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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">February 8, 2023
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<b><u><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Gov. Little, Republican Governors praise Gov. Sanders' solutions-based message to nation<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little and Republican governors released the following joint statement following President Joe Biden’s State of the
Union address Tuesday:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">“Tonight, Governor Sanders showed that while Washington is filled with chaos and crisis, Republican Governors are delivering on promises made to our constituents. Americans look to our states for a better
form of government – one that prioritizes freedom in education, energy independence, safer communities, and opportunity for all. The Biden Administration should take notes.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sarah-sanders-delivers-gop-rebuttal-biden-state-of-union-americans-choice-normal-crazy">Governor Sanders’
message for Americans can be viewed here.</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Signatories to the statement include: Governors Brad Little (ID), Kim Reynolds (IA), Kay Ivey (AL), Mike Dunleavy (AK), Ron DeSantis (FL), Brian
Kemp (GA), Eric Holcomb (IN), Tate Reeves (MS), Mike Parson (MO), Greg Gianforte (MT), Jim Pillen (NE), Chris Sununu (NH), Joe Lombardo (NV), Doug Burgum (ND), Mike DeWine (OH), Kevin Stitt (OK), Henry McMaster (SC), Kristi Noem (SD), Bill Lee (TN), Greg Abbott
(TX), Spencer Cox (UT), Glenn Youngkin (VA), Jim Justice (WV), and Mark Gordon (WY).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Please DO NOT REPLY to this message. For press inquiries only, contact the Governor’s press office at (208) 854-3015 or e-mail
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