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Aneesh Chopra

...in the fall of 2010. Oklahoma and Kansas —and frankly, Oklahoma was my favorit...
...it on TV. Then Governor Brownback in Kansas did the exact same thing. When you hav...

Frances Beinecke

...And even in Republican states like Kansas and North Carolina, when there wer...

Kathleen Sebelius

...And when I got married and moved to Kansas , that's part of what I did, is fin...
...I wanted to find my people in Topeka, Kansas , so I quickly found folks in th...
...I was in college. But when I moved to Kansas , I got this call from Pat Keefer. Sh...
...around the country, and you're in Kansas , and we don't really have a Kansa...
...in Kansas, and we don't really have a Kansas chapter. We have a couple of people wh...

...involved in—now, when I got to Kansas , I had been asked by the governor, th...
...then also on the ethics commission in Kansas . Did you ever meet John Gardner? ...
...to you when you ran at first for the Kansas House of Representatives? Well, ...
...we ended up passing a lottery in Kansas . I mean, I learned a lot about th...
...believed that. Then I came to Topeka, Kansas , the home of Brown v. Board. And th...
...and that I believe very strongly in. Kansas was added to the Brown v. Board case...
...the front of that line, said, “We need Kansas because we need to test the principl...
...So that was the case brought by Kansas , and that's why it was named after th...
...and that's why it was named after the Kansas folks. So equitable school funding...
...equitable school funding. The Kansas Constitution actually has a claus...
...and left before Air Force One landed in Kansas . I went to both ceremonies, but onl...
...he was one of the people who came to Kansas . I had a dinner the night before ou...
...day. Thanks for that. So, after the Kansas House of Representatives, you were th...
...to be insurance commissioner of Kansas in a long time. Ever. Ever? I'...
...think, that resonated with voters in Kansas at that time? Well, everythin...
...the insurance commissioner's office in Kansas had been a Republican-elected officia...
...mean, I knew I wanted to stay in Kansas , so Congress did not interest me. Bu...
...the highest-paid government official in Kansas by doing that. And he clearly did i...
...and a terrible year for Democrats in Kansas . We lost the governor's office; w...
...make, but it was a way to educate the Kansas voters that this had been goin...
...Shield plans around the country. And Kansas was going to be their eighth. And ...
...popular decision with consumers and Kansas . Can you talk a little bit about wha...
...you were in the governor's office in Kansas , you worked with Republicans on a lo...
...science in the 1990s and 2000s in Kansas . Can you talk a little bit about th...
...you probably ever want to know, but Kansas actually preceded the national split i...
...Republican Party. It really started in Kansas , and it started in 1996 when ther...
...you began to have this split in the Kansas party between the moderates and th...
...had not been very prevalent in Kansas . We'd had the series of moderat...
...the effects of the financial crisis in Kansas ? The Midwest was a little late i...
...He knew in the morning. He called me in Kansas , and he said, “I would like to b...
...be so hugely important to the state of Kansas , to the country, why it would b...
...I left this little note card in Kansas saying, “In the event that I'...
...me tell you who he is. He was raised by Kansas women. And I know about Kansas women....
...by Kansas women. And I know about Kansas women.” And I would talk about values...
...folks. We had had a number of issues in Kansas , including the so-called Summer o...
...previously served as the governor of Kansas , as a member of the Kansas House o...
...governor of Kansas, as a member of the Kansas House of Representatives, and as Kansa...
...Kansas House of Representatives, and as Kansas insurance commissioner. This is ou...
...in this session? I'm in Lawrence, Kansas , which is my hometown. Thanks s...
...and anti-science, that you'd seen in Kansas ? I think the real origins, as muc...
...as a statewide officeholder in Kansas , for an office that had never in th...
...An insurance commission race in Kansas costs about at the top 250 to 50...
...the Medicaid program in the state of Kansas for six years. I knew, and I, actually...
...to try and expand Medicaid in Kansas , and they had not been ver...
...was nearing twenty percent of the Kansas budget, and there wasn't really an...
...I was in part involved when I was in Kansas , when Teddy made his run. So th...
...they had attempted to take over the Kansas Blue Cross plan, and I had stopped the...
...And I'm still sitting in the state of Kansas here in January of 2021, in a stat...
...So if I lived in Topeka, Kansas , I had access to certain products, an...
...because of you.” I live in Lawrence, Kansas , and there's a little diner downtown...
...previously served as the governor of Kansas , as a member of the Kansas House o...
...governor of Kansas, as a member of the Kansas House of Representatives, and as Kansa...
