WEBVTT 1 00:00:09.919 --> 00:00:13.560 Seven hundred WLW twelve o eight on this Friday afternoon, 2 00:00:13.720 --> 00:00:17.039 Dan Carroll in for the great American Bill Cunningham. A 3 00:00:17.039 --> 00:00:18.879 lot of ground to cover today, So I hope you 4 00:00:18.920 --> 00:00:21.800 can hang around till three o'clock this afternoon and maybe 5 00:00:21.800 --> 00:00:24.120 you pick up the phone along the way. Five one, three, seven, four, nine, 6 00:00:24.160 --> 00:00:26.719 seven thousand, one, eight hundred, the big one. Those are 7 00:00:26.760 --> 00:00:29.640 the numbers to call, and we start with this. There 8 00:00:29.679 --> 00:00:32.240 has been so much news going on. I think a 9 00:00:32.240 --> 00:00:34.679 lot of the stuff that happens here in Ohio has 10 00:00:34.679 --> 00:00:37.560 been neglected, although if you listen to Scott Slow and 11 00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:41.799 he's been just hammering away at this issue about the 12 00:00:42.320 --> 00:00:44.960 marijuana laws, and I want to touch on I haven't 13 00:00:45.000 --> 00:00:47.119 touched on that very much at all lately, but I 14 00:00:47.159 --> 00:00:50.280 am going to today and also some big news as 15 00:00:50.320 --> 00:00:53.960 it relates to a development here in Ohio and joining 16 00:00:54.039 --> 00:00:56.640 us to talk about that because really one of the 17 00:00:56.640 --> 00:00:59.679 biggest developments is happening right there in his backyard is 18 00:01:00.039 --> 00:01:03.920 State Representative Brian Stewart, who represents the twelfth House district 19 00:01:04.359 --> 00:01:07.560 in Ohio. And Brian Stewart, welcome to seven hundred WLW. 20 00:01:07.599 --> 00:01:09.760 I believe this is the first time you and I 21 00:01:09.799 --> 00:01:11.040 have had a chance to talk together. 22 00:01:12.120 --> 00:01:14.159 It is Dan, it's great to be with you, Honored 23 00:01:14.159 --> 00:01:14.840 to be on the station. 24 00:01:15.120 --> 00:01:16.519 Well, I honored to have you here. 25 00:01:16.560 --> 00:01:19.599 And I was reading your bio and I see you 26 00:01:19.640 --> 00:01:22.959 served in the Iraq War, combat in for two men, 27 00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:27.959 and I thank you for your service. And it's a 28 00:01:27.959 --> 00:01:30.439 great day to be in Ohio. And isn't the governor's 29 00:01:30.480 --> 00:01:33.840 race just got a lot more interesting, didn't it It did. 30 00:01:33.920 --> 00:01:36.680 I think we're going to have a good field, and 31 00:01:36.760 --> 00:01:39.760 it's going to be the earliest start to a Republican 32 00:01:39.799 --> 00:01:42.319 primary for governor probably maybe ever in the history of 33 00:01:42.319 --> 00:01:46.280 our state. But we're gonna grab our popcorn. 34 00:01:45.879 --> 00:01:47.680 I think. So it's gonna be. It's gonna be. 35 00:01:48.040 --> 00:01:52.680 I mean, look, and robust debate is something I think 36 00:01:52.760 --> 00:01:57.959 that us as voters should be entitled to and and 37 00:01:58.040 --> 00:02:00.159 I think that is what we're going to be up for. 38 00:02:00.719 --> 00:02:02.959 And I haven't come down on one side of the other. 39 00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:06.239 And I'm not asking you too, but I mean that certainly, 40 00:02:06.280 --> 00:02:11.319 the the the entrance into, uh, the the primary so far, 41 00:02:11.840 --> 00:02:14.680 Uh It's it sets up to be a very interesting time, 42 00:02:14.719 --> 00:02:15.080 does it not. 43 00:02:16.520 --> 00:02:18.400 I think it does. And I think what you want 44 00:02:18.439 --> 00:02:22.080 in primaries is to have some variety in choice, you know. 45 00:02:22.120 --> 00:02:23.919 And I think, you know, we have two entrants for 46 00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:26.719 governors so far, who you know, would would both be 47 00:02:26.800 --> 00:02:29.719 great governors and have very different, you know, kind of 48 00:02:29.840 --> 00:02:32.599 backgrounds and how they came into this race. And so 49 00:02:32.639 --> 00:02:35.960 I think that's gonna be a good thing for Republicans 50 00:02:36.000 --> 00:02:38.319 to get to consider over the next you know, year 51 00:02:38.360 --> 00:02:38.719 and a half. 52 00:02:39.120 --> 00:02:41.199 So one thing I wanted to talk to you about 53 00:02:41.319 --> 00:02:44.479 was this project that it's the am I saying it right? 