Welcome this turnout of ministers and the distinguished members. The numbers of people who have travelled from afar. Some who are going to turn around and go back and come back again. But the extend of dedication of so many to be able to give here is a statement in and of itself about the importance of the matter that is under discussioni discussioni discussionism. We are grateful to the countries that understand the seriousness of this moment and we express our great gratitude to avenue within. In accordance with rule 37, i invite the representatives of the countries listed, italy, japan, lebanon, the netherlands, norway, poland, qutar, saudi arabia, spain, turkey, and the united arab emrites to participate in this. In line with rule 39 i invite the special representative of the secretary general and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for iraq to participate in this meeting. It Security Council will again item two of the agenda and i give the floor to a the nikoli. Thank yo
And providing support. My pleasure to offer up the floor and i want to thank him for his significant efforts in the past months on a number of different fronts. We appreciate egypts leadership on the ceasefire and it is my pleasure to recognize you to the floor. Thank you, john, for your kind words. We have undertaken this in the context of the responsibility and reinforced by your support. Thank you for your efforts you have exerted. Let me tell you how important this call for the convening of the Security Council. Since they have held a meeting following a series of other meetings for regional and International Efforts in order to assist and obtaining security and stability in iraq. This requires the mobilization of an International Position that can take a single line against isis and terrorist group in general, both in iraq and the region, in order to pave the way to uprooting this horrible group in the region. It has been escalated in the middle east. Egypt has joined a number of
Deficit. Most importantly, we were able to balance the budget without any layoffs. Really was about focusing on eliminating suspensions of business to business taxes. It was about increasing taxes on the wealthy, being selective of how he would do that. Most importantly, it really was about cutting the budget. After a pleasure request by more than a billion dollars. Really is about having discipline, and i have always believed to walk the talk, to like it will apply done rather than what they say, and i have four years proven what i would do to. Could not answer none of the above. The better it is time for the kendis to ask each other a question. Once again, we have allotted a one minute response time. Your question . We just talked about taxes. So how can the people of hawaii to us that you will not raise taxes and or increase the cost of living but yet you did so as mayor when you raise the taxes paid now you are promoting a bigger public project. Can you explain how youre not going
Question. Senator, for 29 years in the legislature, you have fashioned yourself to be a collaborative consensus type of leader. Things have not gotten better. Its gotten worse. A State Hospital crisis. We have the highest electricity prices in the nation. The state of our Education System needs some budget fixes right now. How can we be sure if you can do the job for 29 years, that you can fix our problems as a governor when you go to a bigger and greater job. Thank you very much for that question. I would love to be able to respond to it. You know, i am the only candidate here that has passed conference of restructuring of our Public School system. I am the only candidate here that has passed legislation that allows the Public Private partnerships for our hospital system. And really cut budget requests because i believe that is what you, the people of hawaii wanted. It is easy to say and talk when youre not really responsible for things. It is easy to be a leader and take a stand. It
Dear to my port my heart. Youll find anyone in this room that will tolerate that kind of behavior. Thatils down to something touches both alan and i, family. Strengthening the family. That is why we are excited. That is the strength in regards to working with families, making sure we can change this culture. As was mentioned, bullying is something that has been going on for a long time. Its a cultural shift that we have gone to the point where we have to make that change. I look forward to working with families. To get that big strong foundation. , i takestitute teacher away parental involvement. I want to make sure parents are involved in the daily lives of students. Thats talk about executive experience. We will start with you. Things youe us two have done and big accomplishments in your career that people say, that guy deserves to be governor. The first thing i would say, when i went to and took early work at a and went to venture startup, an internet startup, i became project thege