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00:01:18ALONGSIDE MY CO-MODERATOR. WE WELCOME OUR VIEWERS AND
00:01:22LISTENERS FROM ACROSS THE STATE, FROM SO MANY OF YOU AS WE ARE PREPARING FOR THIS DEBATE.
00:01:26AND HELLO TO OUR CANDIDATES,
00:01:29SENATOR ED MARKEY, CONGRESSMAN SETH MOULTON. THANK YOU FOR AGREEING TO TAKE
00:01:33PART IN THIS IMPORTANT CONVERSATION TONIGHT. >> EACH CANDIDATE WILL HAVE A
00:01:37CHANCE TO DELIVER OPENING REMARKS, MOVE THROUGH A SERIES
00:01:40OF QUESTIONS, SOME OF WHICH COME DIRECTLY FROM OUR VIEWERS,
00:01:44LISTENERS, AND MEDIA PARTNERS.
00:01:47EACH CANDIDATE WILL HAVE 45
00:01:50SECONDS TO ANSWER, FOLLOWED BY A 30 SECOND REBUTTAL.
00:01:54WE CONCLUDE WITH A 45 SECOND CLOSING REMARKS.
00:01:57>> COIN TOSSES WHO GETS THE OPENING.
00:02:01LET'S BEGIN WITH SENATOR MARKEY. YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS.
00:02:05>> THANK YOU. THERE IS A CLEAR CHOICE IN THIS
00:02:09ELECTION.
00:02:12ABOUT WHO IS GOING TO FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS FAMILIES.
00:02:18I BELIEVE IN BERNIE SANDERS MEDICARE FOR ALL, I BELIEVE WE HAD TO TEXT MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES.
00:02:41>> TO THE PEOPLE OF
00:02:43MASSACHUSETTS, I SHARE YOUR FRUSTRATION.
00:02:45WASHINGTON IS BROKEN AND I'M FED UP WITH POLITICIANS CLINGING TO
00:02:49POWER WHILE WORKING FAMILIES CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE.
00:02:51I WANT TO BE CLEAR, I'M NOT RUNNING AGAINST ED MARKEY
00:02:54BECAUSE I OPPOSE HIS POLICIES. IN FACT, WE AGREE ON MOST THINGS.
00:02:58I'M RUNNING AGAINST A WASHINGTON ESTABLISHMENT THAT PUTS PERSONAL POWER OVER PUBLIC SERVICE THAT
00:03:02HAS BEEN TOO WEAK TO STAND UP TO THE FASCIST TRUMP AGENDA.
00:03:05I BELIEVE IN CERTAIN LEADERSHIP WHERE WORK FOR YOU, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
00:03:09I BELIEVE A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERSHIP. THAT IS WHY I'M RUNNING FOR SENATE.
00:03:14>> OUR FIRST QUESTION IS FOR BOTH CANDIDATES.
00:03:17IN POLL AFTER POLL, MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENTS CITING
00:03:20COST OF COST AFFORDABILITY AT THE TOP OF THEIR CONCERNS. FOR SO MANY PEOPLE WATCHING AND
00:03:24LISTENING TO THE DEBATE RIGHT NOW, IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING
00:03:28DIFFICULT FINANCIAL DECISIONS, WHAT AS A U.S. SENATOR ARE YOU
00:03:32GOING TO DO TO HELP?
00:03:34>> I PUT FORWARD A VERY AGGRESSIVE AFFORDABILITY AGENDA
00:03:38BECAUSE IT CLAIMS THE FLAG IN THE GROUND AND SAYS HOUSING, HEALTH CARE, AND EDUCATION
00:03:42SHOULD BE HUMAN RIGHTS. THAT SHOULD BE OUR THREE FOR 30
00:03:46IN RESPONSE TO REPUBLICANS PROJECT 2025.
00:03:49WE GET THERE BY DOING THINGS
00:03:51LIKE BANNING PRIVATE EQUITY, FROM BUYING UP SINGLE-FAMILY
00:03:54HOMES, INVESTING IN A TRANSFORMATIONAL REGIONAL RAIL
00:03:58AGENDA TO MAKE IT FASTER THAN DRIVING TO GET ALL AROUND
00:04:02EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. BY HAVING UNIVERSAL PRE-K.
00:04:06MAKING SURE EDUCATIONAL VOCATIONAL OFFER THROUGH -- OPPORTUNITIES EXIST FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.
00:04:11AND SENATOR MARKEY AGREES HEALTH
00:04:13CARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT. EVERYBODY IN AMERICA SHOULD HAVE HEALTH CARE.
00:04:17>> CONGRESSMAN, THANK YOU.
00:04:20>> WE HAVE A HOUSING CRISIS IN MASSACHUSETTS.
00:04:24SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN PROPOSED AND HISTORIC HOUSING BILL.
00:04:28I STOOD SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH HER.
00:04:31WHEN THE VOTE CAME UP ON THE
00:04:34FLOOR IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, CONGRESSMAN MOULTON STAYED UP HERE TO
00:04:38CAMPAIGN FOR THE SENATE RATHER THAN GOING TO THE FLOOR OF THE
00:04:43HOUSE TO VOTE FOR THAT HISTORIC HOUSING BILL.
00:04:49MOREOVER, HE VOTED FOR TRUMP'S ONE TRILLION DOLLAR DEFENSE
00:04:52BUDGET, WHICH HE USED TO COMMENCE THE WAR IN IRAN.
00:04:55THERE IS AN ENERGY CRISIS IN MASSACHUSETTS.
00:04:59ELECTRICITY BILLS, ENERGY BILLS, GROCERY PRICES FOR EVERY SINGLE
00:05:02FAMILY IN MASSACHUSETTS, THAT WAS AVOIDABLE.
00:05:06THE CONGRESSMEN SUPPORTED THAT DEFENSE.
00:05:10>> LET'S BE CLEAR, I VOTED
00:05:13AGAINST THIS YEAR'S DEFENSE BILL THAT IS ACTUALLY FUNDING THE WAR IN IRAN.
00:05:16I WILL NEVER VOTE FOR WARS IN THE MIDDLE EAST THAT ARE
00:05:20UNNECESSARY, BECAUSE I HAVE FOUGHT THEM. SENATOR MARKEY WAS ONE OF THE
00:05:24PEOPLE WHO VOTED TO SEND ME AND THOUSANDS OF OTHER AMERICANS TO
00:05:27IRAQ FOR A WAR THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN FOUGHT.
00:05:30THAT IS WHY THIS IS DEEPLY PERSONAL TO ME. THAT IS WHY IT MATTERS.
00:05:34I VOTED FOR THE HOUSING BILL THE FIRST TIME IT CAME BEFORE THE HOUSE, I SUPPORT THAT
00:05:37LEGISLATION AS WELL. >> AGAIN, HE DID NOT VOTE ON THE
00:05:42HOUSING BILL -- ON THE HOUSE FOR
00:05:46ONE PASSAGE WAS COMING UP.
00:05:47THE WAR IN IRAN STARTED LAST
00:05:51JUNE WHEN DONALD TRUMP BOMBED IT AROUND. SIX MONTHS LATER.
00:05:56HE VOTED FOR THE $1 TRILLION
00:05:59BUDGET THAT HE AND SECRETARY OF WAR PETE HEGSETH WERE LOOKING FOR.
00:06:02THAT IS THE MONEY BEING USED.
00:06:05VENEZUELA, GREENLAND, CUBA, THAT
00:06:07IS WHAT IS CAUSING THE PRICES IN OUR COUNTRY.
00:06:12>> I HAVE SEEN AMERICANS LOSE THEIR LIVES BECAUSE OF YOUR VOTE
00:06:16TO SEND US TO WAR IN IRAQ.
00:06:20DO NOT QUESTION MY COMMITMENT TO PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. >> YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE VOTED FOR
00:06:25THE TRILLION DOLLARS --
00:06:30>> SENATOR MARKEY, YOU COMMITTED TO NOT SEEKING ANOTHER TERM AFTER THIS ONE.
00:06:35SHOULD YOU WIN, WHAT WOULD YOU DO IN THE EVENT YOU COULD NO LONGER EFFECTIVELY SERVE?
00:06:40>> AS I MADE VERY CLEAR, I WOULD STEP DOWN.
00:06:46CONGRESSMAN MOULTON SHOULD STEP DOWN. ANY REPUBLICAN OFFICIAL SHOULD
00:06:50STEP DOWN IF THEY CANNOT SERVE. THAT IS A RESPONSIBILITY.
00:06:55IT IS NOT A PUBLIC SERVICE OR SELF-SERVICE.
00:06:59YOU HAVE TO SERVE THE PUBLIC. THAT IS ONE OF THE REAL
00:07:03DISTINCTIONS I HAVE WITH THE CONGRESSMAN.
00:07:06IN HIS SERVICE ON THE SERVICES COMMITTEE, HE'S BEEN GIVEN AN
00:07:10OPPORTUNITY BY HIS DEFENSE
00:07:13COMPANY FRIENDS TO INVEST IN
00:07:14PRIVATE EQUITY, SWEETHEART DEALS
00:07:18THAT HAS ENRICHED HIMSELF AND
00:07:22THOSE COMPANIES. THAT SHOULD BE ILLEGAL.
00:07:26>> THAT HIS TIME, WE WILL RETURN
00:07:28TO THAT TOPIC LATER IN THE DEBATE.
00:07:32CONGRESSMAN, YOUR CAMPAIGN HAS
00:07:33BEEN CRITICIZED BY SOME AS BEING
00:07:37A JUST. IF SENATOR MARKEY WERE 65 YEARS
00:07:40OLD, WOULD YOU STILL BE IN THIS RACE?
00:07:42>> THE QUESTION BEFORE US IS WHETHER AT 80 YEARS OLD HE
00:07:46SHOULD SERVE FOR ANOTHER SIX
00:07:48YEARS, AND PEOPLE OUGHT TO ASK WHAT ARE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH IN
00:07:51THE NEXT SIX YEARS, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IT
00:07:55IN THE LAST 50. THE WASHINGTON ESTABLISHMENT IS BROKEN.
00:07:59IF YOU ARE HONESTLY HAPPY WITH THE STATUS QUO, IF YOU THINK THE DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT IS
00:08:04WINNING, IF YOU THINK IT IS FINE
00:08:07THE DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT HAS ALLOWED A SECOND TERM OF DONALD TRUMP, VOTE FOR THE STATUS QUO.
00:08:12IF YOU THINK WE OUGHT TO HAVE AN HONEST DISCUSSION ABOUT THE
00:08:14FUTURE OF OUR POLITICS, AN HONEST DISCUSSION ABOUT OUR
00:08:18HEALTH, I HAVE OFFERED TO
00:08:20DISCLOSE MY HEALTH RECORDS, THE SENATOR REFUSES.
00:08:24LIKE I HAVE DISCLOSED MY TAXES AND THE SENATOR HAS REFUSED TO
00:08:26DISCLOSE HALF OF HIS FAMILY'S WEALTH.
00:08:30>> IT IS ABOUT THE FUTURE. IT IS ABOUT MEDICARE FOR ALL.
00:08:36WHICH CONGRESSMAN MOULTON DOES NOT SUPPORT.
00:08:38THAT IS THE AGENDA FOR NEXT JANUARY AND FEBRUARY ON THE
00:08:41FLOOR OF THE U.S. SENATE. TO ENSURE WE ARE PROTECTING TRANS KIDS FROM DISCRIMINATION,
00:08:46WHICH THE CONGRESSMAN INSTEAD
00:08:48HAS THROWN MOST KIDS UNDER THE POLITICAL --
00:08:51THE TWO OF US IN TERMS OF THESE
00:08:55ISSUES IN THE FUTURE THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE. HE HAS A BACKWARDS LOOKING
00:08:59POLITICAL AGENDA. >> WE BOTH SUPPORT UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE.
00:09:03WHEN YOU WERE ELECTED LAST TIME, YOU PROMISED TO PASS MEDICARE FOR ALL.
00:09:06IT HAS NOT BEEN PASSED. >> WE ARE GOING TO COME TO HEALTH CARE AGAIN.
00:09:10OUR NEXT QUESTION FOR BOTH CANDIDATES.
00:09:14MASSACHUSETTS RATEPAYERS ARE PAYING SOME OF THE HIGHEST ENERGY COSTS IN THE COUNTRY.
00:09:18IF DEMOCRATS REGAIN CONTROL OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE IN THE
00:09:22MIDTERMS, WHAT IS THE BIGGEST STEP YOU CAN TAKE TO BRING DOWN UTILITY COSTS FOR US HERE?
00:09:29>> FIRST, WE HAVE TO END THE WAR IN IRAN.
00:09:30IT IS RESULTING IN SKYROCKETING ENERGY PRICES.
00:09:35THAT WAS UNAVOIDABLE WAR IF
00:09:38TRUMP DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY CONGRESSMAN MOULTON VOTED FOR.
00:09:41WE NEED TO RESTORE THE TAX BREAKS. THE WIND AND SOLAR.
00:09:45THAT I WAS ABLE TO PUT ON THE
00:09:47BOOKS IN THE 20 IRA, THE BIGGEST CLIMATE BILL IN HISTORY.
00:09:53WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND
00:09:54THE OFFSHORE WIND CONSTRUCTION
00:09:57IN MASSACHUSETTS, THAT WAS GOING
00:09:59TO PROVIDE 5000 NEW MEGAWATTS OF ELECTRICITY.
00:10:03THE WHOLE OF MASSACHUSETTS ON 13,000 MEGAWATTS A YEAR.
00:10:06BUT WE HAVE TO END THE WAR IN IRAN.
00:10:09THAT IS CASCADING THE ENERGY PRICE ONTO THE KITCHEN TABLE OF
00:10:12EVERY PERSON IN MASSACHUSETTS.
00:10:15WE HAVE TO EXPAND TO A RENEWABLE GREEN NEW DEAL REVOLUTION.
