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00:00:00PRESIDENTIAL CENTER IN CHICAGO.
00:00:03ALSO AT 8:00 P.M. EASTERN AS PART OF THE CELEBRATION OF
00:00:07AMERICA'S 250TH ANNIVERSARY WE TAKE YOU TO WASHINGTON
00:00:11UNIVERSITY FOR ST. LOUIS.
00:00:22AFTER AMERICAN FORCES DROPPED ATOMIC BOMBS ON HIROSHIMA AND
00:00:25NAGASAKI WE BRING YOU HISTORIC
00:00:28NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR FILMS ABOUT
00:00:30THOSE ATTACKS AND THE
00:00:33DESTRUCTION THEY CAUSED. EXPLORING THE AMERICAN STORY,
00:00:36WATCH AMERICAN HISTORY TV SATURDAYS ON C-SPAN TWO.
00:00:42WATCH ONLINE ANY TIME C-SPAN.ORG/HISTORY.
00:00:45>> IN THE MASSACHUSETTS U.S.
00:00:50SENATE RACE INCUMBENT SENATOR ED MARKEY FACED OFF AGAINST HIS
00:00:54PRIMARY OPPONENT REPRESENTATIVE SETH MOULTON IN A DEBATE IN
00:00:57BOSTON AHEAD OF THE STATEWIDE PRIMARY ELECTION ON SEPTEMBER 9.
00:01:02THE CANDIDATES DISCUSSED AFFORDABILITY, HEALTH CARE, THE
00:01:05FUTURE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AMONG OTHER TOPICS.
00:01:08THIS WAS HOSTED BY BOSTON 25
00:01:12NEWS AND RUNS JUST UNDER ONE HOUR.
00:01:19>> SENATOR ED MARKEY,
00:01:24CONGRESSMAN SETH MOULTON FACING FOR THE NOMINATION.
00:01:26A SEASON PROGRESSES.
00:01:31A NEW GENERATION READY TO LEAVE.
00:01:32>> PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO
00:01:37AFFORD HEALTH CARE, FEED THEIR FAMILIES.
00:01:38>> AND ELECTION 26 DEBATE.
00:01:44>> ELECTION 2026.
00:01:48>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR
00:01:53THE BOSTON 25 MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY DEBATE.
00:01:57WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TONIGHT.
00:02:00ALONGSIDE MY CO-MONITOR FROM GBH.
00:02:05OUR VIEWERS AND LISTENERS FROM ACROSS THE STATE WE HAVE HEARD
00:02:08FROM SO MANY OF YOU AS WE WERE PREPARING FOR THIS DEBATE.
00:02:13SENATOR ED MARKEY, CONGRESSMAN SETH MOULTON.
00:02:16WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING PART IN THIS IMPORTANT CONVERSATION.
00:02:20>> EACH CANDIDATE WILL DELIVER
00:02:26OPENING REMARKS, SOME OF WHICH COME DIRECTLY FROM OUR VIEWERS.
00:02:33EACH CANDIDATE WILL HAVE 45 SECONDS TO ANSWER FOLLOWED BY A
00:02:3632ND REBUTTAL.
00:02:39>> COIN TOSS HAS DETERMINED WHO
00:02:42WILL GIVE THE FIRST OPENING STATEMENT IN THE ORDER OF OUR QUESTIONS.
00:02:46LET'S BEGIN WITH YOU, YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS.
00:02:49>> THANK YOU.
00:02:53THERE IS A CLEAR TRUST IN THIS
00:02:55ELECTION ABOUT WHO IS GOING TO FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE OF
00:03:00MASSACHUSETTS. I BELIEVE BERNIE SANDERS
00:03:04MEDICARE FOR ALL.
00:03:08I OPPOSE THE DEFENSE BUDGET OF
00:03:14$1 TRILLION FOR DONALD TRUMP.
00:03:19THEY TOOK THE RIGHT SIDE AND
00:03:23CONGRESSMAN MOULTON DID NOT.
00:03:25>> THE PEOPLE OF MASSACHUSETTS,
00:03:30I SHARE YOUR FRUSTRATION TONIGHT.
00:03:32I'M FED UP WITH POLITICIANS
00:03:34CLINGING TO POWER WHILE WORKING FAMILIES CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE.
00:03:38I AM NOT RUNNING AGAINST ED MARKEY BECAUSE I OPPOSE IS THIS -- POLICIES.
00:03:45IT HAS BEEN TWO WEEKS TO STAND
00:03:48UP TO THE FASCIST TRUMP AGENDA. I BELIEVE IN LEADERSHIP WHERE I
00:03:52WORK FOR YOU AND NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
00:03:56THAT IS WHY I AM RUNNING FOR SENATE.
00:03:58>> OUR FIRST QUESTION IS FOR
00:04:02BOTH CANDIDATES. MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENTS CITED
00:04:05COST OF LIVING AND HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AS THEIR TOP CONCERN.
00:04:09THEY ARE WATCHING AND LISTENING TO THIS DEBATE RIGHT NOW AND ARE IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING
00:04:14DIFFICULT FINANCIAL DECISIONS. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO HELP THEM?
00:04:20>> IT PLANTS THE FLAG IN THE
00:04:25GROUND THAT HOUSING, HEALTH CARE SHOULD BE HUMAN RIGHTS.
00:04:28THAT SHOULD BE OUR 3-30.
00:04:33WE GET THERE BY DOING THINGS
00:04:37LIKE BANNING PRIVATE EQUITY. BY INVESTING IN A TRANCE
00:04:42FORMATION AGENDA BY MAKING IT FASTER THAN DRIVING.
00:04:46BY HAVING UNIVERSAL PRE-K AND
00:04:52MAKING SURE EDUCATIONAL VOCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES EXIST FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.
00:04:56YOU BOTH COULD AGREE THAT HEALTH
00:04:58CARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT EVERYBODY IN AMERICA SHOULD HAVE HEALTH
00:05:02CARE.
00:05:02>> WE HAVE A HOUSING CRISIS IN
00:05:08MASSACHUSETTS. SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN OPPOSED THE HISTORIC HOUSING BILL.
00:05:15WHEN THE VOTE CAME UP ON THE
00:05:19FLOOR OF THE HOUSE OF
00:05:22REPRESENTATIVES CONGRESSMAN MOULTON STAYED UP HERE TO
00:05:25CAMPAIGN FOR THE SENATE RATHER THAN GOING TO THE FLOOR OF THE
00:05:28HOUSE TO VOTE FOR THAT HISTORIC HOUSING BILL.
00:05:33MOREOVER, CONGRESSMAN MOULTON
00:05:36VOTED FOR THE DEFENSE BUDGET WHICH HE USED TO COMMENCE THE
00:05:39WAR IN IRAN. THERE IS NOW AN ENERGY CRISIS
00:05:43RIPPLING THROUGH ELECTRICITY
00:05:44BILLS, ENERGY BILLS, GROCERY
00:05:48PRICES FOR EVERY SINGLE FAMILY IN MASSACHUSETTS.
00:05:52CONGRESSMAN MOULTON SUPPORTED THAT DEFENSE.
00:05:53>> LET'S BE CLEAR.
00:05:57I VOTED AGAINST THE DEFENSE BILL.
00:06:00IT IS ACTUALLY FUNDING THE WAR IN IRAN. I WILL NEVER VOTE FOR WARS IN THE MIDDLE EAST THAT ARE
00:06:04UNNECESSARY BECAUSE I HAVE
00:06:10BLOCKED THEM. SENATOR MARKEY WANTED TO SEND ME AND THOUSANDS OF OTHER AMERICANS
00:06:13TO IRAN FOR A WAR THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN FOUGHT.
00:06:16THAT'S WHY THIS IS DEEPLY PERSONAL.
00:06:21I SUPPORT THAT LEGISLATION AS WELL.
00:06:22>> CONGRESSMAN MOULTON DID NOT
00:06:26VOTE ON THE HOUSING BILL ON THE HOUSE FLOOR WHEN PASSAGE WAS
00:06:30COMING UP. THE WAR IN IRAN STARTED LAST
00:06:33JUNE WHEN DONALD TRUMP BOMBED IRAN.
00:06:38SIX MONTHS LATER, HE VOTED FOR
00:06:45THE $1 TRILLION BUDGET THEY WERE LOOKING FOR. THAT IS THE MONEY.
00:06:49THE WAR IN IRAN, VENEZUELA.
00:06:52THAT IS WHAT IS CAUSING ECONOMIC CRISIS.
00:06:56>> I HAVE SEEN AMERICANS LOSE
00:06:59THEIR LIVES BECAUSE OF THEIR
00:07:03VOTE TO SEND US TO WAR IN IRAN.
00:07:07>> YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE VOTED FOR
00:07:11THE TRILLION DOLLARS.
00:07:12>> YOU COMMITTED TO NOT SEEKING
00:07:17ANOTHER TERM AFTER THIS ONE.
00:07:21SHOULD YOU WIN, WHAT WOULD YOU DO IN THE EVENT THAT YOU NO LONGER SERVE?
00:07:24>> AS I HAVE MADE VERY CLEAR I
00:07:27WOULD STEP DOWN.
00:07:32ANY PUBLIC OFFICIAL SHOULD STEP DOWN.
00:07:36IF THEY CANNOT SERVE. THAT IS A RESPONSIBILITY.
00:07:40IT IS NOT A PUBLIC SERVICE.
00:07:47THAT IS PART OF THE REAL DISTINCTIONS I HAVE WITH CONGRESSMAN MOULTON.
00:07:54HE HAS BEEN GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY
00:07:58BY HIS FRIENDS TO INVEST IN
00:07:59PRIVATE EQUITY SWEETHEART DEALS
00:08:03THAT HAS ENRICHED HIMSELF AND
00:08:07ENRICH THOSE COMPANIES. THAT SHOULD BE ILLEGAL.
00:08:10>> WE WILL RETURN TO THAT TOPIC
00:08:14LATER IN THE DEBATE.
00:08:18YOUR CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN CRITICIZED BY SOME AS BEING A
00:08:21JUST. IF SENATOR MARKEY WILL 65 YEARS
00:08:25OLD, WOULD HE STILL BE IN THIS RACE?
00:08:27>> PEOPLE SHOULD ASK WHAT ARE
00:08:35YOU GOING TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE NEXT SIX YEARS THAT YOU HAVEN'T
00:08:38BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE LAST 50?
00:08:42THE WASHINGTON ESTABLISHMENT IS BROKEN. IF YOU ARE HAPPY WITH THE STATUS
00:08:46QUO, IF YOU THINK THE
00:08:48ESTABLISHMENT IS WINNING AND IS
00:08:51FINE THAT THE DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT HAS ALLOWED A
00:08:54SECOND TERM OF DONALD TRUMP, VOTE FOR THE STATUS QUO.
00:08:57IF YOU THINK WE SHOULD HAVE AN HONEST DISCUSSION ABOUT THE
00:09:01FUTURE OF OUR POLITICS, ABOUT
00:09:03OUR HEALTH, THE SENATOR REFUSES
00:09:08JUST AS I DISCLOSE MY TAXES, THE
00:09:11SENATOR HAS REFUSED TO DISCLOSE HALF OF HIS FAMILY'S WEALTH.
