR STATE HAS STAYED FOCUS COMPASSIONATE MANNER. WELL FAIR REFORM IS WORKING MEXICOANS ARE ON WELFARE MEDICAID SPENDING TO PROVIDE LAST SEVEN YEARS. APPROXIMATELY 127,000 CITIZENS ON TO MEDICAID UNDER{ MY ADMINISTRATION, WE BILLION DOLLAR IS TO PROVIDE

NEW MEXICOANS. PUBLIC SAFETY HAS REMAINED A PRIORITY IN MY MEXICO STATE POLICE MEN AND 170 OFFICERS SINCE 1995. THAT'S A 40% INCREASE, WITH MORE TO BE ADDED THIS YEAR. INNOVATIVE STANDPOINT. NEW MEXICO, FILM, WE HAVE MEXICO COMPANIES AND FILMS LONG-TERM, THIS LEGISLATION WILL HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT AMENDING, AND WILL BE BEFORE THIS LEGISLATURE THIS GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIPS

AMERICAN GOVERNMENTS. THROUGH A RECENTLY SIGNED THESE COMPACTS LATER REST THE SIGNATURE -- LAID TO REST THE SIGNIFICANT SINCE THE PASSAGE OF THE ATTENTION THAT WENT INTO ITS PAST 13 YEARS, CAN NOW BE REDIRECTD TOWARDS OTHER{ AREAS THAT CAN IMPROVE OUR SIGNED A MEMORANDUM OF 100 YEARS OF DISPUTE COULD POTENTIALLY COME TO WATER ISSUES SERIOUSLY.

TOM TURNY HAS A BUDGET OF ALMOST $15 MR. AND STAFF OF OVER 180. ADJUDICATION OF WATER RIGHTS, FAR IN EXCESS OF THOSE ADJUDICATED SINCE STATEHOOD. WE ARE RESOLVING FEDERAL WATER ISSUES, DEVELOPING STREAMLINING THE WATER NEST LAKE WILL BE PURCHASED QUALITY, AND QUANTITY, UNCERTAINTY EXISTED BEFORE. FISCALLY, YOUR GOVERNMENT IS RECERTIFYS OF AND BOND

HIGHS. AND WHILE AND YOU'LL BUDGET SPENDING PRIORITIES HAVE HERE IS A SEVEN YEAR{ STATE-OF-THE-STATE BUDGET PRIORITIES. INCREASE IN FUNDINO. INCREASE IN FUNDING. INCREASE IN FUNDING.{{ INCREASE IN FUNDING. PEFRS INCREASE IN FUNDING, 37% INCREASE IN FUNDING. AND UNIVERSITIES HAVE ALSO SUCCESS OF THE LOT RESKWOL

FINALLY, HAVING MADE ALL IN THE LAST SEVEN YEARS -- (APPLAUSE).{ >> IN THE LAST{ SEVEN YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN NO{ INCREASES AND I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER 1995, AND I THANK THE CLEARLY, WE NEED AN INCOME (APPLAUSE) >> CLEARLY WE HAVE NEEDED AN

NEW MEXICO FAMILIES AND AND WILL IT HAPPEN THIS SHOULD IT HAPPEN?{ INCOME TAX REDUCTION. IMPORTANT THAN EVER. BUSINESS LEADERS I'VE MET LIKE OUR NEIGHBORING STATES. IMMEDIATELY UNDERSTAND WHY EXPERIENCE THE COMPARABLE MILLION INCOME TAX LEGISLATURE TO MAKE AN

ECONOMIC STIMULUS{ PACKAGE. LEADERSHIP, TO SEE IF THIS RATE OF INCREASE IN{ MEDICAID. MEDICAID SPENDING. MY BUDGET INCLUDES A $10 MILLION INCREASE IN MEDICAID.{ HEALTH CARE THEY NEED BY A FEW. EXPAND MEDICAID. IF IN THE FUTURE{ BEING{{ WE INCREASED COSTS AND WILL COMPOUND{ THIS PROBLEM,{

BECAUSE MEDICAID IS AN YEAR. LINE. GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS. VIEW SROED $147 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND{ CAPITAL OUTLAY, RECURRING SPENDING. OUR RESERVE FUND{ TO $450 MILLION. RESERVE FUNDS. I'M GOING TO MAKE THE OF THIS OFFICE IN DECEMBER 2002 AND LEAVE THE STATE THE

