WEBVTT 00:02.235 --> 00:04.704 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% NORTH CAROLINA CHANNEL IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE FINANCIAL 00:04.804 --> 00:06.906 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% CONTRIBUTIONS OF VIEWERS LIKE YOU, WHO SUPPORT THE UNC-TV 00:07.007 --> 00:08.942 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% NETWORK. 00:10.877 --> 00:13.780 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% (patriotic orchestral music) 00:13.880 --> 00:35.969 align:left position:87.5%,start line:5% size:2.5% ♪ 00:40.974 --> 00:50.984 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% (room chatter) 01:51.111 --> 02:01.187 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% (room chatter) 03:01.314 --> 03:11.324 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% (room chatter) 04:11.451 --> 04:21.461 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% (room chatter) 05:21.587 --> 05:31.597 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% (room chatter) 06:31.724 --> 06:41.734 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% (room chatter) 07:13.366 --> 07:16.369 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% [bangs gavel] 07:21.374 --> 07:31.384 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% (room chatter) 07:56.776 --> 07:58.678 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% >> WELCOME, EVERYBODY. 07:58.778 --> 08:04.450 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% THIS BEING THE TIME AND PLACE ESTABLISHED BY GENERAL STATUTE 08:04.550 --> 08:09.422 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% 120-11.1 FOR THE CONVENING OF THE 2017 SESSION OF THE GENERAL 08:09.522 --> 08:12.892 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA, THE SENATE WILL BE IN ORDER. 08:12.992 --> 08:16.195 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% THE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS OF THE 2015 SESSION WILL CLEAR THE AISLES 08:16.295 --> 08:18.097 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% AND CLOSE THE DOORS. 08:18.197 --> 08:21.200 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% SENATORS-ELECT AND GUESTS, PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS. 08:21.300 --> 08:24.036 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% THE CHAIR TAKES GREAT PLEASURE IN EXTENDING COURTESIES OF THE 08:24.136 --> 08:27.173 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% FLOOR TO THE FAMILIES AND GUESTS OF OUR SENATORS AND OUR 08:27.273 --> 08:29.275 align:left position:32.5%,start line:65% size:57.5% SENATORS-ELECT. 08:29.375 --> 08:32.612 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% COURTESIES OF THE GALLERY ARE EXTENDED TO ALL VISITORS PRESENT 08:32.712 --> 08:36.516 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% TOY, AND WE INVITE YOU TO RETURN AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY. 08:36.616 --> 08:41.220 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% AND A VERY SPECIAL COURTESY IS EXTENDED TO MY FAMILY, MY WIFE, 08:41.320 --> 08:44.557 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% ALICE, AND TWO OF MY CHILDREN, JAKE AND OLIVIA. 08:44.657 --> 08:46.893 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% THANKS FOR JOINING US TODAY. 08:46.993 --> 08:51.697 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND SENATORS-ELECT AND GUESTS 08:51.797 --> 08:54.367 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% TO PLEASE SILENCE ALL OF YOUR ELECTRONIC DEVICES DURING THESE 08:54.467 --> 08:56.802 align:left position:35%,start line:65% size:55% PROCEEDINGS. 08:56.903 --> 09:03.242 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% THE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS IS RECOGNIZED. 09:03.342 --> 09:10.416 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% >> MR. PRESIDENT, THE HONORABLE MARK MARTIN, CHIEF JUSTICE OF 09:10.516 --> 09:18.724 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% THE NORTH CAROLINA SUPREME COURT AND THE HONORABLE PHILIP BERGER 09:18.824 --> 09:24.730 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% ARE AT THE DOOR AND AWAIT YOUR DIRECTION. 09:24.830 --> 09:26.132 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% >> PLEASE OPEN THE DOOR. 09:26.232 --> 09:30.870 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% ALL MEMBERS AND GUESTS WILL PLEASE STAND. 09:30.970 --> 09:38.511 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% [APPLAUSE] 09:46.819 --> 09:54.360 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% >> CHIEF JUSTICE MARTIN AND JUDGE BERGER, THE SENATE 09:54.460 --> 09:56.395 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% WELCOMES YOU INTO ITS CHAMBER. 09:56.495 --> 09:59.999 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% WE'RE HAPPEN TO EXTEND COURTESIES OF THE FLOOR TO YOU. 10:00.099 --> 10:01.500 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% SERGEANT-AT-ARMS IS RECOGNIZED. 10:01.601 --> 10:06.505 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% >> MR. PRESIDENT, MISS EMILY BERGER AND HER FATHER, KEVIN 10:06.606 --> 10:09.208 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% BERGER, ARE AT THE DOOR AND AWAIT YOUR DIRECTION. 10:09.308 --> 10:11.844 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% >> SERGEANT-AT-ARMS WILL OPEN THE DOORS AND ESCORT MISS EMILY 10:11.944 --> 10:20.620 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% BERGER AND HER FATHER, KEVIN, TO THE WELL OF THE CHAMBER. 10:20.720 --> 10:30.930 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% [APPLAUSE] 10:34.533 --> 10:39.238 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% >> WELCOME TO THE CHAMBER, MISS BERGER. 10:39.338 --> 10:43.909 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% WE APPRECIATE YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE CEREMONIES TODAY. 10:44.010 --> 10:47.513 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% ALL SENATORS-ELECT AND GUESTS IN THE CHAMBER AND GALLERY, YOU'RE 10:47.613 --> 10:50.750 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% ALREADY STANDING, BUT IF YOU'RE NOT, PLEASE RISE FOR THE PRAYER. 10:50.850 --> 10:54.654 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% LEADING US IN PRAYER AS WE BEGIN IN 2017 SESSION OF THE NORTH 10:54.754 --> 10:57.823 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS MR. KENNY JONES OF CAPITAL 10:57.923 --> 11:04.997 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60% COMMUNITY CHURCH. 11:05.097 --> 11:07.900 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% >> BOW YOUR HEADS AND LETS PRAY. 11:08.000 --> 11:12.304 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUFFICIENT GRACE AND 11:12.405 --> 11:14.173 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% ALLOWING US TO BE PART OF THIS DAY. 11:14.273 --> 11:17.410 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE STRENGTH AND KNOWLEDGE YOU PROVIDE FOR 11:17.510 --> 11:21.414 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% EACH OF US IN ORDER FOR OUR LORDS TO BE FULL OF YOUR GLORY. 11:21.514 --> 11:23.315 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% WE PLEAD FOR YOUR MIGHTY HAND. 11:23.416 --> 11:27.520 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% I PRAY FOR EACH MEMBER OF THE SENATE BODY AS THEY EMBARK ON A 11:27.620 --> 11:30.890 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% NEW LEGISLATIVE YEAR AND HUMBLY ASK FOR YOUR HELP BY GIVING YOUR 11:30.990 --> 11:33.325 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% WISDOM AND GUIDANCE ON ALL MATTERS REGARDING LEGISLATION 11:33.426 --> 11:37.229 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5% FOR NORTH CAROLINA. 11:37.329 --> 11:40.066 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% FATHER, YOUR WORDS SAYS IN PROVERBS IF YOU CALL OUT FOR 11:40.166 --> 11:42.768 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% INSIGHT AND RAISE YOUR VOICE FOR UNDERSTANDING, IF YOU SEEK IT 11:42.868 --> 11:46.839 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% LIKE SILVER AND SEARCH FOR IT AS FOR HIDDEN TREASURES, THEN 11:46.939 --> 11:48.274 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% YOU'LL UNDERSTAND THE FEAR OF THE LORD. 11:48.374 --> 11:50.810 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% AND, FATHER, WE ALSO KNOW ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD AND WE 11:50.910 --> 11:53.646 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% ASK THAT YOU GIVE IT UPON EACH MEMBER TO KNOW WISDOM AND 11:53.746 --> 11:59.552 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% INSTRUCTION, TO UNDERSTAND WORDS OF INSIGHT, TO RECEIVE 11:59.652 --> 12:07.660 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% INSTRUCTION AND WISE DEALING RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND JUSTICE. 12:07.760 --> 12:11.297 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% SERVE HUMBLY AND REMEMBER YOUR FAVOR AND ALLOW THEM TO BE 12:11.397 --> 12:13.099 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% MEMBERS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA SENATE. 12:13.199 --> 12:15.634 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% FATHER, I DO PRAY FOR THE FAMILIES. 12:15.735 --> 12:18.270 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% THEY WILL HAVE THE STRENGTH, LOVE AND PROTECTION AS THEY 12:18.370 --> 12:19.939 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60% SERVE ALONGSIDE. 12:20.039 --> 12:22.208 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% WE PRAY THESE THINGS IN YOUR SON JESUS' NAME. 12:22.308 --> 12:25.811 align:left position:45%,start line:65% size:45% AMEN. 12:25.911 --> 12:27.947 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% >> SERGEANT-AT-ARMS IS RECOGNIZED. 12:28.047 --> 12:35.721 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% >> MR. PRESIDENT, THE ARMY JUNIOR ROTC COLOR GUARD OF JOHN 12:35.821 --> 12:39.158 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% MOTLEY MOREHEAD HIGH SCHOOL FROM EDEN, NORTH CAROLINA, IS AT THE 12:39.258 --> 12:44.730 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% DOOR TO PRESENT THE COLORS AND AWAITS YOUR INSTRUCTION. 12:44.830 --> 12:50.669 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% >> SERGEANT-AT-ARMS WILL OPEN THE DOORS FOR THE ARMY JUNIOR 12:50.770 --> 12:56.108 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% ROTC CADETS FROM JOHN MOTLEY MOREHEAD HIGH SCHOOL IN EDEN, 12:56.208 --> 13:07.753 align:left position:32.5%,start line:65% size:57.5% NORTH CAROLINA. 13:07.853 --> 13:10.923 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5% >> [OFF MICROPHONE] 13:11.023 --> 13:16.729 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% >> PERMISSION IS GRANTED. 13:36.315 --> 13:38.751 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF 13:38.851 --> 13:42.655 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION 13:42.755 --> 13:59.505 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 14:31.136 --> 14:38.477 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% ♪ O SAY CAN YOU SEE ♪ ♪ BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT ♪ 14:38.577 --> 14:44.316 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% ♪ WHAT SO PROUDLY WE HAILED ♪ ♪ AT THE TWILIGHT'S LAST 14:44.416 --> 14:51.423 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% GLEAMING ♪ ♪ WHOSE BROAD STRIPES AND BRIGHT 14:51.523 --> 15:00.733 align:left position:42.5%,start line:65% size:47.5% STARS ♪ ♪ THROUGH THE PERILOUS FIGHT ♪ 15:00.833 --> 15:10.409 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% ♪ O'ER THE RAMPARTS WE WATCHED ♪ ♪ WERE SO GALLANTLY STREAMING ♪ 15:10.509 --> 15:19.652 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% ♪ AND THE ROCKETS' RED GLARE ♪ ♪ THE BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR ♪ 15:19.752 --> 15:25.658 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% ♪ GAVE PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT ♪ ♪ THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL 15:25.758 --> 15:30.930 align:left position:42.5%,start line:65% size:47.5% THERE ♪ ♪ O SAY DOES THAT STAR-SPANGLED 15:31.030 --> 15:48.380 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60% BANNER YET WAVE ♪ ♪ FOR THE LAND OF THE FREE ♪ 15:48.480 --> 15:55.788 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% ♪ AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE ♪♪♪ 15:56.889 --> 16:04.697 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 16:13.105 --> 16:15.240 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% >> EMILY, THAT WAS WONDERFUL! 16:15.341 --> 16:17.242 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% EMILY'S 8 YEARS OLD, EVERYBODY. 16:17.343 --> 16:19.378 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, EMILY. 16:19.478 --> 16:21.914 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% COLOR GUARD, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AS WELL AND BEING 16:22.014 --> 16:23.182 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% PART OF THIS CEREMONY. 16:23.282 --> 16:26.652 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% THE COLOR GUARD IS DISMISSED, AND MISS EMILY BERGER IS 16:26.752 --> 16:31.924 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5% DISMISSED AS WELL. 16:45.237 --> 16:54.246 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5% YOU MAY BE SEATED. 16:54.346 --> 16:57.116 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% THE CLERK WILL NOW READ THE CERTIFICATION OF ELECTIONS 16:57.216 --> 16:59.918 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% RECEIVED FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE, THE HONORABLE ELAINE 17:00.019 --> 17:03.722 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% MARSHALL, AND CALL THE ROLL OF THE SENATORS-ELECT BY DISTRICT. 17:03.822 --> 17:07.960 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, PLEASE ANSWER PRESENT AND REMAIN 17:08.060 --> 17:10.029 align:left position:40%,start line:65% size:50% STANDING. 17:10.129 --> 17:14.967 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. 17:15.067 --> 17:18.437 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% >> THE 2017 NORTH CAROLINA SENATE, I, ELAINE MARSHALL, 17:18.537 --> 17:21.140 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, DO HERE BY 17:21.240 --> 17:25.778 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% CERTIFY THAT THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS MET FRIDAY, THE 9th 17:25.878 --> 17:31.717 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% DAY OF DECEMBER, A.D., 2016, IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 123 OF 17:31.817 --> 17:35.087 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY STATUTES OF NORTH CAROLINA AT WHICH TIME THE 17:35.187 --> 17:37.556 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% BOARD DID OPEN AND JUDICIALLY DETERMINE THE RETURNS OF VOTES 17:37.656 --> 17:41.493 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% CAST IN THE ELECTION HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8th, 2016. 17:41.593 --> 17:45.597 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% AND CERTIFIED TO ME THE PERSONS DULY ELECTED AS MEMBERS OF THE 17:45.697 --> 17:49.635 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% SENATE FROM THE VARIOUS SENATE DISTRICTS COMPRISING OF MORE 17:49.735 --> 17:54.807 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% THAN ONE COUNTY AND ALL OTHERS HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED TO ME IN THE 17:54.907 --> 17:58.143 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% ABSTRACT OF THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS AS HAVING THE HIGHEST 17:58.243 --> 18:01.780 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% NUMBER OF VOTES CAST IN THE ELECTIONS IN DISTRICTS COMPOSED 18:01.880 --> 18:07.152 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% OF ONE COUNTY ONLY FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF 2017 TO WITH 18:07.252 --> 18:09.621 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% IT: FIRST, BILL COOK. 18:09.721 --> 18:13.225 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 18:13.325 --> 18:16.061 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% >> 2nd, NORMAN SANDERSON. 18:16.161 --> 18:19.331 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 18:19.431 --> 18:21.800 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% >> 3rd, ERICA SMITH-INGRAM. 18:21.900 --> 18:23.001 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 18:23.102 --> 18:25.871 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% >> 4th, ANGELA R. BRYANT. 18:25.971 --> 18:26.438 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 18:26.538 --> 18:28.474 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5% >> 5th, DON DAVIS. 18:28.574 --> 18:29.274 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 18:29.374 --> 18:30.943 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% >> 6th, HARRY BROWN. 18:31.043 --> 18:32.644 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 18:32.744 --> 18:34.847 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% >> 7th, LOUIS M. PATE JR. 18:34.947 --> 18:35.747 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 18:35.848 --> 18:38.917 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% >> 8 THEIR, BILL RABON. 18:39.017 --> 18:40.652 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 18:40.752 --> 18:42.988 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% >> 9 THEIR, MICHAEL LEE. 18:43.088 --> 18:43.856 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 18:43.956 --> 18:45.791 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% >> 10th, BRENT JACKSON. 18:45.891 --> 18:49.528 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 18:49.628 --> 18:52.764 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% >> 11th, RICK HORNER. 18:52.865 --> 18:53.665 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 18:53.765 --> 18:54.967 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% >> 12th, RONALD RABIN. 18:55.067 --> 18:58.270 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 18:58.370 --> 19:02.875 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% >> 13th, DANNY EARL J.R. BRITT. 19:02.975 --> 19:03.442 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 19:03.542 --> 19:04.977 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5% >> 14th, DAN BLUE. 19:05.077 --> 19:06.678 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 19:06.778 --> 19:08.714 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% >> 15th, JOHN ALEXANDER. 19:08.814 --> 19:09.915 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 19:10.015 --> 19:12.151 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% >> 16th, JAY CHAUDHURI. 19:12.251 --> 19:13.919 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 19:14.019 --> 19:16.054 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% >> 17th, TAMARA BARRINGER. 19:16.155 --> 19:18.323 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 19:18.423 --> 19:19.725 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% >> 18th, CHAD BAREFOOT. 