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[00:00:00] BURGEONING A.I. INDUSTRY AND
[00:00:02] FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE
[00:00:04] OF LAW PROFESSOR KIMBERLY WHALEY WILL JOIN US TO TALK ABOUT VOTING RIGHTS AND THE UPCOMING
[00:00:08] MIDTERM ELECTIONS. OUR SHOW STARTS LATER THIS.
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[00:00:45] >> HE JOINS HOST, RENOWNED
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[00:01:05] REPRESENTS SOMETHING LARGER. HE REPRESENTED THE MYTHOLOGY OF
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[00:01:25] TONIGHT ON C-SPAN. Q&A.
[00:01:28] NBC NEWS CHIEF WASHINGTON AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT
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[00:01:36] IMPORTANT, SHE'S COVERED DURING HER NEARLY YEARS WITH THE NETWORK.
[00:01:40] >> I CALLED THE CONTROL ROOM TO TO TOM BROKAW WAS STANDING BY,
[00:01:43] READY TO GO LIVE, AND HE SAID,
[00:01:46] WHO'S YOUR SOURCE? AND I TOLD HIM, BECAUSE WE HAD A
[00:01:50] TRUE SOURCE RULE FOR SURE.
[00:01:53] AND THIS WAS A SINGLE SOURCE
[00:01:55] THAT WAS WHO OBVIOUSLY WAS IN
[00:01:59] THE DECISION MAKING.
[00:02:02] AND TOM SAID, SUIT UP KID,
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[00:02:24] NEXT WEEK ON C-SPAN, PRESIDENT TRUMP WELCOMES CHINESE PRESIDENT
[00:02:28] XI JINPING TO THE UNITED STATES FOR A STATE VISIT.
[00:02:31] >> THE VISIT BEGINS WEDNESDAY WITH PRESIDENT XI'S ARRIVAL AT
[00:02:35] JOINT BASE ANDREWS. THEN THURSDAY, XI JINPING HEADS
[00:02:38] TO THE WHITE HOUSE FOR AN OFFICIAL WELCOME, FOLLOWED BY A
[00:02:41] STATE DINNER HOSTED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP AND FIRST LADY MELANIA
[00:02:45] TRUMP. THE WHITE HOUSE. WATCH THE STATE VISIT FOR
[00:02:48] CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY ON THE
[00:02:52] C-SPAN NETWORKS.
[00:02:54] >> CONGRESSMAN ROB BRESNAHAN IS RUNNING FOR REELECTION.
[00:02:58] THE PENNSYLVANIA REPUBLICAN RECEIVED ENDORSEMENT FROM THE
[00:03:00] U.S. CHAMBER OF EXECUTIVE VICE
[00:03:04] PRESIDENT NEIL BRADLEY SPOKE FIRST AT THE EVENT, FOLLOWED BY
[00:03:07] THE CANDIDATE, BRESNAHAN FACE.
[00:03:09] SCRANTON DEMOCRATIC MAYOR PAGE CANETTI IN THE GENERAL ELECTION,
[00:03:13] WHICH BOTH THE COOK POLITICAL REPORT AND ELECTIONS RATE AS A TOSS UP.
[00:03:17] THIS IS ABOUT 5 MINUTES.
[00:03:23] YEAH, I THINK SO. THIS IS.
[00:03:37] WELL, HELLO, MY NAME IS NEIL BRADLEY.
[00:03:41] >> I'M THE EXECUTIVE VICE AT THE U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
[00:03:44] >> AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE BUS BEHIND US, WE ARE ON THE
[00:03:46] FREE ENTERPRISE TOUR.
[00:03:48] >> WE LEFT OUT OF OUR
[00:03:51] HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON TO
[00:03:53] GET OUT OF THE BELTWAY TO VISIT
[00:03:55] WITH SMALL AND MID-SIZED OWNERS ALL ACROSS THIS GREAT WHO ARE
[00:04:01] CREATE JOBS BUILDING THEIR
[00:04:04] COMMUNITIES SOLVING PROBLEMS.
[00:04:06] THEY REALLY ARE THE ENGINE THAT
[00:04:08] POWERS THIS GREAT NATION. AND WE'RE COUNTING ON THEM TO DO
[00:04:11] EVEN MORE WORK TO HELP OUR ECONOMY GROW.
[00:04:15] WE'RE LITERALLY CAMPAIGNING FOR
[00:04:17] ENTERPRISE, BUT FREE ENTERPRISE
[00:04:19] ALSO NEEDS CHAMPIONS IT NEEDS
[00:04:21] PEOPLE WHO WILL SERVE IN
[00:04:23] GOVERNMENT WHO UNDERSTAND WHAT
[00:04:26] IT IS TO CREATE A JOB, WHO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE BARRIERS ARE.
[00:04:30] THAT'S ESPECIALLY TRUE HERE IN PENNSYLVANIA.
[00:04:32] I WE'RE LUZERNE COUNTY. I'M THERE. >> SOMETHING SPECIAL HAPPENED
[00:04:37] HERE LAST YEAR,.
[00:04:41] 3820 PEOPLE FILED AN APPEAL TO START A BUSINESS.
[00:04:45] >> IT'S INCREDIBLE.
[00:04:46] IT'S ACTUALLY A RECORD FOR THIS.
[00:04:49] >> THOSE PEOPLE ARE THEIR BLOOD, THEIR SWEAT.
[00:04:53] >> 30 YEARS, THEIR CAPITAL INTO
[00:04:55] SOMETHING FOR THESE COMMUNITIES. >> AND THEY'RE COUNTING ON THE
[00:04:59] FACT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES WHO CARE
[00:05:02] ABOUT THEM AND HAVE BACK.
[00:05:04] THEY'RE PRETTY FORTUNATE BECAUSE TODAY IN CONGRESS, THEY HAVE
[00:05:08] SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS WHAT IT
[00:05:09] MEANS TO AND RUN A BUSINESS, WHO
[00:05:13] UNDERSTANDS HOW TAX POLICY CAN AFFECT A START UP OR, A
[00:05:17] MANUFACTURER WHO UNDERSTANDS HOW
[00:05:19] REGULATIONS, ADD TO THE COSTS
[00:05:21] FOR FAMILIES AND BUSINESS. >> THAT'S WHY, ON BEHALF OF THE
[00:05:24] U.S. CHAMBER, IT IS MY DISTINCT PLEASURE TO FOR REELECTION THEIR
[00:05:30] CONGRESS AND CONGRESSMAN ROB
[00:05:31] BRESNAHAN, WHO I DON'T HAVE TO
[00:05:34] TELL YOU ABOUT WHAT ALL HE'S
[00:05:36] DONE IN HIS SHORT TERM IN CONGRESS. YOU SEE IT AROUND THIS DISTRICT.
[00:05:40] YOU SEE IT IN HIS ABILITY TO
[00:05:44] WORK WITH FOLKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE, WITH THE
[00:05:46] ADMINISTRATION ON POLICIES THAT REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
[00:05:50] THESE ARE THE TYPE OF PEOPLE THAT ALL OF THOSE ENTREPRENEURS,
[00:05:53] THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES, THOSE MANUFACTURERS THAT WE'RE
[00:05:57] VISITING ON THIS TOUR NEEDS AND. IT'S MY DISTINCT HONOR TO
[00:06:01] ENDORSE HIM AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HIM AS HE RETURNS TO CONGRESS.
[00:06:04] >> THANK YOU.
[00:06:08] >> WELL, GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE I'M DELIGHTED TO BE HERE.
[00:06:11] >> AND ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL IN EXETER, PENNSYLVANIA.
[00:06:15] THE IRONIC PART IS, ABOUT LESS
[00:06:17] THAN A MILE UP THE STREET HERE IS WHERE OUR THIRD GENERATION
[00:06:21] FAMILY BUSINESS RESIDES.
[00:06:23] AND REALLY WHAT INSPIRED TO RUN FOR CONGRESS.
[00:06:26] >> IT WAS THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY THAT I WAS BORN IN. >> I WAS RAISED IN.
[00:06:30] >> WE CREATED JOBS HERE AND REINVESTED INTO IT, INTO
[00:06:33] REVITALIZING OUR COMMUNITIES.
[00:06:35] >> BUT SOMETIMES WHEN YOU GET TO WASHINGTON, D.C., YOU HAVE TO
[00:06:39] FIND A WAY TO HAVE GOVERNMENT
[00:06:42] WORK WITH THE PRIVATE INDUSTRY. YOU SHOULD NOT BE POWER RAIL
[00:06:46] VERSUS THE GOVERNMENT. AND I'M GRATEFUL TO BE BACK HERE
[00:06:48] AT POWER RAIL JUST AN INCREDIBLE BUSINESS THAT HAS A WORLDWIDE
[00:06:54] IMPACT. SO MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS. BUT GETTING TO SEE THEIR
[00:06:58] FACILITY, THE INCREDIBLE OVER 85
[00:07:01] JOBS RIGHT HERE, NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, AND THAT'S A IT'S
[00:07:05] AN INCREDIBLE NUMBER OF NEW BUSINESSES THAT WERE CREATED IN
[00:07:08] LUZERNE COUNTY. I SAT ON THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMITTEE.
[00:07:11] I VOLUNTEERED TO SERVE ON A THIRD COMMITTEE BECAUSE SMALL
[00:07:14] BUSINESSES ARE THE BACKBONE OF THE COUNTRY AND RIGHT.