00:09:14>> IT'S ABOUT THE FUTURE, IT IS
00:09:19ABOUT MEDICARE FOR ALL. CONGRESSMAN MOULTON DOES NOT SUPPORT.
00:09:26IT'S TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE
00:09:29PROTECTING TRANS KIDS FROM DISCRIMINATION.
00:09:32CONGRESSMAN MOULTON HAS THROWN THOSE KIDS UNDER THE POLITICAL BUS.
00:09:37>> IN TERMS OF ISSUES ABOUT THE
00:09:42FUTURE, HE HAS A BACKWARDS LOOKING POLITICAL AGENDA.
00:09:44>> WHEN YOU WERE ELECTED LAST
00:09:48TIME YOU PROMISED TO PASS MEDICARE FOR ALL.
00:09:51>> WE WILL COME TO HEALTH CARE AGAIN.
00:09:58MASSACHUSETTS AS WE ALL KNOW ARE PAYING SOME OF THE HIGHEST
00:10:01ENERGY COSTS IN THE COUNTRY.
00:10:06IF DEMOCRATS REGAIN CONTROL OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE, WHAT IS
00:10:08THE BIGGEST MESSAGE YOU COULD MAKE TO BRING DOWN UTILITY COSTS?
00:10:12>> WE HAVE TO END THE WAR IN
00:10:17IRAN. IT IS CAUSING SKYROCKETING ENERGY PRICES.
00:10:24CONGRESSMAN MOULTON VOTED FOR THIS. WE NEED TO RESTORE THE TAX PRICE.
00:10:30WIND, SOLAR, I WAS ABLE TO PUT IT ON THE BOOKS IN 2022.
00:10:36THAT LOWERS ELECTRICITY COSTS.
00:10:39WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND THE CONSTRUCTION IN MASSACHUSETTS.
00:10:43THAT WAS GOING TO PROVIDE 5000 MEGAWATTS OF ELECTRICITY.
00:10:50THAT WILL LOWER ELECTRICITY PRICES.
00:10:52WE HAVE TO END THE WAR IN IRAN.
00:10:55THAT IS CASCADING ENERGY PRICES ONTO THE KITCHEN TABLES OF THOSE IN MASSACHUSETTS.
00:11:00THE GREEN NEW DEAL.
00:11:02>> WHAT WILL YOU DO TO BRING DOWN ENERGY COSTS?
00:11:06>> SENATOR MARKEY HAS BEEN A
00:11:10CHAMPION OF ENERGY POLICY.
00:11:12ENERGY BILLS HAVE ONLY GONE UP. HE IS RIGHT.
00:11:16THE FIRST THING WE SHOULD DO IS STOP THE WAR IN IRAN.
00:11:21THAT'S WHY WE SHOULD NOT VOTE
00:11:23FOR WARS IN THE MIDDLE EAST LIKE
00:11:27THE SENATOR SUPPORTING THE WAR IN IRAN.
00:11:31JUST BE LEAVING THEIR LIVES RATHER THAN STANDING UP TO THE
00:11:35ESTABLISHMENT.
00:11:37JUST LIKE THEY DID NOT STAND UP TO TRUMP.
00:11:40EVEN WITH SENATOR SCHUMER WHEN HE ASKED YOU TO VOTE FOR 61
00:11:44TRUMP NOMINEES INCLUDING THE ARCHITECT OF ALL THESE WARS.
00:11:46>> DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON
00:11:50HOW YOU WOULD BRING THIS DOWN? >> ABSOLUTELY.
00:11:54THE FIRST THING I SAID WAS STOP THE WAR IN IRAN.
00:11:59WE WOULD HAVE A LOT MORE ELECTRICITY IN MASSACHUSETTS.
00:12:04RESTORING THE TAX CREDITS FOR WIND AND SOLAR.
00:12:07ITS EXPANDING POWER ALL OVER THE STATE. IT IS A SERIOUS COMMITMENT TO
00:12:11BRINGING DOWN ELECTRICITY PRICES
00:12:13AS PART OF ENERGY POLICY. THAT IS THE COMMITMENT I MAKE.
00:12:16>> LOOK, IT WAS CONGRESSMAN
00:12:21MOULTON WHO DIDN'T ASK THE TOUGH QUESTIONS.
00:12:24DONALD TRUMP BOMBED IRAN. LAST SPRING.
00:12:28THERE WAS AN IMPEACHMENT MOTION BROUGHT UP ON THE HOUSE FLOOR BECAUSE OF THAT.
00:12:32SIX MONTHS LATER TRUMP ASKED FOR $1 TRILLION.
00:12:38CONGRESSMAN MOULTON VOTED FOR IT.
00:12:42THAT IS THE MONEY BEING USED.
00:12:45HE DID NOT ASK THE TOUGH QUESTIONS AND CONSUMERS IN
00:12:49MASSACHUSETTS ARE PAYING THE PRICE IN HIGHER ENERGY PRICES RIGHT NOW.
00:12:52>> IF ANYONE WANTS TO SEE PETE
00:12:57HEGSETH COMING BEFORE THE ARMED
00:12:59SERVICES COMMITTEE OR HOW TO DO
00:13:03THIS, PLEASE CHECK IT OUT ON MY WEBSITE.
00:13:05>> WE HAVE TO MOVE ON FROM THAT
00:13:11LAST QUESTION. CONGRESSMAN MOULTON IN YOUR LAST
00:13:13DEBATE YOU SAID WHEN ASKED ABOUT STUDENT ATHLETES THAT ARE
00:13:17TRANSGENDER, TO ANYONE LISTENING TONIGHT, ANYONE IN THE LGBTQ
00:13:21COMMUNITY OR ANYONE ELSE, AFTER
00:13:26THE LAST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION YOU SAID I HAVE TWO LITTLE GIRLS.
00:13:30I DON'T WANT THEM GETTING RUN OVER ON THE PLAYING FIELD BY A
00:13:33MALE OR FORMERLY MALE ATHLETE. WHICH IS IT?
00:13:36>> TO THE TRANS COMMUNITY
00:13:41FEELING THE WEIGHT AND THE PAIN OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
00:13:45POLICIES, I DEEPLY RECOGNIZE
00:13:51YOUR TRAUMA. I'M SORRY IF MY COMMENTS HURT YOU.
00:13:53THAT WAS NOT MY INTENTION.
00:13:55I AM A PROUD COSPONSOR OF THE
00:13:57TRANSGENDER BILL OF RIGHTS, A
00:14:01COSPONSOR OF THE QUALITY ACT AND I HAVE A ONE HUNDRED PERCENT
00:14:04VOTING RECORD OF HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN. IF YOU ARE IN THE TRANS
00:14:10COMMUNITY AND FEELING THE WEIGHT
00:14:13OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND THE SUPREME COURT, YOU MATTER,
00:14:16YOU ARE VALUED, AND I WILL ALWAYS HAVE YOUR BACK.
00:14:20I WILL NOT VOTE FOR 61 TRUMP NOMINEES INCLUDING MARCO RUBIO
00:14:24LEADING THE CHARGE AGAINST TRANS KIDS.
00:14:27>> AFTER THE 2020 FOUR ELECTION
00:14:33THAT THE DEMOCRATS LOST,
00:14:34CONGRESSMAN MOULTON BLAMED THE
00:14:39DEMOCRATIC PARTY DEFENSE OF TRANS KIDS IS THE REASON WHY WE LOST.
00:14:43HE JUST TOOK THE WHOLE PLAYBOOK
00:14:46OF MAGA AND TRUMP AND BLAMES
00:14:50THOSE KIDS. HE THREW THEM UNDER THE POLITICAL BUS.
00:14:54WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN LOVING THOSE KIDS.
00:14:57THERE'S ONLY 12 TRANS ATHLETES IN THE NCAA.
00:15:03WE SHOULD BE EMBRACING THEM. WHAT CONGRESSMAN MOULTON DID WAS
00:15:07HE THREW THEM UNDER THE BUS. THREE WEEKS AGO THE SUPREME
00:15:10COURT OF THE UNITED STATES AGREED WITH HIM AND SAID THOSE
00:15:13KIDS ARE NOT ENTITLED TO CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS.
00:15:17WE HAVE TO FIGHT TO EXPAND THOSE PROTECTIONS FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY.
00:15:20>> I THINK ALLIES SHOULD STAND
00:15:25TOGETHER AGAINST THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WHEN THEY ARE
00:15:28TRYING TO ASSAULT WHO THEY ARE EVERY SINGLE DAY.
00:15:31YOU DON'T STAND TOGETHER AS
00:15:32DEMOCRATS WHEN YOU VOTE FOR 61 TRUMP NOMINEES.
00:15:36>> THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN.
00:15:39>> YOU STAND BY YOU DON'T WANT
00:15:46TO SEE YOUR DAUGHTERS RUN OVER BY A FORMERLY BIOLOGICAL MALE ATHLETE?
00:15:49>> MY KIDS ARE YOUNG AND PLAY COED SPORTS.
00:15:54I THINK WE SHOULD BE WILLING TO TALK ABOUT THESE ISSUES BUT I
00:15:58STAND 100% WITH THE TRANS COMMUNITY.
00:16:00>> WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
00:16:02MESH AND -- QUESTION.
00:16:08A SATIRICAL WEBSITE LAUNCH SUGGESTING YOU DON'T SPEND ENOUGH TIME IN MASSACHUSETTS.
00:16:12A RECENT AD SAYING YOU SPEND TOO
00:16:15MUCH TIME IN D.C., WHERE ARE YOU
00:16:18SPENDING MORE TIME?
00:16:20>> MY FATHER IS A TRUCK DRIVER,
00:16:25I HAVE BEEN BORN AND RAISED IN MASSACHUSETTS.
00:16:29IT'S WHERE I HAVE LIVED MY WHOLE LIFE.
00:16:32DONALD TRUMP IS BRINGING OUT THE MALDEN IN ME.
00:16:37KIDS IN SITTING ON THEIR PORCHES DREAMING ABOUT WHAT THEY COULD
00:16:41BE IN THIS COUNTRY. THE SAME WAY WHAT I WAS DOING.
00:16:48EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, THAT IS WHAT I FIGHT TO DO ON THE FLOOR
00:16:51OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE FOR THOSE KIDS.
00:16:55I AM ONE OF THOSE KIDS.
00:16:58I GO TO THE SENATE FLOOR TO FIGHT FOR THEM.
00:17:03CONGRESSMAN MOULTON DIDN'T EVEN LEAVE.
00:17:07>> CONGRESSMAN, ANY REBUTTAL ON
00:17:12THIS ANSWER?
00:17:12>> WHY DON'T YOU JUST DISCLOSE
00:17:17YOUR TAXES AS I HAVE? DISCLOSE YOUR TAXES THAT MAY BE
00:17:21SHOW ARE YOU PAYING MORE TAXES TO MARYLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS?
00:17:25WHAT ARE YOU HIDING THAT YOU DON'T WANT THE VOTERS OF MASSACHUSETTS TO UNDERSTAND?