19:19.825 --> 19:22.027 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 19:22.127 --> 19:24.796 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% >> 19th, WESLEY MEREDITH. 19:24.897 --> 19:25.597 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 19:25.697 --> 19:28.200 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% >> 20th, FLOYD B. McKISSICK, JR. 19:28.300 --> 19:30.068 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 19:30.169 --> 19:32.571 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5% >> 21st, BEN CLARK. 19:32.671 --> 19:33.172 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 19:33.272 --> 19:35.207 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% >> 22nd, MIKE WOODARD. 19:35.307 --> 19:36.842 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 19:36.942 --> 19:40.746 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% >> 23rd, VALERIE P. FOUSHEE. 19:40.846 --> 19:41.780 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 19:41.880 --> 19:43.849 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5% >> 24th, RICK GUNN. 19:43.949 --> 19:44.883 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 19:44.983 --> 19:47.853 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% >> 25th, TOM McINNIS. 19:47.953 --> 19:49.188 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 19:49.288 --> 19:56.261 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% >> 26th, PHILIP B. PHIL BERGER. 19:56.361 --> 19:57.196 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 19:57.296 --> 20:00.499 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% >> 27th, TRUDY WADE. 20:00.599 --> 20:01.567 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 20:01.667 --> 20:04.636 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% >> 28th, GLADYS A. ROBINSON. 20:04.736 --> 20:05.337 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 20:05.437 --> 20:08.774 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% >> 29th, JERRY W. TILLMAN. 20:08.874 --> 20:11.543 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 20:11.643 --> 20:15.414 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% >> 30th, SHIRLEY BLACKBURN RANDLEMAN. 20:15.514 --> 20:16.081 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 20:16.181 --> 20:21.653 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% >> 31st, JOYCE KRAWIEC. 20:21.753 --> 20:22.287 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 20:22.387 --> 20:26.725 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% >> 32nd, PAUL LOWE JR. 20:26.825 --> 20:28.560 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 20:28.660 --> 20:30.862 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5% >> 33rd, CATHY DUN. 20:30.963 --> 20:31.863 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 20:31.964 --> 20:33.732 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% >> 34th, ANDREW BROCK. 20:33.832 --> 20:34.366 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 20:34.466 --> 20:40.839 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% >> 35th TOMMY TUCKER. 20:40.939 --> 20:42.107 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 20:42.207 --> 20:43.942 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% >> 36th, PAUL NEWTON. 20:44.042 --> 20:44.543 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 20:44.643 --> 20:46.511 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% >> 37th JEFF JACKSON. 20:46.612 --> 20:47.179 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 20:47.279 --> 20:48.714 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% >> 38th DOLE D.M. FORD. 20:48.814 --> 20:49.314 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 20:49.414 --> 20:51.416 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5% >> 39th DAN BISHOP. 20:51.516 --> 20:52.317 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 20:52.417 --> 20:54.152 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% >> 40th, JOYCE WADDELL. 20:54.253 --> 20:54.753 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 20:54.853 --> 20:56.188 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% >> 41st, JEFF TARTE. 20:56.288 --> 20:56.788 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 20:56.888 --> 20:58.590 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% >> 42nd, ANDY WELLS. 20:58.690 --> 20:59.291 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 20:59.391 --> 21:03.895 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% >> 43rd, KATHY HARRINGTON. 21:03.996 --> 21:04.529 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 21:04.630 --> 21:07.466 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% >> 44th, DAVID L. CURTIS. 21:07.566 --> 21:08.233 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 21:08.333 --> 21:11.670 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% >> 45th, DEANNA BALLARD. 21:11.770 --> 21:12.671 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 21:12.771 --> 21:15.240 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% >> 46th, WARREN DANIEL. 21:15.340 --> 21:16.241 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 21:16.341 --> 21:19.378 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% >> 47th, RALPH HISE. 21:19.478 --> 21:20.279 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 21:20.379 --> 21:22.748 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% >> 48th, CHUCK EDWARDS. 21:22.848 --> 21:23.382 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 21:23.482 --> 21:27.452 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% >> 49th, TERRY VAN DUYN. 21:27.552 --> 21:28.353 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 21:28.453 --> 21:29.288 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5% >> 50th, JIM DAVIS. 21:29.388 --> 21:31.456 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% >> PRESENT. 21:31.556 --> 21:41.900 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% >> IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I HAVE AFFIXED MY HAND AND AFFIXED MY 21:42.000 --> 21:46.271 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% OFFICIAL SEAL, ELAINE MARSHALL, SECRETARY OF STATE. 21:46.371 --> 21:49.241 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% >> SENATORS-ELECT, YOU WILL FIND YOUR HOLY BOOK ON YOUR DESK. 21:49.341 --> 21:51.743 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE YOUR PERSONAL VOLUME. 21:51.843 --> 21:55.480 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% AT THIS TIME, THE CHAIR WILL INVITE YOUR SPOUSE OR GUEST TO 21:55.580 --> 22:02.754 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% STAND WITH YOU AS YOU TAKE YOUR OATH OF OFFICE. 22:02.854 --> 22:06.191 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% THE OATH OF OFFICE WILL BE ADMINISTERED TO THE 22:06.291 --> 22:09.561 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% SENATORS-ELECT BY THE HONORABLE MARK MARTIN, CHIEF JUSTICE OF 22:09.661 --> 22:13.632 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA. 22:13.732 --> 22:16.735 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% >> PLEASE PLACE YOUR LEFT HAND ON YOUR BIBLE AND RAISE YOUR 22:16.835 --> 22:18.470 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% RIGHT HAND. 22:18.570 --> 22:22.741 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT YOU WILL SUPPORT THE 22:22.841 --> 22:26.945 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND DO YOU 22:27.045 --> 22:30.749 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% SOLEMNLY AND SINCERELY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT YOU WILL BE FAITHFUL 22:30.849 --> 22:35.320 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% AND BEAR TRUE ALLEGIANCE TO THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA AND TO 22:35.420 --> 22:37.389 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% THE CONSTITUTIONAL POWERS AND AUTHORITIES WHICH ARE OR MAY BE 22:37.489 --> 22:42.928 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% ESTABLISHED FOR THE GOVERNMENT THEREOF, AND THAT YOU WILL 22:43.028 --> 22:50.869 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% ENDEAVOR TO SUPPORT, MAINTAIN THE CONSTITUTION OF SAID STATE 22:50.969 --> 22:53.572 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED 22:53.672 --> 22:56.742 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% STATES TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE OR ABILITY, AND DO YOU 22:56.842 --> 23:02.681 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT YOU WILL DISCHARGE YOUR DUTIES 23:02.781 --> 23:08.754 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% OF YOUR OFFICE AS A MEMBER OF THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF NORTH 23:08.854 --> 23:13.892 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% CAROLINA TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY, SO HELP YOU GOD. 23:13.992 --> 23:18.330 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% >> [CHORUS OF I DO'S] 23:18.430 --> 23:19.231 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5% >> CONGRATULATIONS. 23:19.331 --> 23:23.268 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% [APPLAUSE] 23:31.877 --> 23:33.979 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% >> CONGRATULATIONS, SENATORS, YOU CAN BE SEATED ALONG WITH 23:34.079 --> 23:35.247 align:left position:35%,start line:65% size:55% YOUR GUESTS. 23:35.347 --> 23:39.584 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% 50 SENATORS BEING PRESENT, HAVING TAKEN THE OATH OF OFFICE, 23:39.684 --> 23:42.454 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% I DECLARE A QUORUM PRESENT AND QUALIFIED. 23:42.554 --> 23:45.857 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% THE SENATE WILL NOW PROCEED WITH THE ELECTION OF A PRESIDENT PRO 23:45.957 --> 23:48.693 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% TEM AS ESTABLISHED BY THE CONSTITUTION OF NORTH CAROLINA 23:48.794 --> 23:52.197 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% WHO SHALL SERVE UNTIL THE EXPIRATION OF THE TERM OF OFFICE 23:52.297 --> 23:53.532 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% AS SENATOR. 23:53.632 --> 23:57.602 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% THE CHAIR DECLARES NOMINATIONS ARE IN ORDER FOR THE OFFICE OF 23:57.702 --> 24:00.071 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% PRESIDENT PRO TEM FOR THE 2017 SENATOR. 24:00.172 --> 24:02.140 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% SENATOR BROWN, FOR WHAT PURPOSE DO YOU RISE? 24:02.240 --> 24:04.109 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% >> TO MAKE A NOMINATION. 24:04.209 --> 24:05.777 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% >> SENATOR BROWN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 24:05.877 --> 24:08.280 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. 24:08.380 --> 24:10.849 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% MEMBERS, SENATOR PHIL BERGER HAS BEEN THE PRO TEM OF THE SENATE 24:10.949 --> 24:12.250 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS. 24:12.350 --> 24:17.589 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% HE HAS SERVED THIS BODY FOR THE PAST 16 YEARS. 24:17.689 --> 24:20.892 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% SENATOR BERGER HAS SERVED IN THAT CAPACITY, I THINK, WITH 24:20.992 --> 24:22.260 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% DISTINCTION AND HONOR. 24:22.360 --> 24:26.198 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% I THINK HE HAS SERVED IN A WAY THAT HE HAS ALLOWED FULL DEBATE 24:26.298 --> 24:28.667 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% ON THE SENATE FLOOR. 24:28.767 --> 24:35.307 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% I DON'T THINK THERE'S EVER BEEN A TIME THAT -- SINCE SENATOR 24:35.407 --> 24:36.408 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% BERGER'S CALLED THE QUESTION. 24:36.508 --> 24:38.610 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% HE'S ALLOWED FULL DEBATE EACH AND EVERY TIME. 24:38.710 --> 24:43.682 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% SENATOR BERGER, AS YOU CAN TELL, HAS A GREAT FAMIY. 24:43.782 --> 24:46.318 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% HE'S AN ESTABLISHED ATTORNEY IN EDEN, NORTH CAROLINA. 24:46.418 --> 24:48.119 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% HE'S A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE. 24:48.220 --> 24:52.724 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% AND HE HAS SERVED, I THINK, THIS BODY WITH DISTINCTION AND HONOR. 24:52.824 --> 24:58.630 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% AND HAVING SAID THAT, MR. PRESIDENT, I NOMINATE PHIL 24:58.730 --> 25:07.606 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% BERGER TO SERVE AS PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE 2017 SENATE. 25:07.706 --> 25:09.975 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% >> SENATOR RABON, FOR WHAT PURPOSE DO YOU RISE? 25:10.075 --> 25:13.879 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% >> MR. PRESIDENT, IT'S A GREAT HONOR THAT I RISE TO SECOND THE 25:13.979 --> 25:16.314 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% NOMINATION OF SENATOR PHIL BERGER AS PRESIDENT PRO TEM OF 25:16.414 --> 25:22.554 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% THE 2017 NORTH CAROLINA SENATE. 25:22.654 --> 25:24.456 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% SENATOR BROWN PRETTY WELL SUMMED IT UP. 25:24.556 --> 25:28.426 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT MENTION THAT I HAVE ENJOYED AND 25:28.527 --> 25:32.364 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% WE HAVE ALL ENJOYED THE LEADERSHIP OF SENATOR BERGER, 25:32.464 --> 25:34.432 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% AND I LOOK FORWARD TO FOLLOWING THAT LEADERSHIP INTO THE 25:34.533 --> 25:38.203 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% SUNLIGHT OF THE NEXT BIENNIUM. 25:38.303 --> 25:43.041 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% AND I WOULD FURTHER MOVE THAT THE NOMINATIONS BE CLOSED AND 25:43.141 --> 25:48.513 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% ACCEPTED BY ACCLAMATION. 25:48.613 --> 25:50.248 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% >> FOR WHAT PURPOSE DO YOU RISE? 25:50.348 --> 25:51.550 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% >> TO SECOND THE MOTION. 25:51.650 --> 25:54.553 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% >> SENATOR TUCKER SECONDS THE MOTION. 25:54.653 --> 25:59.057 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% THE MOTION IS THAT NOMINATIONS BE CLOSED AND THE NOMINATION OF 25:59.157 --> 26:03.028 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% SENATOR PHIL BERGER AS PRESIDENT PRO TEM BE ACCEPTED BY 26:03.128 --> 26:03.929 align:left position:35%,start line:65% size:55% ACCLAMATION. 26:04.029 --> 26:04.863 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR DEBATE? 26:04.963 --> 26:09.501 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% IF NOT, THOSE IN FAVOR WILL SAY AYE. 26:09.601 --> 26:10.035 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% OPPOSED NO. 26:10.135 --> 26:12.604 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60% THE AYES HAVE IT. 26:12.704 --> 26:17.075 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% THE CHAIR DECLARES SENATOR PHIL BERGER UNANIMOUSLY ELECTED TO 26:17.175 --> 26:22.447 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT PRO TEM OF THE 2017 SENATE. 26:22.547 --> 26:25.317 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% SENATOR BROWN, SENATOR BLUE, SENATOR TUCKER, AND SENATOR 26:25.417 --> 26:33.725 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% RANDLEMAN ARE APPOINTED AS A COMMITTEE TO ESCORT PHIL BERGER 26:33.825 --> 26:43.435 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% TO THE WELL OF THE SENATE TO RECEIVE HIS OATH OF OFFICE. 26:51.743 --> 27:11.196 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% [APPLAUSE] 27:12.130 --> 27:14.799 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% >> YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 27:14.899 --> 27:19.971 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% >> MR. PRESIDENT, WE PRESENT PRESIDENT PRO TEM-ELECT OF 2017 27:20.071 --> 27:20.805 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% SESSION, SENATOR PHIL BERGER. 27:20.905 --> 27:31.483 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% [APPLAUSE] 27:31.583 --> 27:32.917 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% >> THANK YOU, SENATOR BROWN. 27:33.018 --> 27:35.553 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% THE ESCORT COMMITTEE MAY RETURN TO THEIR SEATS. 27:35.654 --> 27:41.059 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% THE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS MAY ESCORT SENATOR BERGER'S WIFE PAT TO 27:41.159 --> 27:49.934 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% STAND WITH THE PRESIDENT PRO TEM-ELECT. 27:50.035 --> 27:52.871 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% THE HONORABLE PHILIP BERGER JR., JUDGE OF THE NORTH CAROLINA 27:52.971 --> 28:07.385 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% COURT OF APPEALS, WILL ADMINISTER THE OATH. 28:07.485 --> 28:10.588 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% >> DO YOU, PHIL BERGER, SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT YOU WILL SUPPORT THE 28:10.689 --> 28:16.094 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES SO HELP YOU GOD? 28:16.194 --> 28:20.065 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% DO YOU SOLEMNLY AND SINCERELY SWEAR THAT YOU WILL BE FAITHFUL 28:20.165 --> 28:25.370 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% AND BEAR TRUE ALLEGIANCE TO THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA AND THE 28:25.470 --> 28:26.771 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% CONSTITUTIONAL POWER WHICH MAY BE ESTABLISHED FOR THE 28:26.871 --> 28:28.807 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% GOVERNMENT THEREOF AND WILL YOU ENDEAVOR TO SUPPORT, MAINTAIN 28:28.907 --> 28:34.646 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF SAID STATE NOT 28:34.746 --> 28:35.947 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% INCONSISTENT WITH THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED 28:36.047 --> 28:39.317 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% STATES TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY? 28:39.417 --> 28:42.987 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% DO YOU SOLEMNLY AND SINCERELY SWEAR THAT YOU WILL FAITHFULLY 28:43.088 --> 28:47.158 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% DISCHARGE YOUR DUTIES AS PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE 28:47.258 --> 28:51.129 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% 2017 GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO THE BEST OF YOUR SKILL AND ABILITY, 28:51.229 --> 28:51.896 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60% SO HELP YOU GOD? 28:51.996 --> 28:53.565 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% >> I DO, SO HELP ME GOD. 28:53.665 --> 29:08.179 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% [APPLAUSE] 29:11.149 --> 29:12.684 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% >> CONGRATULATIONS, SENATOR BERGER. 