Tate Reeves in 2023 Governor's State of the State speeches
On Abortion:
Overturning Roe greatest conservative accomplishment
Last year, Mississippi led the nation to overturn Roe v. Wade--the greatest accomplishment in the conservative movement in my lifetime. Long story short, more innocent children will now have the chance to be born. But the fact is that being pro-life is
about more than just being anti-abortion. We don't just want to eliminate the taking of unborn children's lives, we want to make it easier for parents to raise children and for mothers to give birth to happy and healthy kids.
Source: 2023 State of the State Address to the Miss. legislature
Jan 30, 2023
On Budget & Economy:
Economic boom due to fiscally conservative principles
Since 2019, we've raised per capita personal income in Mississippi by approximately $7,000 or almost 18%. We were able to accomplish this momentous feat because we never wavered from the tried and true economic and fiscally conservative principles that
have set up states for growth for generations. And we were able to accomplish this despite the left's best attempts to grow government. Our conservative reforms and sound budget management have laid the foundation for this economic boom.
Source: 2023 State of the State Address to the Miss. legislature
Jan 30, 2023
On Civil Rights:
Radical liberals attempt to undermine scientific truths
But today, there is a dangerous and radical movement that is now being pushed upon America's kids. It threatens the very nature of truth. Across the country, activists are advancing untested experiments and persuading kids that they can live as a girl
if they're a boy, and that they can live as a boy if they're a girl. And they're telling them to pursue expensive, radical medical procedures to advance that lie. These radical liberals are attempting to undermine objective, scientific truths.
Source: 2023 State of the State Address to the Miss. legislature
Jan 30, 2023
On Education:
We need more choice; we need more freedom
The year I first presided over a State of the State in 2012, Mississippi was dead last in fourth grade math. Now, we're above the national average at Number 23. That means that over the last ten years since we passed education reform,
Mississippi surpassed half the states in the nation. We've gone from needs improvement to most improved. We've led the nation in fourth grade reading and fourth grade math gains.
When it comes to education, Mississippi should protect parents' voices and their right to be involved in the classroom. Because at the end of the day, the state doesn't run a child's life--parents do. We need more transparency in schools in this country.
We need more choice. We need more freedom. That will be the best way to protect our children. Nobody, and I mean nobody, is more invested in the life and the future of a child than a parent.
Source: 2023 State of the State Address to the Miss. legislature
Jan 30, 2023
On Education:
Won't require pronouns that fail to correspond with reality
This Parents' Bill of Rights would further cement that when it comes to the usage of names, pronouns, or health matters, schools will adhere to the will of parents. There is no room in our schools for policies that attempt to undercut parents and
require the usage of pronouns or names that fail to correspond with reality. I'm especially proud to have signed legislation that ensured, that in Mississippi, we're going to let boys play boys sports, and girls play girls sports.
Source: 2023 State of the State Address to the Miss. legislature
Jan 30, 2023
On Families & Children:
Make Mississippi the easiest place to raise a family
I'm calling on the legislature to establish a New Pro-Life Agenda that helps make Mississippi the easiest place in the nation to raise a family. Together, we can prove the country wrong just like we did in education. Just like we led the nation in
overturning Roe, we can lead the nation in supporting mothers and babies. This session, Mississippi should establish a childcare tax credit and allow Mississippi families to write off childcare supplies on state tax returns.
Source: 2023 State of the State Address to the Miss. legislature
Jan 30, 2023
On Health Care:
Seek free market solutions to disrupt traditional healthcare
This legislative session, I urge the legislature to think outside the box when it comes to improving Mississippi's healthcare system. Don't simply cave under the pressure of Democrats and their allies in the media who are pushing for the expansion of
ObamaCare, welfare, and socialized medicine. Instead, seek innovative free market solutions that disrupt traditional healthcare delivery models, increase competition, and lead to better health outcomes for Mississippians.
Source: 2023 State of the State Address to the Miss. legislature
Jan 30, 2023
On Principles & Values:
Never give into cynics who seek to tear down our great state
That's why I urge all of you here today to stand with me and call out the lies when they are thrown at all of us. We can never give into the cynics who seek to tear down our great state.We can never give into Joe Biden and the national
Democrats who seek to force feed us an unhealthy dose of progressivism because they view Mississippians as Neanderthals. And we can never give into those who want us to live in a perpetual state of self-condemnation.
Source: 2023 State of the State Address to the Miss. legislature
Jan 30, 2023
On Principles & Values:
Blessed by one common God who smiles down upon Mississippi
We are blessed to live in a wonderful state. We are blessed to have wonderful neighbors. We are blessed by one common God who smiles down upon Mississippi.
I have no doubt that our future is brighter than ever before and that, together, we will continue to build this great state upwards.God bless all of you. And may God continue to bless this great state that we all love, Mississippi.
Source: 2023 State of the State Address to the Miss. legislature
Jan 30, 2023
On Tax Reform:
We will eliminate our state's income tax once and for all
We can and should do more to put additional dollars into the pockets of Mississippians. We will do this, by eliminating our state's income tax once and for all. We can do this and we can do this without raising other taxes.
You've heard me say this before, but I'm going to keep saying it because it's that important: government doesn't have anything that it doesn't first take from somebody else.
Source: 2023 State of the State Address to the Miss. legislature
Jan 30, 2023
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