00:17:29YOU SHOULD ANSWER THE QUESTION,
00:17:31DO YOU SPEND MORE DAYS IN MARYLAND OR MASSACHUSETTS?
00:17:35THAT IS A FAIR QUESTION TO ASK.
00:17:37I HAVE DONE 53 TOWN HALLS SINCE THE CAMPAIGN BEGAN.
00:17:41I BELIEVE THE SENATOR SHOULD SHOW UP IN MASSACHUSETTS.
00:17:44>> I RELEASED MY TAX FORMS.
00:17:50ANYONE WATCHING.
00:17:54MY PERSONAL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES.
00:17:57ANYONE COULD SEE WHAT MY FINANCIAL SITUATION IS.
00:18:01WHAT'S NOT TRANSPARENT --
00:18:04>> WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT QUESTION.
00:18:08>> EACH OF YOU HAS IMPLIED THAT
00:18:11THE OTHER IS I DON'T WANT TO USE THE TERM GUILTY.
00:18:17EACH HAS SUGGESTED THE OTHER HAS
00:18:18ENGAGED IN SOME SORT OF FINANCIAL MALFEASANCE.
00:18:22I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR WHAT SPECIFICALLY YOU BELIEVE YOUR
00:18:25OPPONENT HAS DONE RIGHT, WE WILL START WITH YOU.
00:18:29>> CONGRESSMAN THE HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE.
00:18:34HE WAS APPROACHED BY PRIVATE
00:18:37EQUITY POLITICAL DONORS AND HE
00:18:41WAS GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO
00:18:44INVEST IN COMPANIES WITH AI, AT
00:18:49AN EARLY STAGE NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
00:18:51AND THEN HE VOTED FOR DEFENSE BUDGETS.
00:18:55OUT OF THOSE INVESTMENTS HE HAS MADE MILLIONS.
00:19:00THAT SHOULD BE ILLEGAL.
00:19:03CONGRESSMAN MOULTON SHOULD DIVEST OF ANY OF THOSE ILL-GOTTEN GAINS WHICH SHE HAS
00:19:06RECEIVED BECAUSE OF HIS NUMBERS ON THE HOUSE ARMED SERVICES
00:19:10COMMITTEE. >> WOULD YOU LIKE TO REBUT?
00:19:12>> THESE ATTACKS ARE FALSE.
00:19:16WE HAVE FOLLOWED EVERY LAW AND
00:19:19ETHICS RULE ABOVE AND BEYOND.
00:19:21EVERY TIME SENATOR MARKEY SAY
00:19:25THIS IS DUE TO MY JOB AND NOT MY WIFE SUCCESS IT IS WRONG.
00:19:30WE BOTH MARRIED UP.
00:19:34WE HAVE DISCLOSED EVERYTHING. WE DISCLOSE THE TAXES.
00:19:38IN 1996 YOU WROTE A TELECOM
00:19:43DEREGULATION BILL AFTER 400,000 DOLLARS OF TELECOM LOBBYIST MONEY.
00:19:48THAT BILL MADE A BUNCH OF TELECOM BILLIONAIRES WHO ARE
00:19:51PAYING FOR YOUR CAMPAIGN RIGHT NOW. IF THAT'S NOT PAY TO PLAY I
00:19:54DON'T KNOW WHAT IS.
00:19:55>> IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD
00:20:00LIKE TO ADD BEFORE WE GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO REBUT?
00:20:01>> WE DON'T KNOW BECAUSE HE
00:20:06WON'T DISCLOSE HALF OF HIS FAMILIES TAXES. I THINK WE SHOULD KNOW THESE
00:20:10THINGS. TRUMP STARTED THIS.
00:20:13HE IS THE FIRST PRESIDENT IN MODERN HISTORY NOT TO DISCLOSE HIS TAXES.
00:20:18THOSE ARE COMMONSENSE THINGS I THINK THE VOTERS OF
00:20:23MASSACHUSETTS DESERVE TO SEE.
00:20:25THAT'S WHY MY FAMILY HAS BEEN COMPLETELY ABOVE BOARD.
00:20:28>> BRIEF REBUTTAL?
00:20:30>> CONGRESSMAN MOULTON SERVES ON
00:20:34THE HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE.
00:20:38HIS DONORS AND THIS CAMPAIGN,
00:20:40THEY GAVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST EARLY BEFORE THE PUBLIC.
00:20:45THAT SHOULD BE ILLEGAL. HE SHOULD DIVEST OF THAT MONEY.
00:20:50IN THIS SENATE RACE HE HAS
00:20:53EXCEPTED $350,000 OF CORPORATE TAX MONEY.
00:20:57I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A SINGLE NICKEL.
00:20:59>> THAT IS YOUR TIME.
00:21:02>> THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
00:21:07BOTH THE BOSTON GLOBE AND HAROLD HAVE REPORTED ON THIS.
00:21:12SENATOR MARKEY DESPITE REPEATEDLY TELLING HIS SUPPORTERS HE DOESN'T TAKE
00:21:14CORPORATE PACK MONEY HAS TAKEN CORPORATE PACK MONEY IN THIS RACE. I HAVE NOT.
00:21:18>> THAT IS ABSOLUTELY UNTRUE.
00:21:23I HAVE NOT TAKEN CORPORATE PACK MONEY.
00:21:24>> THANK YOU, WE WILL MOVE ON.
00:21:29WE HEARD FROM SO MANY VIEWERS ABOUT THIS ISSUE I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET ON IT.
00:21:34THIS IS ABOUT ICE.
00:21:37YOU BOTH HAVE BEEN CALLED FOR ICE TO BE ABOLISHED.
00:21:40IF THE AGENCY IS DISMANTLED HOW DOES THE UNITED STATES
00:21:44EFFECTIVELY ENFORCE IMMIGRATION LAW?
00:21:46>> I VOTED AGAINST ICE.
00:21:53I COULD SEE ITS AUTHORITARIAN PERSONALITY AS IT WAS BEING CREATED.
00:21:59IN 2020I VOTED TO ABOLISH ICE.
00:22:02I WAS THE FIRST SENATOR TO CALL FOR THE ABOLITION OF ICE.
00:22:05YOUWE CAN SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING
00:22:10WITH THE HAITIAN POPULATION, THE SALVADORAN, AND OTHERS IN THE
00:22:14COUNTRY. ICE MUST BE ABOLISHED.
00:22:17THE CORRECT WAY TO NEED IS TO HAVE A PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP
00:22:21FOR THE 11 MILLION IMMIGRANTS IN OUR COUNTRY, FOR THE TPS
00:22:25HOLDERS, FOR THE DACA HOLDERS,,
00:22:32THEY DESERVE TO BE PROTECTED IN THAT'S MY GOAL.
00:22:34>> YOU WILL GET EQUAL TIME BUT I NEED TO KNOW HOW YOU WERE GOING
00:22:39TO ENFORCE THOSE IMMIGRATION LAWS.
00:22:41THAT'S A CONSEQUENCE OF HAVING SO MANY PEOPLE HERE.
00:22:44NOT EVERYONE HERE HAS GOOD INTENTIONS, RIGHT?
00:22:49>> WE NEED TO ENFORCE IMMIGRATION LAWS WITH
00:22:52CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS. I'M INTRODUCING THE SHIELD ACT
00:22:56TO PROVIDE 100 MILLION DOLLARS SO THAT THESE IMMIGRANTS GET THE
00:22:59CONSTITUTIONAL LEGAL PROTECTIONS
00:23:02THEY ARE ENTITLED TO RIGHT NOW. IS ACTING AS A DICTATOR,
00:23:07FRIGHTENING FAMILIES ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS.
00:23:12THANK YOU.
00:23:16>> WASHINGTON DEMOCRATS WHO HAVE BEEN THERE FOR 50 YEARS HAVE
00:23:20FAILED TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. THAT IS WHY TRUMP IS ABLE TO
00:23:24WEAPONIZE THE ISSUE AND IT'S WHY
00:23:25I WAS THE FIRST IN THIS RACE TO CALL FOR ABOLISHING ICE, BUT I
00:23:29WENT FURTHER TO SAY THAT THEY NEEDED TO BE PROSECUTED AS WELL.
00:23:33WE NEED ACCOUNTABILITY, WHICH
00:23:37THE CURRENT SENATE HAS NOT DELIVERED. YOU CANNOT ENFORCE THE LAW IF
00:23:41YOU THINK YOU ARE ABOVE IT. I HAVE ALSO LAID OUT A CLEAR
00:23:44IMMIGRATION PLAN THAT INVOLVES PUTTING IMMIGRATION BACK IN THE
00:23:48DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, WHERE IT BELONGS. THAT'S THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION.
00:23:52WE NEED TO INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE TO COME HERE ILLEGALLY, NOT
00:23:55ILLEGALLY, AND HAS A PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP FOR EVERYONE WHO
00:23:59WANTS TO WORK HARD TO EARN THE
00:24:02RIGHT CITIZENS SET THE REST OF US. >> WE NOW HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
00:24:06FOR EACH CANDIDATE TO ASK THE OTHER A QUESTION.
00:24:08THEY WERE GIVEN THE ABILITY TO
00:24:12DECIDE IN ADVANCE THROUGH A COIN TOSS.
00:24:16SENATOR MARKEY, YOU MAY ASK YOUR
00:24:19QUESTION OF CONGRESSMAN MOULTON. >> THANK YOU.
00:24:23LAST SPRING, PRESIDENT TRUMP
00:24:27BEGAN HIS BOMBING OF IRAN.
00:24:32THAT WAS A COMMENCEMENT OF WAR AGAINST IRAN.
00:24:34TWO WEEKS LATER ON THE FLOOR OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF
00:24:37REPRESENTATIVES, THERE WAS AN IMPEACHMENT MOTION THAT WAS BROUGHT UP.
00:24:42YOU VOTED NO ON THE IMPEACHMENT MOTION AND SUBSEQUENTLY YOU
00:24:45VOTED FOR THE TRILLION DOLLARS FOR TRUMP AND PETE HEGSETH TO
00:24:50HAVE TWO CONDUCT AND CONTINUE THIS WAR AGAINST IRAN.
00:24:54CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY YOU WOULD VOTE AGAINST IMPEACHMENT
00:24:58AND THEN VOTE FOR THAT TRILLION DOLLAR BUDGET THAT HE'S USING
00:25:01TODAY TO CONDUCT THAT WAR?
00:25:02>> I HAVE VOTED REPEATEDLY TO
00:25:06IMPEACH DONALD TRUMP BUT WE
00:25:07WANTED TO ACTUALLY HAPPEN.
00:25:10THE TIMING HAPPENS. -- THE TIMING MATTERS.