...Kansas House of Representatives, and as Kansas insurance commissioner. This is ou...
...I'm joining you from Lawrence, Kansas , and today we are celebrating Kansa...
...Kansas, and today we are celebrating Kansas Day, which is the birthday of ou...
...state. A hundred and sixty years ago, Kansas became a state in the Union. And sinc...
...And since Barack Obama has ties to Kansas , with a mother and grandmother bor...
...born here, I'm sure he's celebrating Kansas Day too. I didn't know that. That'...
...state? I not only knew about ag from Kansas —because the economy in Kansas depend...
...ag from Kansas—because the economy in Kansas depends on agriculture as one of ou...
...about fully while you were governor of Kansas . Well, I probably knew in some way...
...was and how dependent Americans were. Kansas likes to think of this state as th...
...China, it had huge impact on Kansas farmers because of that global nature...
...are really instrumental in keeping the Kansas economy going. I wanted to ask just ...
...of Education while you were governor of Kansas . When the Affordable Care Act becam...
...that when you were governor of Kansas you learned that caring for agin...
...of knew this from what was going on in Kansas —was that the strongest case fo...
...So, starting with my experience in Kansas , we actually had a renewable portfoli...
...had a renewable portfolio passed by the Kansas legislature years before it was reall...
...assets here. But what we knew from Kansas is that if you told people, “This i...
...natural electricity and benefit the Kansas farmers,” and, and, and, and, and...
...And when I got married and moved to Kansas , that's part of what I did, is fin...
...I wanted to find my people in Topeka, Kansas , so I quickly found folks in th...
...I was in college. But when I moved to Kansas , I got this call from Pat Keefer. Sh...
...around the country, and you're in Kansas , and we don't really have a Kansa...
...in Kansas, and we don't really have a Kansas chapter. We have a couple of people wh...
...involved in—now, when I got to Kansas , I had been asked by the governor, th...
...then also on the ethics commission in Kansas . Did you ever meet John Gardner? ...
...to you when you ran at first for the Kansas House of Representatives? Well, ...
...we ended up passing a lottery in Kansas . I mean, I learned a lot about th...
...believed that. Then I came to Topeka, Kansas , the home of Brown v. Board. And th...
...and that I believe very strongly in. Kansas was added to the Brown v. Board case...
...the front of that line, said, “We need Kansas because we need to test the principl...
...So that was the case brought by Kansas , and that's why it was named after th...
...and that's why it was named after the Kansas folks. So equitable school funding...
...equitable school funding. The Kansas Constitution actually has a claus...
...and left before Air Force One landed in Kansas . I went to both ceremonies, but onl...
...he was one of the people who came to Kansas . I had a dinner the night before ou...
...day. Thanks for that. So, after the Kansas House of Representatives, you were th...
...to be insurance commissioner of Kansas in a long time. Ever. Ever? I'...
...think, that resonated with voters in Kansas at that time? Well, everythin...
...the insurance commissioner's office in Kansas had been a Republican-elected officia...
...mean, I knew I wanted to stay in Kansas , so Congress did not interest me. Bu...
...the highest-paid government official in Kansas by doing that. And he clearly did i...
...and a terrible year for Democrats in Kansas . We lost the governor's office; w...
...make, but it was a way to educate the Kansas voters that this had been goin...
...Shield plans around the country. And Kansas was going to be their eighth. And ...
...popular decision with consumers and Kansas . Can you talk a little bit about wha...
...you were in the governor's office in Kansas , you worked with Republicans on a lo...
...science in the 1990s and 2000s in Kansas . Can you talk a little bit about th...
...you probably ever want to know, but Kansas actually preceded the national split i...
...Republican Party. It really started in Kansas , and it started in 1996 when ther...
...you began to have this split in the Kansas party between the moderates and th...
...had not been very prevalent in Kansas . We'd had the series of moderat...
...the effects of the financial crisis in Kansas ? The Midwest was a little late i...
...He knew in the morning. He called me in Kansas , and he said, “I would like to b...
...be so hugely important to the state of Kansas , to the country, why it would b...
...I left this little note card in Kansas saying, “In the event that I'...
...me tell you who he is. He was raised by Kansas women. And I know about Kansas women....
...by Kansas women. And I know about Kansas women.” And I would talk about values...
...folks. We had had a number of issues in Kansas , including the so-called Summer o...
...previously served as the governor of Kansas , as a member of the Kansas House o...