00:10:19>> CONGRESSMAN, WHAT WILL YOU DO
00:10:20TO BRING DOWN ENERGY COSTS? >> SENATOR MARKEY HAS BEEN A
00:10:24CHAMPION OF ENERGY POLICY FOR 50 YEARS.
00:10:27AND ENERGY BILLS HAVE ONLY GONE UP.
00:10:30HE IS RIGHT, THE FIRST THING WE SHOULD DO IS STOP THE WAR IN IRAN.
00:10:34I KNOW THAT PERSONALLY.
00:10:36THAT IS WHY WE SHOULD NOT VOTE FOR WARS IN THE MIDDLE EAST LIKE
00:10:40THE SENATOR DID WHEN HE WAS A CONGRESSMAN SUPPORTING THE WAR
00:10:44IN IRAQ. ANSWERING THE TOUGH QUESTIONS OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION,
00:10:47BELIEVING THEIR LIVES RATHER THAN STANDING UP TO THE ESTABLISHMENT.
00:10:52JUST LIKE SENATOR, YOU DID NOT STAND UP TO TRUMP. EVEN TO SENATOR SCHUMER WHEN HE
00:10:56ASKED YOU TO VOTE FOR 61 TRUMP
00:11:00NOMINEES, INCLUDING THE ARCHITECT OF ALL OF THESE WARS. >> CONGRESSMAN, DO YOU HAVE
00:11:04THOUGHTS ON HOW TO BRING DOWN -- >> ABSOLUTELY.
00:11:08THE FIRST THING I SAID WE'LL STOP THE WAR IN IRAN. THAT WOULD IMMEDIATELY BRING
00:11:12DOWN GAS PRICES. WE ALSO NEED TO HAVE MORE ELECTRICITY IN MASSACHUSETTS.
00:11:18RESTORING THE TAX CREDITS FOR WIND AND SOLAR.
00:11:21IT IS EXPANDING GREEN POWER ALL OVER THE STATE.
00:11:24IT IS A REAL SERIOUS COMMITMENT TO BRINGING DOWN ELECTRICITY
00:11:28PRICES AS PART OF ENERGY POLICY. THAT IS THE COMMITMENT I MAKE.
00:11:35>> IT WAS CONGRESSMAN MOULTON WHO DID NOT ASK TOUGH QUESTIONS.
00:11:38DONALD TRUMP BOMBED IRAN LAST SPRING.
00:11:43THERE WAS AN IMPEACHMENT MOTION BROUGHT ONTO THE HOUSE FLOOR
00:11:46BECAUSE OF THAT. SIX MONTHS LATER, TRUMP ASKED
00:11:50FOR $1 TRILLION FOR HIM AND SECRETARY OF WAR PETE HEGSETH.
00:11:57THAT IS A MONEY BEING USED.
00:12:00THE CONGRESSMAN DID NOT ASK THE TOUGH QUESTIONS, AND CONSUMERS
00:12:03AT THE KITCHEN TABLE ARE PAYING THE PRICE AND HIGHER ENERGY PRICES RIGHT NOW.
00:12:09>> IF ANYONE WANTS TO SEE WHEN
00:12:12PETE HEGSETH CAME BEFORE THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE AND
00:12:16MSNBC HELD UP AS A MODEL FOR HOW TO HOLD THE TRUMPET MINISTRATION
00:12:18ACCOUNTABLE, CHECK IT OUT ON MY WEBSITE.
00:12:22>> WE HAVE TO MOVE ON FROM THE LAST QUESTION.
00:12:25IN YOUR LAST DEBATE, YOU SAID
00:12:29WHEN YOU WERE ASKED ABOUT STUDENT ATHLETES WHO WERE TRANSGENDER, TO ANYONE OUT THERE
00:12:32LISTENING TONIGHT, ANYONE IN THE
00:12:35LGBTQ COMMUNITY OR ANYONE ELSE,
00:12:38I STAND WITH YOU BECAUSE I HAVE ALWAYS STOOD WITH YOU.
00:12:42THE LAST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, YOU SAID I HAVE TWO LITTLE
00:12:45GIRLS, I DON'T WANT THEM GETTING RUN OVER ON A PLAYING FIELD BY A
00:12:48MALE OR FORMALLY MALE ATHLETE.
00:12:51CONGRESSMAN MOULTON, WHICH IS IT?
00:12:54>> TO THE TRANS COMMUNITY,
00:12:57FEELING THE WEIGHT AND THE PAIN OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
00:13:00POLICIES, I DEEPLY RECOGNIZE YOUR TRAUMA.
00:13:05AND I'M SORRY IF MY COMMENTS HURT YOU. THAT WAS NOT MY INTENTION.
00:13:12I AM A PROUD COSPONSOR OF THE TRANSGENDER BILL OF RIGHTS,
00:13:15COSPONSOR OF THE QUALITY ACT,
00:13:17AND I HAVE A 100% VOTING RECORD
00:13:20WITH THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN.
00:13:23IF YOU WERE IN THE TRANS COMMUNITY OR A TRANS KID FEELING THE WEIGHT OF THE TRUMP
00:13:27ADMINISTRATION AND SUPREME
00:13:30COURT, YOU MATTER, YOU ARE VALUED, I WILL ALWAYS HAVE YOUR BACK.
00:13:35I WILL NOT VOTE FOR 61 TRUMP NOMINEES, INCLUDING MARCO RUBIO,
00:13:38LEADING THE CHARGE AGAINST TRANS
00:13:42KIDS, LIKE SENATOR MARKEY. >> WE WILL LEAVE IT THERE.
00:13:45>> AFTER THE 2020 FOUR ELECTION,
00:13:48THE DEMOCRATS LOST, THE CONGRESSMAN THEN BLAMED THE
00:13:51DEMOCRATIC PARTY, DEFENSE OF
00:13:55TRANS KID IS THE REASON WHY WE LOST.
00:13:58HE JUST TOOK THE WHOLE PLAYBOOK
00:14:02AND HE BLAMED THOSE KIDS FOR THE LOSS.
00:14:06HE THREW THEM UNDER THE POLITICAL BUS.
00:14:10WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN LOVING THOSE KIDS.
00:14:13THERE'S ONLY 12 TRANS ATHLETES ON THE WHOLE OF THE NCAA.
00:14:17WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN EMBRACING THEM. INSTEAD, WITH THE CONGRESSMAN
00:14:21DID WAS HE THREW THEM UNDER THE BUS. AND THREE WEEKS AGO, THE SUPREME
00:14:25COURT AGREED WITH HIM AND SAID
00:14:27THOSE KIDS ARE NOT ENTITLED TO
00:14:31CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS. MASSACHUSETTS HAS THOSE PROTECTIONS, WE HAVE TO FIGHT TO EXPAND THEM FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY.
00:14:35>> I MADE MY POSITION CLEAR, AND
00:14:38I THINK ALLIES FOR TRANS KIDS SHOULD STAND TOGETHER AGAINST
00:14:41THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WHEN THEY ARE TRYING TO SOLVE WHO THEY ARE EVERY SINGLE DAY.
00:14:46AND YOU DON'T STAND TOGETHER AS DEMOCRATS.
00:14:48WHEN YOU VOTE FOR 61 TRUMP --
00:14:52>> LET ME ASK YOU -- DO YOU
00:14:55STILL HAVE A FEAR THAT YOUR DAUGHTERS COULD BE RUN OVER ON A
00:14:59PLAYING FIELD BY A BIOLOGICAL MALE, FORMALLY MALE ATHLETE?
00:15:03>> MY KIDS ARE YOUNG, THEY PLAY COED SPORTS.
00:15:06THE POINT I MADE, DEMOCRATS
00:15:09CANNOT HAVE -- I THINK WE SHOULD BE WILLING TO
00:15:12TALK ABOUT THESE ISSUES, BUT I STAND 100% WITH THE TRANS COMMUNITY.
00:15:18>> SENATOR MARKEY, IT IS FOR YOU. THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR SENATE HAVE LAUNCHED A SATIRICAL
00:15:23WEBSITE SUGGESTING YOU DON'T SPEND ENOUGH TIME IN MASSACHUSETTS.
00:15:27CONGRESSMAN MOULTON SAID YOU SPEND TOO MUCH TIME IN D.C., HIS
00:15:31CAMPAIGN TEAM -- YOU DON'T EVEN LIVE HERE. WHERE ARE YOU SPENDING MORE TIME?
00:15:37>> MY FATHER WAS A TRUCK DRIVER
00:15:39FOR THE -- FOOD COMPANY, I HAVE
00:15:42BEEN MORANT -- BORN AND RAISED
00:15:44IN MOULTON, MASSACHUSETTS.
00:15:48DONALD TRUMP IS BRINGING OUT THE MALDEN AND ME.
00:15:50WHEN HE ATTACKS PROGRAMS FOR THE
00:15:53KIDS SITTING ON THEIR PORCHES, DREAMING OF WHAT THEY CAN BE IN
00:15:55THIS COUNTRY THE SAME WAY I WAS
00:15:59DREAMING, WHEN HE ATTACKS HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS, EDUCATIONAL
00:16:02PROGRAMS, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PROGRAMS, THAT IS WHAT I FIGHT
00:16:04TO DO ON THE FLOOR OF THE U.S.
00:16:07SENATE FOR THOSE KIDS. I'M ONE OF THOSE KIDS.
00:16:13BUT THEN I GO TO THE SENATE FLOOR AND FIGHT.
00:16:16ON THE HOUSING BILL, THE
00:16:20CONGRESSMAN DID NOT EVEN LEAVE --
00:16:23TO PROTECT THOSE FAMILIES FROM SKYROCKETING HOUSING COSTS.
00:16:30>> SENATOR, DISCLOSE YOUR TAXES LIKE I HAVE.
00:16:33DISCLOSE HALF OF YOUR TAXES THAT MAY SHOW ARE YOU PAYING MORE
00:16:36TAXES TO MARYLAND THAN MASSACHUSETTS? WHAT ASSETS ARE YOU HIDING THAT
00:16:40YOU DON'T WANT THE VOTERS OF
00:16:43MASSACHUSETTS TO UNDERSTAND? I THINK YOU SHOULD ANSWER THE
00:16:45QUESTION, DO YOU SPEND MORE DAYS IN MARYLAND OR MASSACHUSETTS?
00:16:49THAT IS A FAIR QUESTION FOR PEOPLE TO ASK.
00:16:51I'VE BEEN 53 TOWN HALLS ACROSS THIS STATE SINCE THE CAMPAIGN
00:16:55BEGAN BECAUSE I BELIEVE A
00:16:58SENATOR SHOULD SHOW UP IN MASSACHUSETTS. >> QUICK RESPONSE IF YOU HAVE ONE.
00:17:02>> I RELEASED MY TAX FORMS, THEY
00:17:06ARE THERE FOR EVERYONE WATCHING. AT LEAST MY PERSONAL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.
00:17:12ANYONE CAN SEE WHAT MY FINANCIAL SITUATION IS.
00:17:16WHAT IS NOT TRANSPARENT ARE THOSE SWEETHEART DEALS --
00:17:23>> FINANCIAL DEALS, EACH OF YOU
00:17:26HAS IMPLIED THAT THE OTHER IS --
00:17:29I DON'T WANT TO USE THE TERM GUILTY, BUT EACH HAS SUGGESTED
00:17:33THE OTHER HAS ENGAGED IN SOME
00:17:36SORT OF FINANCIAL MALFEASANCE. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR WHAT
00:17:39SPECIFICALLY YOU BELIEVE YOUR OPPONENT HAS DONE WRONG.
00:17:42SENATOR MARKEY, WE WILL START
00:17:46WITH YOU. >> CONGRESSMAN MOULTON SERVES ON
00:17:49THE HOUSE ARMED SERVICE, HE WAS
00:17:51APPROACHED BY PRIVATE EQUITY,
00:17:55POLITICAL DONORS, AND HE WAS
00:17:59GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST
00:18:01IN COMPANIES, DIVERGENT, WEB AI,
00:18:06EARLY STAGE IS NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
00:18:10AND OUT OF THOSE INVESTMENTS,
00:18:13HE'S MADE MILLIONS. THOSE COMPANIES HAVE MADE MILLIONS. THAT SHOULD BE ILLEGAL.
00:18:19HE SHOULD DIVEST OF ANY OF THOSE ILL-GOTTEN GAINS WHICH HE HAS
00:18:23RECEIVED BECAUSE OF HIS MEMBERSHIP ON THE HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE.
00:18:29>> THESE ATTACKS ARE FALSE. THEY ARE JUST NOT TRUE.
00:18:34WE HAVE FOLLOWED EVERY LAW AND ETHICS RULE ABOVE AND BEYOND.
00:18:38AND EVERY TIME THAT SENATOR MARKEY IMPLIES THESE INVESTMENTS
00:18:42ARE DUE TO MY JOB AND NOT MY
00:18:43WIFE'S SUCCESS, THAT IS NOT ONLY
00:18:46WRONG, BUT SUCCESS. SENATOR MARKEY, YOU AND I BOTH MARRIED UP.
00:18:49YOUR FAMILY HAS MADE INVESTMENTS, SO HAS MINE, BUT
00:18:52THE DIFFERENCE IS WE HAVE DISCLOSED THOSE TAXES.
00:18:56IN 1996, YOU WROTE A BILL, A
00:18:58TELECOM DEREGULATION BILL AFTER 400,000 DOLLARS OF TELECOM
00:19:02LOBBYIST MONEY, THAT BILL MADE A
00:19:05BUNCH OF TELECOM BILLIONAIRES WHO ARE PAYING FOR YOUR CAMPAIGN RIGHT NOW.
00:19:08IF THAT IS NOT PAID TO PLAY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS.
00:19:12>> IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD IN TERMS OF THINGS YOU BELIEVE SENATOR
00:19:16MARKEY HAS DONE THAT ARE INAPPROPRIATE BEFORE WE GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO REPLY?
00:19:20>> WE DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE HE
00:19:24WON'T DISCLOSE HALF OF HIS FAMILY'S TAXES. I THINK WE OUGHT TO KNOW THOSE
00:19:28THINGS. TRUMP STARTED THIS, HE WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT IN MODERN HISTORY NOT TO DISCLOSE HIS
00:19:33TAXES, HE ALSO HASN'T DISCLOSE HIS HEALTH RECORDS.