29:12.784 --> 29:15.420 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% THE CHAIR HAS THE GREAT HONOR OF RECOGNIZING YOU TO ADDRESS THE 29:15.520 --> 29:21.292 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% SENATE AND OUR GUESTS. 29:21.392 --> 29:26.197 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% MEMBERS OF THE SENATE AND GUESTS, PLEASE BE SEATED. 29:36.608 --> 29:39.778 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% >> THEY REALLY GRAB YOU AND PULL YOU OUT THE BACK WAY AND YOU 29:39.878 --> 29:42.914 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% DON'T KNOW FOR SURE THAT EVERYTHING TURNS OUT OKAY UNTIL 29:43.014 --> 29:44.382 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% THEY OPEN THE DOORS. 29:44.482 --> 29:48.019 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% SO I WANT TO THANK THE MEMBERS FOR THE CONFIDENCE THAT YOU HAVE 29:48.119 --> 29:53.057 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% PLACED IN ME, AND I CAN PROMISE YOU I WILL DO THE BEST JOB THAT 29:53.158 --> 29:56.394 align:left position:42.5%,start line:65% size:47.5% I CAN. 29:56.494 --> 30:02.367 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% AS FORMER SENATOR APODACA WOULD SAY, THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS AND 30:02.467 --> 30:03.735 align:left position:35%,start line:65% size:55% THE BAD NEWS. 30:03.835 --> 30:07.472 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% I THANK EVERYONE IN THE CHAMBER FOR THE WARM WELCOME, AND I'M 30:07.572 --> 30:10.508 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EACH AND EVERY MEMBER OF THE 30:10.608 --> 30:14.679 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% NORTH CAROLINA SENATE IN THE UPCOMING SESSION AND OVER THE 30:14.779 --> 30:16.381 align:left position:32.5%,start line:65% size:57.5% NEXT TWO YEARS. 30:16.481 --> 30:20.251 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE A FEW PEOPLE WHO ARE 30:20.351 --> 30:23.888 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% WITH US TODAY, AND I THINK YOU'VE HEARD THEIR NAMES SEVERAL 30:23.988 --> 30:24.422 align:left position:42.5%,start line:65% size:47.5% TIMES. 30:24.522 --> 30:25.456 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60% FIRST, MY FAMILY. 30:25.557 --> 30:28.159 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% MY WIFE, PAT, MY SONS, PHIL JR. 30:28.259 --> 30:35.300 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% AND KEVIN, MY DAUGHTER ASHLEY, KEVIN'S WIFE AMBER, ASHLEY'S 30:35.400 --> 30:41.139 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% HUSBAND JOSH, AND MY GRANDCHILDREN, PHILIP III, WIL, 30:41.239 --> 30:45.677 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5% JACKSON, AND EMILY. 30:45.777 --> 30:51.316 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% EMILY JUST MADE ME SO PROUD WHEN SHE SANG THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. 30:51.416 --> 30:57.956 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% AND I HOPE YOU WILL GIVE ME THAT MOMENT TO FAVOR THAT. 30:58.056 --> 31:00.058 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% SO THANK YOU, EMILY. 31:00.158 --> 31:03.428 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% THE UNWAVERING SUPPORT OF MY FAMILY AND I KNOW FOR EVERYBODY 31:03.528 --> 31:08.900 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% IN THIS CHAMBER, FOR YOUR FAMILY, IS A CRITICAL PART OF 31:09.000 --> 31:11.502 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% OUR ABILITY TO DO WHAT WE DO HERE IN THE NORTH CAROLINA 31:11.603 --> 31:12.837 align:left position:42.5%,start line:65% size:47.5% SENATE. 31:12.937 --> 31:15.540 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% I WANT TO THANK NORTH CAROLINA SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE MARK 31:15.640 --> 31:18.343 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% MARTIN FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE CEREMONY, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR 31:18.443 --> 31:21.479 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% DAN FOREST, THANK YOU FOR PRESIDING AND FOR WHAT YOU DO 31:21.579 --> 31:26.150 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% FOR US EVERY DAY IN HELPING US WITH THE DEBATE AND MOVING 31:26.251 --> 31:27.352 align:left position:35%,start line:65% size:55% THINGS ALONG. 31:27.452 --> 31:36.561 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% AND I WANT TO THANK THE ARMY JROTC. 31:36.661 --> 31:40.098 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% THEY HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THIS CEREMONY ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS 31:40.198 --> 31:41.432 align:left position:42.5%,start line:65% size:47.5% FOR US. 31:41.532 --> 31:44.002 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE THEM HERE AND TO REALLY SEE THE YOUNG 31:44.102 --> 31:49.073 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE COMING ALONG THAT ONE DAY WILL BE TAKING THE 31:49.173 --> 31:52.710 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% PLACE OF US OLDER FOLKS HERE IN THE CHAMBER. 31:52.810 --> 31:57.315 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% TODAY IS A DAY TO CELEBRATE THE CALL TO PUBLIC SERVICE. 31:57.415 --> 32:05.023 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% AFTER REVIEWING YOUR PLATFORM, AFTER LISTENING TO WHAT YOU HAVE 32:05.123 --> 32:09.494 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% TO SAY, AFTER ASKING YOU ALL SORTS OF QUESTIONS, MILLIONS OF 32:09.594 --> 32:12.931 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% PEOPLE IN NORTH CAROLINA WENT TO THE POLLS THIS PAST NOVEMBER AND 32:13.031 --> 32:16.234 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% ELECTED THE MEMBERS OF THIS CHAMBER TO REPRESENT THEIR 32:16.334 --> 32:20.471 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% COMMUNITIES AND TO BE THEIR VOICE IN STATE GOVERNMENT. 32:20.571 --> 32:23.608 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% WITH THAT COMES TREMENDOUS RESPONSIBILITY. 32:23.708 --> 32:28.579 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% AND WITH THAT COMES A DUTY TO WORK HARD AND REMAIN FOCUSED ON 32:28.680 --> 32:31.149 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% FULFILLING THE PROMISES THAT YOU MADE. 32:31.249 --> 32:33.818 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% AND, BOY, I CAN TELL YOU, YOU ARE GOING TO WORK HARD TH 32:33.918 --> 32:36.020 align:left position:40%,start line:65% size:50% SESSION. 32:36.120 --> 32:40.925 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% WHILE WE ARE TECHNICALLY A PART-TIME LEGISLATURE, YOU ALL 32:41.025 --> 32:44.696 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% KNOW, OR IF YOU DON'T KNOW, YOU WILL FIND OUT, THAT THERE IS 32:44.796 --> 32:47.298 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% NOTHING PART-TIME ABOUT BEING A STATE SENATOR. 32:47.398 --> 32:50.034 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% IT WILL REQUIRE A STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO PUT THE BEST 32:50.134 --> 32:54.405 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% INTERESTS OF YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR COMMUNITY, AND YOUR STATE 32:54.505 --> 32:58.076 align:left position:32.5%,start line:65% size:57.5% ABOVE YOURSELF. 32:58.176 --> 33:00.111 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% YOU WILL DEVOTE LONG, SOMETIMES DIFFICULT HOURS AT THE 33:00.211 --> 33:05.216 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% LEGISLATURE MOST DAYS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, AWAY FROM 33:05.316 --> 33:08.319 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% YOUR FAMILIES, AWAY FROM YOUR NEIGHBORS, AND AWAY FROM THE 33:08.419 --> 33:10.221 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% COMFORTS OF YOUR HOME. 33:10.321 --> 33:14.525 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% FOR MOST OF YOU, YOU WILL SOMEHOW HAVE TO FIND TIME TO 33:14.625 --> 33:18.696 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% FULFILL THE OBLIGATIONS OF YOUR REGULAR FULL-TIME JOB IN ORDER 33:18.796 --> 33:20.898 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% TO SUPPORT YOUR FAMILY. 33:20.999 --> 33:25.403 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% AND WHEN YOU FINALLY REACH THE END OF YOUR WORKWEEK HERE, YOU 33:25.503 --> 33:29.107 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% WILL LIKELY SPEND YOUR WEEKENDS ENGAGED IN COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES 33:29.207 --> 33:32.744 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% AND ATTENDING CIVIC EVENTS IN YOUR DISTRICT. 33:32.844 --> 33:37.482 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% THERE WILL BE LITTLE TO NO TIME FOR REST. 33:37.582 --> 33:39.617 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% LET'S TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE 33:39.717 --> 33:44.822 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% ALL OF THIS POSSIBLE, TO THE FAMILIES OF OUR MEMBERS, WHETHER 33:44.922 --> 33:48.393 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% YOU'RE ON THE FLOOR OR WHETHER YOU'RE IN THE GALLERY. 33:48.493 --> 33:51.596 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% THE SACRIFICES YOU MAKE IN SHARING YOUR LOVED ONES FOR 33:51.696 --> 33:54.866 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% COUNTLESS HOURS EVERY WEEK DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED. 33:54.966 --> 33:58.403 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% WITHOUT A STRONG SUPPORT NETWORK AT HOME, OUR MEMBERS SIMPLY 33:58.503 --> 34:01.506 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% COULD NOT DO WHAT THEY DO. 34:01.606 --> 34:07.545 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 34:07.645 --> 34:10.848 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% THERE'S NO QUESTION IT TAKES A SPECIAL GROUP OF PEOPLE, A 34:10.948 --> 34:15.787 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% SPECIAL GROUP OF PEOPLE, AND I'LL LEAVE IT TO YOU TO DEFINE 34:15.887 --> 34:19.257 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% SPECIAL, TO SIGN UP FOR THIS JOB. 34:19.357 --> 34:23.795 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% IT'S WORTH IT IN THE END, HOWEVER, AND LET ME SHARE MY 34:23.895 --> 34:28.366 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% PERSPECTIVE AS TO WHY IN SPITE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE, 34:28.466 --> 34:31.436 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% PARTICULARLY THE PERSONAL CHALLENGES, SO MANY CONTINUE TO 34:31.536 --> 34:33.971 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% SIGN UP FOR THIS WORK. 34:34.072 --> 34:37.809 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% WE COME BACK BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN THE FRUITS OF OUR EFFORTS. 34:37.909 --> 34:41.279 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% WE KNOW WHAT IS DONE HERE CAN MAKE A POSITIVE AND MEANINGFUL 34:41.379 --> 34:46.284 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OUR FEDERAL -- SORRY -- OF OUR 34:46.384 --> 34:48.119 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% FELLOW NORTH CAROLINIANS. 34:48.219 --> 34:52.290 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% JUST SIX SHORT YEARS AGO, OUR STATE FACED A DOUBLE-DIGIT 34:52.390 --> 34:54.959 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, FIFTH HIGHEST IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. 34:55.059 --> 34:58.629 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% NOW, DUE IN LARGE PART TO DIFFICULT DECISIONS MADE BY THE 34:58.729 --> 35:01.666 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% LEGISLATURE, OUR UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HAS FALLEN IN HALF. 35:01.766 --> 35:07.371 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% AND NORTH CAROLINA IS CREATING JOBS FASTER THAN OTHER STATES. 35:07.472 --> 35:11.142 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% NORTH CAROLINA ONCE STRUGGLED WITH STAGNANT JOB GROWTH, 35:11.242 --> 35:14.612 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% DECLINING FAMILY INCOMES. 35:14.712 --> 35:19.150 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% NOW A THRIVING ECONOMY HAS GENERATED MORE THAN 450,000 NEW 35:19.250 --> 35:20.351 align:left position:45%,start line:65% size:45% JOBS. 35:20.451 --> 35:22.887 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% THE NUMBER OF WORKING NORTH CAROLINIANS HAS SOARED TO 35:22.987 --> 35:24.188 align:left position:32.5%,start line:65% size:57.5% HISTORIC HIGHS. 35:24.288 --> 35:27.258 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% AND MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN NORTH CAROLINA HAS JUMPED BY 35:27.358 --> 35:29.160 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% CLOSE TO $10,000 PER HOUSEHOLD. 35:29.260 --> 35:34.432 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% OUR STATE AND ITS PRIVATE SECTOR ECONOMIC ENGINE WAS ONCE 35:34.532 --> 35:37.902 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% BURDENED WITH THE HIGHEST TAXES IN THE SOUTHEAST AND ONE OF THE 35:38.002 --> 35:40.037 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% WORST TAX CLIMATES IN THE NATION. 35:40.138 --> 35:43.741 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% NOW, AS A RESULT OF OUR NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED TAX CUTS 35:43.841 --> 35:49.347 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% AND TAX REFORM, NORTH CAROLINA BUSINESSES AND CITIZENS PAID 35:49.447 --> 35:51.382 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% BILLIONS OF DOLLARS LESS IN TAXES. 35:51.482 --> 35:55.019 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% OUR STATE NOW BOASTS THE BEST TAX CLIMATE IN THE REGION AND 35:55.119 --> 35:58.222 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% THE 11th BEST TAX CLIMATE IN THE NATION. 35:58.322 --> 36:03.561 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% BUT THERE IS STILL MORE WORK TO BE DONE. 36:03.661 --> 36:08.099 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% WE WERE ONCE WEIGHED DOWN BY RECORD BUDGET DEFICITS AND 36:08.199 --> 36:10.368 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% BILLIONS OF DEBT TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 36:10.468 --> 36:13.671 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% NOW BALANCED BUDGETS AND CONTROLLED SPENDING ALONG WITH A 36:13.771 --> 36:17.141 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% GROWING ECONOMY HAVE YIELDED CONSECUTIVE YEARS OF BUDGET 36:17.241 --> 36:18.342 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% SURPLUSES. 36:18.442 --> 36:19.076 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% OUR DEBT TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN PAID IN 36:19.177 --> 36:21.379 align:left position:45%,start line:65% size:45% FULL. 36:21.479 --> 36:23.447 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% PUBLIC SCHOOLS WERE ONCE STRUGGLING WITH DECLINING STATE 36:23.548 --> 36:24.949 align:left position:40%,start line:65% size:50% SUPPORT. 36:25.049 --> 36:29.420 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% THOUSANDS OF STATE-FUNDED TEACHERS POSITIONS WERE 36:29.520 --> 36:30.454 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% ELIMINATED. 36:30.555 --> 36:32.790 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% TEACHERS WERE FURLOUGH AND THEIR PAY FROZEN. 36:32.890 --> 36:38.262 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% NOW STATE FUNDING FOR OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS REACHED RECORD 36:38.362 --> 36:39.630 align:left position:42.5%,start line:65% size:47.5% LEVELS. 36:39.730 --> 36:42.667 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% AVERAGE TEACHER PAY HAS CLIMBED ABOVE $50,000 FOR THE FIRST TIME 36:42.767 --> 36:44.001 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60% IN STATE HISTORY. 36:44.101 --> 36:48.906 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% WHEN WE ASSUMED THE MAJORITY IN JANUARY OF 2011, OUR STATE'S 36:49.006 --> 36:50.341 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% RAINY DAY FUND WAS DEPLETED. 36:50.441 --> 36:53.978 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% NOW AS WE SAW WITH THE SWIFT RESPONSE TO RECENT NATURAL 36:54.078 --> 36:57.615 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% DISASTERS, WE ARE WELL PREPARED FOR EMERGENCIES AND DOWNTURNS 36:57.715 --> 37:01.686 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% WITH MORE THAN $1.5 BILLION IN THE STATE'S SAVINGS RESERVE. 37:01.786 --> 37:06.123 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT DUE TO HARD WORK AND PERSEVERANCE OF 37:06.224 --> 37:09.727 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% PUBLIC SERVANTS IN THIS BUILDING AND THEIR SUPPORTIVE FAMILIES, 37:09.827 --> 37:12.530 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% OUR STATE HAS MADE A DRAMATIC TURNAROUND. 37:12.630 --> 37:16.133 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% IT'S WORKING TOWARD THE KINDS OF POSITIVE CHANGE THAT HELP MAKE 37:16.234 --> 37:20.171 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% NORTH CAROLINA THE BEST STATE TO BUILD A BUSINESS AND THE BEST 37:20.271 --> 37:25.876 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% STATE TO LIVE AND RAISE A FAMILY. 37:25.977 --> 37:28.879 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% THAT IS SOMETHING THAT BRINGS SO MANY PEOPLE BACK YEAR AFTER YEAR 37:28.980 --> 37:31.048 align:left position:45%,start line:65% size:45% YEAR. 37:31.148 --> 37:33.651 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% AND EVEN THOUGH OUR ROLES DIFFER -- SORRY. 37:33.751 --> 37:36.220 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% EVEN THOUGH OUR ROLE OFFERS THE PRIVILEGE AND RESPONSIBILITY TO 37:36.320 --> 37:40.458 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% IMPLEMENT BROAD POLICY CHANGES THAT AFFECT MILLIONS, SOMETIMES 37:40.558 --> 37:44.195 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% THE MOST REWARDING PART OF THE JOB IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP 37:44.295 --> 37:45.696 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60% JUST ONE PERSON. 37:45.796 --> 37:49.533 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% TO PROVIDE CONSTITUENT SERVICE AND HELP OUR NEIGHBORS -- HELP 37:49.634 --> 37:54.171 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% OUR NEIGHBORS SOLVE REAL-WORLD PROBLEMS ONE AT A TIME. 37:54.272 --> 37:57.008 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% BY HELPING CHILDREN GET TO THE RIGHT SCHOOLS OR EDUCATIONAL 37:57.108 --> 37:59.877 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% PROGRAMS TO MEET THEIR UNIQUE NEEDS. 