Senate Journal: Page 106: Friday, January 13, 1995

         As a state, we, too, must not simply sit on the status quo. Sure,
    our budget is balanced, but there is more to governing than that.

         We must remake and continuously improve state government so that it
    is doing only what it needs to do and is doing that well.

         We cannot afford to have a tax structure that punishes the
    production and penalized success. Income taxes and property taxes must
    be cut and our commitment to education must reach historic highs.

         In short, our state can be a stand-out if we dare to compete. We
    have the resources -- land, people, intelligence, communities -- to best
    anyone, anywhere.  If government removes the lead-weights from the legs
    of Iowans and trains them with the best education system in the world,
    no one will stop us.

         Our standard of living will rise.

         Our family incomes will shoot up.

         Our exports will take off.

         Our communities will grow.

         Iowa will be the best that it can be.

         As your Governor, I will dedicate my next four years to making this
    dream a reality. But I will need your help. The help of my good friend
    and partner, Joy Corning, whose advice and calm voice of reason I value.
    The help of my family -- Chris, Eric, Allison, and Marcus -- who have
    all sacrificed so much and given me their unselfish support and love.

         The help of the good people of Iowa who have entrusted me with the
    responsibilities of leadership.

         This is a new day in Iowa, new times, with new challenges. And the
    same old Governor, with the same old principles and the same old values.
    Well, I dont plan to change my values or my principles -- they, like the
    values of all Iowans, are rooted in the good earth of our state.

         But like the people of this state, I plan to use those
    old-fashioned values and principles to lead Iowa to a bright future.

         The future is history we now have a chance to write. My goal is to
    have the future historians of this state say this about my service as
    your Governor, He embraced the traditional values of Iowas past; faced
    squarely the challenges of his day; and led Iowa to its most promising
    future. With your help, I will reach that, the most important goal, I
    have ever set.

         Thank you and God bless you.

         The  benediction was offered by the Reverend Linda Carder.

         Representative Siegrist moved that the joint convention be
    dissolved.

Iowa General Assembly

Index: Senate Journal (76th General Assembly: Session 1)

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