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A three year political fight over two General Assemblies resulted in historic reforms on Ohio's public university campuses. Repealing costly and discriminatory DEI programs, empowering university trustees to lead, and refocusing the mission back on education rather than the lurch to the left of indoctrination. SB 1 sponsor, Senator Jerry Cirino, joins The President's Podcast to highlight the difference the new law is making and pushes back on the opposition's ridiculous threats of empty classrooms and campuses.

Putting a budget surplus to work for Ohioans. The General Assembly passed a budget corrections bill redirecting $350 million of this year's surplus to property tax relief for more than 700,000 Ohioans who qualify for the Homestead Exemption. Plus, the sales tax holiday for next year was expanded to two full weeks. Senate President Rob McColley joins The President's Podcast and also highlights how Ohio voters will have the chance to make Ohio's elections the most secure in the country by passing a constitutional amendment requiring photo id.

Making election security constitutional law.The Ohio Senate voted to put a constitutional amendment before the voters this fall that would require a photo id to vote.Every democrat voted against SJR 10.This week the co-sponsors of this critical election security amendment join The President's Podcast.Senator Jane Timken and Senator Theresa Gavarone talk about why it's important to elevate the law from its current form in Ohio Revised Code to Constitutional law.

The Ohio General Assembly's Joint Data Center Committee launched the first of several hearings this week. Senator Brian Chavez co-chairs the committee and joins The President's Podcast this week. The committee will hear from industry experts, state regulators, and concerned citizens about the path forward which will be in critical protecting your family's data, protecting the country, and protecting the environment.

In a stunning turn the Senate voted unanimously to make critical upgrades to Ohio's SNAP Benefit Cards. Senate Republicans have consistently tried to make improvements in how the cards are handled, but over the years Senator Tim Schaffer has been the target of hateful political attacks for just trying to protect the benefits for the people who need them the most. This week Senator Schaffer talks about the breakthrough and his overall message on fighting fraud in Ohio.

This week on a special edition of The President's Podcast—The Data Center Debate. We bring you the very best and very direct comments from people who have a unique understanding about why these digital libraries are critical to our national security and energy independence. Also watch the highlights of the news conference announcing the new Joint Data Center Committee.

Congressman Michael Rulli attended the White House Correspondents' Association dinner and heard the gunshots as a teacher attempted to carryout his plan to assassinate the President and as many Republican elected officials as possible. This week the Republican congressman from Ohio's 6th District talks about Trump Derangement Syndrome and the sociopathy that has taken over today's political left.

Call it election year narratives and semantics.There is a well funded effort against data center projects backed by technologically advanced nuclear power generated "behind the meter" that also produces power for the consumer grid.Why? Well, the left wants you to believe that they're big polluters.They want you to think they're radioactive.This week on the heels of the "Future of Nuclear Power" forum in Perry, Ohio, Senate Finance Chairman Jerry Cirino joins us to talk about data centers, nuclear power generation, and he has a direct message to the campaign that is fizzling over repealing property taxes.It's a must see hard hitting conversation that will have the left's head spinning.

The quiet little secret emerging in the data center debate might surprise you. It has ties to the same far left Anti-American billionaires that tried to gerrymander the Ohio Constitution in 2023 and who are still trying to kill the oil and gas industry in Ohio. Senator Education Chairman, Andrew Brenner, talks about that and some of the latest troubling attendance numbers from Ohio's biggest school systems. Plus, get his thoughts on the news coming from the campaign to repeal property taxes and how the General Assembly's work on reforms is far from finished.

Senator Terry Johnson delivers some hard hitting straight talk on the President's Podcast. He goes in-depth on why the Senate passed his bill protecting our 2nd Amendment rights from unlawful city ordinances. As a veteran who served in Iraq and Kuwait he talks about the decades of danger presented by Iran, and why data centers are crucial to national security.