37:59.977 --> 38:03.414 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% BY HELPING SICK CONSTITUENTS CONTACT THE PROPER OFFICIALS TO 38:03.514 --> 38:04.815 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% OBTAIN THE CARE THEY NEED. 38:04.915 --> 38:08.252 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% BY HELPING FAMILIES PURSUING AN ADOPTION CUT THROUGH GOVERNMENT 38:08.352 --> 38:09.453 align:left position:40%,start line:65% size:50% RED TAPE. 38:09.553 --> 38:11.822 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% BY HELPING PEOPLE RESOLVE DRAINAGE AND OTHER PROBLEMS 38:11.922 --> 38:14.592 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% RESULTING FROM ROAD WORK ON OR NEAR THEIR PROPERTIES. 38:14.692 --> 38:18.195 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% AND BY EXPEDITING ASSISTANCE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WITH 38:18.296 --> 38:21.866 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% V.A. ISSUES, PASSPORTS AND OTHER NEEDS. 38:21.966 --> 38:24.135 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% PERHAPS THERE'S NO BETTER EXAMPLE OF THE PROBLEMS WE CAN 38:24.235 --> 38:27.605 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% SOLVE WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER THAN THE AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE 38:27.705 --> 38:32.910 align:left position:40%,start line:65% size:50% MATTHEW. 38:33.010 --> 38:38.249 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% SENATOR FORD AND SENATOR SMITH-INGRAM, JUST TO NAME A 38:38.349 --> 38:44.955 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% COUPLE, I COMMEND YOUR EFFORTS TO OFFER MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO 38:45.056 --> 38:48.159 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% THOSE AFFECTED BY THE FLOODS. 38:48.259 --> 38:51.696 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% WHAT MANY DON'T REALIZE, THE LION'S SHARE OF WHAT WE WORK ON 38:51.796 --> 38:53.631 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% IN THESE HALLS IS NOT CONTROVERSIAL. 38:53.731 --> 38:56.400 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% MOST LAWS PASS WITH OVERWHELMING BIPARTISAN SUPPORT. 38:56.500 --> 39:00.638 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% NO MATTER WHAT OUR POLITICAL PARTY, WE'RE ALL HERE BECAUSE WE 39:00.738 --> 39:04.342 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% WANT TO HELP OUR STATE THRIVE, AND FOR OUR CITIZENS TO REACH 39:04.442 --> 39:05.910 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. 39:06.010 --> 39:09.447 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% IT'S DISHEARTENING THAT SOME ONLY WANT TO FOCUS ON WHAT 39:09.547 --> 39:12.750 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% DIVIDES US, WHAT DRAWS IN THE MOST CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS, 39:12.850 --> 39:18.122 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% WHAT ATTRACTS THE MOST FREE PRESS ATTENTION, WHAT IS 39:18.222 --> 39:21.726 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% SENSATIONAL ENOUGH TO SELL THE MOST NEWSPAPER AND TELEVISION 39:21.826 --> 39:22.993 align:left position:32.5%,start line:65% size:57.5% ADVERTISEMENTS. 39:23.094 --> 39:25.963 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% MEMBERS, AS WE CONSIDER THE TASK AHEAD AT THE START OF THIS 39:26.063 --> 39:28.566 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% SESSION, LET US REMEMBER ALL THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH WHEN WE 39:28.666 --> 39:29.934 align:left position:32.5%,start line:65% size:57.5% WORK TOGETHER. 39:30.034 --> 39:33.738 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% AND LET US REMEMBER THAT ALL -- ALL THAT CAN BE ACHIEVED AS WE 39:33.838 --> 39:37.341 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% CONTINUE DOWN THIS NEW PATH FOR OUR STATE AND LABOR TO FULFILL 39:37.441 --> 39:40.444 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% THE PROMISES WE MADE TO OUR CONSTITUENTS. 39:40.544 --> 39:43.047 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% IN THE COMING SESSION, WE'LL MAINTAIN THE BUDGETING AND 39:43.147 --> 39:47.251 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% SPENDING DISCIPLINE AND THE COMMITMENT TO PRO-GROWTH TAX 39:47.351 --> 39:51.088 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% POLICIES THAT HAVE HELPED RETURN OUR STATE TO GOOD FISCAL HEALTH. 39:51.188 --> 39:55.960 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5% LET ME BE CLEAR -- WE WILL NOT UNDER ANY 39:56.060 --> 39:58.095 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% CIRCUMSTANCES RETURN TO THE FAILED TAX AND SPEND POLICIES IN 39:58.195 --> 40:00.865 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% THE PAST THAT GAVE US THE MESS THAT WE HAD IN 2011. 40:00.965 --> 40:04.201 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO REDUCE THE TAX BURDEN ON 40:04.301 --> 40:08.339 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% FAMILIES, SMALL BUSINESSES, AND OTHER JOB CREATORS, HELPING THEM 40:08.439 --> 40:10.474 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% KEEP MORE OF THEIR OWN MONEY. 40:10.574 --> 40:14.178 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% WE'LL CONTINUE EFFORTS TO REFORM AND IMPROVE PUBLIC EDUCATION FOR 40:14.278 --> 40:16.680 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% OUR STUDENTS AND HAVE ALREADY COMMITTED TO RAISING AVERAGE 40:16.781 --> 40:19.950 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% TEACHER PAY TO $55,000 OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS. 40:20.050 --> 40:22.420 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% WE'LL REMAIN FOCUSED ON PROVIDING A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR 40:22.520 --> 40:27.324 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% OUR CHILDREN AND HELPING BUILD A CAPABLE WORKFORCE THAT WILL 40:27.425 --> 40:29.560 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% ATTRACT BUSINESS TO THIS STATE. 40:29.660 --> 40:33.931 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% WE'LL DO EVEN MORE TO SIMPLIFY OUTDATED JOB-KILLING RULES AND 40:34.031 --> 40:36.867 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% REGULATIONS AND FOSTER A BETTER BUSINESS CLIMATE WITH THE GOAL 40:36.967 --> 40:40.971 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% OF SUSTAINING NORTH CAROLINA'S STRONG JOB GROWTH AND WE'LL 40:41.071 --> 40:43.374 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% CONTINUE BUILDING STATE RESERVES TO MAKE SURE THAT NORTH CAROLINA 40:43.474 --> 40:45.810 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% IS WELL PREPARED FOR THE FUTURE. 40:45.910 --> 40:47.645 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC 40:47.745 --> 40:53.818 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% SERVICE AND TO THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, MAY WE ENJOY A 40:53.918 --> 40:55.219 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% COLLEGIAL AND PRODUCTIVE SESSION. 40:55.319 --> 40:58.322 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% MAY WE COME TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE POSITIVE AND LASTING CHANGE AND 40:58.422 --> 41:00.558 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS THIS BODY AND THE PEOPLE OF NORTH 41:00.658 --> 41:00.991 align:left position:40%,start line:65% size:50% CAROLINA. 41:01.091 --> 41:04.528 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% THANK YOU. 41:05.696 --> 41:24.014 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% [APPLAUSE] 41:25.749 --> 41:26.617 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% >> THANK YOU, SENATOR BERGER. 41:26.717 --> 41:32.122 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60% CONGRATULATIONS. 41:32.223 --> 41:35.292 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE ADOPTION OF RULES OF 41:35.392 --> 41:38.696 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% PROCEDURE BY WHICH THIS BODY SHOULD GOVERN ITSELF. 41:38.796 --> 41:40.965 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% SENATOR RABIN IS RECOGNIZED. 41:41.065 --> 41:42.900 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS. 41:43.000 --> 41:47.104 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% I'VE BEEN GIVEN -- I'VE GIVEN A DRAFT OF THE 2017 PERMANENT 41:47.204 --> 41:49.240 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% SENATE RULES TO THE SENATE CLERK FOR FILING. 41:49.340 --> 41:53.811 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% THIS RESOLUTION WILL BE STATE SENATE RESOLUTION NUMBER 1. 41:53.911 --> 41:58.282 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% I MOVE THE SENATE -- I MOVE THAT SENATE RESOLUTION 1 BE BROUGHT 41:58.382 --> 42:00.718 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% BEFORE THE SENATE FOR INTRODUCTION AND IMMEDIATE 42:00.818 --> 42:03.053 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% CONSIDERATION BY THE BODY. 42:03.153 --> 42:07.725 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% >> INTRODUCTION OF RESOLUTION, THE CLERK WILL READ. 42:07.825 --> 42:09.793 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% >> SENATE RESOLUTION 1. 42:09.894 --> 42:13.664 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% A SENATE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE PERMANENT RULES OF THE SESSION 42:13.764 --> 42:18.469 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% FOR THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE 2017 GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 42:18.569 --> 42:25.142 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% >> SECOND READING OF SENATE RESOLUTION 1. 42:25.242 --> 42:28.879 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% >>> SENATOR RABIN IS RECOGNIZED TO EXPLAIN THE RESOLUTION. 42:28.979 --> 42:30.214 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. 42:30.314 --> 42:32.483 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS IS SOMETHING WE DO EVERY SESSION 42:32.583 --> 42:36.987 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% WHEN WE BRING THE RULES OF THE SENATE INTO CONFIRMATION WITH 42:37.087 --> 42:40.991 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE MADE THE CHANGES THAT WE HAVE MADE AND 42:41.091 --> 42:43.260 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE GOING FORWARD. 42:43.360 --> 42:50.968 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% THESE RULES SHOULD BE LOOKED AT AND STUDIED BY ALL OF YOU, AND I 42:51.068 --> 42:53.437 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% WILL GIVE YOU A LITTLE TEST-DRIVE OF WHAT THEY ARE. 42:53.537 --> 42:56.540 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% RULE 2 IS THE CONVENING HOUR. 42:56.640 --> 43:00.044 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE HOUR AT WHICH WE CONVENE THAT YEAR. 43:00.144 --> 43:04.048 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% WE WILL STILL BE GOING IN ON MONDAY NIGHTS AT 7:00, BUT WE'LL 43:04.148 --> 43:08.552 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% BE CONVENING ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AT 4:00 P.M. 43:08.652 --> 43:15.326 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% WE'RE DOING THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE EXPANDED THE TIME THAT WE PLAN 43:15.426 --> 43:16.860 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% TO HOLD OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS. 43:16.961 --> 43:20.631 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% HOPEFULLY, THAT WILL ALLOW US TO GET EVERYTHING DISCUSSED AND 43:20.731 --> 43:25.269 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% HASHED OUT IN COMMITTEES, AND ALL MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBER WILL 43:25.369 --> 43:32.076 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% HAVE A CHANCE TO PUT IN INPUT AND TO SCRUB THOSE BEFORE THEY 43:32.176 --> 43:35.346 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% LEAVE THE COMMITTEE AND COME TO THE FLOOR. 43:35.446 --> 43:38.048 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% RULE 32 MAY BE OF INTEREST TO YOU. 43:38.148 --> 43:43.687 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% THAT IS A CHANGE IN OUR LIST OF STANDING SELECT COMMITTEES AND 43:43.787 --> 43:44.855 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5% REGULAR COMMITTEES. 43:44.955 --> 43:47.491 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% AS YOU'LL SEE, THERE ARE FEWER COMMITTEES THIS TIME. 43:47.591 --> 43:53.697 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% WE HOPE THAT EVERYONE WILL BE ABLE TO SPEND MORE TIME WORKING 43:53.797 --> 43:57.101 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL COMMITTEES AND THEIR AREAS OF EXPERTISE. 43:57.201 --> 44:02.806 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% THERE AGAIN, THAT GOES BACK TO THE PREVIOUS RULE ON WHY WE ARE 44:02.906 --> 44:05.876 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% CHANGING OUR CONVENING HOURS. 44:05.976 --> 44:10.881 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% PLEASE NOTE THAT PENSIONS HAS BEEN ADDED UNDER APPROPRIATIONS 44:10.981 --> 44:11.915 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% AND BUDGET. 44:12.016 --> 44:15.352 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A PENSION COMMITTEE. 44:15.452 --> 44:22.793 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% AND SO WE HAVE MELDED THAT INTO OUR WITH THE BASE BUDGET. 44:22.893 --> 44:26.664 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% I WANT TO BRING YOU -- OR MAKE SURE THAT I BRING TO YOUR 44:26.764 --> 44:28.699 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% ATTENTION THE DATES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO US AS WE MOVE 44:28.799 --> 44:31.602 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% THROUGH THE SESSION. 44:31.702 --> 44:34.705 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% AND THAT OUR LOCAL BILL DRAFTING REQUESTS MUST BE IN BY MARCH THE 44:34.805 --> 44:36.573 align:left position:45%,start line:65% size:45% 7th. 44:36.674 --> 44:37.975 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% AND FILED BY MARCH 15th. 44:38.075 --> 44:43.547 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% PUBLIC BILL REQUESTS MUST BE IN BILL DRAFTING BY MARCH 17th AND 44:43.647 --> 44:46.917 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% FILED BY MARCH 30th. 44:47.017 --> 44:48.485 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% CROSSOVER DEADLINE IS APRIL 27th. 44:48.585 --> 44:52.523 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% WE HAVE TALKED WITH OUR FRIENDS IN THE OTHER CHAMBER, AND WE 44:52.623 --> 44:57.528 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% HAVE AGREED ON THOSE DATES. 44:57.628 --> 45:00.030 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% AND IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE OTHER RULE CHANGES, I 45:00.130 --> 45:01.999 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% WILL BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN THOSE AT THIS TIME. 45:02.099 --> 45:05.369 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% THEY ARE STRAIGHTFORWARD, AND I THINK UNDERSTANDABLE BY 45:05.469 --> 45:08.672 align:left position:40%,start line:65% size:50% EVERYONE. 45:08.772 --> 45:15.646 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% >> DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION OR DEBATE? 45:15.746 --> 45:18.816 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% HEARING NONE, QUESTION BEFORE THE SENATE IS THE ADOPTION OF 45:18.916 --> 45:20.184 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% SENATE RESOLUTION 1. 45:20.284 --> 45:23.520 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% ALL IN FAVOR OF THE ADOPTION OF SENATE RESOLUTION 1 WILL VOTE 45:23.620 --> 45:24.121 align:left position:45%,start line:65% size:45% AYE. 45:24.221 --> 45:25.289 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% OPPOSE THE VOTE, NO. 45:25.389 --> 45:28.058 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% 10 SECONDS WILL BE ALLOWED FOR THE VOTING. 45:28.158 --> 45:39.603 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% THE CLERK WILL RECORD THE VOTE. 45:39.703 --> 45:43.474 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% >> 50 HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND 0 IN THE 45:43.574 --> 45:47.077 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% NEGATIVE, SENATE RESOLUTION 1, THE RULES OF THE 2017 SENATE, 45:47.177 --> 45:50.481 align:left position:35%,start line:65% size:55% ARE ADOPTED. 45:50.581 --> 45:53.951 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE ELECTION OF OTHER OFFICERS. 45:54.051 --> 45:57.688 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% SENATE RULE 65 ESTABLISHES THE OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT 45:57.788 --> 45:59.022 align:left position:40%,start line:65% size:50% PRO TEM. 45:59.123 --> 46:02.693 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% NOMINATIONS ARE NOW IN ORDER FOR THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT PRO TEM FOR 46:02.793 --> 46:04.595 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60% THE 2017 SENATE. 46:04.695 --> 46:06.563 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% SENATOR COOK, FOR WHAT PURPOSE DO YOU RISE? 46:06.663 --> 46:08.098 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% >> TO MAKE A NO, MA'AM MAKINGS. 46:08.198 --> 46:09.600 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% >> SENATOR COOK, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 46:09.700 --> 46:10.868 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. 46:10.968 --> 46:16.774 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% MEMBERS OF THE SENATE, TODAY I HAVE THE HONOR TO NOMINATE 46:16.874 --> 46:22.946 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% SENATOR LOUIS PATE FOR DEPUTY PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE. 46:23.046 --> 46:25.382 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% SENATOR LOUIS PATE HAS A LONG AND DISTINGUISHED RECORD OF 46:25.482 --> 46:29.586 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% PUBLIC SERVICE TO HIS COMMUNITY, STATE, AND COUNTRY. 46:29.686 --> 46:33.490 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% HE SERVED 20 YEARS IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AND RETIRED AS 46:33.590 --> 46:36.393 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60% A MAJOR IN 1982. 46:36.493 --> 46:41.231 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% IN VIETNAM, HE NAVIGATED B-52s AND LATER F-111s. 46:41.331 --> 46:47.604 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% HE SERVED HIS COMMUNITY AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND LAR AS THE 46:47.704 --> 46:51.041 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% MAYOR OF MOUNT OLIVE, NORTH CAROLINA. 46:51.141 --> 46:53.977 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% HE SERVED THE NORTH CAROLINA HOUSE FOR THE 11th DISTRICT 46:54.077 --> 46:59.917 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% BEGINNING IN 1995 AND SERVED SEVERAL SESSIONS, ENDING IN 47:00.017 --> 47:03.086 align:left position:45%,start line:65% size:45% 2008. 