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[] SCHEER: Good Morning, Ladies and Gentlemen. Welcome to George W. Norris Legislative Chamber for the Fifty-First Day of the On Transcript Prepared By the Clerk of the Legislature Transcriber's Office Floor Debate April 02, 2019 [] SCHEER: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to George W. Norris Legislative Chamber for the fifty-first day of the One Hundred Sixth Legislature, First Session. Our chaplain today is Senator Williams. Would you please rise. WILLIAMS: (Prayer offered.) SCHEER: Thank you, Senator Williams. I call to order the fifty-first day of the One Hundred Sixth Legislature, First Session. Senators, would you please record your presence. Roll call. Mr. Clerk, please record. CLERK: I have a quorum present, Mr. President. SCHEER: Thank you, Mr. Clerk. Any corrections for the Journal? CLERK: I have no corrections. SCHEER: Are there any messages, reports, or announcements? CLERK: Just one item, Mr. President. The Committee on Agriculture, chaired by Senator Halloran, reports LB657 to General File with committee amendments attached. That's all that I have. SCHEER: Thank you, Mr. Clerk. The first item. While the Legislature is in session and capable of transacting business, I propose to sign and here do sign LR49, LR50, LR51, LR52, LR53, LR54, LR55, LR56, and LR58. Mr. Clerk, first item. CLERK: Mr. President, confirmation reports: the first by the Education Committee involves three appointments to the Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission. SCHEER: Senator Groene, as Chair, you're welcome to open. GROENE: Thank you, Mr. President. These appointments are to the Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission, NETC, commonly known as NET. NETC was established in 1963 for the Educational Television Act. The purpose of the commissions are to promote and establish NET facilities, provide NET programs, and operate educational and public radio and 1 Transcript Prepared By the Clerk of the Legislature Transcriber's Office Floor Debate April 02, 2019 TV networks. This is an 11-member commission and the appointed members serve a term of four years. We have three appointments: Greg Adams is appointed for the first time as the community college representative on the commission. Mr. Adams currently is the Executive Director of the Nebraska Community College Association, and prior to that was a state senator and Speaker of the Legislature. He was also a teacher for many years at the York Public Schools. Dr. Paul Turman is appointed for the first time as a state college representative on the commission and recently was selected as Chancellor of the Nebraska State College System in January of this year. Dr. Turman received his Ph.D from UNL and was most recently the system vice president for academic affairs for the Board of Regents in South Dakota. Third and finally, Patricia Kircher is a reappointment and represents one of six members of the general public representing the Second Congressional District. This would be her third term on the commission. Ms. Kircher is originally from New York and has experience in sales and marketing. She has volunteered for several organizations and also is very involved in the Millard Public School community. The Education Committee advanced these nominations from committee with a vote of seven ayes and one absent. I would appreciate a green vote on the Governor's appointments. They are good people who have volunteered their time to the state of Nebraska. Thank you. SCHEER: Thank you, Senator Groene. Going to discussion, Senator Wayne, you're recognized. WAYNE: Thank you, Mr. President. Would Senator Groene yield to some questions? SCHEER: Senator Groene, would you please yield? GROENE: Yes. WAYNE: Senator Groene, what vetting process does your committee use to vet these individual appointments? GROENE: The Legislature relies on the Governor's staff to vet them and then to decide who those appointments are. We confirm them. It's a process that if something comes up in between, nothing did. These are very good people and they deserve the courtesy to be affirmed. Thank you. WAYNE: So do you-- is it safe to say that you don't check social media, you don't Google to see if there's anything out there this body should be aware of before voting on? GROENE: No. I rely on the committee to bring any-- of the members if they have a concern. And my staff and I rely on the public, the second house. We have proponents, opponents, and 2 Transcript Prepared By the Clerk of the Legislature Transcriber's Office Floor Debate April 02, 2019 neutral testimony on the confirmations. If anybody has a concern, and by the way, nobody opposed these appointments. Thank you. WAYNE: Do you know why they're asking for budget increases? Was