JANUARY 1995. TODAY, -- (APPLAUSE){{ >> TODAY, RESERVES ARE AT $450 MILLION. FUNDING BY THE LEGISLATURE WENT{ DOWN TO{ $22{ MILLION. IT WON'T BE AN ISSUE THAT MAKES HEAD LINES, BUT I AN ADEQUATE RESERVE TODAY IS TOMORROW. (APPLAUSE) >> ANOTHER AREA I BELIEVE TO EDUCATIONAL REFORM IN NEW MEAN THAT EDUCATION REFORM

TAXPAYERS BECAUSE THE INVESTMENT IN OUR SCHOOLS NEARLY $600 MILLION NEW GRADE, SINCE I'VE BEEN IN FUND IS $1.8 BILLION DOLLARS. PERFORM, AND DEMONSTRATE INVESTMENT AND DEMONSTRATE ALREADY IN THE SYSTEM CAN BE PROPOSING DURING THIS UP ACHIEVEMENT, PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT, AND SYSTEM PRACTICAL AND AFFORDABLE.

FIRST I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS I BELIEVE WE NEED TO ALLOW OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, AND PARENTAL CONSENT. THE TRACKING PROCESS WOULD NOT ONLY MONITOR STUDENT PROGRESS, IT WOULD ALSO WE ALSO NEED TO PROVIDE ALL STUDENTS IDENTIFIED BELOW TUTORING BEFORE AND AFTER INVOLVEMENT, WE NEED TO GIVE CHILDREN. (APPLAUSE){{ >> THE VOUCHER PLAN IN A I'M PROPOSING THIS SESSION AND EXPANDS TO INCLUDE{ ALL

STUDENTS OVER TIME. NEW MEXICO STUDENTS{, K-12, w REO WOULD INCLUDE{ STUDENTS WHOSE PARTICIPATE{ IN{ A LOTTERY FOR ONE OF 29 HUNDRED VOUCHERS THAT WILL BE{ AVAILABLE. THE TOTAL COST OF THE PILOT IT IS INCLUDED IN MY ALBUQUERQUE. SUCCESSFULLY TESTED IN TO ATTEND THE SCHOOL OF SYSTEM IN THE FORM OF ACT TO ENCOURAGE MORE CHARTER SCHOOLS BY

CHARER. (APPLAUSE) >> IN THE CATEGORY 6 OF SYSTEM ACCOUNTABILITY, I'M IN NEW MEXICO, AND THE SEPARATION OF LARGER FACILITATING THIS PROCESS. CRITERIA AND REFERENCE AND READING FOR ALL STUDENTS SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT, AND SECRETARY 6 OF EDUCATION THROUGH A CONSTITUTIONAL

(APPLAUSE) >> THE SECOND WOULD HAVE A DIRECT LINE TO THE ADVISORY COUNCIL TO THE THE FINAL LEGISLATIVE (APPLAUSE) >> THIS LEGISLATION WOULD BUILT BY PROVIDING THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, RATHER UNION WORKERS AS IS NOW THE MEXICO, WE WILL HAVE GONE A EVERYTHING ABOUT OUR STATE. BETTER SCHOOLS MEAN OUR WORLD. CRIME WILL GO DOWN, BECAUSE

WE ARE INVESTING IN OUR LET'S SEIZE IT AND IMPROVE (APPLAUSE) >> THERE IS ANOTHER AREA IN BOTH MONEY, AND IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH AND PUBLIC REFORM THAT WILL BE BEFORE THIS LEGISLATURE. CANIBUD, CIVIL ASSET REMEMBER, OUR PRISONS ARE REFORM. AGAIN, OUR PRISONS ARE PENALTIES FOR LESS THAN ONE

OUNCE OF MARYLAND. -- MARY MARIJUANA. IF WE FOCUS ON THESE, I WILL DECREASE THE DEATH, DISEASE, AND CRIME ASSOCIATED WITH DRUG ABUSE. (APPLAUSE) >> NOW, BEFORE CLOSING, TO PASS ONTO THE NEXT NEXT NOVEMBER. SECRETARIES, ALL OF MY STAFF, PHILOSOPHY FIND THIS ADMINISTRATION, I LIVE BY IT I CALL THIS PHILOSOPHY THE

DECEMBER, I'M GOING TO LEAVE THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION, MEXICONS, AND I WANT TO CHALLENGE THE NEXT GOVERNOR REALITY DRIVEN. BASE YOUR DECISIONS AND HONEST AND TELL THE TRUTH. TRUTH, REGARDLESS OF THE REMEMBER, THE MORE YOU LEARN TO IGNORE THEM. NUMBER 4, DETERMINE YOUR DON'T PRO KRAS NATURE.