47:03.187 --> 47:07.090 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% LOUIS HAS SERVED IN THE SENATE SINCE 2010. 47:07.191 --> 47:10.194 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% LIKE ME, HE SERVED IN THE HOUSE FIRST. 47:10.294 --> 47:13.430 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% HOWEVER, UNLIKE ME, AFTER SEVERAL TERMS THERE, HE HAS 47:13.530 --> 47:14.565 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% FULLY RECOVERED FROM THE EXPERIENCE. 47:14.665 --> 47:20.170 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% [LAUGHTER] 47:20.270 --> 47:25.976 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% SENATOR PATE HAS SERVED IN THE SENATE -- EXCUSE ME. 47:26.076 --> 47:31.849 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% SENATE PATE HAS SAVED AS A DEPUTY SENATE PRESIDENT PRO 47:31.949 --> 47:32.916 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5% TEMPORE SINCE 2013. 47:33.016 --> 47:35.485 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% HE'S THE FATHER OF THREE, GRANDFATHER OF NINE. 47:35.586 --> 47:39.590 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% HE IS JOINED TODAY BY HIS WIFE, JOYCE, AND MANY OTHER FAMILY 47:39.690 --> 47:40.757 align:left position:40%,start line:65% size:50% MEMBERS. 47:40.858 --> 47:43.227 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% TO SAY LOUIS HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY IN THE WORLD OF 47:43.327 --> 47:46.530 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% PUBLIC SERVICE IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. 47:46.630 --> 47:50.467 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% HIS LEADERSHIP ATTRIBUTES OF STEADFAST HONESTY, INTEGRITY, 47:50.567 --> 47:54.071 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% CONSENSUS BUILDING AND THE ABILITY TO TRANSFORM A VISION 47:54.171 --> 47:58.809 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% INTO REALITY IS SIMPLY WHAT LOUIS HAS BEEN DOING HIS ENTIRE 47:58.909 --> 48:00.711 align:left position:45%,start line:65% size:45% LIFE. 48:00.811 --> 48:06.583 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% IT IS MY HONOR AND DISTINCT PRIVILEGE TO NOMINATE MY FRIEND, 48:06.683 --> 48:13.090 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% LOUIS M. PATE, TO SERVE AS THE SENATE'S DEPUTY PRESIDENT PRO 48:13.190 --> 48:15.926 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% TEMPORE FOR THE 2017 SESSION. 48:16.026 --> 48:18.362 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% >> SENATOR TUCKER, FOR WHAT PURPOSE DO YOU RISE? 48:18.462 --> 48:22.599 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% >> MR. PRESIDENT, I RISE TO SECOND THE NOMINATION OF SENATOR 48:22.699 --> 48:27.938 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% LOUIS PATE AS DEPUTY PRESIDENT PRO TEM OF THE SENATE. 48:28.038 --> 48:31.575 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% SENATOR PATE HAS BEEN A FRIEND OF MINE EVER SINCE I GOT HERE. 48:31.675 --> 48:36.613 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% SENATOR PATE IS A MAN OF INTEGRITY AND RESERVED CALM. 48:36.713 --> 48:40.684 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% HE OFTEN HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXERCISE HIS FORMER RANK AS 48:40.784 --> 48:43.120 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% MAJOR IN THE AIR FORCE WHEN HE LOOKS AT ME IN A COMMITTEE 48:43.220 --> 48:47.624 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% MEETING AND SAYS, TOMMY, BE QUIET. 48:47.724 --> 48:51.228 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% SIR, I FURTHER MOVE THAT THE NOMINATIONS BE CLOSED AND THAT 48:51.328 --> 48:53.597 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% SENATOR PATE'S NOMINATION BE ACCEPTED BY ACCLAMATION. 48:53.697 --> 48:55.232 align:left position:32.5%,start line:65% size:57.5% THANK YOU, SIR. 48:55.332 --> 48:56.533 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% >> THANK YOU, SENATOR. 48:56.633 --> 49:01.271 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% THE MOTION IS THE NOMINATIONS BE CLOSED AND THE NOMINATION OF 49:01.371 --> 49:06.977 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% SENATOR LOUIS PATE FOR DEPUTY PRESIDENT PRO TEM OF THE 2017 49:07.077 --> 49:09.446 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% SENATE BE APPROVED BY ACCLAMATION. 49:09.546 --> 49:11.915 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% THOSE IN FAVOR WILL SAY AYE. 49:12.015 --> 49:12.449 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% OPPOSED NO. 49:12.549 --> 49:14.251 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60% THE AYES HAVE IT. 49:14.351 --> 49:20.457 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% THE CHAIR DECLARES SENATOR PATE UNANIMOUSLY ELECTED TO THE 49:20.557 --> 49:23.160 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% OFFICE OF DEPUTY PRESIDENT PRO TEM. 49:23.260 --> 49:28.198 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% SENATOR COOK, SENATOR TOOKER, SENATOR TILLMAN AND SENATOR HISE 49:28.298 --> 49:33.937 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% ARE ASSIGNED TO ESCORT LOUIS PATE TO THE WELL OF THE SENATE 49:34.037 --> 49:37.307 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% TO RECEIVE THE OATH OF OFFICE. 49:58.095 --> 50:21.251 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% [APPLAUSE] 50:21.351 --> 50:23.954 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% >> SENATOR COOK, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 50:24.054 --> 50:28.759 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% >> MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE SENATE, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO 50:28.859 --> 50:33.163 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% PRESENT TO YOU THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE-ELECT OF 50:33.263 --> 50:38.402 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% THE 2017 SESSION, LOUIS M. PATE. 50:38.502 --> 50:48.779 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% [APPLAUSE] 50:48.879 --> 50:51.148 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% >> THANK YOU, SENATOR COOK. 50:51.248 --> 50:54.584 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% THE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS IS DIRECTED TO ESCORT MRS. JOYCE PATE, THE 50:54.684 --> 50:58.388 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% WIFE OF DEPUTY PRESIDENT PRO TEM-ELECT TO THE WELL OF THE 50:58.488 --> 51:17.474 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% SENATE, CHIEF JUSTICE MARTIN WILL ADMINISTER THE OATH. 51:17.574 --> 51:21.111 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% >> DO YOU, LOUIS PATE, SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT YOU WILL SUPPORT THE 51:21.211 --> 51:24.381 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES SO HELP ME GOD? 51:24.481 --> 51:28.385 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% DO YOU SOLEMNLY AND SINCERELY SWEAR THAT YOU WILL BE FAITHFUL 51:28.485 --> 51:32.656 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% AND BEAR TRUE ALLEGIANCE TO THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA AND TO 51:32.756 --> 51:36.526 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% THE CONSTITUTIONAL POWERS AND AUTHORITY THAT ARE OR MAY BE 51:36.626 --> 51:39.963 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% ESTABLISHED FOR THE GOVERNMENT THEREOF, AND WILL YOU SUPPORT, 51:40.063 --> 51:42.966 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% MAINTAIN AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF SAID 51:43.066 --> 51:44.701 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% STATE NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED 51:44.801 --> 51:49.072 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% STATES TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY? 51:49.172 --> 51:53.343 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% AND DO YOU SOLEMNLY AND SINCERELY SWEAR THAT YOU WILL 51:53.443 --> 51:56.079 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE YOUR DUTIES AS DEPUTY PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE 51:56.179 --> 52:00.851 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% OF THE 2017 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA TO 52:00.951 --> 52:04.821 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% THE BEST OF YOUR SKILL AND ABILITY, SO HELP YOU GOD. 52:04.921 --> 52:06.323 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5% >> SO HELP ME GOD. 52:06.423 --> 52:08.158 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5% >> CONGRATULATIONS. 52:08.258 --> 52:23.707 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% [APPLAUSE] 52:26.109 --> 52:27.511 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% >> CONGRATULATIONS, SENATOR PATE. 52:27.611 --> 52:29.379 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% YOU HAVE THE FLOOR TO ADDRESS THE SENATE. 52:29.479 --> 52:31.214 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. 52:31.314 --> 52:35.418 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% IT'S AN HONOR TO BE SELECTED FOR THIS JOB. 52:35.519 --> 52:38.855 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% AS YOU SAW, WE HAD THREE OF OUR GRANDCHILDREN HERE. 52:38.955 --> 52:41.525 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% WE DIDN'T HAVE ROOM FOR THE REST OF THEM BECAUSE WE COULDN'T 52:41.625 --> 52:42.626 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% FIGURE OUT WHERE TO PARK THE BUS. 52:42.726 --> 52:44.027 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% [LAUGHTER] 52:44.127 --> 52:48.298 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% BUT, AT ANY RATE, IT IS A GREAT HONOR TO CONTINUE IN THIS -- IN 52:48.398 --> 52:52.602 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% THIS SENATE, AND I APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH. 52:52.702 --> 52:55.505 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% WE LOOK FORWARD TO ROLLING UP OUR SLEEVES IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS 52:55.605 --> 52:57.707 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% AND GETTING TO WORK. 52:57.807 --> 53:05.649 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% AND AS I SAID THE OTHER DAY, I'D JUMP OUT OF AN AIRPLANE WITHOUT 53:05.749 --> 53:07.217 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% A PARACHUTE TO FOLLOW SENATOR BERGER. 53:07.317 --> 53:12.022 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% HE LEADS THE WAY, AND WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE HIM AT THE HEM. 53:12.122 --> 53:13.523 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. 53:13.623 --> 53:14.724 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR VOTE TODAY. 53:14.824 --> 53:22.499 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% [APPLAUSE] 53:24.401 --> 53:25.835 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% >> THANK YOU, SENATOR PATE. 53:25.936 --> 53:28.838 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% AND CONGRATULATIONS. 53:28.939 --> 53:32.509 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% THE CONSTITUTION OF NORTH CAROLINA DIRECTS THE SENATE TO 53:32.609 --> 53:34.211 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% ELECT ITS OTHER OFFICERS. 53:34.311 --> 53:37.914 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% THE GENERAL STATUTES DEFINE THEM TO BE A PRINCIPAL CLERK, A 53:38.014 --> 53:40.450 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% READING CLERK, AND A SERGEANT-AT-ARMS. 53:40.550 --> 53:43.920 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% THE CHAIR NOW DECLARES NOMINATIONS ARE IN ORDER FOR THE 53:44.020 --> 53:52.229 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% OFFICE OF PRINCIPAL CLERK OF THE 2017 SENATE. 53:52.329 --> 53:53.630 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% SENATOR RABON IS RECOGNIZED. 53:53.730 --> 53:56.800 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. 53:56.900 --> 54:02.906 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% MR. PRESIDENT, I RISE TO NOMINATE SARAH LANG FOR THE 54:03.006 --> 54:07.410 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% OFFICE OF SENATE PRINCIPAL CLERK FOR THE 2017 SESSION. 54:07.510 --> 54:09.613 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% SARAH HAS SERVED US WELL FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS. 54:09.713 --> 54:10.680 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60% WE ALL KNOW HER. 54:10.780 --> 54:11.982 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% WE'VE ALL WORKED WITH HER. 54:12.082 --> 54:16.786 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% WE HAVE FOUND THAT SHE IS A DILIGENT WORKER HERE BEFORE WE 54:16.886 --> 54:21.625 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% GET HERE, HERE AFTER WE LEAVE, AND SHE HAS SUFFERED ALL OF US 54:21.725 --> 54:23.393 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% AND DONE A GREAT JOB. 54:23.493 --> 54:28.765 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% I HOPE YOU ALL JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING HER HARD WORK AND 54:28.865 --> 54:32.202 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% VOTING FOR HER TO SERVE TWO MORE YEARS. 54:32.302 --> 54:34.004 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% >> THANK YOU, SENATOR RABON. 54:34.104 --> 54:36.906 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% SENATOR HARRINGTON, FOR WHAT PURPOSE DO YOU RISE? 54:37.007 --> 54:38.174 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% >> TO SECOND THE NOMINATION. 54:38.275 --> 54:39.943 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% >> YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, SENATOR. 54:40.043 --> 54:41.278 align:left position:35%,start line:65% size:55% >> THANK YOU. 54:41.378 --> 54:43.980 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% SHE HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB FOR US, AND ALMOST THE ENTIRE TIME 54:44.080 --> 54:45.248 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% THAT WE'VE BEEN HERE. 54:45.348 --> 54:50.920 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% I ECHO SENATOR RABON'S REMARKS AND SAY THAT SHE IS IN HER 54:51.021 --> 54:54.457 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% OFFICE ARE ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS THINGS RUN SO SMOOTHLY 54:54.557 --> 54:55.692 align:left position:32.5%,start line:65% size:57.5% IN THE SENATE. 54:55.792 --> 54:59.095 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% I MOVE THAT THE NOMINATIONS BE CLOSED AND SARAH LANG'S 54:59.195 --> 55:01.231 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% NOMINATION BE ACCEPTED BY ACCLAMATION. 55:01.331 --> 55:03.366 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% >> THE MOTION IS THAT THE NOMINATIONS BE CLOSED AND THE 55:03.466 --> 55:05.802 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% NOMINATION OF SARAH LANG FOR THE PRINCIPAL CLERK OF THE SENATE 55:05.902 --> 55:09.572 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% FOR THE 2017 SESSION BE ACCEPTED BY ACCLAMATION. 55:09.673 --> 55:12.108 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION OR DEBATE? 55:12.208 --> 55:15.578 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% IF NOT, THOSE IN FAVOR WILL SAY AYE. 55:15.679 --> 55:16.913 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% OPPOSED NO. 55:17.013 --> 55:18.248 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60% THE AYES HAVE IT. 55:18.348 --> 55:21.618 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% AND THE CHAIR DECLARES SARAH LANG UNANIMOUSLY ELECTED TO THE 55:21.718 --> 55:25.922 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% OFFICE OF PRINCIPAL CLERK OF THE SENATE FOR THE 2017 SESSION. 55:26.022 --> 55:29.492 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% THE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS WILL ESCORT THE PRINCIPAL CLERK-ELECT TO THE 55:29.592 --> 55:32.195 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% WELL OF THE SENATE WHERE CHIEF JUSTICE MARTIN WILL ADMINISTER 55:32.295 --> 55:35.465 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5% THE OATH OF OFFICE. 55:35.565 --> 55:38.468 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% THE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS MAY ALSO ESCORT JACKIE LANG TO THE WELL 55:38.568 --> 55:43.540 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% OF THE SENATE TO STAND WITH HER DAUGHTER. 55:58.722 --> 56:01.057 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% >> PLEASE PLACE YOUR LEFT HAND ON THE BIBLE, RAISE YOUR RIGHT 56:01.157 --> 56:02.392 align:left position:45%,start line:65% size:45% HAND. 56:02.492 --> 56:05.762 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% DO YOU, SARAH LANG, SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT YOU WILL SUPPORT THE 56:05.862 --> 56:09.766 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES SO HELP YOU GOD? 56:09.866 --> 56:14.270 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% DO YOU SOLEMNLY AND SINCERELY SWEAR THAT YOU WILL BE FAITHFUL 56:14.371 --> 56:18.641 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% AND BEAR TRUE ALLEGIANCE TO THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA AND TO 56:18.742 --> 56:22.412 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% THE CONSTITUTIONAL POWERS AND AUTHORITIES WHICH ARE OR MAY BE 56:22.512 --> 56:23.980 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% ESTABLISHED FOR THE GOVERNMENT THEREOF? 56:24.080 --> 56:26.950 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% WILL YOU ENDEAVOR TO SUPPORT, MAINTAIN AND DEFEND THE 56:27.050 --> 56:30.587 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% CONSTITUTIONAL LAWS OF SAID STATE, NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THE 56:30.687 --> 56:32.522 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, TO THE BEST OF YOUR 56:32.622 --> 56:33.957 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY? 56:34.057 --> 56:37.594 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% AND DO YOU SOLEMNLY AND SINCERELY SWEAR THAT YOU WILL 56:37.694 --> 56:42.932 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE YOUR DUTIES AS PRINCIPAL CLERK OF THE SENATE 56:43.032 --> 56:49.139 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% OF THE 2017 GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO THE BEST OF YOUR SKILL AND 56:49.239 --> 56:55.912 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% ABILITY SO HELP YOU GOD? 56:56.012 --> 56:56.513 align:left position:40%,start line:65% size:50% >> I DO. 56:56.613 --> 56:59.416 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5% >> CONGRATULATIONS. 56:59.516 --> 57:08.725 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% [APPLAUSE] 57:11.528 --> 57:13.163 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% >> CONGRATULATIONS, MADAM CLERK. 