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I'm Dan Hemmert
This is the first week end of the
first week of the 2020

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session. The days all start merging
together and I'm casual

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because I'm actually recording this
on a Saturday didn't get to

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it on Friday because even though
the reason the day is all

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blurred together because it's just
meeting after meeting after

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meeting. Even this first week, I
was looking with, We have an

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intern who works with us during
the session And she had my

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calendar up. I think I was at least
double booked every day And in

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many cases, triple booked, it's
just it's bonkers anyway. What

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what happened this week? Well? the
big thing. Obviously that

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many of you probably heard about
know about was the repeal of

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the tax reform bill that we passed
in December. I'm not gonna

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spend this time talking about that
bill the merits one way or

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other, I am gonna spend this time
saying it's pretty cool to

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see people get involved and you
know get a referendum. I was a

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I was skeptical. I didn't think
they could get the signatures

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but they did and it's pretty cool.
It's part of the process and

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applaud people for organizing and
getting it done and I

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applaud the process and it worked
What else happened. I

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presented my first bill this week
on Friday to health and Human

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Services. It's a bill that deals
with people

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with disabilities - services for people
with disabilities. The

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state provides some services there
and what this bill does is

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it basically says hey, look we can
take the same amount of

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money and we can expand the level
of services to more people

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and it does it through a waiver.
They have to apply for

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federally, but it's a way to get more people using those services

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without spending for money has some
caps on it and I think it's

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a great bill. I think it you know
does the right thing takes

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care of the neediest among us, but
does it in a fiscally

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prudent manner anyway, As always,
you can text me. Email me.

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Call me whatever if you're up at
the Capitol. Reach out love to

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try to meet you. I am running around
like a crazy man up there,

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but I do love to chat with you and
thanks. thanks for watching

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this and thanks for letting me represent
you.