Governor Andy Beshear
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115 appearances
4 recordings
2 series
first heard May 2025
last heard 6 May
Governor Andy Beshear’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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In Kentucky history, four lanes are important because a factory won't locate unless there are four lanes because they've got to be able to bring the trucks in and out.
And the water and sewer, but we've been using these federal dollars and other investments really targeted to move the needle in exciting ways. And now is the right time because for the first time I can remember, business is coming to people instead of expecting people to drive a couple hours to business.
Yeah, they're looking at the available workforce. So this is an exciting time where we can really change things. At the same time, we're building what are called high ground communities. We're taking people who live in the floodplain who've been hit over and over and over. We're building entire neighborhoods on top of abandoned coal mines.
It's the toughest, but I think the most innovative rebuild in the history of the United States. But we're going to have thousands of people that will never have to worry about flooding again.
Well, everybody loves the dirt they're from, the property that their family has owned. But when your house has been swept away and when you've been holding on to your children to keep them from being swept away, we love our families a lot more than we'll ever love any piece of property. So we've got a huge amount of interest and we're addressing affordable housing in the area at the same time.
But I will say it was outside the box. to try for government to come in.
Well, what we were able to do is the state ran the project. And we, of course, are the regulators up until the point where we were ready to build the houses. And that's when we bring in nonprofit and other partners. So you can actually get past a lot of the zoning and the regulatory burden if you look at it in that way.
And it's no different than what we do in economic development, where we say, we've got this great piece of land. Let's make sure we got all the utilities that need to go to it. So it's doing the work. And again, it's remembering that the most important things that we do for our people aren't political at all. It's it's it's creating good jobs.
It's making sure they can get to their next doctor's appointment. It's safe roads and bridges, good education for our kids and public safety.
So here's where real investment and treating people with dignity comes in. Coal mining was about an $85,000, $95,000 job. They were jobs that people were supporting two or three families with.
I mean, it's in Kentucky at one point, you know, 100,000 plus jobs if you look at the mining and then the hauling of the coal and the utilities.
Absolutely.
Because there's more small business if there's more economic activity that is in the area. So you take an $85,000 or a $95,000 job. The energy economy dries them up. You don't see any real federal or outside investment. And then someone comes in and says, well, I'll teach you to code for $35,000 a year. Right. That's hard. Right. That's hard.
And so as we look at changing economies that continue, to me, it's really important to make sure that Kentucky gets the next part of that economy. So when I was looking at the automotive industry, we have Ford, we have GM, we have Toyota, we have Rivian now, and so many others. I wanted to make sure that we didn't get hit twice. We didn't see the same thing happen.
And so that's why I went out there and made sure we were getting those battery factories so that we never got left behind again.
What's going on? Are you having... What the heck is... I think you're hearing my dog. Winnie wanted to be a part. What's your dog's name? Winnie. Winnie is six years old and three days, I think. She's my Labradoodle. This is a 65-pound dog that everybody loves.
I am the vice chair this year and the chair next year when we have 36 races.
Yes. So when you look at 2026, it's not just Congress, which everybody is rightfully focused on. It's how many Democratic governors we'll have out there. If we pick up Virginia this year, we'll be at 24. and then an opportunity to get either halfway or the majority in 2026. And what we see is that states that have Democratic governors, they govern well. Their people see jobs.
We see the expansion of health care. And so for me to try to lift up even more leaders is good in 2026. I also think it'll be really good for 2028.
Well, our job is to get things done. And so what you find is we are practical. We also have to talk to our people every day, not once a week or once a month, which is what you see out of Congress that's up in DC. And we don't talk in terms of what is 0.3 bullet four underneath a clause of a bill that nobody has seen. That's really important for Congress.
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