57:13.263 --> 57:18.868 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% PLEASE ASSUME YOUR SEAT. 57:18.968 --> 57:26.276 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% NOMINATIONS ARE NOW IN ORDER FOR THE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS OF THE 2017 57:26.376 --> 57:27.043 align:left position:42.5%,start line:65% size:47.5% SENATE. 57:27.143 --> 57:27.911 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% SENATOR TILLMAN IS RECOGNIZED. 57:28.011 --> 57:29.312 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. 57:29.412 --> 57:34.717 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% I RISE TO NOMINATE PHIL KING TO BE OUR SERGEANT-AT-ARMS FOR THE 57:34.818 --> 57:36.453 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5% COMING '17 SESSION. 57:36.553 --> 57:40.390 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% PHIL HAS SERVED US EXTREMELY WELL DURING THE PAST THREE 57:40.490 --> 57:42.759 align:left position:40%,start line:65% size:50% SESSIONS. 57:42.859 --> 57:46.529 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% HE TOLD ME TO MOVE ONE TIME, AND I DID BECAUSE I KNEW HE WAS A 57:46.629 --> 57:50.300 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% NAVY SEAL. 57:50.400 --> 57:54.871 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% LEWIS, YOU ARE A MAJOR PILOT, BUT HE WAS A NAVY SEAL. 57:54.971 --> 57:57.440 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% AND HE'S EXTREMELY PROFESSIONAL IN ALL OF HIS DUTIES, AND HE'S A 57:57.540 --> 57:59.909 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% GENTLEMAN. 58:00.009 --> 58:03.446 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% AND I WITHOUT HESITATION RECOMMEND PHIL KING TO SERVE AS 58:03.546 --> 58:06.616 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% OUR SERGEANT-AT-ARMS FOR THE '17 SESSION. 58:06.716 --> 58:09.686 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% >> SENATOR RABON IS RECOGNIZED. 58:09.786 --> 58:12.288 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. 58:12.388 --> 58:17.927 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% I RISE TO SECOND THE NOMINATION OF PHIL KING AS SERGEANT-AT-ARMS 58:18.027 --> 58:20.530 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% AND TO MAKE A MOTION. 58:20.630 --> 58:22.999 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% I'VE KNOWN PHIL FOR 40 YEARS. 58:23.099 --> 58:27.770 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% IT WAS UPON THE RECOMMENDATION ACTUALLY OF SENATOR RUCHO THAT 58:27.871 --> 58:31.808 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% HE WAS ORIGINALLY CHOSEN FOR THE JOB THAT HE NOW SERVES US IN. 58:31.908 --> 58:36.112 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% BUT HE HAS BEEN A FINE MAN AND A FINE FRIEND, AND HE HAS SERVED 58:36.212 --> 58:38.448 align:left position:40%,start line:65% size:50% US WELL. 58:38.548 --> 58:43.186 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% AND, MR. PRESIDENT, IF I MAY, I WOULD FURTHER MOVE THAT THE 58:43.286 --> 58:45.989 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% NOMINATIONS BE CLOSED AND THAT SENATOR BERGER'S NOMINATION BE 58:46.089 --> 58:51.961 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% ACCEPTED BY ACCLAMATION. 58:52.061 --> 58:55.598 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% >> THE MOTION IS THE NOMINATIONS BE CLOSED AND THE NOMINATION OF 58:55.698 --> 58:57.300 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60% PHIL LIP KING AS SERGEANT-AT-ARMS OF THE 2017 58:57.400 --> 59:00.169 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% SENATE BE ACCEPTED BY ACCLAMATION. 59:00.270 --> 59:02.338 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR DEBATE? 59:02.438 --> 59:05.441 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% IF NOT, THOSE IN FAVOR WILL SAY AYE. 59:05.542 --> 59:05.975 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% OPPOSED NO. 59:06.075 --> 59:07.277 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60% THE AYES HAVE IT. 59:07.377 --> 59:11.848 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% AND THE CHAIR DECLARES PHIL KING UNANIMOUSLY ELECTED TO THE 59:11.948 --> 59:15.051 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS OF THE SENATE FOR THE 2017 59:15.151 --> 59:16.386 align:left position:40%,start line:65% size:50% SESSION. 59:16.486 --> 59:17.720 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% THE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS-ELECT WILL GO TO THE WELL OF THE SENATE 59:17.820 --> 59:21.991 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% WILL CHIEF JUSTICE MARTIN WILL ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE 59:22.091 --> 59:28.464 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% AND ASSISTANT SERGEANT-AT-ARMS WILL ESCORT CAROL KING TO THE 59:28.565 --> 59:37.073 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% WELL OF THE SENATE TO STAND WITH HER HUSBAND. 59:41.010 --> 59:43.846 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% >> PLEASE PLACE YOUR LEFT HAND ON THE BIBLE AND RAISE YOUR 59:43.947 --> 59:45.214 align:left position:42.5%,start line:65% size:47.5% RIGHT. 59:45.315 --> 59:49.419 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% DO YOU, PHILLIP KING, SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT YOU WILL SUPPORT THE 59:49.519 --> 59:52.589 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, SO HELP YOU GOD. 59:52.689 --> 59:56.693 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% DO YOU SOLEMNLY AND SINCERELY SWEAR THAT YOU WILL BE FAITHFUL 59:56.793 --> 01:00:00.430 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% AND BEAR TRUE ALLEGIANCE TO THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA AND TO 01:00:00.530 --> 01:00:02.799 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% THE CONSTITUTIONAL POWERS AND AUTHORITIES WHICH ARE OR MAY BE 01:00:02.899 --> 01:00:05.969 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% ESTABLISHED FOR THE GOVERNMENT THEREOF? 01:00:06.069 --> 01:00:10.607 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% AND WILL YOU ENDEAVOR TO SUPPORT, MAINTAIN AND DEFEND THE 01:00:10.707 --> 01:00:13.977 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% CONSTITUTIONAL LAWS OF SAID STATE, NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THE 01:00:14.077 --> 01:00:16.279 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, TO THE BEST OF YOUR 01:00:16.379 --> 01:00:17.647 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY? 01:00:17.747 --> 01:00:20.917 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% AND DO YOU SOLEMNLY AND SINCERELY SWEAR THAT YOU WILL 01:00:21.017 --> 01:00:23.987 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE YOUR DUTIES AS SERGEANT-AT-ARMS OF THE 01:00:24.087 --> 01:00:30.026 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% SENATE OF THE 2017 GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO THE BEST OF YOUR 01:00:30.126 --> 01:00:32.061 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% SKILL AND ABILITY, SO HELP YOU GOD? 01:00:32.161 --> 01:00:33.496 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% >> I DO, SO HELP ME GOD. 01:00:33.596 --> 01:00:36.432 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5% >> CONGRATULATIONS. 01:00:37.500 --> 01:00:54.150 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% [APPLAUSE] 01:00:54.250 --> 01:00:55.418 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% >> CONGRATULATIONS, MR. KING. 01:00:55.518 --> 01:01:02.892 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% AND YOU MAY ASSUME YOUR SEAT. 01:01:02.992 --> 01:01:04.494 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% MESSAGE FROM THE MAJORITY CAUCUS. 01:01:04.594 --> 01:01:10.066 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% THE CLERK WILL READ. 01:01:10.166 --> 01:01:11.801 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% >> JANUARY 10, 2017. 01:01:11.901 --> 01:01:16.639 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% THE HONORABLE DAN FOREST, PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, ROOM 01:01:16.739 --> 01:01:20.076 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% 2104, RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA, 27601. 01:01:20.176 --> 01:01:22.879 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% DEAR PRESIDENT FOREST, THIS IS TO ADVISE YOU THAT THE SENATE 01:01:22.979 --> 01:01:27.183 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% REPUBLICAN CAUCUS MET ON DECEMBER 3rd, 2016, WITH 33 01:01:27.283 --> 01:01:30.953 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% MEMBERS PRESENT AND NOMINATED FOLLOWING OFFICERS FOR THE 2017 01:01:31.054 --> 01:01:36.025 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 01:01:36.125 --> 01:01:41.464 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, PHIL BERGER, DEPUTY PRESIDENT PRO TEM 01:01:41.564 --> 01:01:46.602 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% FOR, LEWIS PATE, HARRY BROWN, WHIP, JERRY TILLMAN, SENATE 01:01:46.703 --> 01:01:50.473 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% MAJORITY WHIP, SENATOR WESLEY MEREDITH, REPUBLICAN JOINT 01:01:50.573 --> 01:01:55.411 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% CAUCUS LEADER, SENATOR NORMAN SANDERSON, PRINCIPAL CLERK, MISS 01:01:55.511 --> 01:02:01.818 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% SARAH LANG, SERGEANT-AT-ARMS, MR. PHILLIP KING. 01:02:01.918 --> 01:02:10.593 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% SINCERELY, SENATOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BROWN. 01:02:10.693 --> 01:02:16.499 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% >> PLEASE STAND, SENATOR BROWN, SENATOR TILLMAN, STANDARD NORM 01:02:16.599 --> 01:02:17.400 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% SANDERSON, JOINT CAUCUS LEADER. 01:02:17.500 --> 01:02:17.834 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60% CONGRATULATIONS. 01:02:17.934 --> 01:02:28.511 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% [APPLAUSE] 01:02:28.611 --> 01:02:29.912 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% MESSAGE FROM THE MINORITY CAUCUS. 01:02:30.012 --> 01:02:32.715 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% THE CLERK WILL READ. 01:02:32.815 --> 01:02:34.383 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% >> DECEMBER 13, 2016. 01:02:34.484 --> 01:02:38.554 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% THE HONORABLE DAN FOREST, LEGISLATIVE BUILDING, ROOM 2104, 01:02:38.654 --> 01:02:40.857 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA. 01:02:40.957 --> 01:02:42.191 align:left position:42.5%,start line:65% size:47.5% 27601. 01:02:42.291 --> 01:02:44.060 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% DEAR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR FOREST, THE SENATE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS MET 01:02:44.160 --> 01:02:48.297 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2016, AND ELECTED THE FOLLOWING 01:02:48.397 --> 01:02:52.235 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% OFFICERS FOR THE 2017-18 LEGISLATIVE TERM. 01:02:52.335 --> 01:02:57.473 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% SENATOR DANIEL T. BLUE JR. OF WAKE COUNTY, MINORITY LEADER, 01:02:57.573 --> 01:03:04.380 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% SENATOR TERRY VAN DUYN, MINORITY WHIP, SENATOR ROBERT BEN CLARK 01:03:04.480 --> 01:03:07.550 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% III OF HOKE COUNTY, CAUCUS SECRETARY. 01:03:07.650 --> 01:03:10.820 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% ROBERT B. CLARK III, SENATE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS SECRETARY. 01:03:10.920 --> 01:03:13.790 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% >> CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE FOLLOWING LEADERS AND ASK THEM 01:03:13.890 --> 01:03:16.592 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% TO STAND TO BE RECOGNIZED. 01:03:16.692 --> 01:03:19.562 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% SENATOR DAN BLUE, MINORITY LEADER. 01:03:19.662 --> 01:03:24.967 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% SENATOR TERRY VAN DUYN, MINORITY WHIP. 01:03:25.067 --> 01:03:26.269 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% SENATOR BEN COOK, MINORITY CAUCUS SECRETARY. 01:03:26.369 --> 01:03:27.336 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60% CONGRATULATIONS. 01:03:27.436 --> 01:03:33.476 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% [APPLAUSE] 01:03:35.144 --> 01:03:37.547 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% >> SENATOR RABON, FOR WHAT PURPOSE DO YOU RISE? 01:03:37.647 --> 01:03:39.215 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. 01:03:39.315 --> 01:03:40.183 align:left position:40%,start line:65% size:50% A MOTION. 01:03:40.283 --> 01:03:41.584 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% >> YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR YOUR MOTION. 01:03:41.684 --> 01:03:42.952 align:left position:35%,start line:65% size:55% >> THANK YOU. 01:03:43.052 --> 01:03:45.988 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% HAVING VOTED WITH THE PREVAILING SIDE IN THE ELECTION OF SENATOR 01:03:46.088 --> 01:03:49.125 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% PHIL BERGER AS PRESIDENT PRO TEM, I MOVE TO RECONSIDER THE 01:03:49.225 --> 01:03:53.429 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% VOTE ELECTING SENATE BERGER AND FURTHER MOVE THAT MY MOTION TO 01:03:53.529 --> 01:03:55.598 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% RECONSIDER BE LAID UPON THE TABLE. 01:03:55.698 --> 01:03:58.100 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% >> SENATOR TUCKER, FOR WHAT PURPOSE DO YOU RISE? 01:03:58.201 --> 01:03:59.101 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5% >> MOTION, PLEASE. 01:03:59.202 --> 01:04:01.237 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% >> SENATOR, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? 01:04:01.337 --> 01:04:03.105 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% >> MOTION TO LAY ON THE TABLE. 01:04:03.206 --> 01:04:04.874 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% >> THANK YOU, SENATOR TUCKER. 01:04:04.974 --> 01:04:08.811 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% >> THIS IS A NON-DEBATABLE MOTION AND WILL GO STRAIGHT TO A 01:04:08.911 --> 01:04:10.413 align:left position:45%,start line:65% size:45% VOTE. 01:04:10.513 --> 01:04:14.517 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% THE QUESTION BEFORE THE BODY IS A MOTION TO TABLE THE MOTION TO 01:04:14.617 --> 01:04:18.221 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% RECONSIDER THE VOTE FOR PRESIDENT PRO TEM. 01:04:18.321 --> 01:04:20.523 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% 10 SECONDS WILL BE ALLOWED FOR THE VOTING. 01:04:20.623 --> 01:04:24.260 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% AND THE CLERK WILL RECORD THE VOTE. 01:04:31.567 --> 01:04:33.870 align:left position:45%,start line:65% size:45% DONE. 01:04:33.970 --> 01:04:35.838 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5% SMITH-INGRAM, AYE. 01:04:35.938 --> 01:04:40.243 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% 50 HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND 0 IN THE 01:04:40.343 --> 01:04:42.712 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% NEGATIVE, THE MOTION HAS BEEN TABLED. 01:04:42.812 --> 01:04:45.848 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% SENATOR RABON IS RECOGNIZED. 01:04:45.948 --> 01:04:47.583 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. 01:04:47.683 --> 01:04:54.657 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% I MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO THE END THAT SENATE JOINT 01:04:54.757 --> 01:04:56.726 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% RESOLUTION NUMBER 2 WAS JUST FILED -- OOPS, I GOT THE WRONG 01:04:56.826 --> 01:04:58.861 align:left position:45%,start line:65% size:45% ONE. 01:04:58.961 --> 01:04:59.295 align:left position:45%,start line:65% size:45% NOPE. 01:04:59.395 --> 01:05:00.696 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% I'M RIGHT. 01:05:00.796 --> 01:05:04.600 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% I MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO THE END OF JOINT RESOLUTION 01:05:04.700 --> 01:05:07.470 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% NUMBER 2, WHICH HAS JUST BEEN FILED, BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE 01:05:07.570 --> 01:05:10.039 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% SENATE FOR FIRST READING AND IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION. 01:05:10.139 --> 01:05:14.777 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% I FURTHER MOVE THAT UPON ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION, THE 01:05:14.877 --> 01:05:19.148 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% RESOLUTION BE SENT TO THE HOUSE BY SPECIAL MESSENGER. 01:05:19.248 --> 01:05:22.251 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% >> WITHOUT OB JEKS, SO ORDERED. 01:05:22.351 --> 01:05:25.721 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% >> MY SENATOR RABON, SENATOR JOINT RESOLUTION 2. 01:05:25.821 --> 01:05:29.992 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% A JOINT RESOLUTION ADJOURNING THE 2017 REGULAR SESSION OF THE 01:05:30.092 --> 01:05:34.664 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO A DATE CERTAIN AS PROVIDED BY LAW. 01:05:34.764 --> 01:05:37.566 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% >> SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION ON A SECOND READING. 01:05:37.667 --> 01:05:40.336 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% >> ADJOURN ORGANIZATIONAL SESSION. 01:05:40.436 --> 01:05:43.205 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% >> SENATOR RABON IS RECOGNIZED TO EXPLAIN THE RESOLUTION. 01:05:43.306 --> 01:05:44.540 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. 01:05:44.640 --> 01:05:48.577 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS IS JUST A JOINT -- A RESOLUTION FOR 01:05:48.678 --> 01:05:54.317 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% US TO ADJOURN TODAY TO A DAY CERTAIN AND TO RECONVENE ON 01:05:54.417 --> 01:05:56.452 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% JANUARY 25th TO OPEN THE SENATE AGAIN FOR BUSINESS. 01:05:56.552 --> 01:05:58.955 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 01:05:59.055 --> 01:06:01.924 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% >> ANY DISCUSSION OR DEBATE? 01:06:02.024 --> 01:06:04.560 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% HEARING NONE, QUESTION BEFORE THE SENATE IS THE PASSAGE OF 01:06:04.660 --> 01:06:07.163 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 2 ON ITS SECOND READING. 