that discussed at all? GROENE: No. WAYNE: Was there any conversation about future programming and what each individual person wants to do as it relates to the future of NET TV and NET radio? GROENE: I think there was consensus the commission does a very good job at present. WAYNE: So do you feel that because the Governor appoints and has a vetting process we should abstain from our rules and regs that say that we should consent or at least confirm these individuals and not do any independent research ourselves? GROENE: I assume we got 49 independent senators and 8 members of the committee. I assume they do research on legislation before they vote yes or no or for appointments. I trust their abilities. WAYNE: So if someone did have a Facebook post or something that would be somewhat deemed inappropriate, would you vote against them or would you pull their name? How would this committee work? How would you go back and vet them more? GROENE: Never had to do it. Never had the Clerk's Office explain to me that anybody has had to do it in the past. And I'm not going to answer questions on suppositions and maybes and personal opinion in what's inappropriate. WAYNE: That's not what I'm asking. I'm asking how would your committee handle if-- how would you handle if something came out on the floor today that would cause some concern about any individual appointment? GROENE: I would let the body debate it. WAYNE: You would let the body debate it, but you don't feel as a committee Chair that you have any obligation to make sure that the person before this body is vetted? 3 Transcript Prepared By the Clerk of the Legislature Transcriber's Office Floor Debate April 02, 2019 GROENE: I am not going to prejudge somebody until it's debated and until I see the evidence. WAYNE: And you have already stated, just for the record, I was just trying make sure I understand this, that it is not your role as a committee to vet these individuals? GROENE: The vetting has been done by the Governor. WAYNE: So you just are voting yes because the Governor told you to vote yes. GROENE: Unless something comes up in testimony. We have a good system. As I said, anybody can come into the hearing and be an opponent, proponent or neutral. We rely on that system. WAYNE: Okay, I want to talk a little bit more about the Education Telecommunication System itself. What is your understanding of the Nebraska Education Telecommunication Commission? GROENE: That it oversees Nebraska's educational television network. SCHEER: One minute. WAYNE: What would you like to see in the future as it relates to this Nebraska educational telecommunication programming and what they do? What would you like to see going forward? GROENE: I think they are leaders nationally in that and I trust their judgment. They are nationally known as the leaders in public education through telecommunications. WAYNE: Do you think rural Nebraska needs more access to this information? GROENE: We are very well covered. WAYNE: So they don't need any more access to this information? GROENE: They're very well covered. WAYNE: Okay. Do you think there needs to be any different or new programming? I want to get your opinion on the future of this commission. 4 Transcript Prepared By the Clerk of the Legislature Transcriber's Office Floor Debate April 02, 2019 GROENE: I think they're doing a fine job. WAYNE: And would you be okay if we split this vote into each three votes instead of having them all as one if I want to divide the question? SCHEER: Time, Senators. GROENE: If you want to waste time-- SCHEER: Time, Senators. Thank you Senator Wayne and Senator Groene. Senator Wayne, you're recognized. WAYNE: Thank you. Will Senator Groene yield to some questions? SCHEER: Senator Groene, will you continue to yield, please? GROENE: Yes. WAYNE: So would you be okay with calling-- dividing the question and voting on these individually? GROENE: No, because we have work to do. I'll vote against it. You can do it. That's your right to do that, but personally I will vote no. WAYNE: So when the Governor puts a slate together, we should just vote it through without voting on them individually and vetting them individually, correct? GROENE: It's done all the time on this floor. WAYNE: Do you think that's right? GROENE: If they are good candidate. WAYNE: But you only know if they're a good candidate because the Governor told you so, not because you independently verified. 5 Transcript Prepared By the Clerk of the Legislature Transcriber's Office Floor Debate April 02, 2019 GROENE: Don't put words in my mouth. WAYNE: I'm asking you. GROENE: No answer. WAYNE: Did you answer me-- GROENE: It's a redundant question, I've already answered it, Senator Wayne. No more. This isn't a courtroom.
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