The governor is hopeful that Jon Kyl will continue to serve in the appointed Senate seat through 2020, at this point we would not speculate on a vacancy that does not exist. Doug Ducey More Quotes by Doug Ducey More Quotes From Doug Ducey The State of Arizona is providing voluntary transportation for asylum seekers only to Washington, D.C., not New York, president Biden created the crisis at the border — he’s failed to respond to calls for action and refuses to even visit the border, so we’re bringing the issue a little closer to home for President Biden. Doug Ducey I've looked at each of the candidates for Governor this year, and there's no question who is the proven conservative ready to lead on Day One : Taylor Robson. Doug Ducey I sat with them for two hours almost seven years ago, and I gave them my whole life story and my pains, my struggles, things that inspired me, things that happened, things that didn't happen, and they decided after a week that they wanted to put this into a production. Doug Ducey We will continue to monitor the situation and deploy additional resources as necessary. Doug Ducey Every young Arizona athlete should have the opportunity to participate in extracurricular activities that give them a sense of belonging and allow them to grow and thrive. Doug Ducey Fifty plus years ago politicians stood in the schoolhouse door and wouldn’t let minorities in. Today unions back politicians stand in the schoolhouse door and won't let minorities out, they are trapped in failing schools. That’s what the media should be reporting on. But they want to report on masks, and not talk about math scores. Doug Ducey If you look at states like Arizona, Texas, Florida, Tennessee, the policies that are making us attractive are the same policies available to other states. But we don't need Washington, D.C., to dictate those policies. Let the governors have that competition. Doug Ducey The failed exit from Afghanistan, the surging inflation that’s a hidden tax on everyone in this country, the highest cost of everyday living that we’ve seen in 40 years, the crisis at the border that’s not only affecting Arizona but every state with fentanyl spilling in, and now this muddled policy in Ukraine, we’ve never projected more weakness on the global stage, and there’s no real sense to his economic policy. Doug Ducey In Arizona, our top priority is to get kids caught up, and we are using a wide range of resources to make that happen — including federal dollars allocated to our state, make no mistake, we will always support families and kids while protecting their right to choose an education that best fits their needs. Doug Ducey In Arizona, we’re going to ensure continued access to in-person learning, everyone agrees that schools should stay open and kids need to be in the classroom. With this announcement, we are making sure parents and families have options if a school closes its doors. Parents are best suited to make decisions about their child’s education. Doug Ducey Joe Biden has failed us on COVID. He ran for office on a promise to ‘shut down the virus.’ He has failed on this, much as he has failed on the border crisis and in Afghanistan. So now, President Biden’s plan is to shut down freedom, cOVID-19 is a contagious disease, it is still with us and it will be for the foreseeable future. President Biden's solution is hammering down on private businesses and individual freedoms in an unprecedented and dangerous way. Doug Ducey At any given time, I might have three dispatchers answering all of the calls that come into our office, if they’re tied up handling 911 calls that wouldn’t be happening otherwise, your 911 call because of a vehicle accident or something other than that more serious might ring a few extra times, and that’s scary. Doug Ducey Secretary Mayorkas needs to resign. He came to Phoenix, but he's hiding from the border. Doug Ducey The cartels take advantage of this, they use the humanitarian crisis to get the drugs, the fentanyl, the methamphetamine, and the cocaine across the border and then to surge it all across our country, this is something that's infecting all of our schools and our neighborhoods and not just in border states. Doug Ducey Mr. President, do something – do anything. Doug Ducey The Biden-Harris administration has utterly failed to secure the border, it’s clear that this White House has neither the ability nor the desire to address the border disaster — a crisis of their own making. Doug Ducey The brave men and women of the Arizona National Guard are standing in the gaps, their mission directly contributes to the success of law enforcement officers working to maintain law and order on Arizona’s southern border. I’m grateful to all those who serve our state and are working day and night to keep Arizonans safe. Doug Ducey The situation in our border communities is just as bad, if not worse, than the coverage we've been seeing. Doug Ducey I've seen the reporting that Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey're referring to and if it's accurate, what's happening is absolutely unacceptable and( House Minority) Leader( Kevin) McCarthy will deal with it. Doug Ducey I'm not running for the Jim Jordan Senate, it's a no. I'm 100 percent focused on being the governor of the state of Arizona. I've accepted the role as the chairman of the [ Republican Governors Association ]. So I've got a full-time job and then I've got a full-time job beyond that. And that's what my focus is. Doug Ducey