KNOWS WHAT YOU'RE DOING. ACKNOWLEDGE MISTAKES SALVAGE THINGS OR MAKE BE REVEALED IMMEDIATELY, AND LAST, NUMBER 7, BE WILLING YOU ENOUGH TO FOLLOW THIS (APPLAUSE SKHROES >> THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TRIED HAVE DONE PRETTY WELL, PRINCIPALS N MY HEART, I LIFE FOR THE BETTER.

LEGACY IS GOING TO BE. I TOOK ON THE ISSUES THAT FINALLY, A FEW IMPORTANT CABINET, THANK YOU. PARENTS, TO HER PARENTS, TO SAM, TO MY FAMILY, MOM, GOOD, THANKS. MEXICOANS, THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR MAY GOD BLESS YOU PERSONALLY,{ TO KEEP AMERICA FREE. (APPLAUSE) >> Arcie: IT'S THE FIRST DAY

LEGISLATURE, AND TODAY, JUST WHERE HE OUTLINED HIS PLANS ROBINSON WORKS THE >> Sherry: NOT MANY WEEKS. STATE, AND I HEARD PRETTY I THINK ANYONE LISTENING TO IT WOULD PROBABLY HAVE SOME YES, BUT'S, ESPECIALLY HIS CRITICS AND THE DEMOCRAT H. >> Arcie: NOW, ONE OF THE OWE SAID SHOULD IT HAPPEN, BELIEVES HE IS NOT GOING TO >> Sherry: HE HAS BEEN

PHILOSOPHICALLY COMMITTED TO OFFICE. ABOUT WHAT A TAX CUT WOULD AMOUNT THAT HE IS PROPOSING IF YOU'RE GOING TO -- IF THE BUCKS, HAVE YOU STIMULATED >> Arcie: THERE ARE OTHER WHICH IS IN PLANT TRAINING, INSTEAD OF THE TAX CUT. >> Sherry: YES. THE REINING OPINION IN THE{ THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU EFFECTIVE THAN A TAX CUT. IN-PLANT TRAINING IS TO INCLUDE IN-PLANT TRAINING

IN HIS EXECUTIVE BUDGET. MILLION, AND THAT'S STILL PEOPLE AND ECONOMIC MEXICO, WE HAVE TO HAVE IN-PLANT TRAINING. >> Arcie: I BELIEVE THEY IN-PLANT TRAINING. >> Sherry: YES. >> Arcie: WOULD THIS MONEY RESERVES, AND THIS IS GOING THIS SESSION.{ >> Sherry: I WAS KIND MUCH YOU A MUSED AT HIS WEEKS AND I'VE HEARD{ HIM IT'S ALMOST FUNNY MONEY. WHAT WE NEED ANY OUR RESERVE ACCOUNT, AND THIS IS TO BOND RATINGS, AND THE STATE

BOND RATINGS AT A GOOD LEAF. RESERVES DROP DOWN TO WHAT HE CONSIDERED A DANGEROUSLY FORGETING THAT WE HAVE BELIEVE THE NUMBER I'VE THAT'S QUITE A RAINY DAY ACCOUNT. NOT LIKE WE WILL BE >> Arcie: WE ARE READY AT WHO IS GOING TO CONTINUE OUR >> Dan: ARCIE, WITH ME IS RICHARD ROMERO, PRESIDENT DEMOCRAT.

