 Hello. Hello. How are you? How are you? Good. How are you? How are you? Good. How are you? Good. How are you? Good. I got a package from the car. Absolutely. How are you? Good. How are you? Good. How are you? We're open to you by a happy birthday. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. You still in my family? No. I'm sorry that I couldn't get to my place. You're still in your family? Yeah. You're still in my family? Yeah. Is my neighbor the most they send? The ones you was my mother, lady. My mother. Well, let me just report briefly here on the highlights of our trip to Japan and Korea. I don't know whether I would put the highlights exactly in the line of international importance or not, but they're seeing the people of Korea and their reception. I'm trying to become an entrepreneur. I'm usually an entertainer now, but we saw some entertainment there, so we can't. I want to bring them to America. They're magnificent. But, no, seriously, I think it is a good trip. I think it would be a great deal of headway and many a problem. In front of the train lines and everything else in Japan, I think in both places we've submitted the relationship. I think Bob Orr, on the fine job that he's done as chairman for the past year, and Vic, to congratulate you as the incoming chairman, I look forward to continuing a close and productive working relationship that I've enjoyed with the Republican governors. I understand that the theme for this year's conference is creative solutions to state problems. Having been one of you, I can honestly say that I have firsthand knowledge of the difficult problems you face as governors, and working together I know that we can find the solutions. And I'll bless you. I appreciate that more than I can say. We really need that. And that's most grateful to all of you in regard to the resolutions you've passed. Keeping this recovery strong, of course, is going to take control of federal spending and I'm very pleased to hear about that resolution. I hope you'll make sure your state delegations in Congress know about it. On the line item veto, I can't agree more strongly. I believe that the President of the United States should have line item authority just as most governors in this country do. I know what it did for me when I was a governor. And we start to think that 1974 back here, the Congress passed what they thought was a program to straighten out and get control of the budgeting process. And from 1974 until the beginning of 1982, the result of that has been $560 billion in additional national debt. I'm particularly pleased also with your resolution on education. The initiative for raising standards and improving education generally has got to come from you and from the state level and the local localities and I applaud your leadership. You might be interested to know that I'm meeting with members of Congress today on tuition tax credits. Getting that passed is an important step that we can take at the federal level to improve education policy for the nation. Well, I know you've got a lot of work to do and I don't think I should take up any more of your time. So again, I just want to thank you for all you're doing. I look forward to working with you in the days ahead and I'll say goodbye now and God bless all of you. Well, thank you. I'll tell her and she'll be very proud and happy to hear that. Thank you. All right, goodbye. Welcome back. Good job, Mr. President. Great trip. I feel like it's an asshole. I realize the purpose of your meeting is for me to persuade all of you to change your rigid thinking and support tuition tax credits. I realize you're out of the way of tuition. Well, I know what we're up against with tomorrow and it just, it has to be done. I know I don't have to tell you about the importance of this, but all the arguments that have been used against it, I think of these pure democracies, the National Education Association has ever produced the, obviously this doesn't take one penny away from the support of public education. Number two, it prevents the dumping on public education with an additional burden that I don't think is prepared to handle at the rate that parochial and independent schools are closing across the country because of their financial problems. We know that the parents are paying a double burden. It is tax equity for them, but it's even a break for the independent schools because by a virtue of tax credit, they are in a position, if they're up against it, desperate, they're in a position to raise tuition without penalizing the parents at all so that all the benefits that are down from this and now that we have to do is figure out how we're going to vote closure tomorrow and instead we're going to have to figure out who we are. There may be a move with Mr. President to let us go ahead and proceed with the legislation or have the closure go on the motion to proceed. Then you'll be into maybe a motion to table or closure on the bill. These gentlemen and I have been meeting here on the subject of tuition tax credit, which I believe comes before you tomorrow in the Senate, and the opposition to it that has presented a case of somehow that has threatened public education in any way it does not. It does not in any way take away from the financial support of public education, but it recognizes the equity in making a provision for people who do not use the public school system, who send their children to parochial or independent schools for whatever reason and support fully, as fully as anyone else, the public school system financially through their taxes and at the same time pay a tuition for their children going to these independent schools. And this proposal is merely one, but up to a certain amount, allows a tax credit or a portion of their tuition to in some way balance the fact that they are supporting the two school systems. We believe in addition to this, the independent, the parochial schools in this country have offered a choice of the American people and at the same time they have helped through their very presence keep up the quality of education in schools through simple competition. We think it's a most important issue and has been too long in the doing in this time that this break was given to those parents as simple tax creditors. Do you want to pass? Might you have folks that will pass? I'm going to do our best. Thank you. I'm going to do our best. Thank you so much. Really good job. Good job. Good job. Good job. Good job. Good job. Good job. Good job. Good job. Good job. Good job. Good job. Good job. Good job. Congratulations. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah. Thank you. The rest of it is that the people were paying double the bills, so the right to make choices for the kids to go to school. I'm in our meeting and I'm very appreciative of what you're doing. As a matter of fact, it was part of our discussion for the last thing I stated this morning. And then also, we were able to, you know, to connect with the space of the South America. You know, that continues to be a concern. Once again, we have a political piece over here that's going on now with an effort to reduce the budget. So that was another one of our three-fourths of our change to where... That's what opens them up to the subversion. But the Middle East, I shouldn't be saying this, has to focus on our particular time, including as I begin with the story of the gates of Damascus. Justice and I are going to vote for you. That was a very nice ceremony. Open this meeting. Mr. Stone, the president? President Jerry Stelz, last year you had us again. There were some gracious last year. President... I had a big trip to New York. Get out of here. Tomorrow night, I know. Ruth Buchanan. Lauren Waller. And Dr. George Garner. President... Mr. Stone... Mr. President, Mr. Stone... President... President Ronald Reagan. Gratitude for his lifetime devotion of humane causes. And sensitivity and support for Alzheimer's victims and families in the United States. You deserve black's heart and mouth for all that you're doing. I'm very proud to have this. I know we haven't found the answer yet, but I think this effort is going to find it. say that the Alzheimer's disease has been noted in your administration or so of them in your administration, but particularly on a bipartisan level. It's a leadership bill that has been evidenced in these last three years. And it's just kind of gratified. It's good to see you all again. It's almost getaway time for him. All the teachers are going to get home. I'm going to have to screw up on myself. Enjoy. Do I know that your foreign travels are successful? Getting back? Yes, I think so. And one of the wonderful things was to see, and I've been there twice before, to see the feeling that is now about America. Let's hope that any of these things, his leadership, maybe it's those fine young men over there. I tell you what they're the DMC, the embassy, and these volunteer military of ours, and recognize that they're all there because they chose to be. But to hear about it, they're no gross. They volunteer to tell you how important what they're doing is. And it was just inspiring to see these young men today. They're pride, they're patriotism, they should be a core. Only 10 years ago it was Kent State. People were throwing rocks at many of these young men. They had a church service outdoors, and we had to go to a park that was COVID. And it was Sunday morning, and they had the church service. But the quiet, they were little children from Korea, from an orphanage. And the orphanage is maintained and supported by our geniuses here. They have a whole series of fines for each other that they find those. So the fines go up to the orphanage. This goes. We're going to wait for you. I like your son. It can be done. That's our mom. Yes, yes, yes. Appreciate it. Thank you. It's going to ring the doorbell. Me too. Yes, thank you. Tips got to trust me. Do I leave you alone? More than it says in the paper. I'll redo his other idea. It's inspiring.