[applause] [applause] >> thank you, thank you so much. good to see you [applause] you all seem a little restless. well thank you >> thank you so much, mr. speaker, madame president and our fellow citizen 2024 is going to be a banner year for the freee state of florida.

>> those folks impacted know the state of florida stands with you and we'll handle whatever dangerous tornadoes. we are as a country in the midst of a great upheaval and we see this throughout the land. and under the current administration in washington, hopelessness at record level, 62% of americans are i living paycheck to paycheckfederal buds expected to hit $2 trillion this year.

cities decayed and san francisco following f in a doom loop and crime, hope eviscerated the quality of life in the city. other states enacted a spark of exodus of their resident out of their states and in illinois, residents saddled with high taxes and spendthrift politicians continue to spend and borrow at some of the highest rates in the nation with massive unfunded liability that will require even higher taxes in the future. soft on crime policies devastated safety in major cities like chicago. chicago's per capita tripled and they've faced $68 billion budget deficit. violent crime is up, robbery up and recent stanford university study show businesses are leaving in groves.

unemployment rate is 50% lower than that of new york. it's not surprising given that and we've witness it had and continue to witness a great migration of americans away from cities and states pursuing the failed policies and florida serving as refuge of freedom and sanity. >> these failures are not the result of chance. they are the result of choice

over sound ideology and the state of florida has chosen well chosen facts over fear and we've chosen education over indoctrination and we've chosen law and order over rioting and disorder we have chosen fiscal responsibility over debt and professor kansas city chiefs seizure disorders and our choices have produced results that are second to none in this country. rankings of number one education and number one of education number one for [ toll involvement and talent developmentca and public higher educationhe andwe have the lowet

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delivered for people like cara

what is here w with us today. please stand. has 11 brothers ad sisters and it makes education hard for her parents and her three older bthnder two younger sisters are in college and the rest are on track to follow in herb footsteps as she likes to say in her own words "when people say that school choice doesn't work, i simply show them my family". thank you,.■ih

we stood up for parents against the woke mob and pans like tia

best from jacksonville area. she's a mom of three and fought without having an agenda and post on them and tee ya is proof that what parents in the state want is exactly what we've done and must always protect the innocence ofyl our children. let kids be kids. thank you. we delivered historic wins for parents and provided historic supportts for schoolteachers. over the past four invested a record 3 billion for the miles per hour of raising teacher pay. my budget proposal includes another $1.25 billion for evansville more pay increases.

these are important and help us recruit and retain and our teacher of the year adriana. stand up and be recognized. job well done. congratulations. we knew they'd reverberate in the state of florida and many were strand after the war and not receiving adequate assistance from the u.s. embassy or state department and state of florida stepped up and organize evacuation flight and rescued more than 70 americans and brought them back home to the state of florida.

that includes -- allison, her husband and two childrennd on one of the national championships we brought back from israel and here joining us today and came back safe and sound and we are glad we were able to help you get back home.ú

we're going to do everything we can to stop having money flow into the coffers of the re-seem and violence here at home and we oo protect the jewish statee schools and synagogues ad jewishot students on university campuses. we realize that many universities outside of florida have simply failed. this week jewish students across the country are returning to campuses that have outright condoned anti-semitism. over the coming months, they'll have a tough decision to make. we'll welcome them and waiving application for transfers and encouraging universities and colleges to use existing statutory authority to provide in-state tuition for student withs a financial hardship.