...governor of Kansas, as a member of the Kansas House of Representatives, and as Kansa...
...Kansas House of Representatives, and as Kansas insurance commissioner. This is ou...
...in this session? I'm in Lawrence, Kansas , which is my hometown. Thanks s...
...and anti-science, that you'd seen in Kansas ? I think the real origins, as muc...
...as a statewide officeholder in Kansas , for an office that had never in th...
...An insurance commission race in Kansas costs about at the top 250 to 50...
...the Medicaid program in the state of Kansas for six years. I knew, and I, actually...
...to try and expand Medicaid in Kansas , and they had not been ver...
...was nearing twenty percent of the Kansas budget, and there wasn't really an...
...I was in part involved when I was in Kansas , when Teddy made his run. So th...
...they had attempted to take over the Kansas Blue Cross plan, and I had stopped the...
...And I'm still sitting in the state of Kansas here in January of 2021, in a stat...
...So if I lived in Topeka, Kansas , I had access to certain products, an...
...because of you.” I live in Lawrence, Kansas , and there's a little diner downtown...
...previously served as the governor of Kansas , as a member of the Kansas House o...
...governor of Kansas, as a member of the Kansas House of Representatives, and as Kansa...
...Kansas House of Representatives, and as Kansas insurance commissioner. This is ou...
...I'm joining you from Lawrence, Kansas , and today we are celebrating Kansa...
...Kansas, and today we are celebrating Kansas Day, which is the birthday of ou...
...state. A hundred and sixty years ago, Kansas became a state in the Union. And sinc...
...And since Barack Obama has ties to Kansas , with a mother and grandmother bor...
...born here, I'm sure he's celebrating Kansas Day too. I didn't know that. That'...
...state? I not only knew about ag from Kansas —because the economy in Kansas depend...
...ag from Kansas—because the economy in Kansas depends on agriculture as one of ou...
...about fully while you were governor of Kansas . Well, I probably knew in some way...
...was and how dependent Americans were. Kansas likes to think of this state as th...
...China, it had huge impact on Kansas farmers because of that global nature...
...are really instrumental in keeping the Kansas economy going. I wanted to ask just ...
...of Education while you were governor of Kansas . When the Affordable Care Act becam...
...that when you were governor of Kansas you learned that caring for agin...
...of knew this from what was going on in Kansas —was that the strongest case fo...
...So, starting with my experience in Kansas , we actually had a renewable portfoli...
...had a renewable portfolio passed by the Kansas legislature years before it was reall...
...assets here. But what we knew from Kansas is that if you told people, “This i...
...natural electricity and benefit the Kansas farmers,” and, and, and, and, and...
...And when I got married and moved to Kansas , that's part of what I did, is fin...
...I wanted to find my people in Topeka, Kansas , so I quickly found folks in th...
...I was in college. But when I moved to Kansas , I got this call from Pat Keefer. Sh...
...around the country, and you're in Kansas , and we don't really have a Kansa...
...in Kansas, and we don't really have a Kansas chapter. We have a couple of people wh...
...involved in—now, when I got to Kansas , I had been asked by the governor, th...
...then also on the ethics commission in Kansas . Did you ever meet John Gardner? ...
...to you when you ran at first for the Kansas House of Representatives? Well, ...
...we ended up passing a lottery in Kansas . I mean, I learned a lot about th...
...believed that. Then I came to Topeka, Kansas , the home of Brown v. Board. And th...
...and that I believe very strongly in. Kansas was added to the Brown v. Board case...
...the front of that line, said, “We need Kansas because we need to test the principl...
...So that was the case brought by Kansas , and that's why it was named after th...
...and that's why it was named after the Kansas folks. So equitable school funding...
...equitable school funding. The Kansas Constitution actually has a claus...
...and left before Air Force One landed in Kansas . I went to both ceremonies, but onl...
...he was one of the people who came to Kansas . I had a dinner the night before ou...
...day. Thanks for that. So, after the Kansas House of Representatives, you were th...
...to be insurance commissioner of Kansas in a long time. Ever. Ever? I'...
...think, that resonated with voters in Kansas at that time? Well, everythin...
...the insurance commissioner's office in Kansas had been a Republican-elected officia...
...mean, I knew I wanted to stay in Kansas , so Congress did not interest me. Bu...
...the highest-paid government official in Kansas by doing that. And he clearly did i...
...and a terrible year for Democrats in Kansas . We lost the governor's office; w...
...make, but it was a way to educate the Kansas voters that this had been goin...
...Shield plans around the country. And Kansas was going to be their eighth. And ...