00:25:13THE HYPOCRISY THE YOU WOULD
00:25:16ATTACK ME AS SHOWING UP ON TV --
00:25:18AND YOU DON'T SHOW UP ON SEAN
00:25:22HANNITY'S A SHOW OR FOX NEWS -- WE NEED TO TAKE ON THESE MAGNA
00:25:25REPUBLICANS INTAKE ON THE CREDIBILITY OF THOSE WHO HAVE
00:25:29SEEN THE CONSEQUENCES OF FAILED LEADERSHIP IN WASHINGTON ON THE
00:25:32GROUND AND IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WHICH IS WHY I WOULD NEVER TAKE
00:25:35YOUR VOTE FOR THE WAR. YOU HAVE THIS SPECIOUS WAY OF
00:25:38TRYING TO IMPLY THAT SUPPORTING
00:25:40THE TROOPS, AS MOST DEMOCRATS
00:25:43DO, SUPPORTS THE WAR IN IRAN, WHEN I'VE BEEN ONE OF THE MOST
00:25:46OUTSPOKEN OPPONENTS OF THAT WAR, WHEN YOU VOTED FOR THE WAR IN
00:25:50IRAQ. VOTED TO SEND THOUSANDS OF YOUNG
00:25:53AMERICANS -- DON'T DISMISS THAT.
00:25:56>> I'M NOT DISMISSING IT.
00:25:58JUST WANT A CHANCE TO GET IN.
00:26:00QUICK SENATOR, DON'T DISMISS
00:26:044996 FAMILIES. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:26:09LOOK, LOOK, CONGRESSMAN MOULTON
00:26:10IS JUST PLAYING TO THE FOX MAGA
00:26:16PLAYBOOK. HE DID NOT SUPPORT IMPEACHING DONALD TRUMP AFTER HE BEGAN THE
00:26:21ILLEGAL UNCONSTITUTIONAL WAR
00:26:22AGAINST IRAN AND THEN SIX MONTHS LATER IN DECEMBER, JUST EIGHT
00:26:26MONTHS AGO, HE VOTED TO GIVE
00:26:29TRUMP AND PETE HEGSETH $1 TRILLION.
00:26:32GIVES THE MAG OF PLAYBOOK AND OTHER CHILEAN.
00:26:35THAT'S WHAT'S PLAYING OUT. WE HAVE A NATIONAL SECURITY
00:26:39CRISIS IN OUR COUNTRY, ECONOMIC CRISIS IN OUR COUNTRY AND IT ALL
00:26:42GOES BACK TO NOT STANDING UP TO
00:26:43THESE MAGA TRUMP A HOUSE AND
00:26:47SENATE MEMBERS AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE DONE.
00:26:50>> CONGRESSMAN, YOU CAN NOW ASK SENATOR MARKEY YOUR QUESTION.
00:26:55HE'LL BE ABLE TO REPLY.
00:26:58>> WILL QUICKLY, SUPPORTING 61
00:27:01TRUMP NOMINEES IS THE MAGGOT PLAYBOOK AND THAT'S WHAT YOU DID, SENATOR.
00:27:05THIS IS MY QUESTION. SENATOR, IN THE NEWLY RELEASED
00:27:09EPSTEIN FILES, YOUR NAME APPEARS
00:27:14REPEATEDLY. I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO ALL THE DETAILS.
00:27:18BUT I JUST WANT TO ASK ONE QUESTION.
00:27:21AND I ASK IT FROM THE
00:27:23PERSPECTIVE OF A FATHER OF TWO YOUNG GIRLS AT HOME.
00:27:30WHY WOULD YOU EVEN TAKE A MEETING WITH A LOBBYIST ON
00:27:35BEHALF OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN?
00:27:40HOW CAN YOU DO THAT? LONG AFTER HE WAS CONVICTED.
00:27:46>> WHAT YOU ARE DOING RIGHT NOW
00:27:48IS ABSOLUTELY REPREHENSIBLE.
00:27:51I'VE NEVER MET JEFFREY EPSTEIN. I DON'T KNOW JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
00:27:55I HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN
00:27:59SINCE DAY ONE AT 8 A.M. I DON'T KNOW HIM AND WHAT HE'S
00:28:03DONE IS REPREHENSIBLE. THE PREDATORY PRACTICES THAT HE
00:28:06ENGAGED IN OF TARGETING YOUNG
00:28:10GIRLS IS ABSOLUTELY REPREHENSIBLE.
00:28:14AS IS WHAT YOU ARE DOING RIGHT NOW.
00:28:16I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY RELATIONSHIP WITH EPSTEIN.
00:28:20I HAVE NO BUSINESS WITH HIM.
00:28:23WHAT YOU ARE SAYING RIGHT NOW IS ABSOLUTELY THE WORST OF THE
00:28:27PLAYBOOK OF DISTRACTION AND CHARACTER ASSASSINATION THAT IS
00:28:30SO CHARACTERISTIC OF MAGNA REPUBLICANS.
00:28:34>> CONGRESSMAN, AS YOU KNOW THE
00:28:36EPSTEIN FILES ARE ENORMOUS, YOU CAN FIND A LOT OF NAMES IN THERE.
00:28:40CAN YOU PROVIDE ANY MORE SPECIFICS ABOUT THE CONTEXT IN
00:28:43WHICH THE SENATOR WAS MENTIONED? >> IT APPEARS REPEATEDLY IN THE
00:28:47FILES IN THE CONTEXT OF DOING A
00:28:50FAVOR FOR ONE OF EPSTEIN'S PALS
00:28:53WHO WAS SEX TRAFFICKING WOMEN.
00:28:55AND IF THAT'S NOT REPREHENSIBLE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS.
00:28:58I JUST ASKED A SIMPLE QUESTION THAT HE REFUSED TO ANSWER.
00:29:06IT'S NOT ABOUT JEFFREY EPSTEIN HIMSELF, IT'S ABOUT THE LOBBYIST
00:29:08MEETING WITH YOU ON HIS BEHALF.
00:29:11AT THESE TOWN HALLS PEOPLE SAY TO ME THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP
00:29:14IN OUR COMMUNITY, BECAUSE SENATOR MARKEY DOESN'T SHOW UP
00:29:18AND I CAN NEVER GET A MEETING IN HIS OFFICE.
00:29:22AND YET --
00:29:23>> THIS JUST CAN'T CONTINUE. YOU ASKED FOR SPECIFICS.
00:29:29ADAM, YOU WON'T GET SPECIFICS FROM HIM.
00:29:31HE'S NOT GIVING YOU THE DETAILS.
00:29:33I GAVE YOU THE DETAILS ON HIS INVESTMENT. HE'S NOT GIVING YOU THOSE
00:29:38DETAILS. IN TERMS OF MY SHOWING UP, THE
00:29:41MAYOR OF LINDA, HIS BIGGEST CITY HAS ENDORSED ME.
00:29:44THE MAYOR OF SALEM HAS ENDORSED ME.
00:29:47THEY HAVE A CHOICE AND DAVE
00:29:51PICKED ME. >> THEY ENDORSED YOU BEFORE YOU
00:29:54GOT IN THE RACE -- I GOT IN THE RACE.
00:29:57CHRIST YOU HAVE BOTH STATED YOUR
00:29:59OPPOSITION TO THE WAR IN IRAN. WE ARE A LITTLE MORE THAN FIVE
00:30:03MONTHS INTO THE CONFLICT.
00:30:05IF THE WAR ENDED, WHAT ACTION WOULD YOU SUPPORT IF IRAN MOVED
00:30:08AGAIN TO SHUT DOWN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ?
00:30:12CONGRESSMAN, 45 SECONDS. >> FIRST OF ALL, WE NEED TO
00:30:15RETURN TO LOOK -- RETURN TO DIPLOMACY.
00:30:19THAT'S WHAT ANY COMBAT VETERAN WILL TELL YOU SHOULD ALWAYS BE
00:30:22THE FIRST CHOICE. THAT IS WHAT I LEARNED SERVING
00:30:25ON THE GROUND IN THE MIDDLE EAST, SEEING THOUSANDS OF
00:30:29AMERICANS KILLED AND MAIMED BY THE VOTE THAT THE SENATOR TOOK.
00:30:33WITH DIPLOMACY WHAT IT MEANS FOR
00:30:34THE WRONG IS RETURNING TO THE
00:30:39OBAMA NUCLEAR DEAL. I WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO SPEAK
00:30:41ON THE CAPITOL STEPS AFTER NANCY
00:30:44PELOSI WHEN THE DEAL WAS PROPOSED, I FOUGHT TIRELESSLY TO
00:30:46GET IT PASSED. IT ACTUALLY EMPOWERS THE
00:30:50MODERATES IN IRAN WHO ARE FIGHTING FOR REGIME CHANGE.
00:30:54TRUMP RIFTED UP AND EMPOWER THE HARDLINERS.
00:30:56WHAT WE NEED TO DO RIGHT NOW IS TAKE AWAY THE LEVERAGE IRAN HAS.
00:31:01I WOULD SHIP THE OIL UP NORTH TO REDUCE THAT PRESSURE.
00:31:05>> THAT'S TIME. >> I WOULD GET TO THE
00:31:08NEGOTIATING TABLE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. >> SENATOR MARKEY?
00:31:12>> WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE.
00:31:14THE TREATY THAT BARACK OBAMA AND JOHN KERRY NEGOTIATED WAS
00:31:18WORKING. THE FULLSCOPE SAFEGUARDS BY THE
00:31:22INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY OVER THE NUCLEAR PROGRAM
00:31:24IN IRAN, THAT DEAL WAS IN PLACE
00:31:27AND DONALD TRUMP DESTROYED IT. WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO
00:31:31RENEGOTIATING A NUCLEAR DEAL AND AT THE SAME TIME WE HAVE TO
00:31:33LEARN THE LESSON OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.
00:31:37THE PRICE OF ENERGY IN MASSACHUSETTS IS SET THERE.
00:31:40WE NEED TO TAKE MY LEGISLATION
00:31:41THAT WAS PASSED IN 2022, PUT IT
00:31:44BACK IN PLACE NEXT JANUARY FOR WIND, SOLAR, ALL ELECTRIC
00:31:49VEHICLES, BATTERY STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL BE THE INDEPENDENT ENERGY SOLUTION WE
00:31:54NEED, WE JUST HAVE TO GET OUT OF THESE MIDDLE EAST QUAGMIRES.
00:31:57>> THANK YOU, THAT'S FINE. >> OUR NEXT QUESTION IS FOR BOTH
00:32:02CANDIDATES. DUE TO HISTORIC REDLINING, DENSE
00:32:06PAVING, AND INDUSTRIAL ZONING,
00:32:09LIVING COMMUNITIES OF COLOR EXPERIENCED URBAN HEAT ISLAND
00:32:14EFFECTS, ASTHMA RATES, AND LESS CANOPY COVER.
00:32:16HOW ARE YOU ADDRESSING CLIMATE
00:32:20IMPACT IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES? SENATOR MARKEY?
00:32:24>> THANK YOU. IN THE 20 BUILT, I WAS ABLE TO
00:32:27WORK TO INCLUDE $60 BILLION FOR
00:32:32ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FOR COMMUNITIES LIKE BOSTON AND
00:32:34BROCKTON AND MORRIS. MOLDEN.
00:32:37SPRINGFIELD, THE ASTHMA CAPITAL OF THE UNITED STATES.
00:32:41THAT FUNDING WAS MEANT TO REMEDIATE THAT HISTORIC
00:32:44ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE IN THE
00:32:48POOR AND URBAN COMMUNITIES.
