Rebecca Rausch
Rebecca Rausch
business deals dissect private
Because Patti is a private businesswoman, we won't dissect the deals and the business that she does.
best commitment interest strong works
He has demonstrated a strong commitment to ISU. He works in the best interest of the university.
approve budget budgets confident emerge final meets needs people
There is going to be give and take in the final budget. We're confident we are going to emerge with a budget that meets the needs of the governor, the legislators who approve it and the people of this state.
newborn pregnant recent work year
Patti was able to work much more this year than she has in recent years, ... For one, she wasn't pregnant and she didn't have a newborn at home.
ability benefit cell research save stem
Stem cell research has the ability to save lives. In the long run, we feel like everyone will benefit from this research in one way or another.
consider general ideas willing
We are willing to consider other ideas from the General Assembly.
comparable expansion lottery sells store
We don't see this as (an expansion of gambling) because it's something that the lottery can already do. It's comparable to a new convenience store going up that sells lottery tickets. That wouldn't be an expansion of gambling.
cases crumbling pay sake school schools specific talking
What we're talking about here isn't keno for the sake of keno. It's keno for the sake of school construction. We have a very specific need out there. We have schools that in some cases are deteriorating and crumbling that need our help. This is the way to pay for it.
anyone cannot mind return system understand
We cannot understand why anyone in their right mind would want to return to the system that we inherited.
gave listed news release sending support
The organizations listed on our news release verbally gave us their support and indicated they'd be sending in letters.
asking cover legal outrageous
We think it's pretty outrageous that they're asking us to cover their legal fees when we're not done with the legal battle.
build good meeting
We feel like it's a good meeting and it's something to build on.
governor guy lead martin thinks tim
The governor thinks Tim Martin is the right guy to lead that agency.
aware governor meeting meets muhammad people pictures recall religious remember sister takes thousands
The governor meets thousands and thousands of people every year, takes pictures with many of them and unfortunately just can't remember every person he encounters. He does not recall meeting Sister Muhammad and, by extension, was not aware of her religious affiliation.