I know that some of you are now shaking your head and saying,' That Mike DeWine, he's crazy ! This million-dollar drawing idea of yours is a waste of money.' But truly, the real waste at this point in the pandemic -- when the vaccine is readily available to anyone who wants it -- the real waste is a life that is lost now to COVID-19.

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To be elected president, you have to do more than tear down your opponents. You have to give the American people a reason to vote for you - a reason to hope - a reason to believe that under your leadership, America will be better.

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On every journey you take, you are met with options. At every fork in the road, you make a choice. These are the decisions that shape your life.

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One of the most important things that I have learned in my 57 years is that life is all about choices. On every journey you take, you face choices. At every fork in the road, you make a choice. And it is those decisions that shape our lives.

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It's in every single county. It's in our cities but it's also in our wealthier suburbs. It's in our small towns. There is no place in Ohio where you can hide from drug epidemic .

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If Congress were to censure, fine or otherwise try to punish a president, it would dramatically alter the balance of power between the branches.

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Yeah, look, I think what we have with the social media and the digital media, and all the telecommunications we have today is a big megaphone, amplification.

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You know, kids text a lot today. It's phenomenal.

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Without question, the court does play a vital role in our constitutional system.

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Well, you know, my wife and I have eight children. We have now 19 grandchildren.

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I find it personally distracting when kids are constantly texting, but they can be texting something that is just benign and just fine.

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This is a time for a national conversation. A conversation about the document that binds us as a nation and a people. That document, of course, is the Constitution.

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The Constitution empowers the people to resolve our day's most contentious issues. When judges forget this basic truth, they do a disservice to our democracy and to our constitution.

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In his brief 21 years on this earth, Michael Smith Jr. touched countless lives.

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Since its inception, our Nation has stood on the foundations of compassion and justice.

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The entertainment industry is encouraging young people to defy and deceive their parents.

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In my opinion, Chief Justice Roberts put it best during his recent confirmation hearings. And he said, and I quote, "The framers were not the sort of people, having fought a revolution to get the right of self-government to sit down and say, 'Well, let's take all the difficult issues before us and let's have the judges decide them.' That would have been the farthest thing from their mind," however, I fear that the Supreme Court forgets this advice.

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Judges need to restrict themselves to the proper resolution of the case before them. They need to avoid the temptation to set broad policy.

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I put a lot of emphasis on childrens issues. Children are many times ignored because they dont vote, and they dont have lobby groups.

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It is my mission to ensure that HIV-positive children and children with AIDS are no longer overlooked and that they begin receiving the treatment and care they deserve.

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After all, our Constitution was intended as a popular document. It was drafted and ratified by the people. It established democratic institutions. It entrusts the people with the power to make the tough decisions. And, in most cases, it prefers the will of the people to the unchecked rule of judges.

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