00:32:49WE HAVE TO RESTORE THAT FUNDING.
00:32:52I WAS SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING THE
00:32:57FUNDING FOR AN URBAN FOREST
00:33:00PROGRAM FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN
00:33:03TO BE ABLE TO PLAN HUNDREDS OF TREES.
00:33:05I WORKED WITH MAYOR WU TO ACCOMPLISH THAT GOAL AND THAT
00:33:09FUNDING IS THERE TO MAKE SURE THE TREE CANOPY IS IN PLACE FOR
00:33:13THE PEOPLE IN THE POOREST PARTS OF THE CITY.
00:33:16>> THESE ARE NICE IDEAS AND I
00:33:18ALSO SUPPORT THEM, BUT WE NEED
00:33:22TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE FOR COMMUNITIES IN MASSACHUSETTS,
00:33:24WHICH IS WHY I PUT FORWARD A TRANSFORMATIONAL REGIONAL RAIL
00:33:27PROGRAM THAT WILL MAKE IT FASTER THAN DRIVING TO GET AROUND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.
00:33:32IMAGINE LIVING ON THE NORTH SHORE AND WORKING ON THE SOUTH
00:33:34SHORE BECAUSE EVERY TRAIN GOES THROUGH TO THE SOUTH AND WEST
00:33:38AND IS ELECTRIFIED AND WE FINALLY HAVE RAIL SERVICE LIKE
00:33:41THE REST OF THE WORLD ENJOYS. I MEAN, MOROCCO HAS HIGH-SPEED
00:33:45RAIL. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET TO SPRINGFIELD IN 45 MINUTES, NOT
00:33:49ON THE OLD-FASHIONED COMMUTER RAIL PROGRAM TO SENATOR
00:33:53SUPPORTS. THE BRILLIANT PIECE?
00:33:58WHEN YOU DO THIS ALL THE RAILYARD TO BECOME DEVELOPABLE
00:34:01FOR HOUSING AND ALL THE RAILYARD'S AROUND THOSE
00:34:05ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES BECOME HOUSING.
00:34:07IT'S TRANSFORMATIVE FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES AND EVERYONE'S COMMUTE.
00:34:13>> THIS QUESTION IS ALSO FOR BOTH CANDIDATES AND IT'S FACING
00:34:16MANY MASSACHUSETTS CITIES AND TOWNS RIGHT NOW.
00:34:19DO YOU SUPPORT HYPER SKILL DATA CENTERS BEING BUILT IN
00:34:23MASSACHUSETTS? CONGRESSMAN MOULTON?
00:34:26>> I DON'T SUPPORT ANY DATA CENTERS THAT DON'T HAVE THE
00:34:29APPROVAL OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. SOME COMMUNITIES WANT THEM, MOST
00:34:32DO NOT.
00:34:35AND THAT ABSOLUTELY REDUCE ELECTRICITY PRICES, NOT RAISE THEM.
00:34:39PROTECT MORE OF THE ENVIRONMENT
00:34:42THAN THEY IMPACT. AND WILL ACTUALLY CREATE JOBS
00:34:45HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS.
00:34:49THIS -- THESE SHOULD BE DECISIONS EMPOWERED BY LOCAL
00:34:53COMMUNITIES. LOOK, AI IS NOT GOING TO GO AWAY .
00:34:56MASSACHUSETTS SHOULD BE A PART OF THE AI FUTURE.
00:35:00BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE GENERATION THAT GREW UP WITH THE
00:35:03INTERNET IS GOING TO HAVE TO LIVE FOR DECADES WITH AI AND
00:35:06THEY SHOULD BE TRYING OUR WAY FORWARD.
00:35:08>> CONGRESSMAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:35:11SENATOR MARKEY, DO YOU SUPPORT THOSE DATA CENTERS BEING BUILT
00:35:15IN OUR STATE? BIKES ANY COMMUNITY SHOULD BE
00:35:19ABLE TO VETO ANY DATA CENTER FROM COMING INTO THEIR COMMUNITY. DON'T WANT IT?
00:35:23DON'T HAVE IT. WHY?
00:35:25THEY CAN SEE THE IMPACT OF THOSE HIGHER ELECTRICITY PRICES,
00:35:29HIGHER WATER PRICES. ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION IN
00:35:32THEIR COMMUNITY. IF THEY DON'T WANT IT, THEY
00:35:36SHOULD NOT HAVE TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE PLANTS IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
00:35:39BUT WE NEED MORE THAN THAT. WE NEED TO PASS MY AI CIVIL
00:35:43RIGHTS ACT SO THAT THE DISCRIMINATION IN THE REAL WORLD
00:35:46DOESN'T MOVE ONLINE. THAT'S WHY THE CIVIL RIGHTS
00:35:49GROUPS IN AMERICA HAVE ENDORSED IT.
00:35:52WE NEED AN AI ENVIRONMENT BUILT TO PROTECT AGAINST THIS.
00:35:54WE NEED THE AI FOR CHILDREN AND
00:35:59TEENAGERS PRIVACY BILL OF RIGHTS BECAUSE OF OUR MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS LED BY AI IN OUR YOUTH
00:36:03COMMUNITY. >> SENATOR, THAT'S OUR TIME.
00:36:08>> YOU HAVE BOTH ANTICIPATED WHERE WE WANTED TO GO NEXT WITH THIS.
00:36:11AS YOU KNOW THERE IS WIDESPREAD
00:36:14CONCERN THAT AI COULD JEOPARDIZE PRIVACY, CONTRIBUTE TO JOB LOSS,
00:36:18AND GENERALLY ERODE OUR ABILITY TO THINK AS HUMANS.
00:36:21SENATOR MARKEY, WHAT IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
00:36:25RESPONSIBILITY WHEN IT COMES TO REGULATING AI?
00:36:28>> WELL, I WAS SUCCESSFUL JUST THREE MONTHS AGO WITH SENATOR
00:36:32CASSIDY, REPUBLICAN FROM
00:36:34LOUISIANA, IN PASSING MY AI
00:36:37PRIVACY BILL OF RIGHTS FOR TEENAGERS AND CHILDREN. TWO YEARS AGO, ONE IN NINE
00:36:41TEENAGE GIRLS CONTEMPLATED SUICIDE.
00:36:45ONE IN FOUR TEENAGE GIRLS ATTEMPTED IT.
00:36:47ONE IN FIVE LGBTQ YOUTH ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
00:36:51WE NEED PROTECTIONS IN PLACE FOR THOSE KIDS.
00:36:54WE NEED PROTECTIONS IN PLACE
00:36:57AGAINST CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS. THAT'S MY LAW.
00:37:02ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION. THAT'S MY LAW. THESE COMPANIES WANT TO TURN
00:37:05WORKERS INTO AUTOMATONS IN THEIR
00:37:09MANUFACTURING FACILITIES AND FACTORIES.
00:37:11MY LAW PROTECTS AGAINST AI BEING USED IN A WAY THAT TURNS HUMAN
00:37:14BEINGS INTO ROBOTS. >> AI NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED AND
00:37:19IT NEEDS TO BE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT STEPS UP TO DO
00:37:22THIS, YET AGAIN THE FATHER -- FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS FAILED
00:37:25UNDER CURRENT LEADERSHIP. ANOTHER FAILURE OF THE
00:37:29DEMOCRATIC AND CONGRESSIONAL ESTABLISHMENT IN WASHINGTON.
00:37:32A GOOD MODEL IS NOT WHAT
00:37:36CONGRESS DID WITH THE TELECOM BILL THAT THE SENATOR IS SO PROUD OF.
00:37:39IN 1996 HE PASSED A PIECE OF LEGISLATION TO DEREGULATE THE
00:37:43TELECOM INDUSTRY. HE CREATED A LOT OF BILLIONAIRES
00:37:47WHO ARE SUPPORTING HIS CAMPAIGN, BUT IT DID NOTHING TO PROTECT KIDS.
00:37:51AS THE FATHER OF TWO LITTLE GIRLS, FRANKLY I DREAD THE TIME
00:37:55WHEN THEY BECOME TEENAGERS WHO CAN GET ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THAT SHOULD BE THE LESSON OF
00:38:00WHAT NOT TO DO. ONE OF THE PROUDEST PIECES OF
00:38:02LEGISLATION I PASSED WAS 988,
00:38:06THE NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH HOTLINE THAT ON ITS OWN HAS
00:38:09DECREASED TEEN SUICIDE BY 11%.
00:38:12>> I NEED TO RESPOND, THAT WAS INACCURATE.
00:38:15>> BRIEF RESPONSE, THEN. >> 30 SECONDS.
00:38:19>> MY LEGISLATION GRADED THE
00:38:21CHILD PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT,
00:38:24THE LAW BY WHICH YOU -- YOUTUBE AND OTHER COMPANIES ARE SUED.
00:38:29I WAS ALSO ABLE TO BUILD IN AN
00:38:32$80 BILLION PROGRAM, AVID --
00:38:33ANYTIME PEOPLE MAKE A CALL, IT
00:38:36PAYS FOR THE COMPUTERS IN LIBRARIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
00:38:40IT'S WHAT HELPS TO PAY FOR CHILDREN TO HAVE COMPUTERS ON
00:38:43THEIR TASK ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THAT'S MY PROGRAM, TAKING CARE
00:38:47OF THE KIDS OF THIS NATION TO MAKE SURE THEY GET THE TOOLS
00:38:50THEY NEED TO ADVANCE AND PROTECT THEMSELVES.
00:38:52>> LAST WORD GOES TO YOU, CONGRESSMAN.
00:38:55>> I DON'T THINK ANY FAMILY OF TEENAGERS OUT THERE TONIGHT
00:38:58THINKS OUR KIDS ARE SAFE ON THE INTERNET AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED
00:39:02A NEW GENERATION TO CHANGE IT. >> THANK YOU.
00:39:05I PROMISE WE WOULD COME BACK TO THIS TOPIC, HEALTH CARE COSTS
00:39:08ARE SOARING. WHAT'S ONE REFORM THAT YOU HAVE
00:39:12PROPOSED OR PLANNED TO PROPOSE TO REIN IT IN?
00:39:16CONGRESSMAN? >> WE BOTH SUPPORT HEALTH CARE
00:39:17AS A UNIVERSAL RIGHT, BOTH SUPPORT UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE.
00:39:22A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE IS THAT I THINK MEDICARE SHOULD BE
00:39:25AVAILABLE TO ALL. THE SENATOR THINKS IT SHOULD BE IMPOSED ON ALL.
00:39:30ONE THING THAT MY PLAN DOES IN THAT WAS A PART OF THE OBAMACARE
00:39:34AGENDA ALTHOUGH IT DIDN'T GET PASSED BY CONGRESS BEFORE I WAS
00:39:37THERE, IT ACTUALLY ALLOWS UNIONS
00:39:40AND OTHERS WHO FOUGHT HARD FOR THE HEALTH CARE PLANS THEY WANT
00:39:44TO HOLD ONTO THOSE HEALTH CARE PLANS. FOR THOSE LIKE MYSELF WHO GET
00:39:48THEIR HEALTH CARE FROM THE V.A. BECAUSE I MADE A COMMITMENT TO
00:39:51CONTINUE GOING THERE AND NOT GET THAT GOLDPLATED CONGRESSIONAL HEALTH CARE PLAN.