54 00:02:44.599 --> 00:02:47.120 Is an andrewle Am, I saying a N D R 55 00:02:47.280 --> 00:02:49.680 U I l am I saying that's. 56 00:02:49.520 --> 00:02:50.960 How I say it? So I hope I'm right. 57 00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:53.439 Well it was good enough for you, it's good enough 58 00:02:53.479 --> 00:02:55.879 for me. But uh, to my way of thinking, this 59 00:02:55.919 --> 00:02:59.039 is a story that has been wildly underreported. This is 60 00:02:59.080 --> 00:03:01.560 going to be a huge develop right there in Pickaway County, 61 00:03:01.639 --> 00:03:04.960 right there in your backyard. And I mean we're talking 62 00:03:05.000 --> 00:03:10.759 about what is being reported as the largest development project. 63 00:03:11.400 --> 00:03:14.520 I guess in terms of overall dollars in the state 64 00:03:14.520 --> 00:03:15.039 of Ohio. 65 00:03:15.120 --> 00:03:16.120 Is that correct? 66 00:03:17.159 --> 00:03:20.479 It is the largest economic development project in Ohio history. 67 00:03:20.520 --> 00:03:21.599 That's about that even. 68 00:03:21.400 --> 00:03:24.400 Bigger than the even bigger than the Intel project. That 69 00:03:24.520 --> 00:03:27.159 got a lot of attention in recent years. This is 70 00:03:27.280 --> 00:03:32.000 four thousand jobs coming to central Ohio with an average 71 00:03:32.039 --> 00:03:34.560 salary of one hundred and thirty thousand dollars a year. 72 00:03:35.360 --> 00:03:37.319 This is a game changer for the entire state. 73 00:03:37.560 --> 00:03:37.840 Yeah. 74 00:03:37.879 --> 00:03:40.599 So if I guess, and what and what this company 75 00:03:40.680 --> 00:03:44.840 does is produce what I guess, what's the best way 76 00:03:44.879 --> 00:03:47.520 to describe it? I know drones is one of the things, 77 00:03:47.520 --> 00:03:52.280 but I guess really next generation AI weapons things like 78 00:03:52.319 --> 00:03:54.360 that that are going to be used for the military. 79 00:03:54.400 --> 00:03:54.800 Is that right? 80 00:03:56.039 --> 00:04:00.520 That's right. It's a military contractor manufacturer. This is the 81 00:04:00.680 --> 00:04:03.599 Arsenal one project. And I think it's important to point 82 00:04:03.599 --> 00:04:05.439 out Dan that, I mean, this is a project that 83 00:04:05.560 --> 00:04:08.319 literally every state in America was competing to get. You know, 84 00:04:08.400 --> 00:04:10.280 some people aren't you know, some states aren't even on 85 00:04:10.319 --> 00:04:13.759 the map as being competitive. But every competitor that Ohio 86 00:04:13.879 --> 00:04:19.160 has in the uh you know, job creations, uh uh landscape, 87 00:04:19.360 --> 00:04:22.079 everybody wanted this project and there and they chose Ohio. 88 00:04:22.160 --> 00:04:24.639 And I think that's because of, you know, the very 89 00:04:24.680 --> 00:04:27.319 pro business climate that we've worked very hard to develop 90 00:04:27.360 --> 00:04:30.720 over over over a period of time. But uh, you know, 91 00:04:30.800 --> 00:04:34.040 these are drone technology at the advanced UH at the 92 00:04:34.079 --> 00:04:38.160 advanced drone UH production is going to be built right 93 00:04:38.199 --> 00:04:40.720 in central Ohio. And so I'm we're pretty pleased that, 94 00:04:40.920 --> 00:04:42.879 you know, in a few short years, you know, when 95 00:04:42.959 --> 00:04:46.319 when the next Tomas, you know, terrorists is uh, you 96 00:04:46.360 --> 00:04:50.120 know under under the microscope UH. You know, they may 97 00:04:50.160 --> 00:04:52.759 be dispatched with a drone that was made right here 98 00:04:52.759 --> 00:04:53.199 in Ohio. 99 00:04:53.439 --> 00:04:53.560 UH. 100 00:04:53.680 --> 00:04:57.199 And I think when when we see those videos, I 101 00:04:57.639 --> 00:05:00.399 certainly hope we'll all be able to take us amount 102 00:05:00.439 --> 00:05:00.920 of pride in that. 103 00:05:01.000 --> 00:05:01.879 I think it's a good thing. 