00:19:36THOSE ARE COMMONSENSE THINGS I THINK THE VOTERS OF MASSACHUSETTS DESERVE TO SEE.
00:19:39THAT IS WHY I'M TRANSPARENT, OR
00:19:42MY FAMILY HAS BEEN COMPLETELY ABOVEBOARD. THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS
00:19:46RACE. >> SENATOR MARKEY, BRIEF REBUTTAL.
00:19:48>> HE SERVES ON THE HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE.
00:19:52THOSE DEFENSE COMPANIES APPROACHED HIM.
00:19:54HIS DONORS IN THIS CAMPAIGN. THEY GAVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO
00:19:58INVEST EARLY BEFORE THE PUBLIC COULD EVEN SEE.
00:20:02THAT SHOULD BE ILLEGAL. HE SHOULD DIVEST THAT MONEY.
00:20:06AND IN THIS SENATE RACE, HE'S
00:20:09ACCEPTED 350,000 DOLLARS IN CORPORATE BACKED MONEY.
00:20:13I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A SINGLE NICKEL. THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE.
00:20:17HE IS RUNNING --
00:20:19>> SENATOR, THAT IS YOUR TIME. >> THAT IS PATENTLY FALSE.
00:20:24BOTH THE HAROLD AND THE GLOBE HAVE REPORTED ON THIS.
00:20:26DESPITE REPEATEDLY TELLING HIS SUPPORTERS HE DOESN'T TAKE
00:20:30CORPORATE PACK MONEY, HE HAS TAKEN CORPORATE PACK MONEY IN THIS RACE.
00:20:34I HAVE NOT. THAT IS A VERY CLEAR DISTENTION.
00:20:37>> I HAVE NOT TAKEN CORPORATE PACK MONEY.
00:20:42IF ANYONE TRIES, IT IS RETURNED TO SENDER.
00:20:45>> THANK YOU, WE WILL MOVE ONTO THE NEXT QUESTION.
00:20:49WE HEARD FROM SO MANY VIEWERS ON THIS ISSUE.
00:20:52SO THIS IS ABOUT ICE. YOU HAVE CALLED FOR ICE TO BE ABOLISHED.
00:20:57IF THE AGENCY IS DISMANTLED, HOW DOES THE U.S. EFFECTIVELY ENFORCE IMMIGRATION LAW?
00:21:04>> I VOTED AGAINST THE CREATION
00:21:08OF ICE. I COULD SEE ITS AUTHORITARIAN
00:21:11PERSONALITY AS IT WAS BEING CREATED.
00:21:14I VOTED NO IN 2020, I VOTED TO ABOLISH ICE.
00:21:18I WAS UP FOR SENATOR TO CALL FOR THE ABOLITION OF ICE THIS YEAR.
00:21:23YOU CAN SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE HAITIAN POPULATION, THE
00:21:28SALVADORAN, OTHER IMMIGRANT GROUPS IN OUR COUNTRY.
00:21:31ICE MUST BE ABOLISHED.
00:21:32THE CORRECT WAY TO MOVE IS TO HAVE A PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP
00:21:36FOR THE 11 MILLION IMMIGRANTS IN
00:21:37OUR COUNTRY FOR THE TPS HOLDER,
00:21:43ALL IMMIGRANTS. WE NEED A PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP FOR THESE PEOPLE.
00:21:47THEY DESERVE TO BE PROTECTED, AND THAT IS WITH THE GOAL IS.
00:21:51>> 15 MORE SECONDS, I NEED TO
00:21:53KNOW HOW YOU WILL ENFORCE THE IMMIGRATION LAWS.
00:21:56THAT IS A CONSEQUENCE OF HAVING SO MANY PEOPLE HERE.
00:22:00NOT EVERYBODY HERE IS HERE WITH GOOD INTENTIONS, RIGHT?
00:22:04>> WE NEED TO ENFORCE IMMIGRATION LAWS WITH CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS.
00:22:09THAT IS WHY I'VE INTRODUCED THE SHIELD ACT TO PROVIDE 100
00:22:12MILLION DOLLARS SO THESE IMMIGRANTS GET THE CONSTITUTIONAL LEGAL PROTECTIONS
00:22:16WHICH THEY ARE ENTITLED TO. RIGHT NOW TRUMP IS ACTING AS A
00:22:20DICTATOR, AND THAT IS WHAT HE'S FRIGHTENING THESE FAMILIES
00:22:22ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS.
00:22:24>> THAT WAS AN EXTRA 20 SECONDS. 45 SECONDS FOR YOUR ANSWER, AND WE GO FROM THERE.
00:22:30>> THE WASHINGTON SENATE ESTABLISHMENT, INCLUDING THE DEMOCRATS WHO HAVE BEEN HERE IN
00:22:34SOME CASES FOR 50 YEARS, HAVE FAILED TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.
00:22:37THAT IS WHY TRUMP IS ABLE TO WEAPONIZE THE ISSUE.
00:22:41THAT IS WHY I WAS THE FIRST IN THIS RACE TO CALL FOR ABOLISHING
00:22:45ICE WHEN I SAID THEY NEED TO BE PROSECUTED AS WELL.
00:22:48WE NEED ACCOUNTABILITY, WHICH THIS CURRENT SENATE HAS NOT
00:22:52DELIVERED TO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. YOU CANNOT ENFORCE THE LAW IF
00:22:55YOU THINK YOU'RE ABOVE IT. I ALSO LAID OUT A VERY CLEAR
00:22:59IMMIGRATION PLAN THAT INCLUDES PUTTING IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT BACK IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
00:23:03JUSTICE WHERE IT BELONGS.
00:23:05WE DESERVE AN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM THAT INCENTIVIZES PEOPLE TO COME
00:23:08HERE LEGALLY, NOT ILLEGALLY.
00:23:10A PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP FOR EVERYBODY PART OF OUR COMMUNITY
00:23:14AND WANTS TO WORK HARD TO EARN THE RIGHT TO BE CITIZENS ALONGSIDE THE REST OF US.
00:23:19>> WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EACH CANDIDATE TO ASK THE OTHER
00:23:21A QUESTION. THE CAMPAIGNS WERE GIVEN AN
00:23:25OPPORTUNITY TO PREPARE THE QUESTION IN ADVANCE.
00:23:27A COIN TOSS WAS USED TO DECIDE WHICH CANDIDATE GETS TO ASK
00:23:30THEIR QUESTION FIRST. SENATOR MARKEY, YOU MAY ASK YOUR QUESTION.
00:23:37>> THANK YOU.
00:23:39LAST SPRING, PRESIDENT TRUMP
00:23:44BEGAN HIS BOMBING OF IRAN.
00:23:48THAT WAS THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE WAR AGAINST IRAN.
00:23:50TWO WEEKS LATER ON THE FLOOR OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF
00:23:54REPRESENTATIVES, THERE WAS AN IMPEACHMENT MOTION BROUGHT UP.
00:23:58YOU VOTED NO ON THAT MOTION.
00:24:01SUBSEQUENTLY, YOU VOTED FOR THE TRILLION DOLLARS FOR TRUMP AND
00:24:05PETE HEGSETH TO HAVE A TO CONDUCT AND CONTINUE THE WAR AGAINST IRAN.
00:24:09CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY YOU WOULD VOTE AGAINST IMPEACHMENT OF
00:24:12DONALD TRUMP AND THEN VOTE FOR
00:24:15THE $1 TRILLION BUDGET HE'S USING EVEN TODAY TO CONDUCT THE WAR?
00:24:19>> I VOTED REPEATEDLY TO IMPEACH DONALD TRUMP, BUT WE WANT IT TO
00:24:23ACTUALLY HAPPEN. TIMING MATTERS, THE VOTE
00:24:27MATTERS, AND THE HYPOCRISY THAT YOU WOULD ATTACK ME AS SOMEONE
00:24:31WHO HAS BEEN TIRELESSLY SHOWING UP ON TV -- AND BY THE WAY, NOT
00:24:34AFRAID TO GO ON FOX NEWS. IF YOU DON'T GO ON FOX NEWS,
00:24:38SHOW UP ON SEAN HANNITY SHOW -- WE NEED TO TAKE ON THESE REPUBLICANS.
00:24:42WE NEED TO SHOULDER WITH THE CREDIBILITY OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE
00:24:44SEEN THE CONSEQUENCES OF FAILED LEADERSHIP IN WASHINGTON ON THE
00:24:48GROUND AND IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THAT IS WHY I WOULD NEVER TAKE
00:24:51YOUR VOTE.
00:24:53YOU HAVE A SPECIOUS WAY TO TRY TO IMPLY THAT SUPPORTING THE
00:24:57TROOPS AS MOST DEMOCRATS DO SUPPORTS THE WAR IN IRAN WHEN I HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE MOST
00:25:01OUTSPOKEN OPPONENTS OF THAT WAR.
00:25:04WHEN YOU VOTED FOR THE WAR IN IRAQ.
00:25:06YOU VOTED TO SEND PEOPLE LIKE ME, THOUSANDS OF YOUNG
00:25:10AMERICANS, -- DON'T DISMISS THAT, SENATOR.
00:25:14>> I WANT A CHANCE TO GET IN ON THIS.
00:25:16>> SENATOR, DON'T DISMISS THE
00:25:194996 FAMILIES.
00:25:23>> SENATOR, YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS.
00:25:26>> CONGRESSMAN MOULTON IS JUST
00:25:29PLAYING TO THE FOX PLAYBOOK.
00:25:34HE DID NOT SUPPORT IMPEACHING DONALD TRUMP AFTER HE BEGAN THE
00:25:38ILLEGAL UNCONSTITUTIONAL WAR AGAINST IRAN, AND SIX MONTHS
00:25:42LATER IN DECEMBER, JUST EIGHT
00:25:43MONTHS AGO, HE VOTED TO GIVE
00:25:46TRUMP AND PETE HEGSETH $1 TRILLION TO GET THE PLAYBOOK
00:25:51ANOTHER $1 TRILLION. THAT IS WHAT IS PLAYING OUT. WE HAVE A NATIONAL SECURITY
00:25:55CRISIS IN OUR COUNTRY, ECONOMIC CRISIS IN OUR COUNTRY.
00:25:58IT ALL GOES BACK TO NOT STANDING
00:25:59UP TO THESE TRUMP HOUSE AND SENATE MEMBERS.
00:26:03THAT IS WHAT I HAVE DONE.
00:26:06>> CONGRESSMAN, YOU CAN ASK
00:26:11SENATOR MARKEY A QUESTION BASED ON WHAT JUST HAPPENED.
00:26:15>> JUST REAL QUICKLY, SUPPORTING
00:26:17TRUMP NOMINEES, THAT IS THEIR PLAYBOOK. THAT IS WHAT YOU DID, SENATOR.
00:26:22AND THIS IS MY QUESTION.
00:26:25IN THE NEWLY RELEASED EPSTEIN
00:26:29FILES, YOUR NAME APPEARS REPEATEDLY.
00:26:32I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO ALL THE DETAILS.
00:26:35BUT I JUST WANT TO ASK ONE QUESTION.
00:26:38AND I ASK IT FROM THE
00:26:42PERSPECTIVE OF A FATHER OF TWO YOUNG GIRLS AT HOME.
00:26:46WHY WOULD YOU EVEN TAKE A
00:26:50MEETING WITH A LOBBYIST ON BEHALF OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN?
00:26:56HOW COULD YOU DO THAT LONG AFTER HE WAS CONVICTED?
00:27:02>> WHAT YOU ARE DOING RIGHT NOW IS ABSOLUTELY REPREHENSIBLE.
00:27:08I HAVE NEVER MET JEFFREY
00:27:10EPSTEIN, I DON'T KNOW JEFFREY.
00:27:13I HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN
00:27:15SINCE DAY ONE.
00:27:17I DON'T KNOW HIM, AND WHAT HE'S DONE IS REPREHENSIBLE.
00:27:23THE PREDATORY PRACTICES WHICH HE ENGAGED IN, TARGETING YOUNG
00:27:27GIRLS, IS ABSOLUTELY REPREHENSIBLE. AS IS WHAT YOU ARE DOING RIGHT NOW.
00:27:33I'VE NEVER HAD ANY RELATIONSHIP WITH EPSTEIN, I HAVE NO BUSINESS
00:27:37WITH HIM, AND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS THE WORST OF THE
00:27:41PLAYBOOK OF DESTRUCTION AND
00:27:45CHARACTER ASSASSINATION, WHICH
00:27:47IS SO CHARACTERISTIC OF MAGA
00:27:51REPUBLICANS. >> CONGRESSMAN, THE EPSTEIN FILES ARE ENORMOUS, YOU CAN FIND A LOT OF NAMES.
00:27:54CAN YOU FIND ANY MORE SPECIFICS ON THE CONTEXT WHICH SENATOR
00:27:58MARKEY WAS MENTIONED?
00:28:01>> SENATOR MARKEY'S NAME APPEARS REPEATEDLY IN THE FILES IN THE
00:28:03CONTEXT OF DOING A FAVOR FOR ONE
00:28:07OF EPSTEIN SPOUSE, WHO WAS SEX TRAFFICKING WOMEN.
00:28:12THAT IS NOT REPREHENSIBLE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
00:28:14I JUST ASKED A SIMPLE QUESTION THAT HE REFUSED TO ANSWER.
00:28:20IT IS NOT ABOUT JEFFREY EPSTEIN HIMSELF, IT IS LOBBYIST MEETING WITH YOU ON HIS BEHALF.
00:28:25AT THESE TOWN HALLS, PEOPLE COME
00:28:28UP TO ME AND SAY THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP IN OUR COMMUNITY,
00:28:33BECAUSE SENATOR MARKEY DOESN'T SHOW UP AND I CAN NEVER GET A MEETING IN HIS OFFICE.
00:28:38>>, RISSMAN THANK YOU. >> THIS CAN'T CONTINUE.
