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Scott Walker: “The number of Project Search sites has grown from two when…”

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Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address

Published January 10, 2017 | Video Starts at 21:57

Each of them is working and each of them are part of a program for people with disabilities that has a success rate of 88%. I'm proud that The number of Project Search sites has grown from two when we first took office to 18 today. And by this next school year, we will have 27 sites across the state. Maddie and Jordan, thank you for joining us here today and for being a great inspiration. (21:57–22:04)

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Asserts that the number of Project Search sites in Wisconsin increased from two to 18 since taking office.

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“Our rainy day fund is 165 times bigger now than it was when we took office.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 22:39-22:45
“Wisconsin had the fourth lowest overall long term debt obligation of any state in the country.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 22:45-22:53
“Property taxes as a percentage of our personal income in this state are the lowest that they've been since the end of World War II.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 24:12-24:21
“Our reforms allowed us to cover everyone living in poverty under Medicaid.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 26:13-26:18
“We actually outrank 21 of the states who did [take the Obamacare Medicaid expansion] and every one of the 22 other states that did not.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 26:32-26:40
“During the decade before our freeze, tuition went up 118%.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 31:06-31:12
“Continuing unemployment insurance claims are at a 40 year low.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 45:25-45:29
“The more than 10,000 strong members of the Wisconsin National Guard.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 14:18-14:24
“More people were employed in Wisconsin last year than at any point in the history of our great state.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 16:36-16:43
“Unemployment levels are the lowest in more than 15 years.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 16:42-16:46
“The percentage of people working in Wisconsin is one of the highest of any state in the country.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 16:46-16:53
“Over the past three years, 7,900 jobs have been created in this county alone that borders the state of Illinois.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 17:37-17:46
“Since 2011, America has invested more than $20 million into improvements for its facilities.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 18:27-18:35
“During the four years before we took office, Wisconsin had lost 133,000 jobs and the unemployment rate peaked at 9.2%.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 19:17-19:28
“Today, we've more than recovered the jobs that departed during the recession.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 19:34-19:38
“Wages are up, more than 50,000 new businesses have been created, and our unemployment rate, well, it's down to 4.1%.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 19:38-19:47
“During the past four years, we invested millions into workforce development.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 20:21-20:25
“By this next school year, we will have 27 sites across the state.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 22:03-22:09
“Since taking office, we've cut taxes by more than 4.7 billion.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 23:09-23:16
“From 2010 to 2014, Wisconsin outperformed 43 other states in reducing the overall tax burden.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 24:31-24:42
“We invested more than $18 billion into transportation over the past six years.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 25:46-25:53
“We rank as one of the best states in the nation for health insurance coverage.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 26:22-26:29
“We have a modest surplus in Medicare while covering everyone living in poverty.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 27:39-27:45
“Wisconsin invested more resources this past year into college and career readiness initiatives including dual enrollment, fab labs and youth…”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 28:20-28:31
“The state started providing funding for school districts to do academic and career plans as early as sixth grade.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 28:31-28:38
“We just started including everyone in the ACT test and Wisconsin is one of the best states in the country in that category.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 28:46-28:54
“Students here also have some of the best graduation rates in the nation.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 28:54-28:58
“More than 90% of the school districts in the state meet or exceed expectations, according to the report cards.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 28:58-29:08
“For the past four years, we froze undergraduate in-state tuition for students at all University of Wisconsin campuses.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 30:33-30:43
“A typical student saves more than $6,300 over four years when compared to the trend before the freeze.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 30:50-30:58
“Wisconsin credit unions and banks offer refinancing at rates that are the same or better than what is offered by many government-supported…”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 31:38-31:51
“We also provided the greatest amount of need-based financial aid in Wisconsin history.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 32:04-32:10
“The UW system had the largest overall budget in history this year.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 32:24-32:28
“U.S. News & World Report moved the ranking of UW Madison up on their list of the best public colleges in the country.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 32:28-32:40
“We invested more into the Wisconsin Technical College System.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 32:41-32:44
“Our Blueprint for Prosperity plan opened 5,000 more slots for students in high demand areas.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 32:44-32:51
“We expanded the Wisconsin Grant program.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 32:53-32:56
“As promised, we will increase funding for public education.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 34:28-34:32
“We will actually cut tuition for all Wisconsin undergraduates throughout the UW system.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 36:07-36:14
“I'm proposing the state invest $35.5 million more to expand our broadband access grant program.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 36:58-37:07
“This will bring our total investment to $52 million [in broadband access].”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 37:20-37:25
“We invested more than $18 billion into our state transportation system over the past six years.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 38:17-38:24
“The previous administration and Legislature actually raided $1.4 billion from the state transportation fund.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 38:29-38:38
“We'll provide local governments with the largest increase in transportation AIDS since the 1990s.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 39:02-39:09
“The budget we'll propose represents a 39% increase in maintenance and safety over my predecessor's last transportation budget.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 39:47-39:56
“We can do all this and more without raising the gas tax or the vehicle registration fee.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 39:56-40:03
“I just believe firmly that we were not sent here by the people of Wisconsin to raise taxes.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 40:21-40:27
“More than 21,000 people have gone through our Food Share Employment Training program and are working here in the state of Wisconsin.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 43:55-44:03
“The number of people on the state's W2 welfare program dropped 27% to near historic lows.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 45:11-45:18
“The unemployment rate, well, it's the lowest it's been since February of 2001.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 45:25-45:35
“There are nearly 80,000 job openings listed on jobcenterwisconsin.com.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 45:58-46:04
“The unemployment rate for vets in our state, where we're among the lowest, meaning the best, of any state in the country.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 46:20-46:27
“The state Department of Workforce Development has helped a record 9,507 individuals with disabilities reach their employment goals this past…”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 46:48-46:59
“We now require adults and public assistants who are able to work and who do not have children at home to be employed or enrolled in our job…”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 47:44-47:54
“In 2017, we're going to push the federal government to allow Wisconsin to go even further to be a leader once again in welfare reform.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 48:32-48:41
“More people are working than ever before in this state.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 49:09-49:13
“Our schools continue to be some of the best in the country.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 49:13-49:16
“The University of Wisconsin just moved up in another ranking.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 49:16-49:20
“Chief Executive magazine raised Wisconsin up again on the best places to do business.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 49:19-49:25
“We're up 30 places, 30 states higher than we were before we took office.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 49:25-49:30
“Our improvement in the tax climate is one of the best in the nation.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 49:38-49:42
“The economic impact of tourism went up 30% since we took office.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 49:41-49:46
“Healthcare systems in our state are ranked in the top three in the country.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 49:45-49:50
“Our farmers continue to grow and produce some of the best food on the planet.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 49:50-49:56
“We just won the gold medal for the best cheese in the world.”
Gov. Scott Walker's 2017 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 10, 2017 | 49:55-49:59