104 00:05:01.920 --> 00:05:04.639 But a project this big, and I like to think that, 105 00:05:04.680 --> 00:05:06.680 you know, I get ready for these radio shows. I'm 106 00:05:06.959 --> 00:05:09.360 looking at the news all the time. And maybe it's 107 00:05:09.519 --> 00:05:13.279 just me, but it seems to me that this project 108 00:05:13.560 --> 00:05:16.600 and the you know, I guess all whatever fanfare was 109 00:05:16.639 --> 00:05:20.439 around it really went uh And And maybe it's just 110 00:05:20.560 --> 00:05:23.480 my perspective, maybe your perspective is different, but it seems 111 00:05:23.519 --> 00:05:25.879 to me a lot of this really went well under 112 00:05:25.920 --> 00:05:28.720 the radar and didn't get a lot of uh, didn't 113 00:05:28.720 --> 00:05:29.240 get a lot of. 114 00:05:29.199 --> 00:05:30.639 Mention in the news. 115 00:05:31.360 --> 00:05:34.319 Well, I think it's it's been an eventful month and 116 00:05:34.360 --> 00:05:36.439 a half, right, I mean, I think President Trump is 117 00:05:36.600 --> 00:05:40.160 rocking and rolling. There's new national news that may Yeah, 118 00:05:41.560 --> 00:05:45.199 so you know, we had this was announced during a 119 00:05:45.240 --> 00:05:47.040 week where I think it was either the first or 120 00:05:47.040 --> 00:05:49.600 second week of It was a week before President Trumples, 121 00:05:49.600 --> 00:05:52.519 it was actually inaugurated. So I think it's just sort of, uh, 122 00:05:52.800 --> 00:05:56.600 there's only so much bandwidth on radio, TV and print. 123 00:05:56.680 --> 00:06:00.360 But we will make sure over the next year and 124 00:06:00.399 --> 00:06:03.800 a half that Ohilands know what a great edition this 125 00:06:03.920 --> 00:06:05.959 is going to be to our economy. You know, when 126 00:06:06.000 --> 00:06:09.600 we talk about our manufacturing in Ohio and how that's 127 00:06:09.639 --> 00:06:12.399 gone over the last couple of decades, I think Ohilands 128 00:06:12.399 --> 00:06:14.519 are proud to make things in this state. You know, 129 00:06:14.600 --> 00:06:16.480 this is you know, we we we want jobs in 130 00:06:16.519 --> 00:06:19.480 all kinds of different fields. You know, but this is 131 00:06:19.519 --> 00:06:22.560 not just warehousing, This is not just data centers, This 132 00:06:22.680 --> 00:06:25.279 is not just you know, retail, this is this is 133 00:06:25.319 --> 00:06:29.639 this is old fashioned, you know, advanced manufacturing happening right 134 00:06:29.680 --> 00:06:31.879 here in our state. You know, I'm excited. You know, 135 00:06:31.879 --> 00:06:33.519 I've got a I've got a nine year old son 136 00:06:33.600 --> 00:06:35.879 named Lincoln. He loves elon Musk. He wants to be 137 00:06:35.920 --> 00:06:38.639 an engineer. He wants to build things and to be 138 00:06:38.680 --> 00:06:41.120 able to tell him and all the other you know, 139 00:06:41.240 --> 00:06:44.240 kids in a multi county radius that you know, you 140 00:06:44.319 --> 00:06:47.079 can grow up, work hard, and get a great paying 141 00:06:47.319 --> 00:06:51.600 job in your backyard, contributing to the defense of the 142 00:06:51.680 --> 00:06:54.560 United States of America. That's something we're really excited about. 143 00:06:54.680 --> 00:06:57.439 Yeah, and I mean everything that I've read about it, 144 00:06:57.480 --> 00:07:00.480 that's Look, it looks like it really is the highest 145 00:07:00.480 --> 00:07:05.160 of high tech. You mentioned the Intel development happening in 146 00:07:05.199 --> 00:07:08.079 New Albany, and there's a headline that's out today that 147 00:07:08.399 --> 00:07:12.480 this chip factory that was supposed to initially go online 148 00:07:12.519 --> 00:07:15.480 this year in twenty twenty five is now being delayed 149 00:07:15.560 --> 00:07:20.000 until twenty thirty or twenty thirty one. As you look 150 00:07:20.040 --> 00:07:23.079 at that project, seeing that headline today, is that anything 151 00:07:23.120 --> 00:07:24.000 to be concerned about. 