00:39:56WE STAY WITH THE V.A.. THE COMPETITION BRINGS DOWN COSTS.
00:40:00YOU ARE RIGHT, COSTS ARE SOARING .
00:40:03WE DON'T NEED TAXES TO GO UP BECAUSE OF THE SENATOR'S PLAN.
00:40:07>> THANK YOU. REBUTTAL? >> FIRST, HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE
00:40:11CHAIR.
00:40:1845 SECONDS. NEXT YEAR I WILL BE THE CHAIR OF
00:40:20THE SENATE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE IF I WIN THIS RACE.
00:40:25MY FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO RESTORE THE $1 TRILLION IN
00:40:29MEDICAID CUTS THAT DONALD TRUMP PUT ON THE BOOKS. THAT'S 300,000 PEOPLE IN
00:40:34MASSACHUSETTS WHO LOST THEIR COVERAGE. RESTORE THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
00:40:37GUTS, TAKING 300,000 PEOPLE SEEN SKYROCKETING BILLS AND GIVING
00:40:41THEM BACK THE SUBSIDIES THEY NEED. BEYOND THAT?
00:40:45WE NEED TO PASS MEDICARE FOR ALL. BERNIE SANDERS AND I ARE
00:40:48FIGHTING FOR IT TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE ON THE INSURANCE COMPANIES,
00:40:51TAKE ON THE BIG HEALTH COMPANIES
00:40:54IN OUR NATION TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IN OUR COUNTRY GETS THE
00:40:58AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE THEY NEED AND DESERVE. IT'S A FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT.
00:41:04>> REBUTTAL? >> THEY SAY THAT IMITATION IS
00:41:07THE GREATEST FORM OF FLATTERY AND I'M HONORED YOU SAID IT SHOULD BE A HUMAN RIGHT.
00:41:12HEALTH CARE, HOUSING, EDUCATION, THESE SHOULD ALL BE HUMAN RIGHTS
00:41:15IN OUR COUNTRY. AFTER YEARS OF TRYING THE PLAN
00:41:17FROM THE SENATOR, WE NEED A
00:41:21DIFFERENT APPROACH THAT WILL BRING DOWN HEALTH CARE COSTS TO ENSURE THAT EVERYBODY IN AMERICA
00:41:25HAS HEALTH CARE. >> REBUTTAL.
00:41:27>> WELL, THE CONGRESSMAN IS NOT
00:41:30IMITATING ME, HE DOES NOT
00:41:33SUPPORT MEDICARE FOR ALL. WE HAVE A FUNDAMENTALLY BROKEN
00:41:36HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. WE ARE RUNNING A SICK CARE
00:41:40SYSTEM, NOT A HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IN THIS COUNTRY. THE ONLY WAY TO FIX IT IS TO
00:41:43MOVE TO MEDICARE FOR ALL TO MAKE
00:41:46SURE THAT EVERYONE GETS THE AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE THAT THEY
00:41:50DESERVE FOR THEIR FAMILY. HEALTH IS THE FIRST WEALTH, OUR
00:41:53GREAT POET RALPH WALDO EMERSON ONCE SAID.
00:41:57>> OUR NEXT QUESTION IS FOR BOTH CANDIDATES.
00:42:02IN MASSACHUSETTS WE HAVE SEEN PEOPLE WITH VALID WORK PERMITS
00:42:05IN PENDING IMMIGRATION CASES DETAINED.
00:42:08IF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY REGAINS CONTROL OF THE SENATE, WHAT
00:42:11SPECIFIC LEGISLATION WOULD YOU ADVANCE TO GUARANTEE
00:42:14TRANSPARENCY AND DUE PROCESS? SENATOR MARKEY?
00:42:18>> YEAH. WE HAVE A CRISIS ACROSS
00:42:23MASSACHUSETTS IN OUR COUNTRY RIGHT NOW.
00:42:25ICE AGENTS ARE DESCENDING UPON
00:42:29OUR COMMUNITIES AND JUST GRABBING PEOPLE WHO HAVE
00:42:32LEGITIMATE WORK PERMITS. I SAW THAT UP IN BIDDEFORD,
00:42:36MAINE, AFTER MR. GUERRERO WAS MURDERED BY ICE AGENTS JUST TWO
00:42:40WEEKS AGO.
00:42:41WE HAVE TO GUARANTEE LAWFUL IN
00:42:47LEGAL PROTECTIONS TO THOSE WORKERS IN OUR NURSING HOMES,
00:42:51CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, RESTAURANTS. THEY HAVE WORK PERMITS THAT ARE
00:42:55LEGAL AND AGAIN THAT'S WHY I
00:42:56HAVE A $100 MILLION PROGRAM TO
00:42:59MAKE SURE THEY GET THE LEGAL PROTECTIONS THAT THEY NEED SO
00:43:02THEY CAN CONTINUE TO WORK LEGALLY HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.
00:43:05>> WE WILL LEAVE IT THERE.
00:43:08CONGRESSMAN, WHAT SPECIFIC LEGISLATION WOULD YOU ADVANCE?
00:43:11>> I WANT TO BE CLEAR I HAVE A THREE POINT IMMIGRATION PROGRAM.
00:43:14NUMBER ONE, PROSECUTE ICE FOR
00:43:18VIOLATING THE LAW, THEY NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
00:43:23NUMBER TWO, CREATE AN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM THAT INCENTIVIZES PEOPLE TO COME HERE LEGALLY, NOT ILLEGALLY.
00:43:28MY OFFICE HAS ONE FIVE BACK --
00:43:33FIVE AWARDS FOR IMMIGRATION IN THIS COUNTRY.
00:43:38BUT IT WAS HARDER FOR THEM TO GO THROUGH THE BUREAUCRACY THAT
00:43:41OFTEN IS TO COME ACROSS THE BORDER. THREE, WE NEED A PATHWAY TO
00:43:46CITIZENSHIP FOR EVERYONE HERE. IT'S ALSO WHY I PUT FORWARD THE
00:43:50GNOME ACT, APPROPRIATELY NAMED,
00:43:52TO RESTORE THE RIGHT TO
00:43:55PROSECUTE FEDERAL OFFICIALS FOR VIOLATING THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF PEOPLE THE WAY THAT LOCAL
00:43:59OFFICIALS CAN BE PROSECUTED TODAY. >> THANK YOU.
00:44:03THIS QUESTION IS FOR BOTH OF YOU AND WE HEARD THIS TOPIC OVER AND
00:44:06OVER AGAIN WHEN WE ASKED VIEWERS TO REACH OUT TO US.
00:44:10CONGRESSMAN, DO IDENTIFY AS A PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRAT?
00:44:14WHY OR WHY NOT? >> I DO.
00:44:18PROGRESSIVE MEANS PROGRESS. I PUT FORWARD ONE OF THE MOST PROGRESSIVE AFFORDABILITY
00:44:22AGENDAS OF ANYONE IN CONGRESS TODAY, PLANTING THE FLAG IN THE
00:44:25GROUND TO SAY THAT HOUSING,
00:44:28HEALTH CARE, AND EDUCATION OR HUMAN RIGHTS. I VOTED FOR MANY BILLS TO DO
00:44:33THIS AND I TALKED ABOUT TUITION
00:44:35FASTER TO GET AROUND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.
00:44:38I MEAN, THINK ABOUT IT, LIVING
00:44:41IN SALEM TODAY, MY WIFE COULD NOT WORK ON THE SOUTH SHORE OR
00:44:44OUT WEST BECAUSE YOU JUST LITERALLY CANNOT GET THERE AT
00:44:46RUSH HOUR. THIS WILL DRAMATICALLY IMPROVE
00:44:50ACCESS TO HOUSING ACROSS THE STATE. WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE WE
00:44:53HAVE UNIVERSAL PRE-K. IT'S GOOD NOT ONLY FOR
00:44:57CHILDREN'S EDUCATION, IT'S GREAT FOR WORKING PARENTS AS WELL.
00:45:03AND BY THE WAY, WE PAY FOR IT
00:45:04BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE PAID FOR WITH A WEALTH TAX ON THE
00:45:08MEGA-MILLIONAIRE'S WHO NEED TO PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE.
00:45:11>> CONGRESSMAN, THANK YOU. SENATOR MARKEY, YOU IDENTIFY AS
00:45:14A PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRAT, WHY OR
00:45:18WHY NOT? >> I'M A PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRAT,
00:45:21THAT'S WHY BERNIE SANDERS,
00:45:24AYANNA PRESSLEY, THOSE WITH MORE
00:45:27AND HAVE ENDORSED ME IN THIS RACE. I AM THE PROGRESSIVE IN THIS
00:45:30RACE BECAUSE I SUPPORT MEDICARE FOR ALL. I BELIEVE IN UNIVERSAL HEALTH
00:45:35CARE PROVIDED THROUGH A MEDICARE FOR ALL SYSTEM.
00:45:38I BELIEVE IN THE GREEN NEW DEAL. I BELIEVE WE NEED TO HAVE AN
00:45:42ENERGY REVOLUTION OF WIND,
00:45:43SOLAR, ALL ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
00:45:47LOWER CASTE -- LOWER-COST GREENHOUSE GASES.
00:45:50UNION JOBS.
00:45:53I BELIEVE WE NEED TO TAX BILLIONAIRES AND MAKE SURE THAT
00:45:55FUNDING GOES TO CHILDCARE AND GOES TO THE EDUCATION OF KIDS IN
00:45:59OUR CITIES SO THEY GET THE SAME
00:46:03OPPORTUNITIES I RECEIVED IN ORDER TO BECOME A PART OF THE AMERICAN DREAMING.
00:46:08>> THANK. NEXT QUESTION COMES DIRECTLY
00:46:11FROM A BOSTON 25 NEWS VIEWER FOR BOTH OF YOU AS WELL.
00:46:15DO YOU BELIEVE THAT ISRAEL
00:46:19COMMITTED WAR CRIMES IN GAZA?
00:46:20SENATOR MARKEY, 45 SECONDS.
00:46:24>> YES, ISRAEL COMMITTED WAR CRIMES IN GAZA.
00:46:28THEY WERE DROPPING BOMBS ON
00:46:31ENTIRE CITY BLOCKS, DESTROYING HOSPITALS, DESTROYING SCHOOLS.
00:46:36THEY WERE, THEY WERE CREATING
00:46:40HUNGER AMONGST THOSE WHO WERE
00:46:42MOST VULNERABLE. BIBI NETANYAHU WAS BLOCKING THE
00:46:46FOOD FROM BEING ABLE TO BE SUPPLIED TO THEM.
00:46:50IT'S AN ATROCITY. WE SHOULD PROVIDE NO FURTHER
00:46:53MILITARY FUNDING FOR ISRAEL, FOR
00:46:56BIBI NETANYAHU.