00:28:42YOU ASKED FOR SPECIFICS, YOU ARE
00:28:45NOT GETTING SPECIFICS FROM HIM. I GAVE YOU THE DETAILS ON A
00:28:50DIVERGENT AND WHEREBY IN HIS INVESTMENT. HE'S NOT GIVING YOU THOSE DETAILS.
00:28:55THE MAYOR OF LINN, HIS BIGGEST CITY, HAS ENDORSED ME.
00:29:00THE MAYOR OF SALEM HAS ENDORSED ME. I SHOW UP AND DELIVER.
00:29:03THEY HAVE A CHOICE, THEY ARE SELECTING ME.
00:29:06>> THEY ENDORSED YOU BEFORE I GOT IN THE RACE.
00:29:11>> A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC WE HAVE TOUCHED ON TONIGHT, YOU
00:29:14BOTH STATED YOUR OPPOSITION TO THE WAR IN IRAN, WE ARE A LITTLE
00:29:18MORE THAN FIVE MONTHS INTO THE CONFLICT.
00:29:20IF THIS WAR IS ENDED, WHAT WOULD
00:29:24YOU SUPPORT IF IRAN WILL BEGIN TO SHUT DOWN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ?
00:29:28>> FIRST OF ALL, WE NEED TO RETURN TO DIPLOMACY.
00:29:34DIPLOMACY IS WHAT ANY COMBAT VETERAN WILL TELL YOU SHOULD
00:29:37ALWAYS BE THE FIRST CHOICE.
00:29:40THAT IS WHAT I LEARNED SERVING ON THE GROUND IN THE MIDDLE
00:29:44EAST, SEEING THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS KILLED AND MAIMED BY
00:29:48THE VOTE THAT THE SENATOR TOOK. WHAT DIPLOMACY MEANS WITH IRAN
00:29:51IS RETURNING TO THE OBAMA NUCLEAR DEAL.
00:29:54I WAS A FIRST PERSON TO SPEAK ON
00:29:58THE CAPITOL STEPS AFTER NANCY PELOSI WHEN THE DEAL WAS PROPOSED, BECAUSE I FOUGHT
00:30:02TIRELESSLY TO GET THAT PAST. IT HAS EMPOWERED THE MODERATES
00:30:06IN IRAN WHO ARE FIGHTING FOR REGIME CHANGE.
00:30:10WHEN TRUMP RIPPED IT UP, IT EMPOWERED THE HARDLINERS.
00:30:13WHAT WE NEED TO DO NOW IS TAKE
00:30:16AWAY THE LEVERAGE THAT IRAN HAS.
00:30:17I WOULD SHIP THE OIL UP NORTH TO
00:30:20REDUCE THAT PRESSURE AND GET TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
00:30:24>> SENATOR MARKEY, 45 SECONDS.
00:30:27>> WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE.
00:30:31THE TREATY WHICH BARACK OBAMA AND JOHN KERRY NEGOTIATED WAS WORKING.
00:30:37IT'S FULLSCOPE SAFEGUARDS BY THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY
00:30:39AGENCY LOWERED THE NUCLEAR
00:30:42PROGRAM IN IRAN, THAT WAS IN PLACE, DON'T DESTROYED IT.
00:30:46WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO RENEGOTIATING THE NUCLEAR DEAL.
00:30:48AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE TO
00:30:51LEARN THE LESSON OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, THE PRICE OF ENERGY
00:30:55IS SET IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. WE NEED TO TAKE MY LEGISLATION
00:30:58PASSED IN 2022, PUT IT BACK IN
00:31:02PLACE NEXT JANUARY FOR WIND,
00:31:05SOLAR, THAT ARE GOING TO BE THE ENERGY INDEPENDENT SOLUTION WHICH WE NEED.
00:31:09WE JUST HAVE TO GET OUT OF THESE MIDDLE EASTERN QUAGMIRES.
00:31:13>> OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM THE BAYSTATE BANNER, OUR MEDIA
00:31:17PARTNER. DUE TO HISTORIC REDLINING, DENSE
00:31:23PAVING, AND INDUSTRIAL ZONING,
00:31:25MANY COMMUNITIES OF COLOR EXPERIENCE HIGHER URBAN HEAT
00:31:28ISLAND EFFECTS, HIGHER ASTHMA RATES, AND LESS CANOPY COVER.
00:31:32HOW ARE YOU ADDRESSING CLIMATE
00:31:34IMPACTS IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES?
00:31:39>> INTO 2022 CLIMATE BILL, I WAS
00:31:44ABLE TO WORK TO INCLUDE $60
00:31:48BILLION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FOR COMMUNITIES LIKE
00:31:50BOSTON AND LAWRENCE AND MALDEN
00:31:54AND SPRINGFIELD COME THE ASTHMA CAPITAL OF THE U.S.
00:31:58THAT FUNDING WAS MEANT TO REMEDIATE THAT HISTORIC
00:32:01ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE IN POOR
00:32:04AND URBAN COMMUNITIES. WE HAVE TO RESTORE THAT FUNDING.
00:32:07I WAS SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING THE
00:32:13FUNDING FOR AN URBAN FOREST
00:32:17PROGRAM FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON TO BE ABLE TO PLANT HUNDREDS OF TREES.
00:32:21I'VE WORKED WITH MEG WU TO ACCOMPLISH THAT GOAL.
00:32:24THAT FUNDING IS THERE AND BEING IMPLEMENTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
00:32:26TREE CANOPY IS IN PLACE FOR THE
00:32:29PEOPLE IN THE POOREST PARTS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
00:32:33>> AND THESE ARE NICE IDEAS AND I SUPPORT THEM, BUT WE NEED
00:32:37TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE FOR COMMUNITIES IN MASSACHUSETTS.
00:32:39THAT IS WHY I HAVE PUT FORWARD A TRANSFORMATIONAL PROGRAM THAT
00:32:43WOULD MAKE IT FASTER THAN DRIVING TO GET AROUND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.
00:32:47IMAGINE BEING ABLE TO LIVE ON THE SOUTH SHORE BECAUSE EVERY
00:32:51TRAIN FROM THE NORTH GOES THROUGH THE SOUTH AND WEST.
00:32:55EVERY TRAIN IS ELECTRIFIED. AND WE FINALLY HAVE REAL SERVICE
00:32:58LIKE THE REST OF THE WORLD ENJOYS. MOROCCO HAS HIGH-SPEED RAIL.
00:33:02YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET TO
00:33:03SPRINGFIELD IN 45 MINUTES, NOT
00:33:06ON THE OLD-FASHIONED COMMUTER RAIL PROGRAM THE SENATOR SUPPORTS.
00:33:10WHEN YOU DO THIS, ALL OF THE
00:33:14RAIL YARDS, NORTH STATION AND SOUTH STATION, BECOME THE
00:33:17AVAILABLE LAND FOR HOUSING AND THE RAIL YARDS AROUND SOUTH STATION AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL
00:33:20JUSTICE COMMUNITIES BECOME HOUSING AND PARKS.
00:33:24IT IS TRANSFORMATIVE FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES AND FOR EVERYBODY'S COMMUNITIES.
00:33:29>> THIS QUESTION ALSO FOR BOTH CANDIDATES. AS ONE FACING MASSACHUSETTS
00:33:33CITIES AND TOWNS, DO YOU SUPPORT
00:33:37DATA CENTERS? THE HYPER-SCALE DATA CENTERS
00:33:38BEING BUILT IN MASSACHUSETTS?
00:33:42>> I DO NOT SUPPORT ANY DATA CENTERS THAT DO NOT HAVE THE
00:33:45APPROVAL OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, SOME COMMUNITIES WANT THEM, MOST
00:33:49DO NOT.
00:33:51AND ABSOLUTELY REDUCE
00:33:53ELECTRICITY PRICES, NOT RAISE THEM.
00:33:55PROTECT MORE OF THE ENVIRONMENT
00:33:58THAN THE IMPACT, AND WILL CREATE
00:34:01JOBS HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS.
00:34:05THESE SHOULD BE DECISIONS EMPOWERED BY THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
00:34:09AI IS NOT GOING TO GO AWAY, AND
00:34:14MASSACHUSETTS SHOULD BE PART OF
00:34:14THE AI FUTURE, BUT I BELIEVE THE
00:34:18GENERATION THAT GREW UP WITH THE INTERNET WILL HAVE TO LIVE FOR
00:34:22DECADES WITH AI, SHOULD BE CHARTING OUR WAY FORWARD.
00:34:26>> SENATOR MARKEY, 45 SECONDS.
00:34:28DO YOU SUPPORT DATA CENTERS, THE HYPER SCALE DATA CENTERS BEING
00:34:31BUILT IN OUR STATE? >> ANY COMMUNITY SHOULD BE ABLE
00:34:35TO VETO ANY DATA CENTER FROM COMING INTO THEIR COMMUNITY. THEY DON'T WANT IT, THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE IT.
00:34:40BECAUSE THEY CAN SEE THE IMPACT OF HIGHER ELECTRICITY PRICES.
00:34:44HIGHER WATER PRICES.
00:34:49IF THEY DON'T WANT IT, THEY
00:34:50SHOULD NOT HAVE ONE OF THOSE
00:34:54PLANTS IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
00:34:57WE NEED TO PASS MY AI CIVIL RIGHTS ACT, DISCRIMINATION IN
00:35:01THE REAL WORLD DOESN'T MOVE ONLINE. THAT IS WHY THE CIVIL RIGHTS
00:35:05GROUPS HAVE ENDORSED MY AI CIVIL RIGHTS ACT.
00:35:07WE NEED THE AI ENVIRONMENT BILL TO PROTECT AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION.
00:35:12WE NEED AI AND CHILDREN AND
00:35:15TEENAGERS PRIVACY BILL OF RIGHTS BECAUSE WE HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH
00:35:17CRISIS AI IN YOUTH COMMUNITIES.
00:35:24>> E-BOOK ANTICIPATED WHERE WE
00:35:25WANT TO GO NEXT WITH THIS, THERE
00:35:28IS WIDESPREAD CONCERN -- AND
00:35:34GENERALLY ERODE OUR ABILITY TO THINK.
00:35:37IN 45 SECONDS, THE
00:35:41RESPONSIBILITY WHEN IT COMES TO REGULATING AI?
00:35:44>> I WAS SUCCESSFUL JUST THREE
00:35:47MONTHS AGO WITH SENATOR CASSIDY, REPUBLICAN FROM LOUISIANA, IN
00:35:51PASSING MY AI PRIVACY BILL OF RIGHTS FOR TEENAGERS AND
00:35:55CHILDREN. TWO YEARS AGO, ONE IN NINE
00:35:58TEENAGE GIRLS CONTEMPLATED SUICIDE.
00:36:03ONE IN FORGING ACTUALLY ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
00:36:05ONE OF FIVE LGBTQ YOUTH ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. WE NEED PROTECTIONS IN PLACE FOR
00:36:09THOSE KIDS. WE NEED PROTECTIONS IN PLACE
00:36:13AGAINST CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS. AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL
00:36:17DEGRADATION. THAT IS MY LAW.
00:36:19THESE COMPANIES WANT TO TURN
00:36:22WORKERS INTO AUTOMATONS IN THEIR MANUFACTURING FACILITY, IN THEIR
00:36:26FACTORIES. MY LAW PROTECTS AGAINST AI BEING USED IN A WAY THAT EARNS HUMAN
00:36:30BEINGS INTO ROBOTS.
00:36:32>> AI NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED AND IT NEEDS TO BE THE FEDERAL
00:36:36GOVERNMENT THAT STEPS UP TO DO THIS. AGAIN, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
00:36:40UNDER THE CURRENT LEADERSHIP HAS FAILED. IT IS ANOTHER FAILURE OF THE
00:36:45DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT, THE WHOLE CONGRESSIONAL ESTABLISHMENT IN WASHINGTON.
00:36:48A GOOD MODEL IS NOT WITH THE
00:36:51CONGRESS DUDE WITH THE TELECOM BILL THAT THE SENATOR IS SO
00:36:55PROUD OF. IN 1996, HE PASSED A PIECE OF
00:36:59LEGISLATION TO DEREGULATE THE TELECOM INDUSTRY AND CREATE A
00:37:02LOT OF BILLIONAIRES WHO WERE SUPPORTING HIS CAMPAIGN, BUT IT
00:37:06DID NOTHING TO PROTECT KIDS. AS A FATHER OF TWO LITTLE GIRLS,
00:37:10I DREAD THE TIME WHEN THEY BECOME TEENAGERS AND GET ON
00:37:15SOCIAL MEDIA. THAT SHOULD BE THE LESSON OF WHAT NOT TO DO. WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR KIDS.
00:37:18ONE OF THE PROUDEST PIECES OF LEGISLATION I PASSED IS THE
00:37:21NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH HOTLINE
00:37:24THAT HAS DECREASED TEEN SUICIDE BY 11%.
00:37:28>> CONGRESSMAN, THANK YOU. >> I NEED TO RESPOND BECAUSE THAT WAS INACCURATE.
00:37:33MY LEGISLATION CREATED THE CHILD
00:37:39ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT. THAT IS STILL LAW BY WHICH
00:37:43YOUTUBE AND OTHER COMPANIES CONSUME.
00:37:44I WAS ALSO ABLE TO BUILD IN AN $80 BILLION PROGRAM.
00:37:48EVERY TIME PEOPLE MAKE A PHONE
00:37:50CALL, THAT IS WHAT PAYS FOR THE COMPUTERS AND LIBRARIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
00:37:54THAT HELPS TO PAY FOR THE KIDS
00:37:57WHO HAVE COMPUTERS ON THEIR DESKS IN SPRINGFIELD AND WORCHESTER COME ACROSS THE
00:38:01COUNTRY. TAKING CARE OF THIS NATION'S
00:38:04KIDS TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE TOOLS TO ADVANCE AND PROTECT THEMSELVES.
00:38:10>> I DON'T THINK ANY FAMILY OF TEENAGERS OUT THERE TONIGHT
00:38:13THINKS OUR KIDS ARE SAFE, THAT
00:38:16IS WHAT WE NEED A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERSHIP TO CHANGE IT.