152 00:07:25.600 --> 00:07:29.680 I think, you know, Intel as a company is experiencing 153 00:07:30.639 --> 00:07:33.120 you know, they're in the global marketplace, and so you know, 154 00:07:33.160 --> 00:07:37.600 the chip manufacturing space is incredibly complicated. We've always had 155 00:07:37.680 --> 00:07:42.560 competition from abroad, and so look, we are confident that 156 00:07:42.560 --> 00:07:47.040 there is going to be a sizeable investment, a sizeable expansion, 157 00:07:47.920 --> 00:07:52.160 a high employment facility in Licking County in the central 158 00:07:52.160 --> 00:07:56.160 Ohio area. You know, so much work has been done 159 00:07:56.199 --> 00:07:59.800 already you know, there may be some restructurings and things 160 00:07:59.839 --> 00:08:01.959 that happen on the Intel company side, but we are 161 00:08:02.079 --> 00:08:05.839 very confident that there will be a sizeable project in 162 00:08:05.839 --> 00:08:07.720 that space. And it's important, you know, I think we 163 00:08:07.759 --> 00:08:12.399 saw during COVID, you know, suddenly we realize, like we 164 00:08:12.439 --> 00:08:14.839 did in a couple of industries, just how dependent we 165 00:08:14.920 --> 00:08:18.040 are on manufacturing abroad. And that's not a good place 166 00:08:18.079 --> 00:08:20.639 to be when you're talking about the the microchips that 167 00:08:20.720 --> 00:08:23.920 power almost everything in our lives at this point. So 168 00:08:24.319 --> 00:08:26.680 it's important that we make sure that project happens. We 169 00:08:26.759 --> 00:08:28.839 need to have those chips being made in America, and 170 00:08:28.839 --> 00:08:30.439 if they're gonna be made in America, we'd like to 171 00:08:30.439 --> 00:08:31.279 have them made in Ohio. 172 00:08:31.439 --> 00:08:31.800 Yeah. 173 00:08:31.839 --> 00:08:33.960 And I was looking at a piece written in the 174 00:08:34.000 --> 00:08:38.279 Columbus Dispatch, and I mean, you know, Intel, Honda, You've 175 00:08:38.279 --> 00:08:42.639 got Amazon, Cleveland Cliffs, Amgen, which is a biotech company, 176 00:08:42.840 --> 00:08:46.320 and all these other companies, peloton Is, You've got all 177 00:08:46.360 --> 00:08:50.279 these developments that are in progress as we speak. And 178 00:08:50.360 --> 00:08:53.000 I'm looking at this list and I'm thinking, you know, 179 00:08:53.120 --> 00:08:56.559 this is I don't you know Ohio. Their development in 180 00:08:56.559 --> 00:08:59.360 Ohio has always been I think, you know, one of 181 00:08:59.360 --> 00:09:01.159 the hallmarks you have here. But I don't know that 182 00:09:01.200 --> 00:09:03.639 there's been a time when we've had this much on 183 00:09:03.639 --> 00:09:06.279 the plate at as we do right now. 184 00:09:07.360 --> 00:09:08.000 I can't remember. 185 00:09:09.279 --> 00:09:11.080 I think that's right. I mean, I think you'd have 186 00:09:11.120 --> 00:09:13.799 to go back almost hundreds of years to find a 187 00:09:13.799 --> 00:09:16.360 time when Ohio was more central in kind of the 188 00:09:16.480 --> 00:09:19.559 national conversation than we are right now. And I think 189 00:09:19.600 --> 00:09:21.720 we're getting back to that space we should be. You know, 190 00:09:21.720 --> 00:09:24.159 we're still one of the largest states in America. You know, 191 00:09:24.240 --> 00:09:26.320 we need to just make sure that we are you know, 192 00:09:26.600 --> 00:09:29.399 a keeping our students and young people here. That's a 193 00:09:29.399 --> 00:09:31.360 big part of it. But I think people are now 194 00:09:31.440 --> 00:09:33.039 coming here for the jobs that we have, and we 195 00:09:33.080 --> 00:09:36.759 did some important things. You know, we got away from 196 00:09:36.840 --> 00:09:40.159 government bureaucrats and created jobs Ohio you know, over a 197 00:09:40.200 --> 00:09:42.960 decade ago to you know, have an entity that goes 198 00:09:43.000 --> 00:09:46.000 out there that's full of business people, not bureaucrats, that 199 00:09:46.039 --> 00:09:49.320 can move its speed of business, not government, And that's 200 00:09:49.320 --> 00:09:53.799 been a huge asset for us in attracting these jobs 201 00:09:53.840 --> 00:09:56.960 to our state. You know, Pennsylvania's Governor Josh Shapiro is 202 00:09:57.240 --> 00:09:59.600 you know, talking about running for president, but when he's 203 00:09:59.600 --> 00:10:02.840 not doing that he's telling people. He was quoted saying, 204 00:10:02.840 --> 00:10:05.879 I'm sick and tired of losing to Ohio. Well, we 205 00:10:05.919 --> 00:10:07.559 want to keep that going. We want to keep being 206 00:10:07.559 --> 00:10:08.960 the envy of other states around us. 207 00:10:09.159 --> 00:10:11.200 That's good, it's good we're on that side of the equation. 