[00:07:17] WE SEE THE FAMILY SUSTAINING CAREERS. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE
[00:07:21] CONTINUED TO ADVOCATE FOR IN CONGRESS. IS THE ACCESSIBILITY OF
[00:07:26] APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS, CAREER TECHNICAL SCHOOLS. >> WE WERE ABLE TO DELIVER $3
[00:07:30] MILLION FOR THE WAYNE COUNTY PIKE COUNTY CAREER TECHNICAL SCHOOLS.
[00:07:34] >> WE'RE THE ONLY TWO COUNTIES IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DID NOT HAVE
[00:07:37] DEDICATED CAREER EDUCATION.
[00:07:41] SO I'M EXCITED FOR THE FUTURE OF POWER RAIL I'M I'M VERY GRATEFUL
[00:07:44] TO HAVE RECEIVED THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE U.S.
[00:07:48] >> I CONSIDER YOU GUYS A VERY VALUABLE PARTNER, AND WHAT YOU
[00:07:52] DO OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITIES, SMALL
[00:07:55] BUSINESSES ARE THE BACKBONE OF THIS COUNTRY. >> AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
[00:07:58] FOR ADVOCATING MAIN STREET AMERICA AND. YOU AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE
[00:08:02] OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE FIGHT IN CONGRESS.
[00:08:05] >> CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. >> I LOVE THE BUS.
[00:08:09] >> YES. YEAH. >> YEAH.
[00:08:11] WE TAKE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS QUESTIONS.
[00:08:17] CRICKETS? I DON'T THINK SO. I THINK WE AND CAMPAIGN 2026
[00:08:21] COVERAGE FROM PENNSYLVANIA'S EIGHTH DISTRICT. >> NOW WHERE SCRANTON DEMOCRATIC
[00:08:24] MAYOR PAIGE IS RUNNING AGAINST
[00:08:27] REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT ROB BRESNAHAN. HERE SHE MEETS WITH VOTERS AT A
[00:08:32] CAMPAIGN STOP IN PITTSTON, PENNSYLVANIA.
[00:08:38] UNDER THEIR DISTRICT MAYOR.
[00:08:42] >> THANK YOU, MAYOR.
[00:08:51] THANK YOU. STATE REPRESENTATIVE HADDOCK.
[00:08:54] >> BUT I AM VERY PARTIAL TO MAYOR. SO TO ME, WHEN I SEE JIM, I
[00:08:58] ALWAYS THINK OF JIM AS A MAYOR BECAUSE MAYORS KNOW HOW TO GET STUFF DONE.
[00:09:02] AND AS A STATE REP, JIM HADDOCK
[00:09:04] IS SO GOOD BECAUSE HE WAS A MAYOR.
[00:09:08] JIM, WE TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS AND WE TALK TALK WE TALK
[00:09:12] ABOUT THE DIFFERENT GRANTS THAT WE NEED IN THE CITY.
[00:09:15] AND AS REPRESENTATIVE JIM HADDOCK UNDER WHAT IT MEANS TO
[00:09:18] BE IN MY SHOES AND SEE IF THAT
[00:09:22] GRANT IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT IF THAT COMMUNITY BENEFIT IS GOING TO BE THERE.
[00:09:26] SO WE GOT JIM HADDOCK, MAYOR OF HOBOKEN NOW SITTING FIGHTING FOR
[00:09:29] US IN HARRISBURG. I FIRMLY BELIEVE WE NEED MORE
[00:09:33] MAYORS IN THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO DO THAT VERY SAME
[00:09:35] THING, ACTUALLY REPRESENT THE CITIES, THE TOWNSHIPS, THE
[00:09:39] COUNTIES, THE BOROUGHS.
[00:09:42] OF PENNSYLVANIA WHO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE NEED, WHO ARE THERE FOR THE PEOPLE. I THINK I'VE PROVEN IN YEARS IN
[00:09:46] SCRANTON THAT I REPRESENT EVERYONE.
[00:09:50] AND I WOULD BE I REPRESENTED FOR EVERYONE.
[00:09:54] UNFORTUNATELY THE PERSON.
[00:09:59] UNFORTUNATELY, THE PERSON THAT'S THERE RIGHT NOW IS NOT
[00:10:04] REPRESENTATIVE EVERYONE. SO I'LL I'LL TAKE US BACK TO
[00:10:06] BEFORE I WAS MAYOR. TAKE US BACK. I WAS ON THE SCRANTON SCHOOL
[00:10:10] BOARD WHEN THERE WAS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY HAPPENING. I PUSHED TO GET THE ATTORNEY
[00:10:14] GENERAL THEN JOSH SHAPIRO, TO
[00:10:16] COME IN AND HELP US PUSH OUT THE
[00:10:20] ACTIVITY THAT WAS LITERALLY SIPHONING AWAY FROM OUR KIDS
[00:10:23] INTO THE POCKETS OF PEOPLE THAT
[00:10:27] WERE ON THE TAKE FOR THEMSELVES.
[00:10:30] IN 2019, I WAS WORKING FOR THE AUDITOR GENERAL DOING THAT STATEWIDE.
[00:10:33] I WAS WORKING EUGENE DEPASQUALE. LOOKING AT THE SAME THING IN
[00:10:36] SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS COMMONWEALTH ARE THE SCHOOL
[00:10:40] BOARDS AND THE SUPERINTENDENTS THERE FOR THE KIDS.
[00:10:42] I WAS HAVING A GREAT I LOVE THAT WORK.
[00:10:45] I LOVE DIGGING, MAKING SURE THAT THE PROCUREMENT RIGHT, MAKING
[00:10:49] SURE THAT THE BUDGET IS RIGHT. AND THEN THE MAYOR OF SCRANTON
[00:10:52] GOT INDICTED FOR EXTORTION, BRIBERY, CORRUPTION. I WAS SIX MONTHS PREGNANT WITH
[00:10:58] OUR FIRST DAUGHTER. WE WERE BLESSED WITH TWO LITTLE GIRLS. NOW, I WAS NOT PLANNING ON RUNNING FOR MAYOR.
[00:11:01] THERE WAS NO MAYOR'S RACE IN 2019. THERE WAS THERE WAS NOT SUPPOSED
[00:11:05] TO BE A MAYOR'S RACE ON THE BALLOT. BUT THAT AUGUST, MY AND I
[00:11:09] DECIDED THAT THIS IS OUR NEXT STEP IN HELPING OUR CITY.
[00:11:11] WE ARE NOT TO RAISE A FAMILY IN A PLACE WHERE CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR
[00:11:15] IS OKAY IN PUBLIC OFFICE. SO WE FOUGHT SO HARD IT WAS A
[00:11:19] SEVEN WAY RACE. I RAN AS AN INDEPENDENT. THERE WAS ACTUALLY MOMENT IN
[00:11:23] LACKAWANNA COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN
[00:11:25] SEPTEMBER OF 2019 WITH THE LOCAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY ON ONE SIDE OF
[00:11:28] THE COURTHOUSE COURTROOM, MYSELF AND, THREE OTHER INDEPENDENT
[00:11:32] CANDIDATES IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COURTROOM, THE DEMOCRATS WERE
[00:11:36] TRYING TO PUSH US INDEPENDENCE OFF THE BALLOT.
[00:11:39] THEY ESSENTIALLY WANTED TO RIG THE BALLOT FOR THEMSELVES. SO WHERE I SEE SOME OF THE SIGNS
[00:11:43] AROUND THE PAGE AGAINST, THE MACHINE, THAT'S THE GENESIS OF THE PAGE AGAINST MACHINE
[00:11:47] MONIKER. WE BEEN FIGHTING AGAINST THE
[00:11:51] FORCES HAVE BROUGHT THIS REGION DOWN. THERE HAS BEEN FAR MUCH PUBLIC
[00:11:53] CORRUPTION FOR GENERATIONS. WE HAVE TO MAKE IT STOP.
[00:11:57] WE THAT RACE IN 2019, WE WON AGAIN RESOUNDINGLY.
[00:12:01] IN 2021, WE WON AGAIN YEAR IN 2025.
[00:12:03] WE HAVE THE CITY UP FROM A JUNK
[00:12:07] CREDIT RATING ALL THE WAY. THREE UPGRADES FROM THE S&P.
[00:12:10] OUR RATING AGENCY TO AN A-MINUS CREDIT RATING.
[00:12:13] WE HAVE CUT OUR DEBT IN HALF,
[00:12:15] CUT IT IN HALF.
[00:12:18] AND THAT THAT MEANS REAL SAVINGS
[00:12:23] FOR THE TAXPAYERS OF SCRANTON. THAT DOESN'T ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF
[00:12:25] DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT.
[00:12:27] WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR AS BUDGET
[00:12:29] YEARS GO ON THIS WHAT MAYORS CAN
[00:12:31] DO WHEN THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT
[00:12:34] THEY NEED TO DIG IN ON AND WHAT IT IS THEIR COMMUNITY FOCUSED
[00:12:38] ON. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE BUILD OUT STORM WATER
[00:12:42] PROJECTS WHERE PEOPLE COULDN'T SLEEP AT NIGHT WHEN IT RAINED.