01:06:07.263 --> 01:06:09.332 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% ALL IN FAVOR WILL VOTE AYE. 01:06:09.432 --> 01:06:10.599 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% OPPOSED WILL VOTE NO. 01:06:10.700 --> 01:06:12.768 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% 10 SECONDS ALLOWED FOR THE VOTING AND THE CLERK WILL RECORD 01:06:12.868 --> 01:06:15.604 align:left position:40%,start line:65% size:50% THE VOTE. 01:06:24.280 --> 01:06:29.452 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% 50 HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE JOINT 01:06:29.552 --> 01:06:32.989 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% RESOLUTION 2 HAS PASSED IT'S SECOND READING AND WILL BE READ 01:06:33.089 --> 01:06:34.623 align:left position:35%,start line:65% size:55% A THIRD TIME. 01:06:34.724 --> 01:06:36.993 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% ANY DISCUSSION OR DEBATE? 01:06:37.093 --> 01:06:41.063 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% HEARING NONE, QUESTION BEFORE THE BODY IS THE PASSAGE OF 01:06:41.163 --> 01:06:45.668 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 2 ON ITS THIRD READING. 01:06:45.768 --> 01:06:46.969 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% IT PASSES THIRD READING. 01:06:47.069 --> 01:06:53.642 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% IT WILL BE SENT TO THE HOUSE VIA SPECIAL MESSAGE. 01:06:53.743 --> 01:06:57.546 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY WELCOME TO 01:06:57.646 --> 01:06:59.582 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% EVERYBODY, TO FAMILY AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW 01:06:59.682 --> 01:07:03.019 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% MEMBERS THAT JOIN US HERE IN THE SENATE CHAMBER TODAY AND SAY 01:07:03.119 --> 01:07:07.957 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE THAT YOU'RE GETTING READY TO 01:07:08.057 --> 01:07:09.325 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% UNDERTAKE. 01:07:09.425 --> 01:07:12.094 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF NORTH CAROLINA AS 01:07:12.194 --> 01:07:14.597 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS, AND I LOOK FORWARD 01:07:14.697 --> 01:07:17.967 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% WITH GREAT ANTICIPATION TO THE NEXT FOUR. 01:07:18.067 --> 01:07:21.303 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% AS EVERYONE IN THIS CHAMBER KNOWS, SERVICE IS SACRIFICE AND 01:07:21.404 --> 01:07:23.973 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% THE GREATEST SACRIFICE, AS SENATOR BERGER MENTIONED, COMES 01:07:24.073 --> 01:07:26.876 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% FROM THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THOSE THAT ARE SERVING. 01:07:26.976 --> 01:07:29.979 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% SO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK AGAIN THOSE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT ALLOW 01:07:30.079 --> 01:07:33.816 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% US TO DO THIS JOB WE DO EVERY DAY, AND ESPECIALLY TO MY FAMILY 01:07:33.916 --> 01:07:39.321 align:left position:42.5%,start line:65% size:47.5% FAMILY FAMILY, AND ESPECIALLY TO MY 01:07:39.422 --> 01:07:41.157 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% WIFE ALICE. 01:07:41.257 --> 01:07:44.460 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% THANK YOU FOR THE WAY YOU SERVE AND FOR THE SPIRIT WITH WHICH 01:07:44.560 --> 01:07:45.828 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% YOU DO IT. 01:07:45.928 --> 01:07:50.366 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% AS A FORMER ARCHITECT, I SPENT MY FORMATIVE YEARS LEARNING THE 01:07:50.466 --> 01:07:52.735 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% ART AND SCIENCE OF CREATING BUILDINGS. 01:07:52.835 --> 01:07:53.636 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% ARCHITECTURE IS AN ART. 01:07:53.736 --> 01:07:54.370 align:left position:32.5%,start line:65% size:57.5% IT'S A SCIENCE. 01:07:54.470 --> 01:07:55.571 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5% IT'S A TECHNOLOGY. 01:07:55.671 --> 01:07:57.206 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% IT'S MATH AND ANTHROPOLOGY. 01:07:57.306 --> 01:07:58.874 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% SOCIOLOGY. 01:07:58.974 --> 01:08:00.142 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% GEOGRAPHY. 01:08:00.242 --> 01:08:02.912 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% AND IT'S A VERY COMPLEX PROFESSION. 01:08:03.012 --> 01:08:06.482 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THIS, THAT THEY SPEND THE MAJORITY OF 01:08:06.582 --> 01:08:11.020 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% THEIR LIVES LIVING AND WORKING IN BOXES CREATED BY ARCHITECTS. 01:08:11.120 --> 01:08:15.257 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% ARCHITECTURE IMPACTS OUR LIVES IN SO MANY WAYS IT HAS JUST 01:08:15.357 --> 01:08:17.693 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% PLAIN BECOME UBIQUITOUS TO OUR EVERYDAY LIFE. 01:08:17.793 --> 01:08:21.864 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% YOU REALLY CAN'T AVOID THE ART OF ARCHITECTURE. 01:08:21.964 --> 01:08:26.135 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% YOU MAY BE ABLE TO AVOID A BAD TV SHOW OR A BAD MOVIE. 01:08:26.235 --> 01:08:28.270 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% YOU CAN EVEN PUT DOWN A BAD BOOK. 01:08:28.370 --> 01:08:32.141 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% BUT THE ART OF ARCHITECTURE ENDURES FOR GENERATIONS, AND IT 01:08:32.241 --> 01:08:36.078 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% IS A PART OF OUR DAILY LIVES, WHETHER GOOD OR BAD. 01:08:36.178 --> 01:08:40.950 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% AS AN ARCHITECT, I HAD TO LEARN THE ART OF BEING A DESIGNER, A 01:08:41.050 --> 01:08:43.986 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% PLANNER, A CONSENSUS BUILDER, AND THE ONE WHO PAINTS THE 01:08:44.086 --> 01:08:45.421 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% ENVISIONED FUTURE FOR A CLIENT. 01:08:45.521 --> 01:08:48.557 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% THE DEMANDS AND RESPONSIBILITIES WERE OFTEN OVERWHELMING. 01:08:48.657 --> 01:08:52.595 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% BUT THE FACT IS ARCHITECTS ARE CREATORS OF CULTURE. 01:08:52.695 --> 01:08:57.566 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% AND I HAVE OBSERVED SO MANY PARALLELS BETWEEN ARCHITECTURE 01:08:57.666 --> 01:09:00.836 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% AND THE WORK THAT WE ALL DO HERE IN THIS CHAMBER, THE WORK OF 01:09:00.936 --> 01:09:02.538 align:left position:40%,start line:65% size:50% POLITICS. 01:09:02.638 --> 01:09:05.941 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% WHILE POLITICS IS SO OFTEN DOWNSTREAM OF CULTURE, IT DOES 01:09:06.041 --> 01:09:14.617 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% IMPACT GENERATIONS, PLANNING, DESIGNING, CREATING, CONSENSUS 01:09:14.717 --> 01:09:17.019 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% BUILDING, TOOLS NEEDED IN OUR DAILY LIVES HERE IN RALEIGH. 01:09:17.119 --> 01:09:19.355 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% WE ARE THE ARCHITECTS OF POLITICAL CULTURE IN NORTH 01:09:19.455 --> 01:09:22.324 align:left position:40%,start line:65% size:50% CAROLINA. 01:09:22.424 --> 01:09:25.861 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% AND WITH THAT COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY AND A DEMAND FOR 01:09:25.961 --> 01:09:27.129 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% THOUGHTFUL LEADERSHIP. 01:09:27.229 --> 01:09:34.970 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% OUR LEADERSHIP DEMANDS VISION, DESIGN, PLANNING, AND MOST 01:09:35.070 --> 01:09:38.107 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% CERTAINLY CLEAR EXECUTION. 01:09:38.207 --> 01:09:42.611 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT IS THE METAPHORICALLY BUILDING WE'RE 01:09:42.711 --> 01:09:46.015 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% CREATING THROUGH POLICY IS THE SOLID FOUNDATION IT RESTS UPON. 01:09:46.115 --> 01:09:49.552 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% THE PAST FOUR YEARS HAVE BEEN FOUNDATION BUILDING YEARS. 01:09:49.652 --> 01:09:55.191 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% THEY HAVE BEEN TOILSOME YEARS, YEARS WITHOUT MUCH RECOGNITION 01:09:55.291 --> 01:09:57.293 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% FOR THE HARD WORK THAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. 01:09:57.393 --> 01:10:00.596 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% YET YOU CREATED A SOLID FOUNDATION UPON WHICH A NEW AND 01:10:00.696 --> 01:10:04.967 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% VISIONED FUTURE FOR THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA CAN BE BUILT. 01:10:05.067 --> 01:10:06.569 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5% REDESIGNING THE TAX INFRASTRUCTURE OF OUR STATE SO 01:10:06.669 --> 01:10:10.005 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% THAT MIDDLE CLASS HAS MORE MONEY IN THEIR POCKETS. 01:10:10.105 --> 01:10:13.876 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% AND SO THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS CAN CREATE NEW JOBS. 01:10:13.976 --> 01:10:16.579 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% REDESIGNING EDUCATION FUNDING TO RAISE TEACHER COMPENSATION TO 01:10:16.679 --> 01:10:19.481 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% THE HIGHEST LEVEL SO THAT TEACHERS CAN BEGIN TO FEEL 01:10:19.582 --> 01:10:22.351 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% VALUED FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO, AND SO THAT WE CAN ATTRACT 01:10:22.451 --> 01:10:24.486 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% AND RETAIN THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST TEACHERS IN THE 01:10:24.587 --> 01:10:26.288 align:left position:42.5%,start line:65% size:47.5% NATION. 01:10:26.388 --> 01:10:28.624 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% REDESIGNING ROAD CONSTRUCTION FORMULAS SO THAT MORE RURAL 01:10:28.724 --> 01:10:34.196 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% AREAS AND SMALL TOWNS ARE CONNECTED TO OUR GROWING CITIES. 01:10:34.296 --> 01:10:36.832 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% REDESIGNING GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY SO MORE PEOPLE FEELS 01:10:36.932 --> 01:10:39.201 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% LIKE GOVERNMENT WORKS FOR THEM AND SO THAT WE HAVE MORE MONEY 01:10:39.301 --> 01:10:43.706 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% IN OUR RAINY DAY FUND FOR A RAINY DAY. 01:10:43.806 --> 01:10:46.609 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% REDESIGNING EDUCATION FOR OUR DIGITAL WORLD SO THAT WE WILL BE 01:10:46.709 --> 01:10:51.347 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% THE FIRST STATE IN THE NATION TO HAVE EVERY SINGLE CLASSROOM 01:10:51.447 --> 01:10:53.282 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% CONNECTED TO HIGH-SPEED BROADBAND AND SO THAT EVERY 01:10:53.382 --> 01:10:55.084 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% STUDENT IN NORTH CAROLINA HAS ACCESS TO AN EXCELLENT 01:10:55.184 --> 01:10:58.654 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% EDUCATION. 01:10:58.754 --> 01:11:01.257 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% REDESIGNING HIGHER EDUCATION SO THAT STUDENTS CAN SAVE MONEY BY 01:11:01.357 --> 01:11:04.827 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% STARTING AT A COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND THEN SEAMLESSLY ENTER A 01:11:04.927 --> 01:11:07.663 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% FOUR-YEAR SCHOOL AND SO THAT STUDENTS THAT NEED IT THE MOST 01:11:07.763 --> 01:11:12.768 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% CAN ACCESS A $500 UNIVERSITY TUITION FOR THE FIRST TIME. 01:11:12.868 --> 01:11:15.738 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% AND THAT IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF THE FOUNDATION THAT YOU 01:11:15.838 --> 01:11:18.507 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% CREATED OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS. 01:11:18.607 --> 01:11:20.943 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% BUT IT IS A VERY SOLID FOUNDATION. 01:11:21.043 --> 01:11:23.279 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% AND IT CAN BE BUILT UPON. 01:11:23.379 --> 01:11:26.649 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% SO HOW DO WE GO ABOUT THE TASK? 01:11:26.749 --> 01:11:29.251 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% WE ALL KNOW WHAT WE DO EVERY DAY. 01:11:29.351 --> 01:11:33.555 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% WE ALL KNOW HOW WE DO WHAT WE DO. 01:11:33.656 --> 01:11:39.628 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% BUT HOW OFTEN DO WE ALL CONSIDER WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO. 01:11:39.728 --> 01:11:48.737 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% I OFTEN THINK ABOUT WHATTIO HAHN SEBASTIAN BACH REPLIED WHEN 01:11:48.837 --> 01:11:49.905 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% ASKED WHY HE WROTE MUSIC. 01:11:50.005 --> 01:11:54.410 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% HE SAID FOR THE GLORY OF GOD AND THE GOOD OF MAN. 01:11:54.510 --> 01:11:58.113 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% WHAT IF ALL OF OUR LIVES WERE THAT NOBLE FOR THE GLORY OF GOD 01:11:58.213 --> 01:12:00.816 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% AND FOR THE GOOD OF MAN? 01:12:00.916 --> 01:12:08.123 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% AN ENVISIONED FUTURE SHOULD BE A NOBLE PURSUIT OF THE WISE AND 01:12:08.223 --> 01:12:12.194 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% MUST INCLUDE THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES, THOSE WHO 01:12:12.294 --> 01:12:15.864 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% FEEL THEY HAVE BEEN LEFT BEHIND, THOSE WHO CAN'T RUN THE RACE 01:12:15.964 --> 01:12:18.100 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET OUT OF THE GATE. 01:12:18.200 --> 01:12:21.270 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% THEY LOOK TO US FOR HOPE AND OPPORTUNITY BUT RELY ON US TO DO 01:12:21.370 --> 01:12:22.204 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60% THE RIGHT THING. 01:12:22.304 --> 01:12:23.872 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% AND THERE IS STILL MUCH TO DO. 01:12:23.972 --> 01:12:26.875 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% THERE IS STILL MUCH GOOD TO BE DONE IN OUR STATE. 01:12:26.975 --> 01:12:29.111 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% THERE IS STILL GREAT NEED JUST DOWN THE ROAD FROM THIS 01:12:29.211 --> 01:12:30.312 align:left position:40%,start line:65% size:50% BUILDING. 01:12:30.412 --> 01:12:32.915 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET AND 01:12:33.015 --> 01:12:34.616 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE. 01:12:34.717 --> 01:12:36.985 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% THERE ARE WIDOWS IN OUR COMMUNITIES THAT NEED A HELPING 01:12:37.086 --> 01:12:38.187 align:left position:45%,start line:65% size:45% HAND. 01:12:38.287 --> 01:12:39.922 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% THERE ARE ORPHANS IN OUR COMMUNITIES THAT NEED A MOTHER 01:12:40.022 --> 01:12:41.323 align:left position:35%,start line:65% size:55% AND A FATHER. 01:12:41.423 --> 01:12:43.425 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% THERE ARE UNBORN CHILDREN THAT NEED TO HAVE THE HOPE OF A FULL 01:12:43.525 --> 01:12:44.526 align:left position:45%,start line:65% size:45% LIFE. 01:12:44.626 --> 01:12:46.829 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% THERE ARE PRISONERS THAT NEED A SECOND CHANCE. 01:12:46.929 --> 01:12:49.198 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% THERE ARE VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING THAT NEED TO FIND 01:12:49.298 --> 01:12:50.466 align:left position:40%,start line:65% size:50% FREEDOM. 01:12:50.566 --> 01:12:52.668 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% THERE ARE IMMIGRANTS THAT NEED HELP ASSIMILATING INTO OUR 01:12:52.768 --> 01:12:53.969 align:left position:35%,start line:65% size:55% COMMUNITIES. 01:12:54.069 --> 01:12:57.106 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% THERE ARE STUDENTS THAT ARE STILL LOST IN EDUCATION SYSTEM 01:12:57.206 --> 01:12:59.575 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% THAT DOES NOT WORK FOR THEM AND THEIR FUTURE, AND THERE ARE 01:12:59.675 --> 01:13:02.411 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% PARENTS WHO DON'T HAVE A CHOICE BUT TO SEND THEIR KIDS TO A 01:13:02.511 --> 01:13:03.746 align:left position:32.5%,start line:65% size:57.5% FAILING SCHOOL. 01:13:03.846 --> 01:13:05.748 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% THERE ARE RACE RELATIONS THAT STILL NEED TO BE RECONCILED IN 01:13:05.848 --> 01:13:07.516 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% OUR STATE AND IN OUR NATION. 01:13:07.616 --> 01:13:11.420 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% AND THERE IS STILL MUCH GOOD TO BE DONE, AND WE ARE THE 01:13:11.520 --> 01:13:13.489 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% ARCHITECTS OF THAT ENVISIONED FUTURE. 01:13:13.589 --> 01:13:18.994 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% BUT THESE ARE NOT MERELY THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF 01:13:19.094 --> 01:13:21.130 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% GOVERNMENT, MUCH LESS THIS BODY. 01:13:21.230 --> 01:13:25.601 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% THESE ARE THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF A COMMUNITY, 01:13:25.701 --> 01:13:30.506 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% OF ITS LEADERS, OF FAMILY AND THE CHURCH. 01:13:30.606 --> 01:13:32.875 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EACH OF 01:13:32.975 --> 01:13:38.180 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% YOU AS WE DO OUR PART TO DESIGN A BETTER NORTH CAROLINA FOR THE 01:13:38.280 --> 01:13:39.448 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60% MOST VULNERABLE. 01:13:39.548 --> 01:13:41.817 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% I LOOK FORWARD TO FIGHTING FOR EVERY FAMILY IN OUR STATE, 01:13:41.917 --> 01:13:43.519 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% WHETHER THEY VOTED FOR ME OR NOT. 01:13:43.619 --> 01:13:47.489 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% IMAGINE THE FUTURE THAT CAN BE CREATED FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN 01:13:47.589 --> 01:13:50.726 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% LEFT BEHIND WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER. 01:13:50.826 --> 01:13:53.562 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% I AM SURE YOU ALL AGREE THAT WE LIVE IN THE GREATEST STATE IN 01:13:53.662 --> 01:13:54.797 align:left position:40%,start line:65% size:50% AMERICA. 