208 00:10:11.799 --> 00:10:14.200 Talk to me about what your friends in the Senate 209 00:10:14.200 --> 00:10:17.039 did earlier this week, and they passed this bill that's 210 00:10:17.080 --> 00:10:22.120 going to overhaul the I guess the legal marijuana law 211 00:10:22.159 --> 00:10:27.320 that was voted on this last election cycle, and the 212 00:10:27.399 --> 00:10:30.519 changes it's going to make to that law. According to 213 00:10:30.600 --> 00:10:32.960 what I'm reading here, the bill would limit Ohio's homegrown 214 00:10:33.000 --> 00:10:36.600 from twelve plants down to six, reduce THC levels, and 215 00:10:36.639 --> 00:10:40.960 adult use marijuana extracts, and I guess a handful of 216 00:10:41.000 --> 00:10:43.960 other things. What do you know about this and why 217 00:10:44.840 --> 00:10:46.879 you know? Where do you stand on this? First of all? 218 00:10:47.159 --> 00:10:50.399 And why do you think the Senate decided something like 219 00:10:50.440 --> 00:10:51.279 this was necessary? 220 00:10:52.679 --> 00:10:54.840 Well, let's start here. The Speaker of the House has 221 00:10:54.879 --> 00:10:57.559 asked me to work on a house version of a 222 00:10:57.559 --> 00:10:59.639 marijuana okay, and so we're going to we're going to 223 00:10:59.679 --> 00:11:02.919 introduce set here hopefully within a week or so, and 224 00:11:03.799 --> 00:11:05.159 I think it's going to be quite a bit different 225 00:11:05.159 --> 00:11:07.879 than the Senate's version. You know, I'm starting out from 226 00:11:07.919 --> 00:11:12.559 a place where, you know, my hugely Republican district that voted, 227 00:11:12.600 --> 00:11:15.840 you know, seventy three percent for Donald Trump, voted fifty 228 00:11:15.879 --> 00:11:18.279 three percent to pass issue to And I think we 229 00:11:18.320 --> 00:11:20.559 need to respect the fact that o'hilands have spoken on 230 00:11:20.600 --> 00:11:23.519 this issue they want and there's certain baselines that I 231 00:11:23.519 --> 00:11:25.519 don't think we should be touching. They voted to have 232 00:11:25.600 --> 00:11:28.320 legal marijuana, and they voted it for it to be 233 00:11:28.399 --> 00:11:30.559 taxed at ten percent. They voted for it to be 234 00:11:30.600 --> 00:11:34.080 available where it's available. And I think that we're going 235 00:11:34.120 --> 00:11:36.519 to have tough sledding if we're trying to make too 236 00:11:36.559 --> 00:11:39.559 many changes to what voters have already spoken on. Now, 237 00:11:39.559 --> 00:11:41.799 there's some other things that I think we do need 238 00:11:41.799 --> 00:11:44.000 to do. You know, what I would describe as issue 239 00:11:44.039 --> 00:11:47.240 too was silent on some things that we need to 240 00:11:47.559 --> 00:11:50.039 fill in the blanks. I think there is a consensus 241 00:11:50.080 --> 00:11:52.360 that you know, we there should be some limitations on 242 00:11:52.399 --> 00:11:55.879 where you're using these products in public around children. We 243 00:11:55.919 --> 00:11:58.519 should not be allowed to market to children. We should 244 00:11:58.519 --> 00:12:00.759 not have products that are manufacted in a way they 245 00:12:00.840 --> 00:12:04.200 look like you know, candied cereal and things like that. 246 00:12:04.559 --> 00:12:07.679 I think there's some reasonable things we can do to 247 00:12:08.200 --> 00:12:11.000 make some tweaks. I don't think Ohioan's really were too 248 00:12:11.039 --> 00:12:13.080 fired up about the part of issue too that says 249 00:12:13.120 --> 00:12:15.600 we're going to have these you know, racial set asides 250 00:12:15.639 --> 00:12:18.600 and DEI programs with some of the tax revenue. Let's 251 00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:21.399 put that money into just the you know, the general 252 00:12:21.840 --> 00:12:25.000 revenue fund, help fund our police officers, help fund our 253 00:12:25.000 --> 00:12:28.759 cities and counties. So I think the House version of 254 00:12:28.799 --> 00:12:30.279 the bill is going to be quite a bit different, 255 00:12:30.480 --> 00:12:33.639 and then we'll kind of work on harmonizing those two 256 00:12:33.679 --> 00:12:34.960 things with our friends in the Senate. 