[00:12:44] AND WE HAVE DONE THE HARD WORK AND THE STORMWATER PROJECTS ARE TOUGH WITH THE HELP OF OUR STATE
[00:12:48] REPS, WITH THE HELP OF FEDERAL FUNDING AS WELL FROM THE
[00:12:52] PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO STORMWATER PROJECTS ALL THROUGHOUT THE
[00:12:56] CITY, TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH. WE HAVE REVITALIZED HALF OF
[00:13:00] PARKS, WE HAVE FOUR SWIMMING POOLS IN SCRANTON. THEY WERE THEY JUST CLOSED LAST
[00:13:05] WEEK AND IT'S ALWAYS HARD WHEN THEY CLOSE, BUT WE'RE SO PROUD
[00:13:08] TO HAVE THAT IN SCRANTON. WE HAVE A NEW SKATEPARK PARK THAT IS A GEM FOR THE WHOLE
[00:13:12] REGION. WE'VE GOT TRAFFIC SAFETY PROJECTS GOING ON ALL OVER THE
[00:13:16] PLACE. STREET SIGNS, YOU GUYS KNOW, IF YOU GO TO A PLACE IN THE STREET,
[00:13:20] SIGNS ARE FADED AND YOU CAN'T FIND YOUR WAY AROUND. IT'S ALSO REALLY BAD IF YOU'RE A
[00:13:23] FIREFIGHTER, POLICE OFFICER, EMS TRYING TO FIND SOMEBODY IN EMERGENCY, WE HAVE OVER 5000 NEW
[00:13:27] STREET SIGNS IN THE CITY. SO WE HAVE TRIED SO HARD TO MAKE
[00:13:31] GOVERNMENT WORK FOR PEOPLE THAT HAS OUR JOB EVERY SINGLE DAY.
[00:13:33] I LOVE MY JOB AS MAYOR. THOSE OF YOU IN THIS CROWD AND
[00:13:37] MOST OF YOU I KNOW YOU KNOW THAT I LOVE MY JOB JUVENILES.
[00:13:40] I LOVE MY JOB AS MAYOR I KNOW HE LOVED HIS JOB. BUT I NOT STAND BY AND LET OUR
[00:13:45] REGION REPRESENTED BY SOMEBODY WHO IS IN IT FOR HIMSELF.
[00:13:48] WE WILL STAND FOR IT. LAST SUMMER, THAT BIG, BEAUTIFUL
[00:13:52] BELL VOTE, ROB WAS RIGHT THERE. HE VOTED YES.
[00:13:56] THEN WHEN HIS FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE CAME OUT, NOT ONLY DID WE LEARN, HE GAVE HIMSELF
[00:14:00] TAX BREAK, WE LEARNED THAT HE
[00:14:02] MADE MONEY TRADING STOCKS ON THAT VOTE.
[00:14:06] HE SOLD $130,000 OF MEDICAID RELATED EQUITIES A WEEK BEFORE
[00:14:09] HE SOLD A QUARTER OF MILLION DOLLARS IN AN ALLEGHENY HOSPITAL.
[00:14:13] THE WEEK BEFORE HE MADE THAT VOTE, LITERALLY TRADED ON THE
[00:14:16] PAIN OF NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIANS. ONLY 9000 PEOPLE ALREADY DON'T
[00:14:20] HAVE HEALTH CARE HERE BECAUSE OF THE ACA CUTS.
[00:14:23] ANOTHER 20,000 OR MORE WILL LOSE THEIR HEALTH CARE NEXT YEAR
[00:14:26] AFTER THOSE MEDICAID CUTS GO IN EFFECT? JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, THE
[00:14:30] GEISINGER CEO HAD DID AN INTERVIEW.
[00:14:32] HE IS ABOUT WHAT SERVICES GEISINGER IS GOING HAVE TO CUT
[00:14:36] BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING ABOUT $300 MILLION IN THE HOLE EVERY
[00:14:40] YEAR GOING FORWARD BECAUSE OF THE MEDICAID CUTS. BECAUSE IF YOU'RE COMING IN
[00:14:45] UNINSURED, IF YOU'RE COMING IN UNDERINSURED, THEY HAVE TO CARE
[00:14:48] FOR YOU AS WE WANT THEM TO. BUT THERE'S A CONSEQUENCE TO. RIGHT.
[00:14:52] THERE'S A CONSEQUENCE THAT THESE HOSPITALS AREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE LEVEL OF CARE THAT
[00:14:55] WE ALL AND WE ALREADY HAVE A HEALTH CARE DEFICIT IN
[00:14:59] NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, IN SCRANTON, WE HAVE BEEN
[00:15:02] EXPERIENCING FOR THE FEAR THAT REGIONAL HOSPITAL WILL GO UNDER.
[00:15:08] THANKFULLY, WE HAVE OUR HEALTH THAT HAS COME IN AND, PURCHASED THAT AND THE DOORS ARE OPEN AND
[00:15:11] THOSE NURSES, DOCTORS, OUR STAFF ARE FIGHTING SO HARD TO KEEP US SAFE.
[00:15:14] BUT THAT HOSPITAL AND SO MANY OTHERS IN OUR REGION AND OUR
[00:15:18] ENTIRE COUNTRY ARE ALREADY TEETERING ON THE BRINK FINANCIALLY.
[00:15:22] THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL COULD GET
[00:15:25] SO MANY MORE OF THESE HOSPITALS. WE HAVE TO FLIP CONGRESS AND THE
[00:15:29] VERY FIRST THING THAT A NEW CONGRESS NEEDS TO DO IS PUT THE
[00:15:31] FLOOR BACK UNDER OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM SO THAT NO ONE GOES
[00:15:36] UNINSURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
[00:15:41] >> WE COULD GO OVER SO MANY
[00:15:45] DIFFERENT. >> BUT WHEN I THINK ABOUT HEALTH CARE, I THINK ABOUT TOURING.
[00:15:48] MARY, WHAT UNIVERSITY RECENTLY WE HAVE A NEW NURSING FACILITY
[00:15:52] FOR THEIR NURSING STUDENTS. IT'S SO GREAT. WELL, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR I KNOW
[00:15:56] WHERE THIS ADMINISTRATION DECIDED, YOU KNOW WE'RE JUST GOING TO CAP THE AMOUNT THAT YOU
[00:16:00] CAN TO BECOME NURSE AND A
[00:16:03] VARIETY OF OTHER.
[00:16:04] WE ARE IN A NURSING CRISIS.
[00:16:07] WE NEED NURSES ACROSS THE
[00:16:11] COUNTRY AND THIS CONGRESS, THIS ADMINISTRATION, ARE DOING
[00:16:15] EVERYTHING CAN TO SET UP BARRIERS TO, HAVING PEOPLE TO
[00:16:17] CARE FOR US WHEN WE ARE SICK. IT'S JUST AT EVERY THERE IS
[00:16:21] SOMETHING THAT JUST MAKE SENSE. WE NEED IN CONGRESS WHO
[00:16:27] UNDERSTAND THAT THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT AMERICAN ECONOMY
[00:16:29] RUNS ON. YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE HEALTH OF INDIVIDUALS AND HAVE
[00:16:33] THE EMPATHY, UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYONE MATTERS.
[00:16:37] BUT EVEN IF YOU'RE JUST CYNICALLY AT THE ECONOMIC
[00:16:41] IMPACT, WHEN WE CUT OFF THE
[00:16:42] ABILITY FOR SOMEBODY TO GO TO
[00:16:45] WORK BECAUSE THEIR CHILD HAS
[00:16:47] SPECIAL NEEDS, NO LONGER HAS AN AIDE AT SCHOOL.
[00:16:50] WHEN WE MEDICAID FROM SOMEONE'S
[00:16:53] WHO IS IN A NURSING HOME. BUT NOW HAS TO COME HOME, WE ARE
[00:16:55] CUTTING OFF THE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO WORK AND, MAKE
[00:16:59] MONEY FOR THEIR FAMILIES. AND WE ARE HURTING THE BROAD AMERICAN AMERICAN ECONOMY IN
[00:17:03] WAYS THAT WE WILL NOT SURVIVE AS
[00:17:07] THE LEADING ECONOMY IN THE WORLD. IF WE KEEP GOING ON THIS TRACK,
[00:17:11] I KNOW A NUMBER OF REALLY EXCELLENT CANDIDATES FOR
[00:17:15] CONGRESS IN DISTRICTS JUST LIKE THIS. BOB BROOKS DOWN IN THE LEHIGH
[00:17:18] VALLEY, HE'S THE FIRE. HE IS FIGHTING TO UNSEAT RYAN
[00:17:22] MCKENZIE DOWN THERE. HE KNOWS WHAT IT MEANS TO FIGHT FOR WORKERS.
[00:17:25] HE AND I HAVE BECOME VERY, VERY GOOD FRIENDS. AND WE ARE HOPING TO SERVE IN
[00:17:28] THE NEXT CONGRESS THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR WORKERS
[00:17:31] JUST LIKE WE FOUGHT FOR THEM IN
[00:17:36] SCRANTON.
[00:17:40] AND THE CONGRESS. >> THIS CONGRESS HAS DONE REALLY
[00:17:44] NOTHING FOR HURT US GOING FORWARD. >> THE PRO ACT. I SUPPORT THE PRO ACT.
[00:17:48] WE PEOPLE TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE.
[00:17:50] IT IS WE HAD A GREAT TRACK GOING WHERE A LOT OF TRACTION WAS WAS
[00:17:54] GETTING DONE WHERE PEOPLE FROM STARBUCKS PEOPLE FROM AMAZON
[00:17:57] WERE STARTING TO ORGANIZE AND. PEOPLE WANT TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING.
[00:18:01] THEY WANT TO FIGHT FOR EACH OTHER.
[00:18:02] THEY JUST ALSO WANT FAIR WAGES CARE AND A SECURE RETIREMENT. RIGHT?