00:38:19>> ANOTHER QUESTION FOR BOTH OF YOU.
00:38:23HEALTH CARE COSTS. THEY ARE SOARING. WHAT IS ONE REFORM YOU HAVE
00:38:27PROPOSED OR PLANNED TO PROPOSE TO REIN THEM IN?
00:38:31>> THE SENATOR AND I BOTH SUPPORT HEALTH CARE IS UNIVERSAL RIGHT.
00:38:35WE BOTH SUPPORT UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE.
00:38:38THE SLIGHT DIFFERENCE IN THAT I THINK MEDICARE SHOULD BE
00:38:40AVAILABLE TO ALL, THE SENATOR
00:38:44THINKS IT SHOULD BE OPPOSED. ONE OF THE THINGS MY PLAN DOES
00:38:48WHICH PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS ALWAYS SUPPORTED, IT WAS PART OF HIS AGENDA FOR OBAMACARE EVEN THOUGH
00:38:51IT DID NOT GET PASSED BY THE
00:38:54CONGRESS, BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY
00:38:55ALLOWS UNIONS AND OTHERS WHO HAVE FOUGHT HARD FOR THE HEALTH
00:38:59CARE PLANS THEY WANT TO HOLD ONTO THOSE HEALTH CARE PLANS.
00:39:02FOR THOSE OF US LIKE MYSELF WHO GET HEALTH CARE FROM THE BA,
00:39:05BECAUSE I MADE A COMMITMENT TO
00:39:07CONTINUE TO GO INTO THE V.A., NOT GETTING THE CONGRESSIONAL
00:39:10HEALTH CARE PLAN, WE CAN STAY
00:39:13WITH THE V.A., BUT THAT COMPETITION BRINGS DOWN COSTS.
00:39:16AND YOU ARE RIGHT, COST ARE SOARING. AND WE DON'T NEED TAXES TO GO UP
00:39:20BECAUSE OF THE SENATOR'S PLAN. >> THANK YOU.
00:39:28I WILL BE THE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIR --
00:39:30>> YOU HAVE 45 SECONDS TO ANSWER AND THEN YOU CAN REBUTTAL.
00:39:34>> NEXT YEAR I WILL BE THE CHAIR
00:39:39OF THE SENATE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE IF I WIN THIS RACE. MY FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS, WE
00:39:43STILL HAVE $1 TRILLION IN MEDICAID DONALD TRUMP PUT ON THE
00:39:47BOOKS. IT WILL BE 300,000 PEOPLE IN MASSACHUSETTS WHO LOSE THEIR COVERAGE.
00:39:51USE ALL THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
00:39:53CUTS, IT WILL TAKE 300 THOUSAND PEOPLE WILL SEE SKYROCKETING
00:39:57BILLS AND GIVE THEM BACK SUBSIDIES WHICH THEY NEED.
00:39:59BEYOND THAT, WE NEED TO PASS MEDICARE FOR ALL.
00:40:03BERNIE SANDERS AND I ARE FIGHTING FOR MEDICARE FOR ALL TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE ON THE
00:40:06INSURANCE COMPANIES, LIBBY HELPS
00:40:08COMPANIES IN OUR NATION, TO MAKE
00:40:12SURE THAT EVERYONE IN OUR COUNTRY GETS THE AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE WITH WHICH THEY NEED
00:40:16AND DESERVE. HEALTH CARE IS A FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT.
00:40:21>> CONGRESSMAN, YOUR REBUTTAL. >> THEY SAY IMITATION IS THE
00:40:25GREATEST FORM OF FLATTERY. SENATOR, YOU SAID HEALTH CARE
00:40:29SHOULD BE HUMAN RIGHT, THAT IS WHAT I SAID.
00:40:32HEALTH CARE, HOUSING, AND EDUCATION SHOULD ALL BE HUMAN RIGHTS IN OUR COUNTRY.
00:40:36I THINK THAT AFTER YEARS OF
00:40:40TRYING THE SENATOR'S PLAN, WHICH HAS NOT GOTTEN HEALTH CARE FOR
00:40:42ALL, WE NEED TO DIFFERENT APPROACH.
00:40:46>> THANK YOU. CONGRESSMAN WALTON IS NOT
00:40:50IMITATING ME, BECAUSE HE DOES NOT SUPPORT MEDICARE FOR ALL.
00:40:53WE HAVE A FUNDAMENTALLY BROKEN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.
00:40:56WE ARE RUNNING A SICK CARE SYSTEM, AND OUR HEALTH CARE
00:40:59SYSTEM, IN THIS COUNTRY. THE ONLY WAY TO FIX IT IS TO
00:41:03MOVE FROM MEDICARE FOR ALL TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE GETS THE AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE WHICH
00:41:07THEY DESERVE FOR THEIR FAMILY.
00:41:10HEALTH IS THE FIRST WEALTH,
00:41:12GREAT POET RALPH WALDO EMERSON ONCE SAID.
00:41:16>> THE NEXT QUESTION FROM OUR
00:41:18PARTNER -- FOR BOTH CANDIDATES. IN MASSACHUSETTS WE HAVE SEEN
00:41:21PEOPLE WITH A VALID WORK PERMITS DETAINED.
00:41:25IF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY DOES REGAIN CONTROL OF THE SENATE,
00:41:29WHAT SPECIFIC LEGISLATION WOULD YOU ADVANCE TO GUARANTEE
00:41:32TRANSPARENCY AND DUE PROCESS? SENATOR MARKEY, 45 SECONDS.
00:41:37>> WE HAVE A CRISIS ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS AND OUR COUNTRY RIGHT NOW.
00:41:45I AGENTS DESCENDING UPON OUR
00:41:46COMMUNITIES AND GRABBING PEOPLE WITH LEGITIMATE WORK PERMITS.
00:41:50I SAW THAT IN MAINE AFTER -- WAS
00:41:57MURDERED BY ICE AGENTS WEEKS AGO.
00:41:59WE HAVE TO GUARANTEE WE GET ALL FULL LEGAL PROTECTIONS TO THOSE
00:42:03WORKERS, AND HOSPITALS, NURSING
00:42:08HOMES, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, THEY HAVE WORK PERMITS, WHICH
00:42:12ARE LEGAL. THAT IS WHY I HAVE A 100 MILLION DOLLARS PROGRAM, THE SHIELD ACT,
00:42:16TO MAKE SURE THEY GET LEGAL PROTECTIONS WHICH THEY NEED TO
00:42:19CONTINUE TO WORK LEGALLY IN THE U.S. >> WE WILL LEAVE IT THERE,
00:42:22CONGRESSMAN WALTON, WHAT SPECIFIC LEGISLATION WOULD YOU ADVANCE?
00:42:26>> I WANT TO BE CLEAR, I HAVE A VERY CLEAR THREE-POINT IMMIGRATION PROGRAM.
00:42:30NUMBER ONE, PROSECUTE ICE.
00:42:34PROSECUTE THEM FOR VIOLATING A LAW, THEY NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
00:42:38NUMBER TWO, AN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM THAT INCENTIVIZES PEOPLE
00:42:41TO COME HERE LEGALLY, ILLEGALLY. MY OFFICE HAS RUN FIVE DEMOCRACY
00:42:45WARDS, ONE FOR CONSTITUENT SERVICE IS REGARDED AS ONE OF
00:42:48THE BEST IMMIGRATION OFFICES IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
00:42:52PARTLY BECAUSE WE WORK SO HARD TO GET OUR ALLIES OUT OF AFGHANISTAN, BUT IT WAS HARDER
00:42:56TO GO THROUGH THE BUREAUCRACY THAN IT IS TO COME ACROSS THE BORDER.
00:42:59THREE, WE NEED A PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP FOR EVERYONE WHO IS HERE.
00:43:03IT IS ALSO WHY I PUT FORWARD THE
00:43:07NOMAD, IS TO RESTORE THE RIGHT
00:43:11TO PROSECUTE FEDERAL OFFICIALS FROM VIOLATING PEOPLE'S CIVIL RIGHTS THE WAY LOCAL OFFICIALS
00:43:15CAN BE PROSECUTED TODAY.
00:43:18>> THIS QUESTION IS FOR BOTH OF YOU. ANOTHER TOPIC WE HEARD OVER AND
00:43:22OVER AGAIN WHEN WE ASKED VIEWERS TO REACH OUT TO US.
00:43:24CONGRESSMAN WALTON, WE WILL START WITH YOU. DO YOU IDENTIFY AS A PROGRESSIVE
00:43:29DEMOCRAT, WHY OR WHY NOT? >> I DO, BECAUSE PROGRESSIVE
00:43:33MEANS PROGRESS. I PUT FORWARD ONE OF THE MOST
00:43:36PROGRESSIVE AFFORDABILITY AGENDAS OF ANYBODY IN CONGRESS TODAY. BECAUSE IT PLANTS THE FLAG IN
00:43:40THE GROUND AND SAYS HOUSING, HEALTH CARE, AND EDUCATION ARE JUST HUMAN RIGHTS.
00:43:44I TALKED ABOUT THE THINGS WE CAN DO TO EXPAND HOUSING ACCESS AND
00:43:47THEY VOTED FOR MANY BILLS TO DO SO. I ALSO TALKED ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD MEAN TO MAKE IT FASTER
00:43:51THAN DRIVING TO GET AROUND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.
00:43:56LIVING IN SALEM TODAY, MY WIFE COULD NOT WORK ON THE SOUTH
00:44:00SHORE OR OUT WEST BECAUSE YOU LITERALLY CAN'T GET THERE AT
00:44:04RUSH HOUR. THIS WILL DRAMATICALLY IMPROVE
00:44:06ACCESS TO HOUSING ACROSS THE STATE.
00:44:09WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE UNIVERSAL PRE-K.
00:44:12THAT IS NOT ONLY GOOD FOR OUR KIDS EDUCATION, IT IS GREAT FOR
00:44:15WORKING PARENTS AS WELL. THOSE ARE THE THINGS IN MY AFFORDABILITY AGENDA.
00:44:20WE PAY FOR IT BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE PAID FOR WITH THE WEALTH
00:44:24TAX ON MEGA-MILLIONAIRE'S BECAUSE THEY NEED TO PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE.
00:44:28>> SENATOR MARKEY, DO YOU IDENTIFY AS A PROGRESSIVE OR DEMOCRAT?
00:44:32>> I'M A PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRAT. THAT IS WHY BERNIE SANDERS HAS ENDORSED ME IN THIS RACE.
00:44:40WHY AYANNA PRESSLEY HAS ENDORSED ME IN THIS RACE. BECAUSE I AM THE PROGRESSIVE IN THIS RACE.
00:44:45IT IS BECAUSE I SUPPORT MEDICARE
00:44:48FOR ALL. I BELIEVE IN UNIVERSAL HEALTH
00:44:52CARE PROVIDED THROUGH A MEDICARE FOR ALL SYSTEM. I BELIEVE IN THE GREEN NEW DEAL.
00:44:55I BELIEVE WE NEED TO HAVE AN
00:44:57ENERGY REVOLUTION -- ELECTRIC
00:45:01VEHICLES, BATTERY STORAGE, TECHNOLOGY, LOWER COST
00:45:04GREENHOUSE GASES, AND UNION JOBS INSTALLING THEM.
00:45:08AND I BELIEVE WE NEED TO TAX BILLIONAIRES, BUT ALSO TO MAKE
00:45:11SURE THAT MONEY THAT GOES TO
00:45:14CHILDCARE GOES TO EDUCATION, KIDS IN OUR CITIES SO THEY GET
00:45:17THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES I
00:45:21RECEIVED TO BECOME PART OF THE AMERICAN DREAM.
00:45:25>> THANK YOU. THE NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM THE
00:45:28BOSTON 25 NEWS VIEWER, AND IT IS FOR BOTH OF YOU AS WELL.
00:45:32DO YOU BELIEVE THAT ISRAEL
00:45:34COMMITTED WAR CRIMES IN GAZA? SENATOR MARKEY, 45 SECONDS.
00:45:40>> ES. ISRAEL COMMITTED WAR CRIMES IN GAZA.
00:45:46THEY WERE DROPPING THOUSAND POUND BOMBS ON ENTIRE CITY
00:45:50BLOCKS, DESTROYING HOSPITALS,
00:45:53SCHOOLS, THEY WERE CREATING
00:45:57HUNGER AMONGST THOSE WHO WERE MOST VULNERABLE.
00:46:00AND BENJAMIN NETANYAHU WAS
00:46:04BLOCKING THE FOOD BEING ABLE TO BE RESUPPLIED TO THEM.
00:46:07IT IS AN ABSOLUTE ATROCITY.
00:46:09WE SHOULD FIND NO FURTHER
00:46:11MILITARY FUNDING FOR ISRAEL,
00:46:15BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IS AN ABSOLUTE
00:46:19ATROCITY, A WAR CRIME, INTERNATIONAL WAR CRIME, A CRIME
00:46:22AGAINST THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. >> THANK YOU. CONGRESSMAN, 45 SECONDS.
00:46:27>> IT IS AN ABSOLUTE MORAL
00:46:29TRAGEDY WHAT HAS GONE ON IN GAZA.
00:46:32EVEN IN RESPONSE TO THE HEINOUS ATTACKS OF OCTOBER 7.
00:46:36THIS IS DEEPLY PERSONAL TO ME BECAUSE I SPENT THREE YEARS ON
00:46:39THE GROUND IN THE MIDDLE EAST FIGHTING A WAR THAT SHOULD NOT
00:46:43HAVE BEEN FOUGHT THANKS TO THE VOTE OF PEOPLE IN CONGRESS LIKE SENATOR MARKEY.
00:46:48THAT IS WHY I HAVE REFUSE A PACK
00:46:51SUPPORT AND RETURN CONTRIBUTIONS IN THIS CAMPAIGN.
00:46:54THAT IS WHY I RECENTLY VOTED FOR THE -- AMENDMENT TO STOP $3.3
00:46:59BILLION IN AMERICAN TAXPAYER FUNDING FOR ISRAELI WEAPONS.