257 00:12:35.080 --> 00:12:37.120 Yeah, the one thing I'm reading about this is that 258 00:12:37.200 --> 00:12:41.039 this bill would combine the state's medical and recreational marijuana 259 00:12:41.080 --> 00:12:44.960 programs under the Division of Cannabis Controls. So is that 260 00:12:45.039 --> 00:12:48.320 are they actually talking about just having both of those 261 00:12:48.480 --> 00:12:53.039 programs under under the one umbrella or actually combining the 262 00:12:53.039 --> 00:12:54.080 two laws into one. 263 00:12:54.240 --> 00:12:55.159 Am I am I. 264 00:12:55.159 --> 00:12:57.360 I guess it depends on the way of you know, 265 00:12:57.360 --> 00:12:58.200 how I'm reading that. 266 00:12:59.279 --> 00:13:01.600 Yeah, I believe the Senet's version was more it's a 267 00:13:01.679 --> 00:13:04.159 question of who is doing the regulating, And I think 268 00:13:04.200 --> 00:13:06.679 that right now we have a medical program that's regulated 269 00:13:06.679 --> 00:13:10.039 by one agency, and an adult use program that's regulated 270 00:13:10.080 --> 00:13:14.000 by this Division of Cannabis Control. You know, we just 271 00:13:14.120 --> 00:13:18.960 think that Ohioan's voted for legal marijuana that is well regulated, 272 00:13:19.120 --> 00:13:21.480 that does have some some guardrails around it, that you 273 00:13:21.559 --> 00:13:23.759 know is safe if you're getting it at a dispensary, 274 00:13:23.799 --> 00:13:27.679 because it's been subject to a pretty rigorous process. And 275 00:13:27.759 --> 00:13:29.399 one other thing Dan I do want to point out 276 00:13:29.559 --> 00:13:31.440 is that I think our House bill will include is 277 00:13:31.440 --> 00:13:33.039 we need to we need to deal with the fact 278 00:13:33.080 --> 00:13:36.960 that we essentially have you know, unregulated marijuana that's called 279 00:13:37.000 --> 00:13:39.480 Delta eight or you know what a lot of different 280 00:13:39.519 --> 00:13:42.519 terms for that's just being sold to kids and gas stations. 281 00:13:42.720 --> 00:13:44.960 And that's not what Ohioan's voted for. And so the 282 00:13:44.960 --> 00:13:46.759 House version of this bill is also going to take 283 00:13:46.759 --> 00:13:49.519 a look at you know, if a product has THC 284 00:13:49.559 --> 00:13:51.360 in it, let's treat it the same. Let's have it 285 00:13:51.399 --> 00:13:53.799 go through the dispensaries where you know that you're getting 286 00:13:53.799 --> 00:13:57.080 a safe product, rather than having this patchwork of you know, 287 00:13:57.240 --> 00:14:01.639 unregulated uh, you know, gas station we it's manufactured in California. 288 00:14:01.759 --> 00:14:03.159 That's not what Ohioland's voted for. 289 00:14:03.440 --> 00:14:07.960 Yeah, and uh and I you know, I apologize for 290 00:14:08.320 --> 00:14:10.879 seeing so and seeming so uninformed about this, but I 291 00:14:10.919 --> 00:14:12.679 really don't have a dog in this fight. I mean, I, 292 00:14:12.759 --> 00:14:15.720 you know, to my way of thinking, if people want 293 00:14:15.720 --> 00:14:17.679 to you know, twist one up at home after a 294 00:14:17.720 --> 00:14:20.600 hard day at work and and relax and enjoy that, 295 00:14:20.720 --> 00:14:22.320 I mean, that's perfectly fine with me. 296 00:14:22.840 --> 00:14:22.960 Uh. 297 00:14:23.159 --> 00:14:26.440 I you know, I don't indulge myself and I don't 298 00:14:26.480 --> 00:14:28.879 take the gummies or smoke the ganja or that kind 299 00:14:28.919 --> 00:14:31.159 of stuff. But uh, you know, if people want to, 300 00:14:31.480 --> 00:14:33.799 you know, if people want to indulge in that, you know, 301 00:14:33.840 --> 00:14:36.440 who am I to to stand in their way? So 302 00:14:36.799 --> 00:14:38.399 I guess I you know, I understand a little bit. 303 00:14:38.440 --> 00:14:42.039 The argument that you know, I guess those who oppose this, 304 00:14:42.799 --> 00:14:46.360 uh this idea is that you're, you know, here we 305 00:14:46.440 --> 00:14:48.399 go again. You know, these uh you know, high and 306 00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:52.320 mighty folks up there in Columbus trying to undermine the 307 00:14:52.320 --> 00:14:54.759 will of the voters once again, and it seems like 308 00:14:54.799 --> 00:14:56.679 we've just been down this road a lot of times before. 