00:46:58WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IS AN
00:47:00ABSOLUTE ATROCITY IN A WAR CRIME , AN INTERNATIONAL WAR CRIME, A
00:47:04CRIME AGAINST THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
00:47:08>> THAT'S HER TIME. CONGRESSMAN? >> IT'S AN ABSOLUTE MORAL
00:47:13TRAVESTY WHAT HAS GONE ON IN GAZA.
00:47:19THIS IS DEEPLY PERSONAL TO ME. I SPENT THREE YEARS ON THE
00:47:23GROUND IN THE MIDDLE EAST FIGHTING A WAR THAT SHOULD NOT
00:47:25HAVE BEEN FOUGHT THANKS TO THE VOTE OF PEOPLE IN CONGRESS LIKE
00:47:29SENATOR MARKEY. THAT IS WHY I HAVE REFUSED AIPAC
00:47:33SUPPORT AND RETURNED CONTRIBUTIONS IN THIS CAMPAIGN.
00:47:37THAT IS WHY I RECENTLY VOTED FOR
00:47:39THE MASSEY AMENDMENT, TO STOP 3.3 BILLION DOLLARS IN AMERICAN
00:47:43TAXPAYER FUNDING FOR ISRAELI WEAPONS. THAT'S WHY I HAVE SPOKEN OUT
00:47:48REPEATEDLY, USING MY CREDIBILITY FROM MY TIME IN THE MIDDLE EAST,
00:47:51AGAINST WHAT PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU IS DOING IS ONE OF THE
00:47:54FIRST IN CONGRESS TO CALL FOR HIM TO RESIGN.
00:47:58>> THANK YOU, THAT IS YOUR TIME. >> THE NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM
00:48:02A GBH LISTENER. CONGRESSMAN MOULTON, BUT DO YOU
00:48:05SUPPORT OR OPPOSE THAT YOU BELIEVE YOUR OPPONENT DOES NOT?
00:48:11>> WELL, THE FIRST VOTE I TAKE
00:48:13IN THE U.S. SENATE WILL BE NOT
00:48:16FOR SENATOR SCHUMER. WE NEED NEW LEADERSHIP AT THE TOP AS WELL.
00:48:22I WILL ALSO NOT VOTE TO SUPPORT
00:48:28TRUNK NOMINEES. THE SENATOR VOTED FOR 60 ONE TRUNK NOMINEES, INCLUDING
00:48:32SECRETARY RUBIO.
00:48:34SENATOR, YOU SERVED FOUR YEARS
00:48:36WITH SENATOR REED -- RUBIO. THE GUY IS A SNAKE, HOW COULD
00:48:40YOU VOTE TO SEND HIM TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT?
00:48:42LOOK AT WHAT HE IS DOING TO OUR SERVICE MEMBERS WHO HAVE TO GO
00:48:46FIGHT HIS WARS? I WON'T TAKE VOTES LIKE THAT AT
00:48:50ALL. I WILL ALSO NOT VIOLATE PLEDGES
00:48:52I HAVE MADE TO THE VOTERS OF MASSACHUSETTS, LIKE THE SENATOR
00:48:56HAS WITH HIS FOSSIL FUEL PLEDGE THAT HE HAS REPEATEDLY VIOLATED.
00:49:02HE VIOLATED THAT IN HIS LAST CAMPAIGN, TAKING LOBBYIST MONEY.
00:49:06HE WAS FORCED TO RETURN IT IN THEN HE WENT BACK TO THE SAME
00:49:08DONORS AND TOOK IT AGAIN. >> CONGRESSMAN?
00:49:12SENATOR MARKEY, WHAT'S SOMETHING
00:49:13YOU BELIEVE YOU OPPOSE THAT
00:49:19CONGRESSMAN MOULTON DOES NOT. >> FIRST I WOULD SAY I REJECT ALL FOSSIL FUEL MONEY.
00:49:25CONGRESSMAN MOULTON KNOWS THAT. IN TERMS OF SNAKES?
00:49:29PETE HEGSETH IS A WAR CRIMINAL
00:49:32AND CONGRESSMAN MOULTON VOTED
00:49:35FOR A $1 TRILLION BUDGET FOR THE
00:49:38WAR IN VIETNAM -- ENRON AFTER,
00:49:41AFTER HEGSETH MADE IT CLEAR WHAT HIS INTENTIONS WERE.
00:49:46SO, THIS IS ALL KIND OF A RED HERRING.
00:49:49SO MANY RED HERRINGS. DO WE NEED AN AQUARIUM?
00:49:52IT'S JUST NOT ACCURATE. WANT A BIG DIFFERENCE?
00:49:56MEDICARE FOR ALL. HEALTH AS THE FIRST WEALTH.
00:50:00IT GOES TO WHETHER OR NOT EVERY FAMILY IN AMERICA CAN HAVE
00:50:02AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE. BERNIE SANDERS AND I WANT
00:50:06MEDICARE FOR ALL, CONGRESSMAN MOULTON DOES NOT.
00:50:10>> WE BOTH SUPPORT UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE. >> MEDICARE FOR ALL.
00:50:14>> ANOTHER QUESTION HERE FROM A VIEWER. WE GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM
00:50:17VIEWERS, WHICH IS AWESOME. HOW LONG IS TOO LONG TO SUPPORT
00:50:21PUMP -- HOLD PUBLIC OFFICE. DO YOU SUPPORT TERM LIMITS?
00:50:25IF SO, WHAT ARE THEY?
00:50:28>> WELL, WE HAVE TERM LIMITS, THEY ARE CALLED ELECTIONS.
00:50:32WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE COMING UP IN FOUR WEEKS.
00:50:36ELECTIONS ARE ALWAYS ABOUT THE FUTURE. AGAIN, THE VOTERS ARE GOING TO
00:50:39HAVE TO DECIDE. CONGRESSMAN MOULTON, I'M GOING
00:50:43TO KEEP COMING BACK TO THIS, USE HIS SERVICE ON THE ARMED
00:50:46SERVICES COMMITTEE TO ENRICH
00:50:50HIMSELF TO THE TUNE OF MILLIONS
00:50:51OF DOLLARS BY HAVING COMPANIES
00:50:54GIVE HIM ACCESS TO EARLY
00:50:58INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES, ENRICHING HIM, ENRICHING THOSE
00:51:02COMPANIES, AND HE VOTED FOR THOSE BLOATED DEFENSE BUDGETS.
00:51:09PUBLIC SERVICE IS A TRUST.
00:51:12THIS ISN'T CELL SERVICE, ITS PUBLIC SERVICE.
00:51:16THAT'S WITH THE TEST SHOULD BE. >> DO YOU SUPPORT TERM LIMITS?
00:51:19>> I DO. I WOULD ANSWER THE QUESTION
00:51:23STRAIGHT UP. I SUPPORT THEM BECAUSE I THINK
00:51:24TOO MANY PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON ARE CLINGING TO POWER FOR TOO
00:51:28LONG AND FRANKLY, RUNNING ELECTIONS NOT BASED ON A 50 YEAR
00:51:33RECORD BUT ON ALLEGATIONS THAT ARE COMPLETELY FALSE AGAINST YOUR OPPONENT, LIKE THE
00:51:37ALLEGATION THAT HE AGAIN LEVELED WHEN MY FAMILY HAS BEEN UP
00:51:41COMPLETELY ABOVE THE BOARD AND ON TOP OF THAT HAVE DISCLOSED EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE WHILE THE
00:51:46SENATOR REFUSES TO DISCLOSE HIS TAXES.
00:51:48ON TOP OF THAT WE NEED TO HAVE AN HONEST DISCUSSION ABOUT AGE LIMITS.
00:51:52WE HAVE SEEN WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS WITH
00:51:56SENATOR GRAHAM AND SENATOR MCCONNELL.
00:51:58WE CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE A VOTE
00:52:00TO TRUMP INDYMAC OF REPUBLICANS THAT MIGHT RESULT IN ANOTHER CONSERVATIVE SUPREME COURT
00:52:04JUSTICE BECAUSE A SENATOR MISSES
00:52:08A VOTE DUE TO A HEALTH REASON. >> THAT'S YOUR TIME.
00:52:12>> ANOTHER QUESTION FOR A LIST -- FROM A LISTENER IT IS FOR
00:52:15BOTH CANDIDATES. WHAT'S WON BOTH THE YOU TOOK THAT YOU WISH YOU COULD HAVE BACK?
00:52:21>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
00:52:24>> YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO SAY THAT EARLIER, BUT THAT'S OK. [LAUGHTER]
00:52:29>> GREAT QUESTIONS, THEY ARE ALL GREAT QUESTIONS.
00:52:32LOOK, I VOTE WITH MY CONSCIENCE. YOU KNOW, EVERY SINGLE DAY.
00:52:36I HAVE TAKEN VOTES THAT HAVE BEEN POLITICALLY UNPOPULAR.
00:52:40I TOOK A VOTE THAT THE SENATOR ATTACKED ME FOR, FOR EXAMPLE,
00:52:43SAYING I THANKED ICE, AND ABSURD
00:52:46ALLEGATION BECAUSE IT WAS A VOTE TO CONDEMN A HATE CRIME WHERE
00:52:50THEY SET A MAN ON FIRE.
00:52:52SOME PEOPLE MIGHT SAY DO YOU
00:52:56REGRET THAT VOTE BECAUSE THE SENATOR IS RUNNING FALSE ADS
00:52:57AGAINST YOU THAT NUMEROUS FACT CHECK ORGANIZATIONS HAVE
00:53:01DISCOVERED ARE WRONG AND FALSE?
00:53:04NO, I'M ALWAYS GOING TO CONDEMN HATE CRIMES IN I'M ALWAYS GOING
00:53:07TO BE ABLE TO GO TO SLEEP AT NIGHT BECAUSE I THINK I HAVE DONE THE RIGHT THING FOR MY
00:53:11COUNTRY AND MY KIDS. FIVE SENATOR MARKEY?
00:53:16>> YES, I WISH I HAD NOT VOTED FOR NAFTA IN 1993.
00:53:20THAT WAS A MISTAKE. THERE WERE NOT ENVIRONMENTAL AND
00:53:23LABOR SAFEGUARDS. I LEARNED THAT LESSON.
00:53:26THAT'S WHY I VOTED AGAINST A TRADE DEAL WITH CHINA.
00:53:29A TRADE DEAL WITH COUNTRIES ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
00:53:32I HAVE NOW COME TO THE
00:53:34CONCLUSION THAT THOSE TRADE
00:53:38DEALS GET EXPLOITED. THEY WIND UP WITH WORKERS PAYING THE PRICE.
00:53:42THEY WIND UP WITH FAMILIES LOSING THEIR JOBS.
00:53:45SO, I'VE BEEN ENDORSED BY THE
00:53:47AFL-CIO IN THIS RACE, BECAUSE THEY KNOW I UNDERSTAND THAT
00:53:51THEIR JOBS ARE DEPENDENT UPON FAIR TRADE.