00:47:02THAT IS WHY I HAVE SPOKEN OUT REPEATEDLY USING MY CREDIBILITY
00:47:06FROM MY TIME IN THE MIDDLE EAST AGAINST WHAT PRIME MINISTER
00:47:10NETANYAHU IS DOING, ONE OF THE FIRST IN CONGRESS TO CALL FOR HIM TO RESIGN. >> THAT IS YOUR TIME.
00:47:16>> THE NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM A GBH LISTENER.
00:47:20WHAT DO YOU SUPPORT OR OPPOSE
00:47:24THAT YOU BELIEVE YOUR OPPONENT DOES NOT?
00:47:27>> THE FIRST ABOUT THAT I TAKE WHEN I GET TO THE U.S. SENATE
00:47:31WILL BE NOT FOR SENATOR SCHUMER,
00:47:33BECAUSE WE NEED NEW LEADERSHIP AT THE TOP AS WELL.
00:47:37I WILL ALSO NOT VOTE TO SUPPORT
00:47:41TRUMP NOMINEES. THE SENATOR HAS NOT JUST
00:47:43SUPPORTED A FEW, HE VOTED FOR 61 TRUMP NOMINEES, INCLUDING
00:47:47SECRETARY RUBIO.
00:47:50SENATOR, YOU SERVED FOUR YEARS
00:47:52WILL SENATOR RUBIO, THE GUY IS A SNEAK.
00:47:55HOW CAN YOU VOTE TO SEND HIM TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT? LOOK WHAT HE'S DOING TO TRANS
00:47:59PEOPLE ACROSS AMERICA, TO OUR SERVICE MEMBERS WHO HAVE TO GO FIGHT HIS WARS.
00:48:04I WILL NOT TAKE VOTES LIKE THAT AT ALL.
00:48:07I WILL ALSO NOT VIOLATE PLEDGES
00:48:09I HAVE MADE TO THE VOTERS OF MASSACHUSETTS.
00:48:12LIKE THE SENATOR HAS WITH HIS FOSSIL FUEL PLEDGEES REPEATEDLY VIOLATED.
00:48:17HE VIOLATED THAT PLEDGE IN HIS
00:48:20LAST CAMPAIGN TAKING FOSSIL FUEL LOBBYIST MONEY. HE WAS FORCED TO RETURN IT, THEN
00:48:24WENT BACK TO THE SAME DONORS AND TOOK IT AGAIN.
00:48:27WE NEED HONESTY FROM OUR SENATORS.
00:48:30>> SENATOR MARKEY, WHAT IS SOMETHING YOU BELIEVE OR OPPOSE
00:48:34CONGRESSMAN WALTON DOES NOT? >> I REJECT ALL FOSSIL FUEL
00:48:38MONEY, SOMEONE TRIES TO GIVE IT TO ME, THEY GET IT BACK.
00:48:42CONGRESSMAN WALTON KNOWS THAT.
00:48:44IN TERMS OF SNAKES, PETE HEGSETH
00:48:47IS A WAR CRIMINAL AND
00:48:50CONGRESSMAN WALTON VOTED A $1
00:48:53TRILLION BUDGET FULL OF WAR IN
00:48:56IRAN AFTER HEADSET MADE IT CLEAR
00:49:00WHAT HIS INTENTIONS WERE.
00:49:03SO THIS IS ALL KIND OF A RED HERRING, THERE ARE SO MANY RED HERRINGS.
00:49:08THAT IS NOT ACCURATE. IF YOU WANT A BIG DIFFERENCE, IT IS MEDICARE FOR ALL.
00:49:14THAT GOES TO THE HELP -- WHETHER
00:49:17OR NOT EVERY FAMILY IN AMERICA
00:49:18CAN HAVE AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE. BERNIE SANDERS AND I WANT
00:49:22MEDICARE FOR ALL, CONGRESSMAN MOULTON DOES NOT.
00:49:25>> WE BOTH SUPPORT UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE, SENATOR.
00:49:28>> NOT MEDICARE FOR ALL. >> ANOTHER QUESTION.
00:49:32WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM OUR VIEWERS, WHICH IS AWESOME.
00:49:35HOW LONG IS TOO LONG TO HOLD PUBLIC OFFICE?
00:49:38DO YOU SUPPORT TERM LIMITS? WHAT ARE THEY?
00:49:42SENATOR MARKEY, 45 SECONDS.
00:49:45>> WE HAVE TERM LIMITS, THEY ARE CALLED ELECTIONS.
00:49:47WE HAVE AN ELECTION COMING UP,
00:49:51AND ANOTHER IN FOUR WEEKS. ELECTIONS ARE ABOUT THE FUTURE.
00:49:54AND AGAIN, CONGRESSMAN MOULTON,
00:49:59WE WILL KEEP COMING BACK TO THIS, HE USED HIS SERVICE ON THE
00:50:03ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE TO ENRICH HIMSELF TO THE TUNE OF
00:50:07MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BY HAVING THE COMPANIES DIVERGE --
00:50:10DIVERGENT WITH A I GIVE HIM
00:50:12ACCESS TO EARLY INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
00:50:15IT ENRICHED HIM, THOSE COMPANIES, AND HE VOTED FOR THE
00:50:19BLOATED DEFENSE BUDGETS, EVEN LAST DECEMBER.
00:50:23PUBLIC SERVICE IS A TRUST.
00:50:27IT SHOULD NOT BE ABOUT SELF SERVICE, IT SHOULD BE ABOUT PUBLIC SERVICE.
00:50:30THAT IS WHAT THE TEST FOR THE SELECTION SHOULD BE.
00:50:34>> CONGRESSMAN MOULTON, DO YOU SUPPORT TERM LIMITS? >> I DO.
00:50:37I'M GOING TO ANSWER THE QUESTION STRAIGHT UP. I DO SUPPORT THEM.
00:50:40I THINK TOO MANY PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON ARE CLINGING TO POWER
00:50:44FOR TOO LONG. AND FRANKLY, RUNNING ELECTIONS
00:50:46NOT BASED ON A 50 YEAR RECORD,
00:50:49BUT ON ALLEGATIONS THAT ARE COMPLETELY FALSE AGAINST YOUR OPPONENT LIKE THAT ALLEGATION HE
00:50:53AGAIN LEVELED, WHEN MY FAMILY HAS BEEN COMPLETELY ABOVE THE
00:50:58BOARD. ON TOP OF THAT, WE HAVE DISCUSSED EVERYTHING WE HAVE
00:51:02DONE WHILE THE SENATOR REFUSES TO DISCLOSE HIS TAXES.
00:51:05ON TOP OF THAT, WE NEED AN HONEST DISCUSSION ABOUT AGE LIMITS.
00:51:08WE HAVE SEEN WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS WITH
00:51:12SENATOR GRAHAM AND SENATOR MCCONNELL.
00:51:15WE CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE A VOTE
00:51:16TO TRUMP AND THE MAGA
00:51:19REPUBLICANS THAT MIGHT RESULT IN AN EXCERPT -- CONSERVATIVE
00:51:22SUPREME COURT JUSTICE THE SENATOR MISSED HIS VOTE DUE TO A HEALTH REASON.
00:51:27>> ANOTHER QUESTION FROM A GBH LISTENER FOR BOTH CANDIDATES. BOTH
00:51:31CANDIDATES. WHAT IS ONE VOTE THAT YOU'VE TAKEN THAT YOU WISH YOU COULD HAVE BACK?
00:51:35CONGRESSMAN MOULTON, YOU FIRST.
00:51:42>> GOOD QUESTION. >> YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SAY THAT
00:51:46EARLIER IN THE DEBATE, BUT GO AHEAD. >> GREAT QUESTION.
00:51:50THEY ARE ALL GOOD QUESTIONS.
00:51:51A VOTE OF MY CONSCIENCE EVERY
00:51:55DAY OF I'VE TAKEN VOTES I HAVE BEEN POLITICALLY UNPOPULAR.
00:51:58IF TAKEN ABOUT THE SENATOR
00:52:00ATTACKED ME FOR SAYING I
00:52:04SANCTIONED I.C.E. WHEN IT WAS A
00:52:07VOTE TO CONDEMN A HATE CRIME WHEN THEY SET A MAN ON FIRE.
00:52:10SOME WOULD SAY DO YOU REGRET THAT VOTE BECAUSE A SENATOR IS
00:52:14RUNNING FALSE ADS AGAINST DO THAT NUMEROUS FACT CHECK SET ARE
00:52:17WRONG AND FALSE, BUT I DON'T
00:52:20BECAUSE I WILL ALWAYS CONDEMN HATE CRIMES. I WILL ALWAYS BE ABLE TO GO TO
00:52:24SLEEP AT NIGHT BECAUSE I THINK I'VE DONE THE RIGHT THING FOR MY COUNTRY AND MY KIDS.
00:52:27>> THANK YOU,
00:52:31CONGRESSMAN. SENATOR MARK?
00:52:34>> I WISH I HAD NOT VOTED FOR
00:52:37NAFTA IN 1993. THAT WAS A MISTAKE.
00:52:40THEY WERE NOT ENVIRONMENTAL AND LABOR SAFEGUARDS.
00:52:42I VOTED AGAINST A TRADE DEAL WITH CHINA.
00:52:47A TRADE DEAL WITH COUNTRIES ALL AROUND THE WORLD, BECAUSE I NOW
00:52:50CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT
00:52:51THOSE TRADE DEALS GET EXPLOITED.
00:52:55THEY WIND UP WITH WORKERS PAYING THE PRICE. THEY WIND UP WITH FAMILIES
00:52:59LOSING THEIR JOBS.
00:53:00I'VE BEEN ENDORSED BY THE
00:53:04AFL-CIO IN THIS RACE BECAUSE
00:53:05THEY KNOW I UNDERSTAND THAT
00:53:09THEIR JOBS ARE DEPENDENT UPON FAIR TRADE. AND WHEN THESE TRADE DEALS GO
00:53:13AWRY IT IS THEIR FAMILIES THAT PAY THE PRICE. AND THOSE ARE THE FAMILIES I
00:53:17STAND UP FOR AND THAT IS WHY THE AFL-CIO HAS MY BACK IN THIS RACE.
00:53:21>> SENATOR MARKEY, WE WILL STAY
00:53:24WITH YOU FOR A MOMENT. WHAT WAS YOUR SIGNATURE LEGISLATIVE ACHIEVEMENT AND WHEN
00:53:28WAS IT PASSED?
00:53:29>> I WOULD SAY IT WAS IN 2022,
00:53:34JUST FOUR YEARS AGO, WHEN I WAS
00:53:35ABLE TO CREATE A CLIMATE BANK OF
00:53:40$20 BILLION THAT WAS UNLEASHING 150 BILLION DOLLARS OF CLEAN
00:53:44ENERGY MONEY COMING TO COMMUNITIES ALL ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS.
00:53:48CREATING THOUSANDS OF JOBS. REDUCING GREENHOUSE GASES THAT
00:53:51ARE ENDANGERING OUR COASTLINE.
00:53:56ENDANGERING FAMILIES ALL ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH.
00:53:58AND ALSO WITH THAT LEGISLATION, 60 BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF
00:54:02ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FUNDING
00:54:05FOR BOSTON, FOR SPRINGFIELD, FOR
00:54:09COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH. SIMULTANEOUSLY THE TAX BREAKS FOR WIND AND SOLAR.
00:54:12OFFSHORE WIND I WAS ABLE TO
00:54:16BUILD INTO THAT BILL TO CREATE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND LOWER ELECTRICITY IN MASSACHUSETTS.
00:54:20>> 988, THE NATIONAL MENTAL
00:54:24HEALTH HOTLINE BECAUSE IT IS SAVING THOUSANDS OF LIVES EVERY SINGLE MONTH.
00:54:27I PASSED IT AFTER BECOMING THE
00:54:32FIRST SITTING MEMBER OF CONGRESS TO TALK ABOUT MY OWN MENTAL
00:54:35HEALTH STRUGGLES WHEN I DISCLOSED DEALING WITH POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS AFTER IRAQ.
00:54:40I'VE NEVER BEEN MORE HONOR THAN TO TRAVEL AROUND THE COUNTRY AND HAVE PEOPLE COME UP FROM ALL OF
00:54:44THE PLACE AND SAY THANK YOU FOR
00:54:46SHARING THAT STORY BECAUSE IT
00:54:49HAS ENABLED ME AND MY FAMILY TO TALK ABOUT MY MENTAL HEALTH
00:54:53STRUGGLES. THAT BILL HAS REDUCED TEEN
00:54:56SUICIDE BY 11% ON ITS OWN.
00:55:00IT HAS SEVERAL OPTIONS FOR
00:55:01VETERANS AND LGBTQ YOUTH THAT
00:55:04TRUMP IS TRYING TO TAKE AWAY. WE ARE WORKING IN A BIPARTISAN
00:55:08COALITION TO RESTORE IT, BUT THAT IS A PIECE OF LEGISLATION
00:55:12THAT'S SAVING THOUSANDS OF LIVES AND AM PROUD OF IT. >> WE ARE ALMOST AT THE TIME.
00:55:16WE WILL DO A QUICK LIGHTNING ROUND.
00:55:18YOU HAVE FIVE SECONDS TO RESPOND. CONGRESSMAN MOULTON COME YOU GET
00:55:22THE FIRST QUESTION. WHO SHOULD THE NEXT TOP DEMOCRAT IN THE SENATE BE?
00:55:26>> IT SHOULD NOT BE CHUCK SCHUMER. I MADE THE PROMISE THAT UNTIL I
00:55:30GET THERE I WON'T SAY WHO I HAVE IN MIND. >> FIVE SECONDS.
00:55:34>> WE NEED A BIG DEBATE ABOUT NEW LEADERSHIP AND DIRECTION IN THE SENATE.
00:55:38WE NEED THE DEBATE ABOUT NEW LEADERSHIP.