309 00:14:58.440 --> 00:15:01.200 Well, you know, my position is, I've said for a 310 00:15:01.240 --> 00:15:04.879 long time the initiated statute deserves a lot of difference. 311 00:15:04.960 --> 00:15:07.559 Now there's a margain in that, you know, it's much 312 00:15:07.600 --> 00:15:10.840 easier to pass a initiated statute because it goes into 313 00:15:10.879 --> 00:15:14.600 the Ohio Revised Code. The Ohio Revised Code is in 314 00:15:14.679 --> 00:15:16.919 the title, it's meant to be revised, and it's meant 315 00:15:16.960 --> 00:15:19.480 to be within the realm of things that we can 316 00:15:19.559 --> 00:15:21.519 legislate on. But it was just a few years ago, Dan, 317 00:15:21.600 --> 00:15:24.360 I think I think Ohioans knew what they were, what 318 00:15:24.399 --> 00:15:26.159 they were voting for. We want to respect that in 319 00:15:26.200 --> 00:15:27.759 the House. You know, I know what the Senate wants 320 00:15:27.759 --> 00:15:29.480 to respect that too. We just may have a couple 321 00:15:29.519 --> 00:15:32.960 of differences of opinion as to what those details look like. 322 00:15:33.080 --> 00:15:37.279 But I think that whatever final product gets voted on 323 00:15:37.360 --> 00:15:41.200 by both chambers will be far closer to what voters 324 00:15:42.240 --> 00:15:45.039 voted for than than some of the media coverage might 325 00:15:45.039 --> 00:15:45.759 suggest today. 326 00:15:45.879 --> 00:15:47.799 Now, I think that's a good perspective on that that 327 00:15:48.200 --> 00:15:49.879 you know, there's probably going to be some changes, and 328 00:15:50.440 --> 00:15:53.320 you know, obviously speak out about it if you feel 329 00:15:53.320 --> 00:15:55.200 like speaking out about it, But it doesn't mean that 330 00:15:55.440 --> 00:15:57.879 what they passed in the Senate is going to wind 331 00:15:57.919 --> 00:16:01.200 up being the finished product. With that, Brian Stewart, we're 332 00:16:01.200 --> 00:16:04.120 gonna run. I appreciate the time today. I was looking 333 00:16:04.159 --> 00:16:06.279 at your bio. I see that you're also a movie buff. 334 00:16:06.600 --> 00:16:09.080 So any thoughts on the passing of Gene Hackman before 335 00:16:09.080 --> 00:16:09.600 we let you go. 336 00:16:10.759 --> 00:16:15.200 One of the all time greats, I mean, unforgiven French connection, 337 00:16:15.360 --> 00:16:18.000 the conversation. If you haven't seen those films, you have to. 338 00:16:18.279 --> 00:16:20.960 Just a real great, old fashioned American movie star and 339 00:16:21.039 --> 00:16:22.679 he's going to be missed absolutely. 340 00:16:23.679 --> 00:16:26.600 Brian Stewart, thank you very much for the time today. 341 00:16:26.600 --> 00:16:28.919 Great having you on and with your permission we'll do 342 00:16:28.960 --> 00:16:30.159 it against down the road. 343 00:16:30.200 --> 00:16:31.279 I really appreciate it today. 344 00:16:31.879 --> 00:16:33.120 I'd love to Dan thank you. 345 00:16:33.159 --> 00:16:36.320 All right, there you go, Representative Brian Stewart, twelfth District, Ohio, 346 00:16:36.639 --> 00:16:39.159 and you know works up there in Madison and Pickaway 347 00:16:39.159 --> 00:16:41.919 Counties and we appreciate him being on today. It is 348 00:16:42.200 --> 00:16:45.120 twelve twenty five. Dan Carroll for Bill Cunningham, and if 349 00:16:45.159 --> 00:16:47.120 you want to pick up the phone, phone lines be 350 00:16:47.159 --> 00:16:49.919 open the next half hour because we are guest free 351 00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:52.759 and A five one, three, seven, four, nine, seven, one, 352 00:16:52.840 --> 00:16:56.279 eight hundred the Big One on seven hundred WW. 353 00:17:01.720 --> 00:17:02.519 Back on the Big. 354 00:17:02.320 --> 00:17:06.000 One seven hundred WLW twelve thirty seven. Dan Carroll in 355 00:17:06.079 --> 00:17:10.480 for Bill Cunningham today Dave, let's open the phone lines five, one, three, seven, 356 00:17:10.519 --> 00:17:13.480 fee eight hundred, the big one. I've been looking for 357 00:17:13.559 --> 00:17:17.599 news about what's happening with the Department of Justice and 358 00:17:17.640 --> 00:17:24.319 the FBI. As you know, yesterday the Attorney General, Pam 359 00:17:24.319 --> 00:17:29.880 Bondi was expecting to release documents relating to Jeffrey Epstein. 