[00:18:07] THESE ARE NOT THINGS THAT SHOULD BE HARD, BUT THIS CONGRESS IS
[00:18:11] MAKING HARDER EVERY DAY FOR WORKERS TO. WE NEED TO FLIP CONGRESS.
[00:18:15] WE NEED TO PASS THE PRO ACT AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IN AMERICA HAS THE RIGHT TO
[00:18:20] ORGANIZE.
[00:18:25] AND AND I CAN'T STAND NEAR THIS STATION. WE CAN ALL SEE THE PRICE BACK
[00:18:29] THERE.
[00:18:31] YOU I GAS PRICES ARE OFTEN IN
[00:18:33] ECONOMIC TERMS, THINGS THAT FLUCTUATE BASED ON BASED ON A
[00:18:37] LOT OF THINGS. THE GAS AND DIESEL PRICES YOU
[00:18:40] SEE HERE THE DIESEL PRICES THAT
[00:18:42] ARE KILLING FARMERS AND UP FOOD
[00:18:44] COSTS EVEN MORE THAN THEY ALREADY WERE ARE THE DIRECT
[00:18:48] RESULT OF A NEW FOREVER WAR THAT ROB BRESNAHAN HAS VOTED FOR.
[00:18:52] NOW, SIX TIMES SIX MORE THAN ONE HANDFUL, SIX TIMES.
[00:18:55] ROB BRESNAHAN HAS VOTED FOR THIS NEW FOREVER WAR IN IRAN.
[00:18:58] THIS DID NOT NEED TO HAPPEN. I WAITED WHEN WHEN THE PRESIDENT
[00:19:01] WENT INTO IRAN, I MAYBE THERE'S SOME INTELLIGENCE THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN.
[00:19:05] AM NOT SOMEBODY WHO IS JUST GOING TO JUMP TIK TOK AND MAKE A
[00:19:08] VIDEO ABOUT SOMETHING. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT DOES THE INTELLIGENCE SAY?
[00:19:11] AND MAYBE THERE'S A REASON THAT THEY'RE JUST NOT TELLING US YET. IT IS VERY CLEAR SEVEN MONTHS
[00:19:15] AND THAT IS NOT THE CASE. THIS IS A WAR OF CHOICE.
[00:19:17] IT IS 18 AMERICANS ARE DEAD.
[00:19:21] THEIR FAMILIES WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.
[00:19:24] WE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. THEY'RE PEOPLE THAT THEY SERVED WITH ARE OUR BASES ARE IN
[00:19:29] JEOPARDY OUR ALLIES ARE UPSET WITH US.
[00:19:31] WE ARE PUTTING OURSELVES IN A
[00:19:35] DEFICIT ACROSS THE WORLD'S A TRUST DEFICIT THAT WE ARE GOING
[00:19:40] TO HAVE TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME GETTING BACK.
[00:19:42] WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT A DEFICIT OF OUR OWN MUNITIONS.
[00:19:46] WE ARE DEPLETING OUR OF WEAPONS FOR THE UNITED MILITARY.
[00:19:50] AND IT'S HARD TO THINK OF ANYTHING MORE SCARY THAN THAT.
[00:19:54] WE GOT TO FLIP CONGRESS AND GET ACCOUNTABILITY BACK.
[00:19:57] FIRST AND FOREMOST, MAKE SURE THAT OUR MILITARY IS SECURE AND THAT OUR MILITARY INCLUDE
[00:20:02] KEEPING. JIM WENT ON KEEPING OUR
[00:20:05] SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN SAFE AND GIVING THEM WHAT THEY NEED TO DO
[00:20:08] THEIR JOB. WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT
[00:20:11] WE ARE FIGURING OUT WHAT TO DO. THESE GAS PRICES, THESE DIESEL
[00:20:14] PRICES FOOD COSTS ARE OUT OF CONTROL. DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY.
[00:20:19] WE NEED TO FIND SOLUTIONS. BUT WE CLEARLY THAT THE CURRENT
[00:20:22] CONGRESS IS NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS WAR. WE NEED TO FLIP CONGRESS AND
[00:20:26] WE'VE GOT TO GET SENSE BACK ABOUT ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING THE MIDDLE EAST RIGHT NOW.
[00:20:29] AND ON UKRAINE, WE ALL KNOW IN THIS REGION WE HAVE FOUGHT SO
[00:20:33] FOR THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE, IN SCRANTON WE HAVE THE MUNITIONS PLANT. WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD THAT
[00:20:38] PRESIDENT ZELENSKY CAME IN 2024 AND WE WERE ABLE TO WITNESS
[00:20:41] PRESIDENT ZELENSKY THE FLOOR OF
[00:20:45] THE PLANT, THANKING PERSONALLY,
[00:20:47] THANKING THE 400 MACHINISTS THAT WERE HELPING MAKE THE WEAPONS
[00:20:50] THAT WERE HELPING HIM FIGHT RUSSIA. THAT WAS AN INCREDIBLE MOMENT
[00:20:54] FOR ME PERSONALLY. IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE MOMENT FOR OUR CITY IN OUR REGION.
[00:20:58] WE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S THE TYPE OF SUPPORT THAT THE UNITED
[00:21:02] STATES GIVING TO ITS ALLIES, NOT THE RECKLESS FOREVER WARS THAT
[00:21:04] THIS ADMINISTRATION AND SPECIFICALLY THIS CONGRESS IS
[00:21:08] RUBBERSTAMPING. IT IS SO MUCH FUN TO SIT HERE WITH ALL OF YOU.
[00:21:11] I KNOW THAT THE STAKES ARE SO HIGH AND THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE SO SERIOUS.
[00:21:17] BUT THIS FIGHT THAT WE HAVE IN
[00:21:19] THE NEXT 45 DAYS, I WANT TO MAKE
[00:21:21] SURE THAT WE'RE ALSO DOING WITH JOY.
[00:21:23] IT IS FUN FOR ME ON A SATURDAY WHEN WE COULD ALL BE FOOTBALL TO
[00:21:27] BE OUT, TO BE KNOCKING ON DOORS,
[00:21:32] MAKING PHONE CALLS, TO BE FIGHTING FOR OTHER, BECAUSE THAT
[00:21:34] IS WHAT AMERICA IS. AMERICA IS ABOUT FIGHTING FOR
[00:21:38] OTHER AND ALWAYS STRIVING, ALWAYS STRIVING FOR OPPORTUNITY,
[00:21:40] ALWAYS KNOWING THAT THE SUN IS GOING TO RISE THE NEXT DAY AND
[00:21:44] BE BETTER FOR YOU AND BETTER FOR YOUR FAMILY AND BETTER FOR YOUR NEIGHBORS. THAT'S TRUE.
[00:21:47] AMERICA IS. AMERICA IS NOT THE TYPE OF RHETORIC THAT YOU ARE HEARING
[00:21:51] OUT OF WASHINGTON IN THIS CONGRESS. YOU SEE THAT IN THE DATA CENTER FIGHT.
[00:21:55] I HAVE BEEN AND I KNOW MANY OF YOU HERE HAVE BEEN IN THOSE AUDITORIUMS, HAVE BEEN ON THOSE
[00:21:59] BUREAU HALLS. PEOPLE BEEN LEAVING THEIR POLITICAL STRIPES AT HOME.
[00:22:03] THEY'VE GONE IN. THEY ASKED THE QUESTIONS. THEY HAVE DONE THE RESEARCH.
[00:22:06] THEY ARE FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES, NOT BECAUSE OF POLITICS, BUT BECAUSE THEY CARE ABOUT WHERE
[00:22:09] THEY LIVE. THEY CARE ABOUT THEIR NEIGHBORS. IT'S THAT DATA CENTER FIGHT AS
[00:22:14] WELL AS SEEING ALL YOU OUT HERE TODAY AND KNOWING THAT WE'VE GOT VOLUNTEERS ALL ACROSS THIS
[00:22:18] REGION KNOCKING ON DOORS FOR US. WE HAVE THE FIGHT IN US.
[00:22:20] WE KNOW THAT AMERICA IS MUCH BETTER THAN THE VERSION THAT WE
[00:22:24] ARE GETTING FROM THIS CONGRESS. SO IN 45 DAYS, WE ARE GOING TO
[00:22:27] FLIP SEAT, WE ARE GOING TO BEAT ROB BRESNAHAN.
[00:22:29] WE ARE GOING TO GO TO CONGRESS.
[00:22:38] AND IT WILL BE MY DC HONOR TO REPRESENT ALL OF YOU.
[00:22:41] >> THANK YOU GUYS. SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
[00:22:44] AND THANKS TO SBC HOSTING US,
[00:22:50] THEY.
[00:22:56] WILL WATCHING C-SPAN TO
[00:23:01] UNFILTERED. C-SPAN BRINGS YOU DEMOCRACY,
[00:23:05] UNFILTERED IN REAL TIME DEMOCRACY DOESN'T TAKE SIDES.
[00:23:08] >> NEITHER DOES C-SPAN.
[00:23:10] IN A WORLD FULL OF OPINIONS,
[00:23:13] C-SPAN GIVES YOU DIRECT ACCESS TO THE PEOPLE AND INSTITUTIONS
[00:23:15] THAT SHAPE OUR NATION UNFILTERED COVERAGE CONGRESS.
[00:23:19] AS LAWS ARE DEBATED, DECIDED
[00:23:21] LIVE PROCEEDINGS FROM THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT.
