It was the institution of family. Let us agree that it's time to put families first in South Carolina. We will put families first by declaring that government exists to serve them, not vice versa. We will put families first by making sure that decisions made around government conference tables do not conflict with decisions made around family dinner tables. Our highest calling is not to perpetuate bureaucracy, but to offer opportunity.
State government is poised to provide such opportunity as never before.
For the first time, some of the most important agencies in government are directly accountable to the people because they answer to the governor elected by the people. We have initiated fundamental change in the structure of our government. Now we must initiate fundamental change in our philosophy of governing. We will reject policies that hurt our efforts to create jobs and rebuild families. There are other changes in which agencies under my direction do business.