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Culver sworn in as Iowa governor
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| Last Edited | COSDem Jan 12, 2007 11:47am |
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| Media | Newspaper - Des Moines Register |
| News Date | Friday, January 12, 2007 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The state's governorship changed hands from one Democrat to another for one of the only times in Iowa history at 10:23 today, as Chet Culver was sworn in at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
"I care deeply about the challenges we face, but I have an even greater faith in Iowa's promise," Culver told several thousand supporters and state officials. "So, as we go from here, let us always remember: This is our time!"
Culver took the reins from Gov. Tom Vilsack, a two-term Democrat who never enjoyed what Culver inherits, a Legislature also controlled by Democrats with largely the same agenda as Culver's.
Culver laid out that list of priorities, saving the proposed financial costs for the budget address he'll deliver later this month.
They included raising the tax on cigarettes, reversing a ban on a type of embryonic stem cell research, increasing teacher pay and most notably investing millions in a program to increase development of the state's renewable fuel industry.
"It's time to create the jobs of the future that will keep your children and my children here at home, where they belong," Culver said. "It’s time to make the entire state of Iowa a laboratory so we remain on the cutting edge of all forms of renewable energy." |
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