My great, great grandchildren will still be living under this contract.
Sen Vi Simpson
I think it's really important that everyone has access to the health system.
health system important
I know the governor likes to move quickly. But we like to move correctly.
living great
That means they would have paid more, they should have paid more for the Indiana Toll Road.
road
It's twice the usual profit from an investment of this type and if they will make that much money, my question is: how much did the governor leave on the table?
money question leave profit investment
If we change our mind, if we change governors, if we change legislatures, we're stuck for 75 years which makes it important that we take our time and make a thoughtful decision here. There's been no individual analysis of this deal.
change mind time analysis thoughtful decision individual important
This is not really a debate about being innovative. We all know we need to be creative. This is not really a debate about infrastructure. We all know we need to improve our infrastructure. This is about the business deal on the table. Is this the right program at the right price?
business debate creative price
We are 48 hours away from locking Indiana into a 75-year contract. My message to the governor is: I hope you know what you're doing.
message hope
I believe with all my heart that he is wrong.
heart wrong
The bottom line is this: If we were investors in Macquarie stock, we would love this deal -- where can we buy it? But we're not. We are elected officials who are more concerned about protecting the people of this state than rushing into a very risky deal without all the facts.
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Right now, kids can walk into just about any store and get their hands on a video game in which they can shoot police officers, use drugs, steal cars, rape women or even assassinate a president. That's frightening to say the least.
women game drugs rape kids president hands cars walk police steal
We have been talking about full-day kindergarten, and every time it comes up, everybody says they're for it, but nobody wants to bite the bullet and do it and it never gets done. In my opinion, the only way full-day kindergarten will ever be implemented in the state of Indiana is if we commit the next legislature to do it.
time talking opinion state
There was a lot of patting ourselves on the back in that speech, but it was pretty short on substance.
speech pretty short
There was no discussion about health insurance and health care costs, which in my opinion is the number one economic development issue in place in this state.
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This session is all about trying to get well with the voters before November.
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