[00:23:25] PRESIDENT, SPEECHES, BRIEFINGS AND HISTORIC MOMENTS AS THEY HAPPEN.
[00:23:29] NO, NO SPIN, NO AGENDA, JUST THE
[00:23:34] DEMOCRATIC PROCESS PRESENTED IN FULL WITHOUT.
[00:23:36] >> SO YOU CAN WATCH THE HERE
[00:23:38] EVERY WORD AND MAKE UP YOUR OWN MIND.
[00:23:41] >> C-SPAN RESPECTED NONPROFIT SERVICE HAS OFFERED AMERICANS
[00:23:47] UNFILTERED GAVEL TO GAVEL COVERAGE OF THEIR GOVERNMENT IN
[00:23:50] ACTION C-SPAN BRINGING DEMOCRACY
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[00:23:56] CABLE SATELLITE AND STREAMING
[00:23:58] THAT PROVIDE C-SPAN AS A SERVICE.
[00:24:02] >> HERE'S WHAT'S AHEAD ON TODAY'S WASHINGTON JOURNAL.
[00:24:06] AFTER A LOOK AT THE NEWS AND VIEWER CALLS, WILL WELCOME NEIL CHILSON, FORMER FEDERAL TRADE
[00:24:11] COMMISSIONER AND ACTING CHIEF TECHNOLOGIST FOR THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO THE SHOW,
[00:24:15] HE'LL DISCUSS OVERSIGHT OF THE BURGEONING A.I. INDUSTRY.
[00:24:17] AND LATER FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF PROFESSOR
[00:24:21] KIMBERLY WHALEY WILL JOIN TO TALK ABOUT VOTING RIGHTS AND THE
[00:24:25] UPCOMING ELECTIONS. OUR STARTS LATER THIS MORNING.
[00:24:28] AND EVERY AT 7 A.M. EASTERN ON
[00:24:32] C-SPAN ONLINE AT C-SPAN DOT ORG OR WITH THE FREE C-SPAN NOW
[00:24:36] VIDEO APP.
[00:24:45] >> WATCH AMERICA'S BOOK CLUB C-SPAN'S BOLD ORIGINAL SERIES TODAY WITH OUR GUEST TWO TIME
[00:24:48] PULITZER PRIZE AUTHOR AND
[00:24:50] REPORTER DAVID MARANISS. >> AMONG HIS BESTSELLING BOOKS
[00:24:53] ARE BIOGRAPHIES ON PRESIDENTS BILL CLINTON AND OBAMA AND
[00:24:57] SPORTS FIGURES ROBERTO CLEMENTE,
[00:25:00] VINCE AND JIM THORPE.
[00:25:03] >> HE JOINS OUR HOST RENOWNED AND CIVIC LEADER DAVID
[00:25:07] RUBENSTEIN. >> HE WROTE ANOTHER BOOK ABOUT A
[00:25:09] LEGENDARY FOOTBALL COACH WHO
[00:25:12] SPENT A YEAR IN WASHINGTON, D.C. VINCE LOMBARDI YOU KNOW, I'M
[00:25:15] NEVER TO WRITE A BOOK ABOUT AARON RODGERS OR BRETT OR ANY OTHER COACH.
[00:25:19] IT WAS LOMBARDI BECAUSE HE REPRESENTED SOMETHING LARGER?
[00:25:22] >> HE REPRESENTED THE MYTHOLOGY OF COMPETITION AND SUCCESS IN
[00:25:26] AMERICAN LIFE. >> THAT'S WHY I WROTE THAT BOOK.
[00:25:28] >> WATCH AMERICA'S CLUB TODAY AT
[00:25:31] 6 P.M. AND 9 P.M. EASTERN AND
[00:25:33] PACIFIC ON C-SPAN.
[00:25:40] TONIGHT ON C-SPAN'S Q AND A NBC
[00:25:45] NEWS CHIEF, WASHINGTON AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS CORRESPOND AND ANDREA MITCHELL TALKS WITH OUR
[00:25:49] HOST SLIM ABOUT SOME OF THE BIGGEST STORIES AND MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE.
[00:25:52] >> SHE'S COVERED DURING HER NEARLY 50 YEARS WITH A NETWORK I
[00:25:56] CALL THE CONTROL ROOM TALK TO TOM BROKAW IS STANDING BY READY
[00:26:00] TO GO LIVE AND. >> HE SAID, WHO'S YOUR SOURCE?
[00:26:04] AND I TOLD BECAUSE WE HAD A TWO
[00:26:08] HORSE RULE FOR SURE. AND THIS WAS A SINGLE SOURCE.
[00:26:12] THAT WAS SOMEONE WHO OBVIOUSLY
[00:26:14] WAS IN THE DECISION.
[00:26:17] AND TOM SAID, SUIT UP, KID.
[00:26:20] YOU'RE GOING ON THE AIR. >> NBC NEWS CHIEF, WASHINGTON AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS
[00:26:25] CORRESPONDENT ANDREA MITCHELL TONIGHT EIGHT EASTERN ON
[00:26:28] C-SPAN'S AND A YOU CAN LISTEN TO
[00:26:32] Q&A AND ALL OF OUR PODCASTS ON OUR FREE C-SPAN NOW APP OR
[00:26:36] WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS.
[00:26:41] DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR U.S. SENATE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, CONGRESSMAN CHRIS PAPPAS HELD A
[00:26:45] CANVASS LAUNCH EVENT WITH DEMOCRATIC MARYLAND CONGRESSMAN JAMIE RASKIN.
[00:26:50] CONGRESSMAN PAPPAS FACES FORMER REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR CHRIS SUNUNU
[00:26:52] IN THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION.
[00:26:55] HERE'S A LOOK.
[00:27:01] WELL, THANKS TO THERESA AND ALL
[00:27:04] OF OUR STATE LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES WHO ARE ON THE BALLOT
[00:27:07] THIS SUCH AN IMPORTANT MOMENT FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY AND THE
[00:27:10] FACT THAT WE HAVE A TERRIFIC SLATE FROM TOP TO BOTTOM SHOULD
[00:27:14] GIVE US ALL HOPE THAT ARE ON OUR
[00:27:17] WAY TO TURNING NEW HAMPSHIRE BLUE AND WINNING SOME INCREDIBLE
[00:27:20] VICTORIES ON NOVEMBER 3RD. >> AND LISA'S IS A VERY IMPORTANT RACE THAT WE CAN WIN.
[00:27:24] >> THIS THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, WE DON'T THINK A LOT ABOUT IT.
[00:27:28] >> I AM THE FORMER EXECUTIVE COUNSELOR, SO I ALWAYS FELT LIKE
[00:27:31] I WAS A PART TIME CIVICS TEACHER WHEN I WAS ON THE COUNCIL BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO REMIND
[00:27:35] PEOPLE ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE THAT IT MAKES FOR OUR STATE AND HOW OUR STATE GOVERNMENT IS PUT
[00:27:39] TOGETHER ABOUT WHETHER IT'S REPRODUCTIVE, WHETHER IT'S RENEWABLE ENERGY, WHETHER IT'S
[00:27:43] INFRASTRUCTURE, JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS THAT ALL COMES
[00:27:45] ACROSS AT LISA'S DESK. >> WE GOT TO PUT HER ON THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
[00:27:49] UNWIND THE DAMAGE RIGHT WING POLICIES ARE HAVING THE STATE
[00:27:53] LEVEL AND MAKE SURE NEW HAMPSHIRE IS ON THE RIGHT PATH FOR THE FUTURE.
[00:27:56] >> SO LET'S GET IT DONE.
[00:28:02] THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HARD.
[00:28:05] WE ARE 45 DAYS AWAY, I THINK. 45. RIGHT.
[00:28:08] SOMEONE SHOULD CHECK ON THAT 45 DAYS AWAY FROM THE MOST
[00:28:11] IMPORTANT MIDTERM ELECTION OF OUR LIVES.
[00:28:14] >> AND WE KNOW THE STAKES, WE FEEL IT EVERY DAY.
[00:28:17] >> WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO HAS NO REGARD FOR THE LAW OF THE
[00:28:21] CONSTITUTION WHO'S CORRUPTING OUR GOVERNMENT IN REAL TIME FOR
[00:28:24] HIS OWN BENEFIT.
[00:28:26] AND HE'S ADDED $2.2 BILLION AND THEN SOME TO HIS BOTTOM LINE
[00:28:29] SINCE HE'S BECOME PRESIDENT. >> WELL HE STILL CALLS AFFORDABILITY A HOAX.
[00:28:34] >> YOU REMEMBER LAST WEEK WHEN HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO GIVE
[00:28:36] EVERYONE 5000 BUCKS IN NOVEMBER.
[00:28:40] >> FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW, NOT STUPID. >> WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT HE
[00:28:44] WOULD ACTUALLY COME THROUGH ON A PROMISE LIKE THAT BECAUSE HE PLEDGED WORLD PEACE AND TO END
[00:28:48] INFLATION ON DAY ONE OF HIS ADMINISTRATION. >> AND HE'S DONE ANYTHING BUT THAT.
[00:28:51] BUT THE FACT IS, HE CALLS AFFORDABILITY A HOAX.
[00:28:54] >> HE SAYS THE MAJOR HOUSING BILL THAT WE PUT ON HIS DESK
[00:28:57] THAT REINS IN WALL STREET AND WORKS TO LOWER THE COST OF HOUSING. HE CALLED THAT A BIG YAWN.
