your unfiltered view of government. created by cable in 1979 and brought to you today by your television cable provider. massachusetts governor charlie baker recently gave his state of the commonwealth address in boston where he shared his goals for the new legislative session which included increasing funding for education, combating climate change and expanding access to health care and affordable housing. the session will come to order. admit his excellency, charles d. baker. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] it is my honor to introduce his excellency, the governor of our great commonwealth of massachusetts, charles d. baker. [applause] gov. baker: thank you. thank you. hopefully i will not need it. speaker, madam president, members of the house and senate. , ambassadorneil flynn. thank you for being with us tonight. [applause] gov. baker: members of the governor s council, mr. chief justice and memories of the judiciary, members of my cabinet , fellow con
admit his excellency, charles baker. [applause] [applause continues] [applause continues] madam president, how are you? [applause] it is my honor to introduce his excellency, the governor of our great commonwealth of massachusetts, charles d. baker. [applause] gov. baker: thank you, thank you. terrific, thank you. hopefully i won t need it. mr. speaker, madam president, members of the house and senate. ,ongressman neal, maher walsh ambassador flynn. thank you very much for being with us tonight. [applause] gov. baker: members of the governor s counsel, mr. chief justice and members of the judiciary, members of my cabinet. fellow constitutional officers, sheriff, district attorney, officials,al reverend clergy. distinguished guests. , myur lieutenant governor partner in leading this administration, i want to take a moment to extend gratitude on behalf of all of us here today for your work on the sexual assault and domestic violence council, cochair of the stem counsel, a
[ applause ] [ applause ] [ applause ] [ applause ] it is my pleasure to be able to introduce to you his excellency, the governor of the commonwealth, charles d. Baker. [ applause ] thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you for all being with us tonight. Thank you. Tom, nice to have you with us. Thanks for being here. Mr. Speaker, madam president , members of the house and senate, congressman neal, thank you for joining us. Fellow constitutional officers, members of the governors counsel, mr. Chief justice, welcome. Members of the judiciary, members of the cabinet and my administration, sheriff, district attorney, mayors, local officials, reverend, clergy, distinguished guests. Members of my family that are here this evening. [ applause ] angie, kristen, and william, our children, charlie excuse me, hes the naughty one. A. J. And caroline, and my wife, lauren. The love of my life for the past 30 years. And an outstanding and committed first lady. [ applause ] and to my fello