Governor John Kasich Speaks at the CATS Roundtable Radio Show

Interview Highlights

On the United States accepting Syrian refugees: ““I, as the governor of Ohio, have written to the president and to the Congress saying ‘No, this is time to take the pause.’ We don’t know who these people are, and we know that many of them in Syria, who represent these radicals, are intent on infiltrating us. And until we can have an effective way to determine who they are, then we ought to take a pause. It would be a big mistake for the president to move forward on this.”

About Governor John Kasich

Governor John Kasich is the 69th and current Governor of Ohio, was elected in 2010 and re-elected in the 2014 election. A Republican, he is a candidate for the Republican nomination for president in 2016. Governor Kasich continues to be a contender in the 2016 despite limited showing in the polls. Presidential Kasich served nine terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Ohio’s 12th congressional district from 1983 to 2001. His tenure in the House included 18 years on the House Armed Services Committee and six years as chairman of the House Budget Committee, and he was a key figure in passage of both welfare reform and the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. During his congressional career, Kasich was considered a fiscal conservative, taking aim at programs supported by Republicans and Democrats. In 1997, Kasich rose to national prominence as the chief architect of a deal that balanced the federal budget for the first time since 1969″—the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.