[00:29:01] >> HE HAS NO INTEREST IN ADDRESSING CHALLENGES THAT
[00:29:04] PEOPLE ARE FACING. >> AND THERE ARE REAL PROBLEMS OUT THERE.
[00:29:08] >> WE ARE FEELING THE CONSEQUENCES OF HIS RECKLESS,
[00:29:10] INCOMPETENT LEADERSHIP BECAUSE OF THE WAR IN IRAQ.
[00:29:13] >> THAT'S MAKING OUR COUNTRY ANY SAFER.
[00:29:16] GRANITE STATERS ARE PAYING FOR 50 FOR A GALLON OF GAS.
[00:29:19] RECORD COSTS FOR DIESEL. PEOPLE ARE GOING WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE.
[00:29:23] >> TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES IN OUR STATE BECAUSE OF TRUMP
[00:29:26] CARE AND THE RECKLESS CUTS TO
[00:29:28] HEALTH CARE THAT ARE DEVASTATING
[00:29:30] ACCESS TO CARE ALL ACROSS OUR. YOU KNOW, WE THINK OF THESE
[00:29:34] TARIFFS. >> NEW HAMPSHIRE HOUSEHOLDS ARE PAYING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS MORE FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED
[00:29:39] RIGHT NOW. >> AND WHEN YOU'RE MAKING AN ENEMY OUT OF OUR CLOSEST FRIEND
[00:29:41] AND TRADING PARTNER, CANADA IT
[00:29:43] JUST SHOWS HOW INCOMPETENT YOU ARE.
[00:29:48] >> NOW, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE STANDING UP AGAINST IT
[00:29:50] FOLKS IN THIS ROOM THAT UNDERSTAND WE CAN DO A LOT
[00:29:53] BETTER AND, THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SOLVE PROBLEMS
[00:29:56] AGAIN IN WASHINGTON, TO BUILD A FAIRER ECONOMY, TO LOWER COSTS,
[00:29:59] TO DEFEND PERSONAL. BUT THE FOLKS THAT AREN'T
[00:30:02] SHOWING COURAGE ARE THE PEOPLE IN POWER IN WASHINGTON. NOW, HOUSE AND SENATE
[00:30:07] REPUBLICANS ARE ALONG FOR THE RIDE. I THINK IT WAS JOHN CORNYN A FEW
[00:30:09] WEEKS AGO WHO SAID, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO TO
[00:30:13] CONSTRAIN THIS PRESIDENT. WELL, HOW ABOUT YOU START BY
[00:30:16] DOING YOUR -- JOB.
[00:30:22] YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF INSTEAD OF
[00:30:25] VOTING FOR THE TRUMP FOR TRUMP'S
[00:30:27] PERSONAL LAWYER TO BECOME THE
[00:30:29] ATTORNEY GENERAL, WHY DID SAY NO TO SOME OF THOSE APPOINTMENTS?
[00:30:33] >> YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF VOTING FOR IN GREENLIGHTING THE CUTS TO
[00:30:36] HEALTH CARE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE
[00:30:38] HAVE CONCERN LAST YEAR, BUT VERY
[00:30:42] OF THEM ACTUALLY STOOD UP AND DID SOMETHING ABOUT. IT. >> YOU KNOW, THE REPUBLICANS
[00:30:45] THAT KNOW TARIFFS ARE MAKING LIFE MORE EXPENSIVE NOW.
[00:30:48] THEY WON'T JOIN SOME OF THE LEGISLATION INTRODUCED TO EXEMPT
[00:30:50] SMALL BUSINESSES TO EXEMPT GROCERIES TO LIFE MORE
[00:30:54] AFFORDABLE BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO CHALLENGE PRESIDENT.
[00:30:57] WELL IF THEY'RE THAT COWARDLY THAT WE'VE GOT TO ENSURE THAT
[00:31:00] THERE'S ACCOUNTABILITY AT THE ON NOVEMBER 3RD.
[00:31:03] AND WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT NOT ELECTING A SENATOR IN NEW
[00:31:07] HAMPSHIRE WHO'S GOING TO BE A RUBBER FOR ALL THESE POLICIES.
[00:31:11] >> JOHN SUNUNU STANDS WITH THIS GUY ON EVERYTHING. >> HE STANDS WITH HIM.
[00:31:15] THE WAR ON THE TERRORISTS, THE
[00:31:17] HEALTH CARE CUTS AND FRANKLY, HE HAS BEEN SILENT ON SOME OF THE
[00:31:21] OTHER EGREGIOUS ABUSES THAT
[00:31:24] WE'VE SEEN DURING DONALD TRUMP'S PRESIDENCY, WHETHER IT'S THE
[00:31:28] PARDONS FOR VIOLENT INSURRECTIONISTS WHO ATTACKED THE CAPITOL WHETHER IT'S THE
[00:31:30] SLUSH FUND THAT TRUMP TO GIVE TO
[00:31:32] HIS POLITICAL WHETHER IT'S THE
[00:31:36] NOMINATIONS THAT GET MADE, PEOPLE THAT ARE ONLY HAVE ONE
[00:31:40] QUALITY THAT THERE WILL BE LOYAL TO A T TO DONALD TRUMP NOT BASED
[00:31:44] ON THEIR CREDENTIALS SERVE IN THESE POWERFUL POSITIONS.
[00:31:48] JOHN SUNUNU IS SUPPORTING AND ENABLING THIS GUY AT EVERY TURN
[00:31:52] AND YOU KNOW PAST AS PRESIDENT. HE WAS OUR SENATOR FOR AND HE
[00:31:56] WAS YOU KNOW A CHAMPION OF THE IRAQ WAR.
[00:31:59] HE INTRODUCED GEORGE W BUSH'S PLAN TO PRIVATIZE SOCIAL
[00:32:03] SECURITY. HE VOTED FOR A BAILOUT FOR WALL STREET TAX, CUTS FOR THE SUPER
[00:32:06] WEALTHY AND CUTS TO HEALTH CARE
[00:32:09] FOR GRANITE STATERS AND HIGH PRICES FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
[00:32:13] SO WE KNOW WHO THIS GUY IS.
[00:32:15] AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN THIS MOVIE BEFORE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
[00:32:19] THE SEQUEL IS ALWAYS WORSE.
[00:32:19] >> SO WE NEED TO DO BETTER THAN.
[00:32:23] >> SENDING JOHN SUNUNU BACK TO THE SENATE, SOMEONE WHO'S GOING
[00:32:26] TO BE INDEPENDENT, WHO'S GOING TO FOCUS ON MEETING THIS MOMENT,
[00:32:30] GETTING OUR COUNTRY ON A BETTER PATH FOR THE FUTURE. THAT'S WHY I'M RUNNING FOR U.S. SENATE.
[00:32:34] THAT'S WHY I NEED YOUR SUPPORT IN THIS CAMPAIGN.
[00:32:41] THIS IS A BIG RACE.
[00:32:43] THE SENATE MAJORITY RUNS THROUGH THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. WE HAVE A CHANCE TO PICK UP THE
[00:32:47] FOUR SEATS WE NEED TO TAKE BACK MAJORITY. BUT IF WE'RE TAKING A STEP BACK
[00:32:51] IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, THE MATH DOESN'T WORK.
[00:32:54] NOW, THE SPECIAL INTERESTS AND SUPER PACS ARE ON TO THAT.
[00:32:58] AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THEM DUMPING TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF SPECIAL INTEREST
[00:33:01] MONEY INTO THIS RACE. >> DONALD SUPER PAC.
[00:33:04] >> ELON MUSK THE KOCH BROTHERS.
[00:33:06] THE CHARLIE ORGANIZATION, BIG
[00:33:10] OIL, BIG PHARMA, THE INSURANCE. THEY'RE ALL DUMPING TENS OF
[00:33:14] MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO THIS RACE, NOT OUT OF THE GOODNESS OF
[00:33:16] THEIR HEART, BUT BECAUSE THEY KNOW JOHN SUNUNU IS GOING TO BE
[00:33:19] A VOTE FOR THEIR AGENDA, A VOTE FOR TRUMP'S POLICIES AND A VOTE
[00:33:22] TO MAINTAIN REPUBLICAN OF THE U.S. SENATE.
[00:33:25] >> NOW, WE MIGHT BE OUTSPENT, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE OUTWORKED IN THIS CAMPAIGN.
[00:33:29] >> WE'RE BUILDING A GRASSROOT CAMPAIGN WITH 150,000 DONORS,
[00:33:33] WITH PEOPLE CHIPPING IN ON AVERAGE, 30 BUCKS ONLINE.
[00:33:36] >> I DON'T TAKE A DIME OF CORPORATE PAC MONEY BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO GET BIG MONEY OUT
[00:33:40] OF OUR ELECTIONS.
[00:33:41] >> AND THEY HAVE MAKE SURE THAT.
[00:33:46] ALL THAT IS AT, YOU KNOW, OUR ABILITY TO CONFRONT, TO CONFRONT
[00:33:50] THE INEQUITIES IN OUR SOCIETY,
[00:33:53] THE WAY THAT OUR ECONOMY IS
[00:33:55] RIGGED FOR BILLIONAIRES AND CORPORATE SPECIAL INTERESTS AND
[00:33:58] THOSE AT THE TOP. WE CAN FOCUS ON THE NEEDS OF GRANITE STATERS CAN GET THINGS
[00:34:02] DONE AGAIN IF WE WIN THIS RACE. >> SO I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT OVER THE NEXT 45 DAYS.