TELL US WHAT YOU THOUGHT OF >> Sen. Romero: IT'S PRETTY A SMALLER GOVERNMENT. ISSUES HE HAS PUSHED FOR POLISHD. EXPECTED. LATEST THINGS THAT HE IS >> Dan: LET'S TAKE THOSE. >> Sen. Romero: I THINK HE WHAT HE WANTED, AND I CAN'T IMAGINE ANY GOVERNOR TURNING CONSEQUENTLY -- AND HE OUR CAPITAL OUTLAY, WHICH HE FRANKLY, I FEEL FORTUNATE

HAVE --. >> Dan: AS FAR AS THE DRUG REFORM, LEGALATION OF MARIJUANA, WHAT DO YOU THINK >> Sen. Romero: IT IS A HARD ISSUE. MIGHT HAVE A SHOT. THINK DON'T QUITE I THINK PEOPLE JUST DON'T >> Dan: A QUESTION ON THE BUDGET. SPURRING THE ECONOMY MIGHT THE SENATE CARRIES THE BALL WILL SPEND TO SPUR THE >> Sen. Romero: I THINK WE AND I THINK ABOUT $50

OF EXPENDITURES COMING OUT BE SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF YEAR. DISAPPOINTED IN THE >> Dan: THE FINAL QUESTION SENATOR MANNY ARAGON IS YOUR MAJORITY HRAOERD, NOT BY TO RETURN MANNY TO >> Sen. Romero: HE IS IN PROMINENCE. ASTHMATIC KIND OF FELLOW. CHAIRS. SEE THE SUPPORT THERE.

STRIPPING HIM OF HIS HIM. THE REPUTATION OF THE SENATE CHAOTIC, AND I'D LIKE TO WE ARE STILL SLOW, DOWN, AND I THINK WE CAN DO RUIN RAOUL CHANGE TO PUT A SOMEBODY ELSE GIVE IT A WON'T BE HEARD IN THE RULES COMMITTEE UNTIL NEXT YEAR. >> Dan: THERE YOU HAVE, SENATOR RICHARD ROMERO{ BACK TO YOU. >> Arcie: THANK YOU. RESPONSE?

>> Sherry: ACTUALLY, PRESIDENT ROMERO HAS BEEN OPPOSITE EACH OTHER AT SEVERAL WEEKS, NOW, AND HE HAVE ANY SURPRISES, HE >> Arcie: WE HAVE JOHN THOUGHTS ARE THERE AT{ THE >> John: ARCIE, THE GOVERNOR SPOKE FOR APPROXIMATELY 27 HE SPENT ABOUT THE FIRST END, GAVE A MESSAGE WITH HIS SEVEN POINTS OF GOOD WHICH HAS BEEN IN THE PAST MINORITY LEADER, REPRESENTATIVE HOBBS, YOU'VE AGENDA FOR THIS PARTICULAR IT IS?

>> Rep. Hobbs: I'LL STAY BY HIS IS A NARROWER AGENDA, BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE ITEMS ACCOMPLISH TOO MUCH, AND NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK HE IS ACCOMPLISHED AND IT GIVES HIM A LAUNCHING PAD FOR SOME OF THE >> John: OF COURSE, YOUR TO STRESS ALONG WITH THE BUDGET? >> Rep. Hobbs: YES, WE NEED MORE JOBS. BIPARTISAN ECONOMIC STILL TRAINING, A PROPER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS MANY INTO THE STATE AS

MENTORSHIP TAX CREDIT, WE YOUNG PEOPLE ON BOARD TO GET THEM INTO THE WORK FORCE. BILL FROM THE INCOME TAX OUTLAY WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO ITEM VETO PEN TO CONTROL THE >> John{: WHAT ARE YOUR THE MARKETING BUDGET HAS LUKEWARM ON IN PLANT >> Rep. Hobbs: THE GOVERNOR IF THE LEGISLATURE CREATES IN PLANT TRAINING FROM THE CERTAIN AMOUNT, WOULD HE NOT OPTIMISTIC, BECAUSE WE WILL

>> John: WE ARE UNDER WAY SESSION? >> Rep. Hobbs: FIRST OF ALL, GOING TO CO-SPONSOR IS BILL TO ALLOW MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS TO RUN A RUNOFF WE WILL GET THAT THROUGH >> John: TAVERN YOU VERY TRIAL WITH THE SPEAKER OF >> Arcie: I UNDERSTAND THAT SIDE WITH STUART INGLE. >> Dan: THANK YOU. HE IS THE MINORITY LEADER OF TIME, YOUR PARTY LEADER IN THE THINGS HE IS HOPING FOR

>> Sen. Ingle: I THOUGHT DON'T LIKE GOVERNMENT, AND I THINK HE FEELS A LITTLE HE HAS ACCOMPLISHED A LOT OF HE'S PUT MONEY INTO A GOOD FOR THIS STATE THAN ALMOST ANY OTHER THING YOU WELL, PROBABLY BEFORE THE AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT ECONOMICS, IT IS ALWAYS NEAR FOUR LANE HIGHWAYS. POINT ANYTHING ALL FOUR BETTER THAN THAT.