01:13:54.897 --> 01:13:56.665 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% WE HAVE THE BEST CLIMATE. 01:13:56.765 --> 01:14:00.469 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% WE HAVE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACES, THE BEST GEOGRAPHY, THE 01:14:00.569 --> 01:14:02.805 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% PRETTIEST MOUNTAINS AND BEACHES, THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR RAISING 01:14:02.905 --> 01:14:07.309 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% A FAMILY AND GETTING A JOB, THE BEST RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES, THE 01:14:07.409 --> 01:14:13.048 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% MOST INNOVATIVE COMPANIES, AND THE BEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. 01:14:13.148 --> 01:14:16.285 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% I BELIEVE OUR BRIGHTEST DAYS ARE STILL AHEAD, AND I BELIEVE WE 01:14:16.385 --> 01:14:18.921 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% CAN DO OUR PART TO CREATE HOPE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL NORTH 01:14:19.021 --> 01:14:20.422 align:left position:35%,start line:65% size:55% CAROLINIANS. 01:14:20.522 --> 01:14:23.859 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% I BELIEVE WE CAN INNOVATE MORE AND FASTER THAN ANY OTHER STATE 01:14:23.959 --> 01:14:25.761 align:left position:32.5%,start line:65% size:57.5% IN THE NATION. 01:14:25.861 --> 01:14:29.498 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% I BELIEVE WE CAN ACCOMPLISH JUST ABOUT ANYTHING IF WE DON'T CARE 01:14:29.598 --> 01:14:30.766 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% WHO GETS THE CREDIT. 01:14:30.866 --> 01:14:35.771 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% SO THAT MEANS WE MUST WORK TOGETHER FOR THIS BRIGHT FUTURE, 01:14:35.871 --> 01:14:38.140 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU OVER THE NEXT FOUR 01:14:38.240 --> 01:14:41.376 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% YEARS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. 01:14:41.477 --> 01:14:45.481 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% I PRAY THAT GOD WILL GIVE YOU WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE AND BLESS 01:14:45.581 --> 01:14:46.682 align:left position:35%,start line:65% size:55% YOUR EFFORTS. 01:14:46.782 --> 01:14:50.452 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% AND I PRAY THAT GOD WILL BLESS THE GOOD PEOPLE OF NORTH 01:14:50.552 --> 01:14:53.155 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% CAROLINA, AND I PRAY THAT GOD WILL BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF 01:14:53.255 --> 01:14:54.723 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% AMERICA ONE MORE TIME. 01:14:54.823 --> 01:14:56.558 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE TODAY. 01:14:56.658 --> 01:15:01.530 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% [APPLAUSE] 01:15:16.912 --> 01:15:20.482 align:left position:35%,start line:65% size:55% >> THANK YOU. 01:15:20.582 --> 01:15:24.119 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% NOW, SENATORS, HAVING RECEIVED YOUR OATH OF OFFICE, ADOPTED 01:15:24.219 --> 01:15:27.956 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% RULES OF PROCEDURE, AND ELECTED YOUR OFFICERS, THE CHAIR DIRECTS 01:15:28.056 --> 01:15:31.426 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% THE PRINCIPAL CLERK TO SEND A MESSAGE TO THE HOUSE OF 01:15:31.527 --> 01:15:34.329 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% REPRESENTATIVES INFORMING THAT HONORABLE BODY THAT THE SENATE 01:15:34.429 --> 01:15:38.300 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% OF THE 2017 GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS ORGANIZED AND READY TO PROCEED 01:15:38.400 --> 01:15:41.203 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% WITH PUBLIC BUSINESS. 01:15:41.303 --> 01:15:44.239 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% DO WE HAVE ANY NOTICES OR ANNOUNCEMENTS? 01:15:44.339 --> 01:15:48.710 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% SENATOR HISE, FOR WHAT PURPOSE DO YOU RISE? 01:15:48.810 --> 01:15:53.448 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% >> I WOULD MOVE THAT THE WORDS SPOKEN TODAY BE SPREAD UPON THE 01:15:53.549 --> 01:15:55.017 align:left position:40%,start line:65% size:50% JOURNAL. 01:15:55.117 --> 01:15:57.052 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% >> SENATOR BRYANT, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 01:15:57.152 --> 01:16:00.789 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% >> I AM PLEASED TO REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE SENATE THAT THE 01:16:00.889 --> 01:16:04.593 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% NORTH CAROLINA LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS IS ORGANIZED FOR THE 2017 01:16:04.693 --> 01:16:17.439 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% 2017-18 BY -- BIENNIUM, AND IT IS BRYANT, SECOND VICE CHAIR 01:16:17.539 --> 01:16:23.412 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% FROM THE SENATE, SENATOR ERICA SMITH-INGRAM, SECRETARY FROM THE 01:16:23.512 --> 01:16:29.985 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% HOUSE, REPRESENTATIVE JEAN FARMER-BUTTERFIELD, ROSA GILL, 01:16:30.085 --> 01:16:34.723 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% SENATOR DON DAVIS, CHAPLAIN FROM THE SENATE, SENATOR JOE S. 01:16:34.823 --> 01:16:38.560 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% WADDELL, SERGEANT-AT-ARMS FROM THE HOUSE, REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT 01:16:38.660 --> 01:16:38.994 align:left position:42.5%,start line:65% size:47.5% REIVES. 01:16:39.094 --> 01:16:42.230 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% THANK YOU. 01:16:42.331 --> 01:16:43.899 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% >> ANY FURTHER NOTICES? 01:16:43.999 --> 01:16:47.135 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. 01:16:47.235 --> 01:16:49.538 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% JUST FOR A MOMENT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. 01:16:49.638 --> 01:16:50.806 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% >> YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 01:16:50.906 --> 01:16:52.608 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% >> MEMBERS, GUESTS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MISSING SOMEONE HERE 01:16:52.708 --> 01:16:56.111 align:left position:42.5%,start line:65% size:47.5% TODAY. 01:16:56.211 --> 01:17:01.350 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% AND OUR CAUCUS HAS ELECTED HIM SHOULD HE HAVE BEEN WELL AND HAD 01:17:01.450 --> 01:17:03.285 align:left position:32.5%,start line:65% size:57.5% NOT PASSED ON. 01:17:03.385 --> 01:17:06.455 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, MR. PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS, I 01:17:06.555 --> 01:17:10.993 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% THINK IT'S ONLY FITTING THAT WE ADJOURN TODAY, AND I MAKE THAT 01:17:11.093 --> 01:17:15.931 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% AS A MOTION IN MEMORY OF OUR READING CLERK, MR. LEE SETTLE. 01:17:16.031 --> 01:17:21.136 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% >> THANK YOU, SENATOR. 01:17:21.236 --> 01:17:25.807 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% SENATOR TILLMAN, FOR WHAT PURPOSE DO YOU RISE? 01:17:25.907 --> 01:17:27.876 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% >> A MOMENT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. 01:17:27.976 --> 01:17:29.111 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% >> YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 01:17:29.211 --> 01:17:31.179 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% >> LEE SETTLE -- MANY OF YOU DIDN'T KNOW LEE VERY WELL. 01:17:31.279 --> 01:17:36.752 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% I MET LEE SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN HE WAS BEGINNING IN THE EARLY 01:17:36.852 --> 01:17:42.190 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% STAGES OF THE REPUBLICAN MEN'S CLUB IN MOORE COUNTY. 01:17:42.290 --> 01:17:44.426 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% HE WAS ONE OF THEIR FIRST CHAIRS. 01:17:44.526 --> 01:17:46.895 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% NOT THE FIRST, BUT ONE OF. 01:17:46.995 --> 01:17:52.901 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% AND HE GOT THE CLUB ORGANIZED WITH A LOT OF HARD WORK, AND I 01:17:53.001 --> 01:17:57.105 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% WAS ACTIVE IN RANDOLPH COUNTY AND GOT TO KNOW HIM WELL AND WAS 01:17:57.205 --> 01:18:00.575 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% INVITED MANY TIMES DOWN TO MEET WITH THEM, AND WE HAD LEE BACK 01:18:00.676 --> 01:18:03.245 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% UP TO THE RANDOLPH COUNTY. 01:18:03.345 --> 01:18:07.315 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% BUT HE WAS A QUIET TYPE GUY WHO HAD A LOT OF INFLUENCE. 01:18:07.416 --> 01:18:10.786 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% A LOT OF INFLUENCE IN MOORE COUNTY. 01:18:10.886 --> 01:18:16.725 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% AND I JUST WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT HE WAS A GREAT TRENCH 01:18:16.825 --> 01:18:22.397 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% WORKER, NEVER OUT FRONT WITH THE RAH, RAH, RAH STUFF, BUT LEE WAS 01:18:22.497 --> 01:18:27.235 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% A GENTLEMAN AND WELL-RESPECTED, AND WE WILL MISS -- I MISS LEE. 01:18:27.335 --> 01:18:30.372 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% LEE AND SENATOR BLAKE'S LAST YEAR OR TWO HERE, MAYBE LAST 01:18:30.472 --> 01:18:33.141 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% THREE YEARS, HIS HEALTH WAS FAILING, AND LEE BROUGHT HIM 01:18:33.241 --> 01:18:39.748 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% HERE EVERY TIME, TOOK HIM HOME EVERY NIGHT ALL DURING THE 01:18:39.848 --> 01:18:40.916 align:left position:40%,start line:65% size:50% SESSION. 01:18:41.016 --> 01:18:43.285 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% HE ALSO TOOK HIM TO OTHER MEETINGS IN THE COMMUNITY. 01:18:43.385 --> 01:18:46.521 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% HE BROUGHT HIM TO RANDOLPH COUNTY TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT 01:18:46.621 --> 01:18:50.392 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% TIMES IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. 01:18:50.492 --> 01:18:54.162 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% SO YOU DON'T FIND PEOPLE EVERY DAY WITH THOSE QUALITIES. 01:18:54.262 --> 01:18:57.265 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% AND I JUST -- SENATOR JACKSON, THANK YOU FOR TRIGGERING MY MIND 01:18:57.365 --> 01:18:59.601 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT LEE, BECAUSE I'D BEEN PLANNING AND 01:18:59.701 --> 01:19:04.940 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% WANTING TO, BUT, YOU KNOW, HE LEFT RIGHT AT THE END, SORT OF 01:19:05.040 --> 01:19:08.810 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% THE BEGINNING OF THIS SESSION, SO I DON'T WANT US TO FORGET LEE 01:19:08.910 --> 01:19:11.646 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% SETTLE, WHO IS A GREAT VOICE IN MOORE COUNTY, AND I SAY THAT 01:19:11.747 --> 01:19:18.253 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% CLUB NOW IS AS STRONG AS IT IS AND THE LARGEST IN THE STATE. 01:19:18.353 --> 01:19:20.756 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% IT WAS A LOT TO DO WITH LEE SETTLE IN THE EARLY DAYS. 01:19:20.856 --> 01:19:23.458 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% >> THANK YOU, SENATOR. 01:19:23.558 --> 01:19:26.795 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% SENATOR BRYANT, YOUR LIGHT IS ON. 01:19:26.895 --> 01:19:29.164 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% FOR WHAT PURPOSE DO YOU RISE? 01:19:29.264 --> 01:19:31.666 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% >> A MOMENT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. 01:19:31.767 --> 01:19:35.036 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% >> I TOO WANT TO SPEAK OF A FEW WORDS IN MEMORY OF MR. LEE 01:19:35.137 --> 01:19:36.304 align:left position:42.5%,start line:65% size:47.5% SETTLE. 01:19:36.404 --> 01:19:41.143 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% HE WAS A MAJESTIC AND GRAND GENTLEMAN AND WAS ALWAYS SO 01:19:41.243 --> 01:19:44.212 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% KIND-HEARTED, AND I PERSONALLY APPRECIATE HOW SUPPORTIVE HE WAS 01:19:44.312 --> 01:19:47.482 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% OF ME EVEN THOUGH WE WERE OF DIFFERENT PARTIES. 01:19:47.582 --> 01:19:53.522 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% HE WAS ALWAYS SO SYMPATHETIC OF OUR -- YOU KNOW, OF OUR -- THE 01:19:53.622 --> 01:19:56.424 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% DIFFICULT CHALLENGES WE FACE HERE ON THE BACK ROW, AND I 01:19:56.525 --> 01:20:00.996 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% ALWAYS APPRECIATED HIM FOR THAT, AND JUST THE ROLE MODEL HE WAS 01:20:01.096 --> 01:20:02.397 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% OF SUCH A GRAND GENTLEMAN. 01:20:02.497 --> 01:20:05.967 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% I WAS SO PROUD TO HAVE HIM HERE AND WANT TO HONOR HIM BY MAKING 01:20:06.067 --> 01:20:06.401 align:left position:32.5%,start line:65% size:57.5% THESE REMARKS. 01:20:06.501 --> 01:20:07.903 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% THANK YOU. 01:20:08.003 --> 01:20:09.070 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% >> THANK YOU, SENATOR BRYANT. 01:20:09.171 --> 01:20:13.809 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER NOTICES OR ANNOUNCEMENTS? 01:20:13.909 --> 01:20:18.680 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE SENATE -- SENATOR 01:20:18.780 --> 01:20:20.282 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% TILLMAN, FOR WHAT PURPOSE DO YOU RISE? 01:20:20.382 --> 01:20:23.051 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% >> I KNOW I'VE TALKED TOO MUCH. 01:20:23.151 --> 01:20:24.920 align:left position:32.5%,start line:65% size:57.5% AND I AM SORRY. 01:20:25.020 --> 01:20:27.556 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65% >> FOR WHAT PURPOSE? 01:20:27.656 --> 01:20:29.691 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5% >> A MOMENT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. 01:20:29.791 --> 01:20:30.492 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% >> YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, SENATOR. 01:20:30.592 --> 01:20:32.127 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5% >> THANK YOU, SIR. 01:20:32.227 --> 01:20:33.962 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% I WAS TALKING TO SENATOR BLUE A WHILE AGO. 01:20:34.062 --> 01:20:37.599 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE SMOOTHEST OPENINGS WE'VE HAD. 01:20:37.699 --> 01:20:41.436 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% I SEE A LOT OF WILLINGNESS TO WORK ACROSS THE AISLE. 01:20:41.536 --> 01:20:45.373 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% AND I'VE EXPRESSED THAT, AND I THINK OUR LEADER, SENATOR 01:20:45.473 --> 01:20:48.710 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% BERGER, HAS EXPRESSED THAT, THAT WE CAN DO MANY THINGS TOGETHER. 01:20:48.810 --> 01:20:54.149 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% WE DON'T ARGUE OVER THAT MANY ISSUES ANYWAY. 01:20:54.249 --> 01:20:57.352 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% AND I KNOW SENATOR BLUE HAS THINGS THAT HE'S GOT THAT HE 01:20:57.452 --> 01:20:59.287 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% WOULD LIKE FOR US TO WORK TOGETHER ON, AND I JUST THINK 01:20:59.387 --> 01:21:03.491 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% THAT WE OUGHT TO THROW THE OLIVE BRANCH OUT AND FIGHT OVER THE 01:21:03.592 --> 01:21:07.329 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% FEW THINGS WE FIGHT OVER, WHICH WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO DO, AND 01:21:07.429 --> 01:21:17.138 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% ALL THE REST OF THEM HAVE PEACE, HARMONY AND GOOD WILL TO ALL. 01:21:17.239 --> 01:21:19.507 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% >> IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE SENATE? 01:21:19.608 --> 01:21:24.546 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% IF NOT, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SENATOR BERGER FOR A MOTION. 01:21:24.646 --> 01:21:25.847 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. 01:21:25.947 --> 01:21:29.851 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% I MOVE THAT THE SENATE DO NOW ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF A FINE 01:21:29.951 --> 01:21:37.325 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70% GENTLEMAN, LEE SETTLE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SENATE JOINT 01:21:37.425 --> 01:21:43.131 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% RESOLUTION 2 AND SUBSEQUENT RECEIPT OF HOUSE MESSAGES, TO 01:21:43.231 --> 01:21:46.534 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5% RECONVENE ON JANUARY 25, 2017. 01:21:46.635 --> 01:21:51.373 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% >> IN ACCORDANCE WITH SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 2, SUBJECT TO 01:21:51.473 --> 01:21:58.280 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5% THE STIPULATIONS STATED BY MR. BERGER AND THE MEMORY OF LEE 01:21:58.380 --> 01:22:00.615 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75% SETTLE, ALL IN FAVOR WILL SAY AYE. 01:22:00.715 --> 01:22:01.149 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5% OPPOSED NO. 01:22:01.249 --> 01:22:02.951 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60% THE AYES HAVE IT. 01:22:03.051 --> 01:22:05.020 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80% AND THE SENATE STANDS ADJOURNED. 01:22:05.120 --> 01:22:08.456 align:left position:42.5%,start line:65% size:47.5% [GAVEL] 01:22:11.459 --> 01:22:16.464 align:left position:42.5%,start line:65% size:47.5%   (room chatter) 01:22:33.381 --> 01:22:35.216 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% NORTH CAROLINA CHANNEL IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE FINANCIAL 01:22:35.317 --> 01:22:39.788 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% CONTRIBUTIONS OF VIEWERS LIKE YOU, WHO SUPPORT THE UNC-TV 01:22:39.888 --> 01:22:40.889 align:left position:42.5%,start line:89% size:47.5% NETWORK