...popular decision with consumers and Kansas . Can you talk a little bit about wha...
...you were in the governor's office in Kansas , you worked with Republicans on a lo...
...science in the 1990s and 2000s in Kansas . Can you talk a little bit about th...
...you probably ever want to know, but Kansas actually preceded the national split i...
...Republican Party. It really started in Kansas , and it started in 1996 when ther...
...you began to have this split in the Kansas party between the moderates and th...
...had not been very prevalent in Kansas . We'd had the series of moderat...
...the effects of the financial crisis in Kansas ? The Midwest was a little late i...
...He knew in the morning. He called me in Kansas , and he said, “I would like to b...
...be so hugely important to the state of Kansas , to the country, why it would b...
...I left this little note card in Kansas saying, “In the event that I'...
...me tell you who he is. He was raised by Kansas women. And I know about Kansas women....
...by Kansas women. And I know about Kansas women.” And I would talk about values...
...folks. We had had a number of issues in Kansas , including the so-called Summer o...
...previously served as the governor of Kansas , as a member of the Kansas House o...
...governor of Kansas, as a member of the Kansas House of Representatives, and as Kansa...
...Kansas House of Representatives, and as Kansas insurance commissioner. This is ou...
...in this session? I'm in Lawrence, Kansas , which is my hometown. Thanks s...
...and anti-science, that you'd seen in Kansas ? I think the real origins, as muc...
...as a statewide officeholder in Kansas , for an office that had never in th...
...An insurance commission race in Kansas costs about at the top 250 to 50...
...the Medicaid program in the state of Kansas for six years. I knew, and I, actually...
...to try and expand Medicaid in Kansas , and they had not been ver...
...was nearing twenty percent of the Kansas budget, and there wasn't really an...
...I was in part involved when I was in Kansas , when Teddy made his run. So th...
...they had attempted to take over the Kansas Blue Cross plan, and I had stopped the...
...And I'm still sitting in the state of Kansas here in January of 2021, in a stat...
...So if I lived in Topeka, Kansas , I had access to certain products, an...
...because of you.” I live in Lawrence, Kansas , and there's a little diner downtown...
...previously served as the governor of Kansas , as a member of the Kansas House o...
...governor of Kansas, as a member of the Kansas House of Representatives, and as Kansa...
...Kansas House of Representatives, and as Kansas insurance commissioner. This is ou...
...I'm joining you from Lawrence, Kansas , and today we are celebrating Kansa...
...Kansas, and today we are celebrating Kansas Day, which is the birthday of ou...
...state. A hundred and sixty years ago, Kansas became a state in the Union. And sinc...
...And since Barack Obama has ties to Kansas , with a mother and grandmother bor...
...born here, I'm sure he's celebrating Kansas Day too. I didn't know that. That'...
...state? I not only knew about ag from Kansas —because the economy in Kansas depend...
...ag from Kansas—because the economy in Kansas depends on agriculture as one of ou...
...about fully while you were governor of Kansas . Well, I probably knew in some way...
...was and how dependent Americans were. Kansas likes to think of this state as th...
...China, it had huge impact on Kansas farmers because of that global nature...
...are really instrumental in keeping the Kansas economy going. I wanted to ask just ...
...of Education while you were governor of Kansas . When the Affordable Care Act becam...
...that when you were governor of Kansas you learned that caring for agin...
...of knew this from what was going on in Kansas —was that the strongest case fo...
...So, starting with my experience in Kansas , we actually had a renewable portfoli...
...had a renewable portfolio passed by the Kansas legislature years before it was reall...
...assets here. But what we knew from Kansas is that if you told people, “This i...
...natural electricity and benefit the Kansas farmers,” and, and, and, and, and...

Nancy-Ann DeParle

...who is the insurance commissioner in Kansas , and she's great. I bet she would hel...
...2011, he gave a speech in Osawatomie, Kansas , in which he said, among other things...
...specific example. But I'm sitting in Kansas . I'm a retired person who used to wor...
...who is the insurance commissioner in Kansas , and she's great. I bet she would hel...
...2011, he gave a speech in Osawatomie, Kansas , in which he said, among other things...

...specific example. But I'm sitting in Kansas . I'm a retired person who used to wor...
...who is the insurance commissioner in Kansas , and she's great. I bet she would hel...
...2011, he gave a speech in Osawatomie, Kansas , in which he said, among other things...
...specific example. But I'm sitting in Kansas . I'm a retired person who used to wor...

Kansas, United States - Obama Presidency Oral History

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