HAS TO USE VERY, VERY ELEMENTARY THINGS, SOMETIMES, AND HE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB A GREAT JOB IN KEEPING OUR >> Dan: WHAT DO YOU THINK SESSION, IS ASKING FOR SOME CHANGES THAT REALLY DON'T AND HE IS A LAME DUCK. IT? >> Sen. Ingle: IT'S A STUFF DEAL. REVENUE PICTURE DIDN'T COME WE HAD TO COME BACK HERE ME A WAY OF RENEW. UNITED STATES ECONOMY IS

SOME THINGS MORE EFFICIENTLY, HOPEFULLY, SOMETIME IN THE TAKE A REAL LOOK AT MEDICAID, -- YOU GET TO A POINT WHERE WHEN THEY TURNED IT ALL OVER TO US. CHANCE. >> Sen. Ingle: I'LL ANSWER THING TO GET THROUGH. >> Dan: AND NOW, WITH MANNY ARAGON RETURN TO POWER, DO PAR LA MEN TRY A MANEUVERING? >> Sen. Ingle: THERE WILL BE WE WILL HAVE SOME DIFFERENT

WE HAVE GOT SOME THINGS TO CALENDAR THINGS, STARTING AT TO BE THERE AT TIME. SENATOR'S BUSINESS IN A >> Dan: THANK YOU, SENATOR. >> Arcie: THANK YOU VERY JOHN LAWRENCE WHO HAS ITS DEMOCRATIC RESPONSE. >> John: SPEAKER LUJAN, YOU KWREPBT BUT NOT TKAOEURBGS MAIN PRY STPHORT. >> Rep. Lujan: THAT FOR OUR STUDENTS THIS NEXT YEAR, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SUFFICIENT REVENUE SCHOOLS. RACES.

AND OUR CONCERN, AND WE WILL MEXICO. I BELIEVE THE OTHER ISSUE IS MEDICAID. ALL ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE DON'T WANT TO LEAVE ANY >> John: IS ANY OF THIS INTO THE CASH RESERVES, AND >> Rep. Lujan: THAT'S A GOOD PERCENT RESERVES. WE FEEL IS THAT IF WE CAN USE SOME OF THOSE RESERVES US AT A HIGH BOND RATING THAT IS AN ISSUE THAT WE ARE WE HAVE A LOT OF NEEDS IN

WHEN WE HAVE ALL THESE RESERVE AT FIVE PERCENT IS ADDITIONAL BAD SITUATIONS IN >> John: NOW, REGARDING THE HE BROUGHT BACK ISSUES LIKE ABOUT HIS AGENDA? >> Rep. Lujan: OF COURSE, WE HAVEN'T HEARD OR SEEN HIS KIND OF A PILOT PROGRAM. AGAINST VOUCHERS JUMPING UP AND DOWN TO SUPPORT THAT. WE WILL CERTAINLY LOOK AT REFORM, THE ISSUE)THAT'S TALKS ABOUT, FORFEITURE CONCERNED ABOUT, AND MAYBE

OTHER ONES REACHING HIS SOUND VERY OPTIMISTIC, WHICH ARE TAX{ CUTS PROPOSAL DEAD ON ARRIVAL, OR IS THERE ANY LIFE FOR THAT? >> Rep. Lujan: HE AND ALL OF~r INCLUDE IT IN HIS BUDGET. REDUCTION. VETOED THE BILL WE PASSED OF THE NATION, AND HE TELLS MOVE AHEAD BECAUSE OF OUR WELL, HE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY AND HE CLOSE TO VETO IT. >> John: ANY CLOSING >> Rep. Lujan: THE ONLY

TO DIALOGUE WITH THE THAT WEIGH TALK ABOUT, AND WE WANT IT TO BE A SMOOTH THE GOVERNOR, AND DIALOGUING >> John: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AS CAN YOU HEAR, THERE'S A NOTE OF HOPE HERE, BUT IT IS WAIT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS. GOVERNOR'S SPEECH CAME FROM VERY AUDIBLE GRUMBLING AMONG THE DEMOCRATS WHEN HE TALKED INHERITED A STATE IN GREAT FISCAL TROUBLE THE KING PEOPLE HAVE THEIR AGENDAS AND WE ARE LOOKING AT 30 OTHER THAN THAT, WE SHALL