[00:34:05] >> LET'S GET OUT THERE. KNOCK ON DOORS. >> LET'S TALK TO OUR FRIENDS AND
[00:34:08] NEIGHBORS ABOUT THE STAKES. AND LET'S MAKE WE SHOW UP IN BIG
[00:34:11] NUMBERS ON NOVEMBER TO START A
[00:34:15] NEW DAY FOR AMERICA. >> 250 YEARS AFTER OUR
[00:34:19] INDEPENDENCE WE CAN'T BACK OFF OF OUR COMMITMENT TO GOVERNMENT
[00:34:23] UP AND FOR THE PEOPLE. WE HAVE TO RENEW IT. >> AND THAT'S WHAT THIS YEAR IS ABOUT.
[00:34:27] >> THANKS FOR BEING IN THAT FIGHT WITH US.
[00:34:34] I WANT TO BRING UP SOMEONE WHO IS AN INCREDIBLE COLLEAGUE.
[00:34:37] I MEAN, TALK ABOUT WHO HAS STOOD
[00:34:39] TALL FOR DEMOCRACY, WHO IS ON
[00:34:41] THE CASE, RESPECT TO THE CORRUPTION IN TRUMP
[00:34:45] ADMINISTRATION AND THE ABILITY OF CONGRESS TO REESTABLISH
[00:34:49] CHECKS AND BALANCES. YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOMEONE WHO'S GOING TO BE A FUTURE CHAIRMAN OF
[00:34:53] DEMOCRATS. TAKE BACK THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
[00:34:57] YOU KNOW.
[00:35:00] HE'S ONE OF THE GREAT COLLEAGUES, SOMEONE WHO'S GOING TO HELP US DELIVER ON THE
[00:35:03] AFFORDABILITY THAT DESERVE AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY THAT NEED IN
[00:35:07] OUR DEMOCRACY. >> JAMIE RASKIN.
[00:35:17] WELL, YOU. >> CHRIS PAPPAS I'M SO THRILLED
[00:35:20] TO BE HERE WITH THE PORTSMOUTH COUNTY OR PORTLAND CITY DEMS,
[00:35:24] AND THIS IS A GREAT PARTY THAT
[00:35:26] YOU'VE GOT HERE. >> YOU'VE GOT EXTRAORDINARY CANDIDATES AND.
[00:35:30] >> I GOT TO ACTUALLY ONE OF THE
[00:35:34] DREAMS I'VE HAD EVER SINCE I MET CHRIS PAPPAS, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN
[00:35:38] HEARING ABOUT THE PURITAN
[00:35:40] RESTAURANT FOR SEVEN YEARS AND I
[00:35:44] WAS READING THE NEWSPAPER AND I
[00:35:45] SAW CHRIS'S OPPONENT SAID
[00:35:48] SOMETHING LIKE, YOU KNOW, HE SHOULD GO BACK TO BUSING TABLES
[00:35:52] AT AT THE PURITAN. SO I GOT TO EAT.
[00:35:55] IT APPEARED IN A RESTAURANT AND I GOT TO MEET THE PEOPLE WHO WERE BUSSING THE TABLES AND
[00:35:59] SERVING. AND GUESS WHAT THEY LOVE CHRIS
[00:36:02] PAPPAS, AND THEY'RE VOTING FOR
[00:36:03] CHRIS BATH IS AND THE FOOD WAS
[00:36:08] AWESOME. AND THAT IS, I KNOW A PAPPY'S TRADITION GOING BACK MORE THAN A
[00:36:13] CENTURY. >> IT WAS A THRILL TO GET TO BE
[00:36:15] THAT BEAUTIFUL, WHOLESOME, NEW TRICIA'S RESTAURANT.
[00:36:19] THAT WAS VERY COOL. BUT I'VE COME FROM THE FREE
[00:36:23] STATE TO BE WITH YOU GUYS ON THIS SATURDAY BECAUSE OF THE
[00:36:26] FUNDAMENTAL IMPORTANCE OF THIS RACE.
[00:36:28] YOU ARE AT THE CROSS ROADS OF HISTORY HERE, THE PORTSMOUTH
[00:36:32] DEMOCRATS, THE NEW HAMPSHIRE
[00:36:34] DEMOCRATS AND INDEPENDENTS AND
[00:36:38] REPUBLICANS WHO ARE BEGINNING TO DISINFECT AND MELT AWAY AND COME
[00:36:41] OUR WAY AND THEY'RE A LITTLE APOLOGETIC ABOUT WHAT THEY'VE
[00:36:45] BEEN PART OF, THIS MASSIVE COALITION WE'RE BUILDING IS
[00:36:49] GOING TO TAKE BACK THE US SENATE
[00:36:51] AND THE US HOUSE OF REPRESEN. >> IT IS FOR THE DEMOCRATS.
[00:36:54] WE'RE GOING TO DO AND AND I
[00:37:01] BROUGHT YOU A SLOGAN FROM MARYLAND THAT YOU'RE FREE TO USE
[00:37:05] IN ORGANIZING YOUNG PEOPLE.
[00:37:07] WE WE HAD OUR DEMOCRACY SUMMER PROJECT ALL ACROSS AMERICA.
[00:37:10] >> NOW HAD NEARLY 2000 YOUNG
[00:37:12] PEOPLE WORKING US IN THE SUMMER.
[00:37:14] BUT WE'VE BEEN GOING OUT AND TELLING THE YOUNG PEOPLE A VERY
[00:37:20] SIMPLE DICTUM FOR EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT VOTING IN
[00:37:24] AMERICA, BECAUSE EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IS EVERYTHING
[00:37:27] YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT. DRIVING.
[00:37:30] IF YOU WANT TO GO, YOU PUT IT IN D.
[00:37:34] >> IF YOU WANT TO GO BACKWARD,
[00:37:36] PUT IT IN R, THAT'S ALL NEED TO UNDERSTAND.
[00:37:39] >> OH, WE.
[00:37:44] ARE ON THE WAY OUT.
[00:37:46] >> I HAD TO STOP AT THE
[00:37:48] REFLECTING POOL BECAUSE.
[00:37:52] BECAUSE THEY TRY TO SET UP MY
[00:37:54] CONSTITUENT, DAVEY HERN, A THREE
[00:37:56] TIME OLYMPIC CANOE IST ON THE
[00:38:00] REFLECTING POOL JOB THAT WAS
[00:38:02] DONE BY DONALD TRUMP'S POOL GUY
[00:38:05] FROM MAR A LAGO WHO GOT THE
[00:38:09] INSIDER NO BID CONTRACT TO
[00:38:11] REPAINT THE OF THE REFLECTING SO
[00:38:16] IT WOULD BE MORE TO DONALD TRUMP'S ESTHETIC LIKING BECAUSE,
[00:38:19] YOU KNOW HE'S SPENDING HIS TIME
[00:38:20] ON IMPORTANT LIKE THAT.
[00:38:24] AND SO ANYWAY DAVEY WAS ON A BIKE RIDE AND IT HEARD ABOUT YOU
[00:38:28] KNOW THIS TOXIC ALGAE POLLUTION
[00:38:32] THAT WAS NOW CRAWLING OVER THE BANKS OF THE REFLECTING POOL.
[00:38:35] AND HE WENT AND HE STOPPED AND HE DIPPED HIS HAND IN THE WATER.
[00:38:38] FEDERAL AGENTS POUNCED ON HIM.
[00:38:40] HE WAS HELD FOR 5 HOURS AND AND
[00:38:44] THEN THEY CHARGED HIM WITH
[00:38:46] FELONY DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY. OKAY.
[00:38:50] >> IT WAS A COMPLETELY TRUMPED PROSECUTION.
[00:38:53] >> OKAY. AND THEY THE DEPARTMENT OF
[00:38:56] INTERIOR HAD TO ADMIT, WAS A
[00:38:58] BOTCHED INSTALLATION BY THE CONTRACTOR WHO HAS SINCE
[00:39:02] ADMITTED HIS MISTAKE. AND SO THEY TO DROP THE CHARGES.
[00:39:06] U.S. ATTORNEY FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA NAMED JEANINE PIRRO,
[00:39:10] HAD TO DROP THE.
[00:39:12] BUT TRUMP STILL WANTED TO KEEP GOING.
[00:39:15] SO I WROTE HER A LETTER AND I SAID, GET HANDS OFF OF MY
[00:39:20] CONSTITUENTS. AND BY THE WAY, IF YOU'RE STILL
[00:39:24] FELONY DESTRUCTION OF FEDERAL
[00:39:27] PROPERTY IN WASHINGTON, I'VE GOT SOME VERY STRONG LEADS ABOUT WHO
[00:39:33] BULLDOZED THE EAST WING OF THE WHITE HOUSE CAUSING HUNDREDS OF
[00:39:35] MILLIONS OF DOLLARS DAMAGE AND
[00:39:39] WE'VE GOT SOME VERY GOOD LEADS
[00:39:41] ON WHO SCRAWLING THEIR NAME.
[00:39:56] AND GRAFFITI DEFACING THE KENNEDY CENTER. >> WE KNOW ABOUT THAT, TOO. >> SO, LOOK, THE REPUBLIC OF KANSAS CHRIS SAYS HERE THE REPUBLICANS HAVE GIVEN AWAY THE
[00:40:00] CONGRESSIONAL POWER OVER WAR. >> WE DECLARE WAR ACCORDING THE CONSTITUTION. >> THEY'VE GIVEN THAT POWER AWAY TO THE PRESIDENT AND NOW WE ARE
[00:40:03] IN A DESERT ESTRUS CATASTROPHIC WAR THAT'S ALREADY US.