360 00:17:31.200 --> 00:17:35.799 That happened, approximately two hundred pages of really nothing things 361 00:17:35.799 --> 00:17:38.519 that you know, so maybe some names on a rolodex, 362 00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:43.480 names that had been previously released, but essentially nothing new. 363 00:17:44.359 --> 00:17:49.599 And so Pam Bondy sent a letter to the to 364 00:17:49.680 --> 00:17:54.559 the FBI office in southern New York, and essentially she said, 365 00:17:54.599 --> 00:17:58.519 I want all the all the documents, all the recordings, 366 00:17:58.960 --> 00:18:02.400 all the video, everything on my desk eight o'clock tomorrow morning. 367 00:18:02.440 --> 00:18:03.200 That was this morning. 368 00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:07.240 It is now twelve thirty eight, so it's four hours 369 00:18:07.240 --> 00:18:10.920 and thirty eight minutes past eight o'clock. And I've seen 370 00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:14.440 nothing to indicate that that material has been delivered to 371 00:18:14.480 --> 00:18:18.359 the Attorney General of the United States, the director of 372 00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:20.559 the FBI. The letter was sent to the Director of 373 00:18:20.599 --> 00:18:24.640 the FBI, Cash Betel, who wrote that the FBI is 374 00:18:24.759 --> 00:18:28.119 entering a new era, one that will be defined by integrity, 375 00:18:28.160 --> 00:18:31.400 accountability and unwavering pursuit of justice. There will be no 376 00:18:31.519 --> 00:18:36.200 cover ups, no missing documents, and no stone left unturned. 377 00:18:37.720 --> 00:18:38.160 He said. 378 00:18:38.400 --> 00:18:40.799 If there are gaps, we will find them. If records 379 00:18:40.839 --> 00:18:43.640 have been hidden, we will uncover them. And we will 380 00:18:43.640 --> 00:18:46.319 bring everything we find to the DOJ to be fully 381 00:18:46.359 --> 00:18:50.880 assessed and transparently disseminated to the American people, as it 382 00:18:50.880 --> 00:18:56.519 should be. So I appreciate that level of transparency. I 383 00:18:56.559 --> 00:19:00.799 appreciate that letter being sent to cash Battel and UH 384 00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:04.039 and and being released to the American people right away. 385 00:19:05.839 --> 00:19:09.039 But there was a deadline, and and maybe things are 386 00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:12.240 happening right now that we don't know about. But this 387 00:19:12.359 --> 00:19:16.799 cannot go unchecked. There has to be consequences for this. 388 00:19:18.160 --> 00:19:18.680 And and I. 389 00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:22.599 Don't know how how that can be taken in any 390 00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:24.279 other and any other way. I mean, I don't know 391 00:19:24.279 --> 00:19:28.160 how I'm wrong about that. That if this administration, if 392 00:19:28.160 --> 00:19:34.359 the if this UH Secretary of or the Attorney General 393 00:19:34.400 --> 00:19:39.599 I should say, and the Secretary of the FBI, the 394 00:19:39.640 --> 00:19:41.839 head of the FBI, if these people are going to 395 00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:46.039 be taken seriously from here on out, they have to 396 00:19:46.079 --> 00:19:48.279 address this. They have to address this in a serious 397 00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:53.160 in a meaningful way. And they've they've got all the 398 00:19:53.200 --> 00:19:55.880 authority they need from the commander in chief, from Donald 399 00:19:55.920 --> 00:20:01.279 Trump to do what needs to be done. And so 400 00:20:01.880 --> 00:20:04.359 this is a test. I mean it's an early test, 401 00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:07.440