>> Arcie: JOHN, CAN YOU TELL EARLY ON WHETHER THIS IS >> John: WELL, IT IS A BEEN PREDICTING. WHEN THERE IS THIS LITTLE BE A FAIR AMOUNT OF BUT, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY >> Arcie: JOHN, THANK YOU WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE DAN EARLIER IN THE PROGRAM. ABOUT THE RESERVES. IS THAT CORRECT?{{{ >> Sherry: YES, IT IS EIGHT THE GOVERNOR WANTS TO LEAVE RESERVES. THE COOKIE JAR, JUST{ IN{ NOWHERE OUT THERE IS THERE

CLOSE END BY GARY JOHNSON. AS HOUSE SPEAKER LUJAN ENOUGH. PEOPLE WILL BE LOOK AT THOSE CHOOSING TO THROW DOWN THE LIKE KIND OF A SILLY THING TO BE FIGHTING{ OVER, >> Arcie: THIS IS PROBABLY BESIDES THE $8 MILLION >> Sherry: THAT'S TRUE. BECAUSE UNLESS WE HAVE A THAT, IT WAS ALSO

INTERESTING TO ME THAT IF OWN PROGRAMS, $8.7 MILLION FOR VOUCHERS, THAT'S MORE THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT LUJAN SPEAK LAST WEEK, AND HE SAID, "NOT EVERYBODY IS GOING TO GET WHAT THEY WANT AND SO, THAT WILL BE THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION. >> Arcie: WHAT ARE YOU GOING >> Sherry: MYSELF, THE ECONOMIC INCENTIVE PACKAGE HOUSE MINORITY LEADER TED HOBBS REFERRED TO THAT IN HIS COMMENTS JUST NOW. BACKING BY THE BUSINESS BEHIND THIS PACKAGE OF FIVE

IT IS MORE THAN I'VE EVER WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, THROUGH. SO, ONCE AGAIN, IT WILL COME DOWN TO MONEY. YEAR SORT OF FLOUNDERD BECAUSE IT HAD NO CHAMPION. IN-PLANT TRAINING. >> Arcie: AND IN-PLANT >> Sherry: I THINK IN THE GOVERNOR'S TERM OF OFFICE, >> Arcie: THAT'S A PRETTY >> Sherry: IF I'M AND MANY, MANY OF THEM, I

THINK MORE THAN HALF, WERE DESPERATELY NEEDED THEM. LABOR SUPPORTS, THAT SUPPORT. >> Arcie: IS HE GOING TO GET HE ALSO WANTED A NEW SECRETARY OF EDUCATION. >> Sherry: THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION, THAT'S SOMETHING EDUCATION REFORM EFFORT OF PLAYER THERE WAS THE GREATER FOR THEM. WHEN THEY DIDN'T EDUCATION REFORM PACKAGE. BUT THERE IS A LOT OF

SENTIMENT THAT SOMEONE NEEDS EDUCATION SYSTEM, AND THAT GOVERNORS GARY CARUTHERS ANTHONY ANAYA SUPPORT A CABINET POSITION FOR >> Arcie: WANT TO MOVE ON ESSENCE, THAT'S REALLY A $40 MILLION CUT, TAKING AWAY FROM THE STATUS QUO. INCREASE. >> Sherry: TO{ MAINTAIN THE WE OBVIOUSLY DON'T V GARY JOHNSON IS RECOMMENDING A ELIGIBILITY. WOULD BE GREATLY REDUCED. >> Arcie: SO IT LOOKS LIKE

INTERESTING SESSION. SPARKS FLYING SESSION. >> Sherry: I THINK IT IS THE TOUGHEST SESSION WE HAVE A SHORT SESSION. MEMBERS ARE RUNNING FOR LOT ON THE TABLE. >> Arcie: WE WILL HAVE TO PROGRAM TODAY. >> Sherry: THANK YOU FOR >> Arcie: THAT CONCLUDES LEGISLATURE, AND GOVERNOR IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING WHEN KUNM CAPITOL REPORTER ALSO TUNE IN THIS FRIDAY EXAMINE THE FIRST WEEK

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