00:53:56WHEN THESE TRADE DEALS GO AWRY,
00:53:57THEIR FAMILIES PAY THE PRICE IN THOSE ARE THE FAMILIES I STAND
00:54:01UP FOR AND THAT'S WHY THE AFL-CIO HAS MY BACK AND THIS
00:54:05RACE. >> SENATOR MARKEY, STAYING WITH YOU FOR JUST A MOMENT.
00:54:10WHAT WAS YOUR SIGNATURE LEGISLATIVE ACHIEVEMENT AND WHEN WAS IT PASSED?
00:54:14>> I WOULD SAY IT WAS IN 2022,
00:54:18JUST FOUR YEARS AGO, WHEN I WAS
00:54:19ABLE TO CREATE A CLIMATE BANK OF
00:54:24$20 MILLION UNLEASHING $150
00:54:26BILLION IN CLEAN ENERGY MONEY
00:54:30COMING TO COMMUNITIES ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS, BRINGING
00:54:34THOUSANDS OF JOBS AND REDUCING
00:54:35HOUSE GASES THAT ARE ENDANGERING
00:54:39OUR COASTLINE AND FAMILIES ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH.
00:54:43ALSO IN THAT LEGISLATION, $60
00:54:44MILLION WORTH OF ENVIRONMENTAL
00:54:48JUSTICE FUNDING FOR BROCKTON, BOSTON, WIN, SPRINGFIELD,
00:54:52COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH.
00:54:56SIMULTANEOUSLY THE TAX BREAKS FOR WIND AND SOLAR.
00:54:59>> THAT IS YOUR TIME. CONGRESSMAN, YOU HAVE 45 SECONDS.
00:55:06>> NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH HOTLINE, SAVING THOUSANDS OF
00:55:10LIVES EVERY SINGLE MONTH. I PASSED IT AFTER BECOMING THE
00:55:14FIRST MEMBER OF CONGRESS, SITTING MEMBER OF CONGRESS, TO
00:55:17TALK ABOUT MY MENTAL HEALTH
00:55:19STRUGGLES WHEN I TALKED ABOUT POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS AFTER A RACK.
00:55:24I'VE NEVER BEEN MORE HONORED THAN TO TRAVEL AROUND THE
00:55:26COUNTRY AND HAVE PEOPLE COME UP
00:55:29ALL OVER THE PLACE AND SAY SETH, THANK YOU FOR SHARING THE STORY,
00:55:32IT HAS ENABLED ME AND MY FAMILY
00:55:35TO TALK ABOUT OUR MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLES.
00:55:39THAT ONE BILL HAS REDUCED TEEN
00:55:40SUICIDE BY 11% ON ITS OWN.
00:55:43IT HAS SEVERAL OPTIONS FOR
00:55:47VETERANS AND THE LGBT YOUTH
00:55:48TRUMP IS TRYING TO TAKE AWAY, WE
00:55:52ARE WORKING IN A BIPARTISAN COALITION TO RESTORE IT. THAT LEGISLATION IS SAVING
00:55:55THOUSANDS OF LIVES AND I'M PROUD OF IT.
00:55:59>> WE ARE ALMOST OUT OF TIME, IF
00:56:02YOU WOULD HUMOR ME WE ARE GOING TO DO A QUICK LIGHTNING ROUND.
00:56:06WHO SHOULD THE NEXT TOP DEMOCRAT IN THE SENATE BE?
00:56:10>> IT SHOULD NOT BE CHUCK SCHUMER.
00:56:12I HAVE MADE A PROMISE THAT UNTIL I GET THERE, I WON'T SAY WHO I
00:56:15HAVE IN MIND. >> WE NEED A BIG DEBATE ABOUT
00:56:18NEW LEADERSHIP IN THE SENATE, THE DIRECTION OF THE SENATE.
00:56:22WE NEED THAT DEBATE ABOUT NEW LEADERSHIP.
00:56:25>> WOULD YOU SUPPORT ANOTHER GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN TO ACHIEVE
00:56:28DEMOCRATIC VICTORIES OR BLOCK THE TRUMP AGENDA?
00:56:31>> ABSOLUTELY. I SUPPORTED THE GOVERNMENT
00:56:35SHUTDOWN LAST YEAR TO PROTECT THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND I
00:56:37WOULD SUPPORT ANOTHER ONE.
00:56:42>> ABSOLUTELY. IF YOU THINK THE DEMOCRATS IN THE SENATE ARE FIGHTING HARD
00:56:46ENOUGH AGAINST THE REPUBLICANS,
00:56:48VOTE FOR THE STATUS QUO. IF YOU DON'T, VOTE FOR NEW
00:56:53LEADERSHIP. >> THAT'S YOUR TIME. I APPRECIATE YOU BOTH.
00:56:5847 -- 45 SECONDS.
00:56:59CONGRESSMAN MOULTON, YOU GO
00:57:03FIRST. >> YOU'VE HEARD TWO DIFFERENT VISIONS FOR MASSACHUSETTS TONIGHT.
00:57:07ONE IS DEEPLY INVOLVED IN THE
00:57:10TRUMP STYLE ATTACKING OF AN
00:57:12OPPONENT TO WIN AN ELECTION OF DISMANTLING THE RECORD.
00:57:16AND YOU HAVE SEEN A POSITIVE VISION FOR THE FUTURE.
00:57:21REALITY IS? CHANGE WASHINGTON AND WITH
00:57:24RESPECT TO THE SENATOR PLUS 50 YEARS OF SERVICE, THERE COMES A
00:57:27TIME TO PASS THE TORCH AND THERE IS NO BETTER TIME FOR THAT THEN
00:57:33NOW. HAPPY WITH THE STATUS QUO? VOTE FOR THE SENATOR.
00:57:37IF YOU BELIEVE IN A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERSHIP WITH
00:57:39BOLD IDEAS TO TAKE MASSACHUSETTS
00:57:42FORWARD AND FIGHT HARDER AGAINST
00:57:43TRUMP AND MAGA REPUBLICANS, I
00:57:46ASK FOR YOUR VOTE. >> THANK YOU. SENATOR MARKEY, YOUR TURN.
00:57:50>> THERE IS A CLEAR CHOICE AND ITS WHO WILL FIGHT HARDEST FOR
00:57:54YOUR FAMILIES.
00:57:57I'M PARTNERING WITH ELIZABETH WARREN AND BERNIE SANDERS.
00:57:59THAT'S WHY THEY ARE ENDORSING
00:58:03ME, FIGHTING FOR LOWER HEALTH CARE COSTS, LOWER ELECTRICITY
00:58:07RISKS, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S
00:58:14AVAILABLE IN OUR NATION. THAT'S THE PROGRESSIVE AGENDA TODAY.
00:58:18CONGRESSMAN MOULTON, I DON'T BENEFIT FROM SWEETHEART PRIVATE
00:58:22EQUITY DEALS ON THE COMMITTEES I SERVED ON. I WILL NEVER DO THAT.
00:58:28THAT'S WHAT CONGRESSMAN MOULTON
00:58:29REPRESENTS WITH HIS 350,000 DOLLARS OF CORPORATE PACK MONEY
00:58:33THAT HE'S RECEIVED. IT'S A CLEAR CHOICE AND I ASK FOR YOUR VOTE.
00:58:38>> THANK YOU BOTH FOR THE SPIRITED DEBATE TONIGHT, THANK
00:58:41YOU FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE AT HOME, ON THEIR
00:58:45CELL PHONES, WARY -- WHEREVER
00:58:48YOU ARE WATCHING THIS RIGHT NOW.
00:58:52I'M CARRIE KAVANAUGH ON BEHALF OF ADAM RILEY.
00:58:54THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT FOR THIS IMPORTANT CONVERSATION.
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00:59:04FLEX EVERY SEAT IN THE U.S. HOUSE IS FOR GRABS, ALONG WITH
00:59:0733 SENATE RACES. THE OUTCOME OF BOTH COULD
00:59:11RESHAPE THE BALANCE OF POWER IN WASHINGTON.
00:59:14VOTERS WILL ALSO DECIDE 36 GUBERNATORIAL CONTESTS.
00:59:18FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL TO
00:59:19ELECTION NIGHT, FOLLOW CAMPAIGN 2026 ON THE C-SPAN NETWORKS.
00:59:25C-SPAN, BRINGING YOU DEMOCRACY UNFILTERED.
00:59:29>> FRIDAY ON "CEASEFIRE," BIPARTISAN DISCUSSION ON THE
00:59:32U.S. WAR WITH IRAN FEATURING
00:59:38DASHA BURNS AS HOST.
00:59:40THEY WILL DISCUSS THE ECONOMY
00:59:44AND THE BATTLE FOR CONGRESS TERMS.
00:59:47WATCH OUT CEASEFIRE," ONLY ON C-SPAN.
00:59:56>> WATCH "AMERICA'S," HE SPENDS
01:00:00BOLD ORIGINAL SERIES, WITH OUR GUESTS, BEST-SELLING AUTHOR
01:00:04HEATHER COX RICHARDSON, AT
01:00:08BOSTON COLLEGE, HER BOOKS SPAN THE SUBJECTS OF THE GILDED AGE,
01:00:11CIVIL WAR, RECONSTRUCTION, THE AMERICAN WEST, AND HISTORY OF
01:00:16THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
01:00:22-- HER NEWSLETTER REACHES 6 MILLION LEADERS. SHE JOINS OUR HOST, DAVID
01:00:27RUBENSTEIN. QUICK SOME PEOPLE WRITING ABOUT THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR SAID THAT
01:00:31THE INDISPENSABLE PERSON WAS GEORGE WASHINGTON AND THAT IF HE
01:00:35HADN'T BEEN THE GENERAL WE WOULD HAVE LOST THE WAR AND SO FORTH.
01:00:38DO YOU AGREE?
01:00:40>> IN TERMS OF HIS IDEOLOGY, THE PERSON HE WAS, AND HIS
01:00:45WILLINGNESS TO WALK AWAY FROM POWER?
01:00:48THAT WAS EXTRAORDINARY. I TELL MY STUDENTS THAT AMERICA
01:00:50HAS LUCKED OUT A NUMBER OF TIMES
01:00:53AND THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME. WALKING AWAY FROM THE ARMY
01:00:57FIRST, WHICH IS WHY THAT'S IN THE ROTUNDA OF THE CAPITAL, AND
01:01:01THEN WALKING AWAY FROM THE PRESIDENCY, THAT'S EXTRAORDINARY
01:01:05. >> WATCH "AMERICA'S BOOK CLUB," SUNDAY AT 6 P.M. AND 9 P.M.
01:01:09EASTERN AND PACIFIC, ONLY ON C-SPAN.
01:01:23>> NEXT, GEORGIA DEMOCRATIC
01:01:25GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE TEACH
01:01:27ALLIANCE BOTTOMS -- KEISHA LANCE
01:01:34BOTTOMS TOOK QUESTIONS ON THE PEACH STATE AND HER REPUBLICAN
01:01:37OPPONENT, RICK JACKSON.
01:01:39THE NONPARTISAN POLITICAL REPORT
01:01:42HAS THIS RACE LISTED AS A TOSSUP IN THE GENERAL.
01:01:50>> COUGH DROP.
01:01:52>> IN FOR YOU. YES. OR CHEW