Chris Sununu in 2023 Governor's State of the State speeches
On Education:
More funding for Charters, double Education Freedom Accounts
Overall, New Hampshire schools will see an additional $200 million over the next two years -- and an additional $1 BILLION over the next 10 years--all with a priority towards school districts that need aid the most. These investments, which flow
directly to local schools, will help cities and towns lower their property taxes. The changes proposed will also have the effect of increasing funding to Charter Schools and DOUBLING the opportunity to our very successful Education Freedom Accounts.
Source: 2023 State of the State Address to the N.H. legislature
Feb 14, 2023
On Government Reform:
We are committed to breaking down regulatory barriers
This budget includes landmark legislation to grant universal license recognition for the professions in New Hampshire. If you have a substantially similar license and are in good standing in another state, there's no reason you shouldn't have a license
on Day One in New Hampshire! If a small business owner needs a license to operate in their current state -- New Hampshire will recognize their license here, incentivizing working professionals across the nation to move to New Hampshire.
My budget creates an independent Office of Regulatory Review and Government Efficiency to be a watchdog to eliminate and prevent frivolous rules and regulations as well as to find efficiencies within state government. We are committed to breaking down
regulatory barriers, lowering the cost of entry to do business here, increasing free-market competition, and signaling to the rest of America that New Hampshire is the #1 state in America for Economic Freedom.
Source: 2023 State of the State Address to the N.H. legislature
Feb 14, 2023
On Health Care:
The demand for mental health services remains high
The demand for mental health services for adults and children remains high. Not unsurprisingly, the lack of mental health workforce continues to be something that holds us back. That's why this budget provides Student
Debt Relief to encourage our students to choose a future in these rewarding fields and stay to work with NH Citizens. We are proposing an across the board Medicaid rate increase to help recruit and retain these critical workers.
Source: 2023 State of the State Address to the N.H. legislature
Feb 14, 2023
On Homeland Security:
Created first Veterans Campus with housing & services
The creation of the first of its kind Veterans Campus with housing, supportive services and respite beds got underway this past year in Franklin. The investments we are making will help ensure that there are individuals trained,
licensed and ready to assist our veterans on this campus and in our state's veterans home. We have included a new $8.4 million for the Department of Military and Veteran Services.
Source: 2023 State of the State Address to the N.H. legislature
Feb 14, 2023
On Principles & Values:
Government not here to guarantee solutions to your problems
New Hampshire is the envy of the nation and the freest state in the Union. Other governors and people ask me all the time how has New Hampshire been so successful in keeping our economy strong even throughout COVID. I explain it's because we
don't overly burden our citizens with taxes and fees, and we ensure businesses can be successful without unnecessary regulations or bureaucracy. Government is not here to guarantee a solution to your problems but to help pave Pathways of opportunity.
Source: 2023 State of the State Address to the N.H. legislature
Feb 14, 2023
On Tax Reform:
Unlike other states, we don't raise taxes to meet our needs
Unlike other states, we don't raise taxes to meet our needs. We shift resources to where they are needed most. Unlike the rest of this country -- we cut taxes, we increase investments, we work together, and we get the job done ---
Without a sales tax
- Without an income tax
- Without an estate tax
- Without a 'Millionaires' Tax. Good luck with that one Massachusetts.
- And soon in NH the Interest and Dividends Tax will be fully phased out.
Source: 2023 State of the State Address to the N.H. legislature
Feb 14, 2023
On Technology:
$5M towards a computer science initiative in schools
I believe that computer science virtually guarantees that anyone with those skills won't end up in poverty. Who better to learn those skills than children. It is so much easier for kids to learn computers and computer coding than adults. I am proposing
New Hampshire's greatest computer science opportunity in history. $5M towards a computer science initiative that creates a statewide credentialling system and pays incentives to hundreds of new computer science teachers to become certified.
Source: 2023 State of the State Address to the N.H. legislature
Feb 14, 2023
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