SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gov. Gary Herbert spoke about a troubling rise in youth suicides in Utah and the #MeToo movement calling out sexual misconduct in his annual State of the State speech Wednesday night.

Herbert, speaking to Utah’s Legislature in his ninth such address in the state House of Representatives, gave a speech that was more emotional than past years and focused less on specific policies he’d like to see lawmakers tackle. Instead, the Republican governor gave legislators broad directives to take on big challenges in a way that will serve the state best a century from now.

He also gave a soft warning to legislators about trying to pass too much legislation this year, noting that more than 1,200 bills are already in the works for Utah’s short, 45-day session. “Let us never forget the old adage that: ‘The government is best that governs least,'” he said.

The governor also spoke generally about a need to prioritize education, overhaul Utah’s tax laws, plan for infrastructure needs in the decades to come and work to reduce pollution that builds up and settles over northern Utah’s valleys in the winter. He did not detail any specific steps he’d like to see legislators take on those efforts.