00:55:41>> WOULD YOU SUPPORT ANOTHER GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN TO ACHIEVE
00:55:45DEMOCRATIC VICTORIES OR BLOCK PRESIDENT TRUMP'S AGENDA? >> I WOULD ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT
00:55:50ANOTHER GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. I SUPPORTED THE GOVERNMENT
00:55:52SHUTDOWN LAST YEAR TO PROTECT THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND I
00:55:56WOULD SUPPORT ANOTHER GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN THIS YEAR.
00:56:00>> ABSOLUTELY. IF YOU THINK THE DEMOCRATS IN THE SENATE ARE FIGHTING HARD
00:56:04ENOUGH AGAINST THE REPUBLICANS VOTE FOR THE STATUS QUO. IF YOU WANT STRONGER FIGHTERS
00:56:07THAT'S WHY WE NEED NEW LEADERSHIP. >> WE HAVE REACHED THE CLOSING
00:56:11STATEMENTS OF OUR DEBATE. I APPRECIATE YOU BOTH.
00:56:1445 SECONDS, CONGRESSMAN MOULTON, YOU FIRST.
00:56:17>> YOU'VE ARE TWO DIFFERENT VISIONS OF THE FUTURE FOR MASSACHUSETTS.
00:56:20ONE VISION THAT IS VERY MUCH
00:56:22STEEPED IN THE TRUMP STYLE OF
00:56:28ATTACKING YOUR OPPONENT AND TRYING TO WIN AN ELECTION BASED
00:56:29ON DISMANTLING HIS RECORD. AND YOU HAVE SEEN A POSITIVE VISION FOR THE FUTURE.
00:56:35THE REALITY IS WE NEED CHANGE IN WASHINGTON.
00:56:37AND I SAY THAT WITH RESPECT FOR THE SENATOR'S 50 YEARS OF SERVICE.
00:56:41THERE JUST COMES A TIME TO PASS THE TORCH TO THE NEXT GENERATION.
00:56:45THERE IS NO BETTER TIME FOR THAT THAN NOW. IF YOU'RE HAPPY WITH THE STATUS
00:56:48QUO VOTE FOR THE SENATOR. BUT IF YOU BELIEVE IN CHANGE.
00:56:52IN A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERSHIP WITH BOLD, NEW IDEAS
00:56:55TO TAKE MASSACHUSETTS FORWARD
00:56:58AND FIGHT HARDER
00:57:02AGAINST TRUMP AND THE MAGA REPUBLICANS, VOTE.
00:57:10>> THERE IS A CLEAR CHOICE IN THE SELECTION AND IT WILL WHO WILL FIGHT HARDEST FOR YOUR FAMILIES.
00:57:12I AM PARTNERING WITH ELIZABETH WARREN AND BERNIE SANDERS.
00:57:16THAT'S WHY THEY ARE ENDORSING ME TO FIGHT FOR LOWER ELECTRICITY
00:57:20PRICES, LOWER HEALTH CARE COSTS,
00:57:21TO ENSURE THAT A CHILD -- THAT CHILDCARE IS AVAILABLE AND
00:57:25AFFORDABLE FOR EVERYONE IN OUR NATION.
00:57:28THAT'S THE PROGRESSIVE AGENDA FOR TODAY. AND OPPOSED TO CONGRESSMAN
00:57:33MOULTON, I DO NOT BENEFIT FROM
00:57:36SWEETHEART PRIVATE EQUITY DEALS IN THE COMMITTEES I SERVE ON.
00:57:40I WILL NEVER DO THAT.
00:57:43THAT'S WHAT CONGRESSMAN MOULTON REPRESENTS WITH THE 300 $50,000
00:57:47IN CORPORATE POCKET MONEY HE HAS RECEIVED IN THIS RACE.
00:57:48>> SENATOR MARKEY, THAT IS YOUR TIME.
00:57:53I THANK YOU, SENATOR MARKEY AND CONGRESSMAN MOULTON FOR A
00:57:56SPIRITED DEBATE TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND
00:57:59THANK YOU TO EVERYONE AT HOME, ON YOUR CELL PHONES, OR WHEREVER
00:58:03YOU ARE WATCHING.
00:58:05ON BEHALF OF MY CO-MODERATOR, I
00:58:08AM CAR
01:00:06LIFE-SIZED BRONZE STATUES
01:00:12LEADING TO DOWNTOWN DEPERE, SOUTH DAKOTA.
01:00:56>> THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TODAY.
01:00:58I WONDERED IF ANYONE WOULD COME TO TODAY'S CELEBRATION AND I APPRECIATE LOOKING ACROSS THIS
01:01:02COUFD FACES TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT I DEARLY LOVE.
01:01:06SO MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE WALKED ALONGSIDE OUR FAMILIES OVER THE YEARS.
01:01:10HAVE HELD OUR CHILDREN AND HAVE
01:01:12GONE TO CAMPAIGN EVENTS WITH US.
01:01:14HAVE RODEOED WITH US.
01:01:17HAVE JUST DONE LIFE TABLETING. I -- LIFE TOGETHER.
01:01:21THAT IS A TESTIMONY TO WHAT SOUTH DAKOTA IS. WE'RE NOT JUST CITIZENS OF THE SAME STATE.
01:01:25WE'RE ALL MEMBERS OF THE SAME FAMILY.
01:01:27I WANT TO THANK THE GOVERNOR
01:01:29AND THE FIRST LADY FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP.
01:01:32THEY HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLE PEOPLE OF INTEGRITY TOW LEAD SOUTH DAKOTA AFTER I HAVE LEFT
01:01:37THE STATE AND GONE TO SERVE WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS ADMINISTRATION.
01:01:41I'VE BEEN GRATEFUL FOR THEM AND ALL THAT THEY HAVE DONE AND
01:01:44EVEN LAST NIGHT, IN ALL GRACIOUSNESS, THEY OFFERED TO
01:01:47HOST OUR FAMILY FOR DINNER AT
01:01:49THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION.
01:01:55SO THE KIDDOS AND I AND
01:01:58EVERYONE WENT CHASING RABBITS AND PICKING TOMATOES WITHOUT
01:02:01PERMISSION AND GETTING DIRTY. MOM WAS THERE WITH ME, TOO, AND
01:02:04WHEN MOM WAS GETTING INTO BED, YOU WERE KIND ENOUGH TO LET HER
01:02:07STAY IN HER OLD ROOM THAT SHE USED TO STAY IN WHEN WE LIVED
01:02:10IN THE GOVERNOR'S RESIDENCE. AND I WENT IN THERE AND I WAS
01:02:14TUCKING MOM IN TO BED AND WE WERE TALKING A LITTLE BIT AND I
01:02:19SAID TO HER IT WAS ABOUT 10:30 AT NIGHT AND I SAID MOM, THANK
01:02:23YOU FOR COMING. I KNOW IT IS A LOT. SHE SAID LOOK AT ME.
01:02:26I'M LAYING IN THE GOVERNOR'S RESIDENCE GETTING TUCKED INTO BED.
01:02:29WHAT'S HARD ABOUT THIS?
01:02:33SO SHE LOVED IT.
01:02:35[ APPLAUSE ]
01:02:38BUT WE HAVE JUST SO APPRECIATED
01:02:43THE FRENSHIP AND ALL THEY'VE DONE TO WALK ALONGSIDE OF OUR FAMILY.
01:02:46YOU KNOW OUR FAMILY AND BRIAN AND THE KIDS HAVE DONE
01:02:50EVERYTHING WITH ME AS I ASSUMED WHATEVER ROLE I WAS IN AND
01:02:53WE'VE DONE IT AS A FAMILY LOVING EACH OTHER AND THEY'VE
01:02:58BEEN MY GREATEST ENCOURAGERS OVER THE YEARS AND ALL JUST
01:03:01DEARLY LOVE EACH OTHER. I KNOW BRIAN AND BOOKER DON'T
01:03:04GET THE CHANCE TO BE WITH US TODAY. BOOKER IS SERVING AS A
01:03:07MISSIONARY IN THE MIDDLE EAST
01:03:09SO I WOULD CONTINUE TO ASK YOU
01:03:12TO LIFT HIM UP IN PRAYER AND KEEP GOD'S PROTECTION OVER HIM
01:03:15AS HE TELLS PEOPLE ABOUT JESUS IN THE DARKEST PLACES OF THE WORLD THAT NEED TO HEAR ABOUT IT.
01:03:19WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOU AND EVERYONE IN OUR FAMILY WANTS TO
01:03:23LET YOU KNOW HOW MUCH WE LOVE YOU AND APPRECIATE YOU AND
01:03:26THANK YOU FOR OPENING YOUR HEARTS AND HOMES TO US AS WE
01:03:30CONTINUE TO WALK. I ALWAYS BELIEVED SOUTH DAKOTA
01:03:32WAS A SMALL STATE, BUT THAT MADE US SPECIAL. IT MADE US A SMALL STATE THAT
01:03:36COULD BE NIMBLE. THAT COULD DO THINGS THAT OTHER STATES COULDN'T DO.
01:03:39WE COULD ALMOST BE A PILOT PROJECT FOR WHAT WE WANTED
01:03:42AMERICA TO BE LIKE AND PUT IN PLACE REFORMS AND WE ALL DID
01:03:46THAT TOGETHER AND I THINK THAT
01:03:50IS WHY SOUTH DAKOTA CONTINUES TO LEAD THE NATION IN THE EXAMPLE IT SETS.
01:03:53IT'S A CITY ON A HILL. A SHINING EXAMPLE OF WHAT
01:03:56FREEDOM LOOKS LIKE AND WILL STILL CONTINUE TO BE THAT WAY
01:03:59FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. THE TRAIL OF GOVERNORS, I THANK
01:04:02YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO. FOR THE HISTORY YOU'RE
01:04:06DEDICATED TO AND TELLING KIDS AND GRANDCHILDREN ABOUT PAST
01:04:09LEADERS. I KNOW I APPRECIATED ALL YOU'VE
01:04:12DONE IN EDUCATING US AND OUR FAMILY AND SOUTH DAKOTA AND
01:04:16BEGINNINGS AND THOSE WHO STEPED
01:04:18UP AND SERVED AND THAT YOU WORKED ON THIS STATUE FOR ME.
01:04:22WHEN THEY FIRST CAME AND SAID THEY WANTED TO DO THE STATUE, I
01:04:25SAID SHOULDN'T I BE DEAD FIRST? THEY SAID NO.
01:04:29AND I WOULD APPRECIATE IF WE
01:04:33COULD WAIT UNTIL THEN BECAUSE IT SEEMS STRANGE TO DO A STATUE
01:04:36WHEN YOU'RE STILL ALIVE. THEN I SAID IF WE'RE GOING TO
01:04:39DO IT, I REALLY WANT MY HORSE TO BE IN IT.
01:04:42AND THAT MADE THINGS COMPLICATED.
01:04:45ICE MAN IS A VERY, VERY SPECIAL
01:04:50HORSE.
01:04:50HE'S A SORREL GELDING.
01:04:55HE'S SOLID. HE IS STEADY AND NEVER GAVE ME
01:04:58A SINGLE FIT OR BAD ATTITUDE.
01:05:01THERE WAS ONE PARADE WHERE HE WAS KIND OF LEERY BUT I WAS
01:05:05OKAY WITH THAT.
01:05:06JUST PROVED HE WAS MY HORSE.
01:05:10BUT YOU TAKE A HORSE AND PUT
01:05:13THEM IN A BUFFALO ROUND UP AND IT IS DANGEROUS AND HE WAS JUST
01:05:17A ROCK STAR. NO MATTER WHAT SITUATION I PUT
01:05:19HIM IN, HE WAS THE VERY FIRST
01:05:23HORSE TO CARRY AN AMERICAN FLAG AT A PROFESSIONAL BULL RIDING
01:05:26EVENT WHERE THEY ACTUALLY DROPPED FIREWORKS ON HIS HEAD
01:05:29AND LIT THE ARENA FLOOR ON FIRE AND HE WALKED OUT THERE AND
01:05:32STOOD PROUDLY WITH THE AMERICAN FLAG.
01:05:35SO HE IS STILL WITH ME. A LITTLE ARTHRITIS IN HIS KNEES
01:05:39BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING WE PUT HIM THROUGH BUT HE'S VERY
01:05:43SPECIAL AND THE FACT YOU LET US HAVE ICEMAN IN THE PORTRAIT AND
01:05:47THE STATUE IS VERY SPECIAL TO ME AND MY FAMILY.
01:05:49MY DAD WAS A COWBOY AND EVERY
01:05:53DAY I VISIT. HE DIED AT 49 YEARS OLD IN AN
01:05:56ACCIDENT BUT MOST PEOPLE DON'T
01:06:00REALIZE WHEN I GREW UP MY HORSE
01:06:04PASTURE HAD A SIGN OVER IT WITH
01:06:06A QUOTE DAD HAD MADE AND PUT
01:06:09THERE FOR US TO READ EVERY TIME I WENT TO CATCH MY HORSES AND IT SAID THERE IS NOTHING SO
01:06:13GOOD FOR THE INSIDE OF A MAN AS
01:06:17THE OUTSIDE OF A GOOD HORSE. AND I READ THAT ALL THE TIME
01:06:20AND TRULY THOUGHT IT WAS TRUE. I DIDN'T REALIZE UNTIL I GOT TO
01:06:23CONGRESS THAT WAS A RONALD REAGAN QUOTE.
01:06:26MY DAD WASN'T A POLITICAL GUY.
01:06:28THE FACT HE HUNG A RONALD
01:06:31REAGAN QUOTE OVER MY HORSE PASTURE GATE IS INCREDIBLE.
01:06:35AND THEN I GOT ELECTED TO BE
01:06:37THE 33RD GOVERNOR OF SOUTH
01:06:40DAKOTA AND RONALD REAGAN WAS THE 33RD GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA.
