OF THE CIVILITY CAUCUS.

BUT FIRST, IT'S ONE OF THE LATEST STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESSES IN MINNESOTA HISTORY.

FOR A GOVERNOR WHO RAN FOR VICE PRESIDENT AND FACED UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES BACK IN HIS HOME STATE.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> GOVERNOR TIM WALZ DELIVERED HIS FINAL STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS.

>> WELL BE IT'S BEEN NO SECRET, THIS HAS BEEN AN UNIMAGINABLY DIFFICULT YEAR FOR MINNESOTA.

OUR SEASON OF GRIEF BEGAN LAST SUMMER WHEN WE LOST MELISSA AND MARK AND NEARLY LOST JOHN, YVETTE, AND HOPE HOFFMAN.

WE ARE SO DEEPLY RELIEVED AND GRATEFUL THAT JOHN IS BACK WITH US.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> FOR THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WHO HAD TO COME HOME AFTER HIS ONLY UNSUCCESSFUL RUN FOR OFFICE, IT'S BEEN A TUMULTUOUS TIME.

>> FOR NO REASON AT ALL WE LOST TWO ORE OF OUR NEIGHBORS, RENEE GOOD AND ALEX PRETTI.

WE GATHER TONIGHT N THE LONG SHADOW OF ALL THOSE TRAGIC TRANSFORMATIVE LOSSES AND YET THE STATE OF OUR STATE REMAINS STRONG.

>> SLIDING POPULARITY, MOUNTING FRAUD, AND INCREASED THREATS TO HIS FAMILY ALL PRECEDED WALZ ENDING HIS LONG POLITICAL CAREER IN THE STATE.

>> IT IS MY LAST STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS.

[ APPLAUSE ] [ LAUGHTER ] >> NEXT YEAR -- I'LL TAKE IT.

BUT THE THINGS WE IMPLEMENTED WILL BE HERE FOR DECADES.

[ LAUGHTER ] [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> LEGISLATIVE LEADERS ARE LOOKING TO CONCLUDE THE END OF SESSION.

>> THE STATE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA IS SOMEWHAT DISAPPOINTING.

AS YOU WELL REMEMBER, WE HAD $18 BILLION OF SURPLUS THAT WAS NOT RETURNED TO THE TAXPAYERS OF MINNESOTA.

>> IT WAS A DISAPPOINTING SPEECH IN A LOT OF WAYS BUT REALLY KIND OF A FITTING END TO WHAT HAS BEEN THE MOST DIVISIVE GOVERNOR IN MINNESOTA'S HISTORY.

>> IT IS NOT A LEGACY OF AFFORDABILITY.

IT IS NOT A LEGACY OF ACCOUNTABILITY.

IT IS NOT A LEGACY THAT MAKES MINNESOTANS PROUD.

>> THE GOVERNOR CLEARLY HAS A VERY IMPRESSIVE LEGACY AS HE FINISHES UP HIS LAST STATE OF THE STATE TODAY AND WE ARE VERY PROUD TO HAVE BEEN PART OF MAKING THAT HAPPEN UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF SPEAKER HORTMAN.

>> WHAT I HEARD WAS HOPE AND PRIDE.

IT WAS A LOT OF PRIDE IN THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE AS A COMMUNITY AND COMING THROUGH A VERY TOUGH YEARS AND FRANKLY A VERY TOUGH EIGHT YEARS.

>> ALSO REMINDED US THAT THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE TOGETHER ARE GOING TOGETHER ARE GOI PERSIST FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME EVEN THOUGH HE WILL NO LONGER BE IN OFFICE.

>> THE IMPACT OF FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ACTION IN THESET IS STILL BEING FELT AS THE SOMALI COMMUNITY CAME TO THE CAPITOL.

>> BEING HERE IS HOW WE HEAL IN COMMUNITY.

WE TAKE ACTION, WE WORK, AND WE FIGHT BACK.

SOMALIS ARE MINNESOTANS AND THERE'S NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT.

>> LAWMAKERS ARE CONSIDERING CREATING COMPENSATION FOR THE MANY BUSINESSES STATEWIDE IMPACTED BY OPERATION METRO SURGE WITH $100 MILLION IN FORGIVABLE LOANS.

>> IS IT ENOUGH?

WE BELIEVE IT'S NEVER ENOUGH, RIGHT BECAUSE THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS ALONE SAID THEIR BUSINESSES WERE IMPACTED OVER $200 MILLION, WHERE THE CITY OF ST.

PAUL SAID THEY WERE IMPACTED 165 MILLION-PLUS, RIGHT?

AND THAT'S JUST SOME OF THEM.

BUT WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A GREAT STEP FORWARD.

>> I WANT TO COMPLIMENT ONE PART OF IT.

MEMBERS, MANY TIMES WE'VE TALKED ABOUT EQUITY BETWEEN GREATER MINNESOTA AND THE METRO.

>> THE MAJORITY HAS COMPLETELY MISSED THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF $9 BILLION OF FRAUD.

WE'VE HAD HOMELESSNESS OCCUR.

WE'VE HAD SERVICES NOT BEING PROVIDED TO MINNESOTA RESIDENTS BECAUSE THE MONEYS HAVE BEEN STOLEN.

AND THAT HAS A REAL ECONOMIC IMPACT AS WELL.

AND THE MAJORITY WANTS TO PRETEND LIKE IT DOESN'T EXIST.

>> I THINK WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE HARM THAT WAS DONE IN DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY WITH THE METRO SURGE WHERE OUR OWN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS ATTACKING MINNESOTANS.

AND IT HIT HARDEST ON SOME OF THE MOST VULNERABLE BUSINESSES, AND MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE.

AND IT'S CAUSED UNTOLD DAMAGE AND I THINK THAT YOU'RE PUTTING IN A RESPONSIBLE AMOUNT.

>> THE SENATE ALSO PASSED INCREASED SAFETY AND SECURITY MEASURES FOR A VARIETY OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS, INCLUDING LAWMAKERS WHO WERE SHOT IN THEIR HOMES.

>> THIS BILL IS NOT SELFISH.

YOU KNOW WHAT WAS SELFISH?

THE DUDE WHO DROPPED 26 BULLETS IN MY HOUSE.

EIGHT THROUGH MY WIFE, NINE THROUGH ME.

DO THE MATH AFTER THAT.

THE CALM HAS TO OCCUR.

I'M A LITTLE TRIGGERED RIGHT NOW.

>> WE'RE SEEING A HEIGHTENED, TOXIC RHETORIC THAT'S START TO GO METASTASIZE INTO THE BLOODSTREAM OF OUR COUNTRY.

>> THIS DEBATE JUST ISN'T ABOUT US, IT'S ABOUT OUR FAMILIES, OUR SPOUSES, IT'S ABOUT YVETTE HOFFMAN, IT'S ABOUT MARK HORTMAN.

NOT JUST MELISSA HORTMAN AND JOHN HOFFMAN.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THIS BILL THAT HAVE WORKED SO HARD