[00:40:08] MORE THAN $45 BILLION THEY'VE
[00:40:09] GIVEN AWAY OUR POWER OVER
[00:40:12] TARIFFS AND TAXES.
[00:40:14] SO TRUMP IMPOSED AN ILLEGAL
[00:40:17] UNCONSTITUTIONAL TARIFF, THE LARGEST TAX IN AMERICAN.
[00:40:21] THAT WAS SO BAD WAS STRUCK DOWN
[00:40:23] EVEN BY DONALD TRUMP'S
[00:40:25] GERRYMANDERED STACKED AND PACKED SUPREME COURT.
[00:40:28] THEY STRUCK DOWN THE REPUBLICANS
[00:40:31] HAVE GIVEN AWAY OUR POWER OVER FEDERAL BUILDINGS.
[00:40:33] >> WE'VE GOT THE POWER OVER THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE KENNEDY
[00:40:37] CENTER. >> IF HE CAN BULLDOZE THE EAST WING, HE CAN BULLDOZE THE WEST
[00:40:41] WING. HE COULD BURN THE WHOLE THING DOWN LIKE THE BRITISH DID IN THE WAR OF 1812.
[00:40:45] WE NEED A SENATOR FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE. >> WE A CONGRESS THAT WILL STAND
[00:40:50] UP TO THE POWERS OF CONGRESS AND THE RIGHTS OF THE AMERICAN
[00:40:56] PEOPLE.
[00:40:58] >> AND.
[00:41:03] CHRIS PAPPAS IS A MODEL PUBLIC SERVANT.
[00:41:07] I'VE BEEN IN POLITICS LONG ENOUGH. >> NOW, I CAN RECOGNIZE JUSTICE,
[00:41:12] POLITICS IS IN POWER. >> POLITICIANS, PEOPLE WHO ARE IN IT FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR
[00:41:15] POWER, THEIR WEALTH. >> WE GOT ONE RIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE GOVERNMENT HERE AND PEOPLE WHO ARE IN IT TO
[00:41:21] REPRESENT THEIR COMMUNITIES TO MAKE PROGRESS FOR EVERYBODY.
[00:41:23] CHRIS PAPPAS IS THE MODEL JUSTICE POLITICIAN.
[00:41:27] YOU'VE GOT HIM. YOU'VE ELECTED HIM ALREADY.
[00:41:30] SEND HIM TO THE US SENATE. I'M GOING TO LEAVE YOU WITH THE WORDS OF TWO OF THE GREAT
[00:41:34] DEMOCRACY. I'VE KEPT CLOSE IN MY HEART AS
[00:41:37] I'M GOING OUT TO TRY TO CAMPAIGN
[00:41:39] FOR THE GREAT DEMOCRATS ACROSS AMERICA. AND ONE IS FREDERICK DOUGLASS,
[00:41:42] WHO BORN 40 MINUTES AWAY FROM MY HOUSE AT THE WYE RIVER
[00:41:45] PLANTATION INTO SLAVERY. AND HE ESCAPED FROM SLAVERY TO
[00:41:48] BECOME A GREAT FREEDOM FIGHTER THROUGH THE CIVIL WAR RECONSTRUCTION.
[00:41:52] AND HE SAID, IF THERE'S NO STRUGGLE, THERE'S NO PROGRESS.
[00:41:56] AND THE STRUGGLE MAY BE MORAL. IT MAY BE PHYSICAL, IT MAY BE
[00:41:58] MORE ON PHYSICAL, BUT THERE MUST BE STRUGGLE, POWER CONCEDES.
[00:42:02] WITHOUT A DEMAND, IT NEVER HAS AND IT NEVER WILL.
[00:42:04] A MESSAGE TO FROM THE FREE STATE AND I'LL LEAVE YOU FINALLY WITH
[00:42:08] THE WORDS OF THE GREAT PAINE,
[00:42:12] WHO CAME OVER HERE IN 1774, AND HE FELL IN LOVE.
[00:42:15] THE PROMISE OF AMERICA. HE SAID, IF THIS LAND LIVES UP
[00:42:18] TO ITS VALUES, IDEALS, IT WILL
[00:42:20] BECOME, HE SAID, AN ASYLUM, TRUE
[00:42:24] HUMANITY, NOT AN INSANE ASYLUM,
[00:42:24] MIND YOU, BUT OF A PLACE OF
[00:42:28] REFUGE FOR PEOPLE SEEKING FREEDOM FROM RELIGIOUS,
[00:42:31] POLITICAL, INTELLECTUAL OPPRESSION.
[00:42:34] ALL OVER THE WORLD. THEN HE WROTE COMMON SENSE, THE
[00:42:37] PAMPHLET THAT IGNITED THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, GEORGE
[00:42:39] WASHINGTON HAD TROOPS AT VALLEY FORGE READING IT BY CAMPFIRE
[00:42:43] LIGHT TO EACH OTHER EVERY NIGHT.
[00:42:45] BUT THAT A TOUGH YEAR 1776.
[00:42:48] WE LIKE TO THINK EVERYBODY WAS
[00:42:50] TOGETHER IN FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE.
[00:42:54] BUT WASN'T LIKE THAT. HALF OF THE PEOPLE RUNNING SAYING YOU CAN'T BEAT THE
[00:42:57] GREATEST MILITARY EMPIRE THAT EVER EXISTED AND.
[00:43:01] YOU CAN'T BEAT THE GREATEST NAVY THAT EVER EXISTED. YOU CAN'T DISENTANGLE CHURCH AND
[00:43:05] STATE IN A FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND FREEDOM OF THOUGHT. AND HALF THE PEOPLE SAID, YOU
[00:43:09] KNOW, LET'S GIVE IT A TRY. LIKE LET'S PLEDGE TO EACH OTHER
[00:43:13] OUR LIVES, OUR PROPERTY ARE
[00:43:15] SACRED FOR THE PRINCIPLES OF
[00:43:17] SELF-GOVERNMENT AND FREEDOM, WHICH HAS BEEN AT THE HEART I
[00:43:20] KNOW OF THE HAMPSHIRE EXPERIMENT. SO ANYWAY, PAINE WANTED TO WRITE
[00:43:24] THIS OTHER PAMPHLET TO GIVE PEOPLE A SENSE OF COURAGE AND
[00:43:28] BACKBONE MOVING THROUGH A TOUGH TIME.
[00:43:30] AND I JUST GOING QUOTE TO YOU A LITTLE PASSAGE FROM FROM HIS
[00:43:36] PAMPHLET THE AMERICAN CRISIS. AND I'M GOING TO UPDATE THE LANGUAGE PURSUANT TO STRICT
[00:43:41] INSTRUCTION FROM NANCY PELOSI, WHO SAID WHO SAID THAT, YOU
[00:43:45] KNOW, PAINE WAS A FEMINIST, HE WOULDN'T MIND. HE WAS FIGHTING FOR WOMEN'S VOTING RIGHTS, 18TH CENTURY.
[00:43:49] BUT HE SAID THIS. HE SAID, THESE ARE THE TIMES THAT TRY MEN AND WOMEN, SOULS,
[00:43:53] THE SUMMER AND THE SUNSHINE
[00:43:56] PATRIOT WILL SHRINK AT THIS MOMENT FROM SERVICE OF THEIR
[00:43:59] CAUSE AND THEIR COUNTRY.
[00:44:01] EVERYONE THAT STANDS US NOW WILL
[00:44:03] WIN THE LOVE, THE FAVOR AND THE AFFECTION OF EVERY MAN AND EVERY
[00:44:07] WOMAN FOR ALL TIME. TYRANNY LIKE HELL IS NOT EASILY
[00:44:11] CONQUERED, BUT WE HAVE THIS SAVING CONSOLATION IN THE MORE
[00:44:14] DIFFICULT THE STRUGGLE, THE MORE GLORIOUS IN THE END WILL BE OUR VICTORY.
[00:44:18] LET'S MAKE THAT VICTORY OURS RIGHT HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE WITH.
[00:44:22] >> CHRIS BAPTISTE FOR U.S.
[00:44:24] SENATE SENATE.
[00:44:28] THANKS, MOTHER, VERY.
[00:44:36] CAMPAIGN 2026 IS UNDERWAY AND THE STAKES COULDN'T BE HIGHER
[00:44:39] EVERY SEAT IN UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IS UP
[00:44:42] FOR GRABS, ALONG WITH 33 U.S.
[00:44:44] SENATE RACES AND THE OUTCOME OF
[00:44:46] BOTH COULD RESHAPE BALANCE OF POWER IN WASHINGTON.
[00:44:50] >> VOTERS WILL ALSO DECIDE 36 GUBERNATORIAL CONTESTS FROM THE
[00:44:54] CAMPAIGN TRAIL TO. ELECTION NIGHT FOLLOW CAMPAIGN
[00:44:58] 2026 ON THE C-SPAN NETWORKS C-SPAN BRINGING YOU THE
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[00:45:12] FORMER FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSIONER, ACTING CHIEF
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[00:45:16] HE'LL DISCUSS OF THE BURGEONING
[00:45:19] A.I. INDUSTRY AND LATER FROM THE
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[00:46:07] AND I TOLD HIM BECAUSE WE HAD A
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[00:47:40] IT'S TIME TO MAKE YOUR CASE. MICHIGAN SENATE CANDIDATE MIKE
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