01:06:44AND RIGHT NOW I HAVE 3 COWBOYS
01:06:46AT OUR RANCH HANGING THAT VERY
01:06:49SAM SIGN ABOVE OUR HORSE PAST
01:06:54OUR GATE TO NOT ONLY REMEMBER
01:06:56WHAT MY DAD INSTILLED IN THE VALUES BUT ALSO OUR LEADERS AND
01:07:00OUR PRESIDENTS AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE LED THIS NATION THROUGH
01:07:04CHALLENGING TIMES BUT DID SO
01:07:07WITH A SMILE AND SPARKLE IN
01:07:10THEIR EYE LIKE PRESIDENT REAGAN DID. I WANT TO THANK JOHN LOPEZ.
01:07:13I LOVED HIM EVER SINCE I FIRST SAW HIM.
01:07:17YOU CAN TELL A GOOD HEART ON SOMEONE WHEN YOU MEET THEM AND
01:07:21HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN SPECIAL.
01:07:24I THINK I FIRST PAYS ATTENTION
01:07:27TO YOU, JOHN, BECAUSE MY MOM
01:07:30THOUGHT YOU WERE CUTE AND SHE
01:07:32MADE US DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO
01:07:36LONDON TO MEET A COWBOY SHE
01:07:38THOUGHT WAS CUTE AND THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
01:07:40THIS MEANS A LOT TO ME.
01:07:43I KNOW HOW BUSY YOU ARE AND
01:07:45YOU'RE HELPING PEOPLE WITH THE
01:07:52GIFTS GOD HAS GIVEN YOU AND IT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME AND
01:07:55HOPEFULLY TO MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN, AS WELL.
01:07:57I FIRST MET DAVID WHEN I THINK
01:08:01HE REACHED OUT TO BETH AND SAID HE HAD TAKEN A PICTURE OFF OF
01:08:05THE BUFFALO ROUND UP HE PAINTED
01:08:09A PORTRAIT OF AND WANTED TO GIVE IT TO ME.
01:08:12NO ONE LIKES AMERICA LIKE DAVID.
01:08:15HE'S THE GREATEST PATRIOT THAT I KNOW AND BEEN THE MAIN ARTIST
01:08:18FOR HARLEY DAVIDSON FOR MANY YEARS.
01:08:21HE'S TRAVELED THE WORLD AND
01:08:23BEEN AN EXAMPLE BUT DEARLY LOVES HIS FREEDOM AND NOT FROM
01:08:26SOUTH DAKOTA BUT I THINK HE
01:08:29SECRETLY WISHES HE WAS.
01:08:32BUT THAT PICTURE OFF CELL PHONE
01:08:34STILL HANGS IN MY OFFICE AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT TODAY.
01:08:37IT HUNG IN THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND I TOOK IT TO WASHINGTON D.C. AND HUNG IT IN
01:08:41THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
01:08:43SECURITY AND MOVED IT OVER TO
01:08:47THE DEPARTMENT AT SHIELD AND WILL CONTINUE TO HELP SECURE
01:08:51BORDERS AND DEAL WITH MIGRATION
01:08:54AND SAFETY AND BRING SAFETY TO THE COMMUNITIS AND BRING BETTER ALLIES TO THE UNITED STATES.
01:08:57THANK YOU, DAVID. FOR ALL YOU DO AND FOR WHO YOU ARE AND FOR YOUR HEART.
01:09:01I'LL ALWAYS STRIVE TO BE MORE LIKE YOU.
01:09:03[ APPLAUSE ]AND WITH THAT I DO
01:09:11WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO BETH WHO HELPED
01:09:14FACILITATE ALL OF THIS WITH TONY.
01:09:17I KNOW THEY SPENT MANY, MANY
01:09:21PHONE CALLS ORGANIZING THINGS SAYING WELL, SHE WOULD REALLY
01:09:24LIKE THE HORSE IN THERE AND
01:09:26BEING MY ADVOCAUGHT JUST ON BEHALF -- MY ADVOCATE TO MAKE
01:09:30SURE TODAY WENT WELL AND THANK
01:09:33YOU FOR ALWAYS WALKING ON MY SIDE.
01:09:36HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW BETH BECAUSE SHE'S WITH ME?
01:09:39I PRAY I NEVER HAVE TO SPEND A
01:09:42DAY SHE IS NOT MY BEST FRIEND.
01:09:44AND I WANT TO THANK MY KIDS
01:09:47WITH CASSIDY AND TANNER AND KENNEDY ARE HERE AND STAND UP
01:09:50WITH THE GRANDKIDS REAL QUICK.
01:09:53STAND UP AND THEY HAVE MISS ADDY.
01:09:56DO YOU WANT TO STAND UP?
01:09:58MISS ADDY IS 5.
01:10:03AND THEN WE HAVE BRANCH WHO IS
01:10:083 AND THEN LETY LOU IS 2 AND
01:10:14THEN KENNEDY AND TANNER HAVE
01:10:17NOAH AND SHE WAS TALKING A LOT
01:10:19BUT BEST JOB I HAD IN MY LIFE
01:10:22IS BEING A GRANDMOTHER AND THEN
01:10:24BEYOND THAT IT WAS BEING A MOM AND THEN GOVERNOR OF SOUTH
01:10:28CAROLINA. MIKE BROWN USED TO SAY THAT BEING GOVERNOR IS THE BEST JOB
01:10:32AND I LOVED WORKING FOR
01:10:35PRESIDENT TRUMP AND I TOLD HIM
01:10:38YOU'RE FIRST PERSON I WORKED
01:10:40FOR IN 30 YEARS.
01:10:43EVER SINCE MY DAD PASSED AWAY I
01:10:46WORKED FOR MYSELF OR THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH DAKOTA AND HE SAID IT
01:10:50WAS SO EASY WORKING FOR ME.
01:10:54YES, SIR, IT IS SO EASY WORKING
01:10:57FOR YOU BUT HE WISHES YOU ALL
01:10:59WELL AND HE CAME BACK TO SOUTH
01:11:03DAKOTA FOR THE FIREWORKS AND FOR HIS RESPECT FOR THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH DAKOTA AND WHAT YOU
01:11:06HAVE ALL DONE TOGETHER.
01:11:10AND ONE MORE STORY BEFORE I'M DONE. YOU DON'T NEED TO HEAR MORE
01:11:13FROM ME.
01:11:14WHEN I WAS FIRST ELECTED TO
01:11:18CONGRESS I WAS MISERABLE. IT'S A HUGE ADJUSTMENT!
01:11:22YOU GET TO WASHINGTON D.C. AND
01:11:25IT'S CHAOTIC AND YOU GIVE
01:11:27SPEECHS AND ABOUT YEAR 2 YOU
01:11:30REALIZE YOU HAVE THE SAME MEETINGS AND THINGS AREN'T
01:11:33GETTING FIXED AND YOU FEEL LIKE ALL YOU'RE DOING IS TALKING AND
01:11:37I'M AWAY FROM MY HUSBAND AND MY
01:11:39RANCH AND EVERYBODY I LOVED AND COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHEY WAS
01:11:43DOING THERE. I THOUGHT WHAT DID GOD DO?
01:11:46WHY AM I IN THIS CITY AND
01:11:48EVERYTHING I LOVE IS BACK IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
01:11:51AND THEN I WAS ON THE HOUSE
01:11:54FLOOR AND I WAKED OFF AND ONE WAS HAVING THE ARGUMENT ON THE
01:11:57PHONE WITH SOMEONE AND HE HUNG
01:11:59UP AND IT WAS AN ARGUMENT WITH
01:12:02HIS BROTHER AND HE LOOKED FRUSTRATED AND I ASKED IF HE
01:12:05WAS OKAY AND THROUGH THE CONVERSATION WE TALKED ABOUT
01:12:09OUR FAITH AND GOD AND HOW HE
01:12:11WALKS ALONGSIDE YOU AND I HAD
01:12:14THE CHANCE TO SHARE JESUS WITH HIM. AND A DAY OR TWO LATER I WAS IN
01:12:18MY OFFICE AND MOST PEOPLE KNOW THIS AND I DIDN'T HAVE MUCH
01:12:21MONEY AND I SLEPT ON THE COUCH SO I WAS THERE AT NIGHT WORKING
01:12:25LATE AND THE CLEANING AHEAD
01:12:27CAME IN ABOUT 11:00 AT NIGHT TO
01:12:30EMPTY THE GARBAGE CANS AND I HADN'T MET HER BEFORE AND ASKED
01:12:33HER IF SHE WANTED TO HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE AND IF WE COULD VISIT.
01:12:37WE DID AND SHE SAID THAT WOULD
01:12:39BE NICE AND SAT AND TALKED FOR
01:12:41ABOUT AN HOUR AND DRANK COFFEE.
01:12:46WE TALKED ABOUT OUR FAMILIES AND OUR FAITH AND SHE WENT BACK
01:12:49TO WORK AND SHE SAID I WORKED HERE FOR 30 YEARS AND NEVER HAD
01:12:52A MEMBER OF CONGRESS TALK TO ME
01:12:55MUCH LESS SIT DOWN AND HAVE A
01:12:58CUP OF COFFEE WITH ME.
01:13:01THAT WAS PRETTY SPECIAL. SHE LEFT THAT NIGHT AND THE NEXT DAY I WALKED INTO THE
01:13:05BATHROOM IN MY OFFICE BUILDING
01:13:08AND ONE OF THE LADIES IN THERE CLEANING THE BATHROOM WAS
01:13:11SOBBING AND I ASKED WHAT WAS
01:13:12WRONG AND SHE SAID HER
01:13:1514-YEAR-OLD SON WAS JUST ARRESTED FOR STEALING.
01:13:18HE GOT INVOLVED WITH GANG MEMBERS IN WASHINGTON D.C. AND
01:13:21SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AND I TOOK HER HAND AND WE PRAYED
01:13:25FOR HER SON. I HUGGED HER, GAVE HER MY PHONE
01:13:29NUMBER AND I STARTED TO WALK DOWN HALL WAY TO GO TO A
01:13:32COMMITTEE MEETING AND IT JUST
01:13:33HIT ME AND I THOUGHT HERE I
01:13:36THOUGHT GOD HAD SENT ME TO WASHINGTON D.C. TO PASS BILLS.
01:13:40TO FIX LEGISLATION. TO GIVE SPEECHES.
01:13:43AND TO DO THINGS THAT WERE
01:13:46IMPORTANT WHEN REALLY WHAT HE SENT ME TO DO WAS JUST TO MINISTER TO PEOPLE.
01:13:50THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THERE --
01:13:53[ APPLAUSE ]
01:13:57-- AND SEE WE GET CAUGHT UP IN THAT ALL THE TIME.
01:14:00WE START TO THINK THAT LIFE IS ABOUT ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THINGS THAT WE DO AND THE
01:14:03THINGS THAT WE CAN WRITE DOWN AND THAT WE DID A GREAT SQUOB
01:14:07AT OR EVEN OUR FAILURES WE KEEP
01:14:09TRACK OF AND TRY TO DO BETTER
01:14:13AND STRIVE TO DO BETTER, AS
01:14:17WELL. AND WHAT GOT PLACED US IN IS TO
01:14:20BE THERE FOR THEM AND THIS ROLE
01:14:25AS GOVERNOR AND HOMELAND SECURITY IS ALLOWING ME TO DO
01:14:29THAT IN A UNIQUE WAY.
01:14:31I HAD A LEADER ARTHUR BROOKS
01:14:34SAY NEVER GET ANGRY ON BEHALF OF YOURSELF.
01:14:37GET ANGRY ON BEHALF OF OTHER PEOPLE. KEEP FOCUSED ON WHAT YOU CAN DO
01:14:41FOR OTHER PEOPLE AND SERVE PEOPLE AND MINISTER TO THEM. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK ALL OF
01:14:44YOU AS WE END HERE TODAY TO
01:14:47REMEMBER THAT OUR LIFE IS WONDERFUL. WE ARE BLESSED.
01:14:51GOD GAVE US INCREDIBLE FAMILIES AND PEOPLE THAT HAVE SURROUNDED
01:14:54US BUT WE'RE IN THE PEOPLE BUSINESS.
01:14:58I LOVED MY FAMILY. I LOVE THE NOEM FAMILY.
01:15:00I LOVE THE PEOPLE WE ADOPTED INTO OUR FAMILY AND ALWAYS WILL.
01:15:03NOTHING WILL EVER CHANGE THAT. BUT WE ALSO ARE CALLED TO LOVE
01:15:06THE PEOPLE IN OUR LIVES WE
01:15:10CROSS THE PATHS FOR. I ASK YOU TO SLOW DOWN AND
01:15:13NOTICE THE PEOPLE THAT MAY NEED TO YOU SAY A KIND WORD TO THEM
01:15:16AND REACH OUT TO THEM BECAUSE THAT IS WHY SOUTH DAKOTA IS SO STRONG.
01:15:19THAT IS WHY I THINK THIS IS A SPECIAL PLACE.
01:15:22GOD HAS HIS HAND ON THIS DATE
01:15:24IN A WAY THAT NO OTHER STATE HAS.
01:15:27THERE IS A SCRIPTURE VERSE THROUGHOUT COVID AND ALL THE CHALLENGES WE HAD AND THE BOMB
01:15:31CYCLONE AND HO RATIO. THE THOUSAND YEAR FLOOD. EVERYTHING THAT WE WENT THROUGH
01:15:34WHILE I WAS GOVERNOR.
01:15:37IT WAS IN II TIMOTHY SAID GOD HAS NOT GIVEN US THE SPIRIT OF
01:15:41FEAR BUT OF POWER AND OF LOVE
01:15:44AND OF SOUND MIND. HE BLESSED US WITH A SOUND MIND
01:15:48TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS. WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND
01:15:52THANK YOU. GOD BLESS YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THE POWERFUL PRAYER EARLIER, AS
01:15:56WELL. THANK YOU AND FOR BLESSING ME AND MY HEART AND MY FAMILY TODAY.
01:15:59WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH.
01:16:00HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY.
01:16:04[ APPLAUSE ]
01:18:25BILL. THIS IS JUST UNDER 20 MINUTES.
01:18:43>> IT'S QUIET IN HERE REPORTER:
01:18:47--
01:18:48>> IT'S QUIET IN HERE.