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jot reform by the new college board of trustees and richard transformed the college if ideological and indoctrination into a institution rooted in truth. higher education in florida is afford and will freezing for the past a decades and out of state tuition is the same aslso suppot future scholarship and make it more affordable for top students in florida to■j attend school.■

sings 2019, florida students earned more than 365,000 rapid credentials and last year more than 235,000 students earned high school and going for the state capacity to go with truck drivers and cdl licenses and programd completion. and we've now set a record for 229,000 students enrolled in career and technical education at florida colleges andnd theres no question that on this trajectory and with your continue support flori will soon be number one in the nation for work force education.

florida is the state for fiscal responsibility and for economic free dis o. the national debt going up in realtime. i'd like to see one made for florida's debt only a florida debt clock would be counting down, not up. we've paid down nearly 25% of our state's debt over the past four years. imagine that.

paying down another 455 million in state debt ahead of schedule and run surpluses and paid down debt while enacting record-setting tax reduction kevin withhe savings given to our residents, we have still brought in is weave made it tax free to raise a child in florida by permanently removing sales taxes on all baby items. cribs, strollers, diapers, wipes, children's clothing,

shoes among other items we don't just talk the talk we walk the walk. owner and funder of jet ai and going from hernando county and

their business moved and mike and his employees are still commuting to tampa while in the process of relocation, and he's take on the burden of paying not only his toll but the tolls of his staff as well and thru our toll relief program, his staff and him were able to save almost $4,000 in toll saving ands congratulations on that and doing a great job. the governor's budget recommendations and i'm proposing that we return another $1.1 billion toth the peoe addit will provide even more relief for families, individuals, and retirees that are just trying to get■ by during the uncertain times and let's reduce the cost of homeowner's insurance through tax relief and record setting

sales tax holidays and provide permanent tax relief for florida's small business. our policies support law enforcement personnel

>> in 2020 and detective jones move from chicago and collier county to work in a state where he knew his efforts would be respected and supported and thanks to our

hometown heros program, detective jones was able to achieve his dream of home ownership and thanks to the leadership of president through the live local act and housing funding and countless police officers as well as other staples in the community like teachers and nursesthe driver

that ran over brian and nico was here illegally and arrested by the florida highway patrol and found he was previously deported three times and had no right at all to be in this country. if the federal government had simply done its job, this would not have happened in the first place. also here today is paula frederick, the mother of amy frederick that was killed by fentanyl at just 25 years old.

making ere state a border state and thanks to the effort florida is fighting back on behalf of our people. thousands of utility linemen were stationed for the hurray dahlia and prepared to respond and members of newly reformed florida state guard that deployed forfo the first time since is the 47. 1947 and as a result of the preparations in less than one week, 96% of power was restored and a record for a

rural part of the state. we have micrennergrast here with us and we'll stand side by side with the sheriff and as big ben recovers from this past year's storm, we still remain focused on the long term recovery that's going on in southwest florida.■1

calling for another 1.1 billion to continue these great efforts.

ta g right to hunt, fish and more and we'll continue to honor and protect those important traditions. i've got to run through them quickly and we'll be here all day and we've been here for covid and authoritarianism and someone put a mask on their face. you can count on a mask free face in the free state of florida. we've expanded second amendment rite wit the constitutional carry bill from last session.

we have kneecapped so-called es$ environment social governance and doing the corporations impose radical policies on our citizenery. ictogether we work and we have banned china from buying land in fla and no land near

we created a program to accelerate repayment of state debt. we've protected florideans against the imposition of central bank digital currency and we authorize the death penalty for pedophiles. we won the fight after years and years of the federal government to be able to purchase less expensive drugs from canada and we'll save $100 million plus a year by doing that.

i think you guys did very, very [applause] >> just outside of this capitol building there it sits a replica of the liberty bell that rang inwhat is now known as independence hall while founding bollards signed the declaration of independence and later crafted the u.s. constitution. was scribed verse from >> proclaiming throughout all the land for all that thereof and the replica sits here in tallahassee, a thousand miles from philadelphia reminding us

of our task. we've delivered good government that maintains liberty and pub lib orderrreflective of puthe country at large and puttg through the blueprint of america's revival and hope in the hearts of millions but a new birth of freedom can emanate from the land once more and we're the heirs of the spirit of 1776 represented by that liberty bell. over the next two months let's enact policies that focus on florida's future and keep state with our nation's founding ideals and we'll keep florida free and provide hope for revival ofvi the american spirit throughout these united states. thank you, god bless you, and best ofut luck in this legislate session. thank you so much. k you so much. [cheering] [applause]