preventing four more years of 's disaster foreign policies and court appointments. [applause] to, i believe, senator amy klobuchar can deliver. counties -- won 42 counties that donald trump one in 2016. she has won every congressional district in her state from trueblue to deep red. thatas a fighting spirit we will need to take back the white house. [applause] senator amy klobuchar is that rare winning combination of grit,lishment, vision, and as you will hear, numeral. humor. i believe that is the winning combination we need at the top of the ticket. thank you. [applause] >> welcome new hampshire. klobuchar,my president of the united states? anybody watch that debate last night? did you see her tell the nation who the strongest person is to be the next president of the united states and did you also see her stand up and defend our great hampshire senators? [applause] 2020, the year that we as americans come together and unite and defeat donald trump. [applause] the year that we come together as americans and unite to defeat division and embrace our american heritage and our american obligation to work together to create a more perfect union. [applause] >> amy klobuchar is a leader that will unite and lead. she has been doing it her whole career. we need to win that race in november. she showed the nation that she is the strongest candidate to do it last night in new hampshire. in three days, we have the opportunity to tell the nation who the strongest candidate is and her name is amy klobuchar. [applause] amy klobuchar who winds every race, everywhere, every time. she gets things done and she brings the receipts. she has a long career to show that she has been working for us because she knows us, she will fight for us, and she needs your help on tuesday and i am asking you to vote for amy klobuchar. [applause] my name is michael atkins. i have been proud to serve this community in this state for 30 years. i have been privileged to previously wear the uniform of my country as an officer in the united states army reserve. [applause] michael: nothing has make -- made me more proud than to dedicate my career to defending the constitution of the united states. if anyone has been watching the last few years, particularly the last few weeks, we have had people that know better and have been afraid to stand up and defend the constitution of the united states. [applause] michael: not amy klobuchar. amy klobuchar stands up and defend the constitution. she did it in the senate. she is asking for your help to do it in the white house and i'm asking you to vote for her on february 11. [applause] michael: amy klobuchar will be a commander in chief of this great nation who will restore honor, since he, and integrity to the oval office. -- decency. leader, ae a commander-in-chief, and a president who will let the allies know that we are their friend and dictators around the world will know that they will coddling inort or her oval office. [applause] michael: one of my favorite americans -- american leaders is martin luther king jr.. he talks about the leadership we need in this country and the urgency of the our calls for leaders with wise judgment and sound integrity. leaders who are not in love with money, but in love with justice. [applause] leaders who are not in love with publicity, but in love with humanity. gentlemen, my fellow new hampshire citizens, amy klobuchar is that leader and she needs your help on tuesday. [applause] i am asking for your help on tuesday and right now i'm asking you to please get on your feet and give a warm rousing new hampshire welcome with your hands together for the senior senator from the great state of minnesota with your help, the next president of the united states, senator amy klobuchar. and applause] >> [chanting 'amy'] sen. klobuchar: thank you so much. it is so great to be here at unh. thank you and i think you to the overflow crowd out there. well behaved for an overflow crowd. it is wonderful to be here. i woke up this morning ready to go. we are going to go to every diner we can find, every moment leading up to the caucuses in iowa i had a constitutional duty. i was not there. these next few days, even playing field, i am here. you inreat to see all of this wonderful state. i want to thank michael for that wonderful introduction. i know we have some great supporters of mine, former state -- and iris esther book a former chief of staff. i defended her honor last night. lynch. as governor you are somewhere out there. thank you so much. journey and in a had an opportunity last night to address the people of new hampshire. i think that i was the one that rent -- mentioned new hampshire the most. maybe that is because i realized there is a primary coming up and i also think it is part of being a good president and being a good elected official that you represent the people that you see and you get to know the issues and what matters to them. that is what has driven me so much in my work in public service. i have also had the opportunity to be able to tell people where i am from and who i am. i am the granddaughter of a mi ner who was the oldest of nine kids. his parents died really young and it was on him to raise his brothers and sisters. , therried my grandma youngest of his sisters had to go to an orphanage and she was only 8 years old when the parents died. he borrowed a car to get her back. my dad and his brother save the money in their little house to send my dad to a two year community college. from there, my dad went to the university of minnesota. my mom grew up in milwaukee, wisconsin which will be the site of our convention. she wanted to be a teacher. she moved to minnesota because they had strong teachers unions. she taught second grade until she was 70 years old. [applause] sen. klobuchar: i stand before you today as the granddaughter er, as the daughter of a newspaperman, and a candidate for president of the united states. [applause] and that isar: because we live in a country of shared dreams. no matter where you come from or who you know, or the color of your skin or where you worship or who you love that you can make it in the united states of america that is what bothers me so much about this president because he tears down those dreams every day. four more years of him, no. withstandf law cannot four more years of a president that things he is above it. our democracy and our constitution cannot handle four more years of a president that is willing to bulldoze through it. our collective sense of decency cannot handle four more years of a president that thinks -- [applause] --hael: sen. klobuchar: of a president that thinks it does not matter and our american dream cannot handle four more years of a president who thinks he can choose who lives it. that is was happening right now in our country. the case i made last night's we know we have a fired up democratic base. we also know that we have independents. they do not cheer as loud. they are there. just a little quieter. s andve independent moderate republicans. -- louder little walk . they may not agree with everything that is said on the debate stage. i do not agree with everything that is said on the debate stage. what they do agree on is that all of us, no matter where we are from politically, we agree that the heart of america is eager the heart of this guy in the white house -- bigger than the heart of this guy in the white house. we agree on that. [applause] sen. klobuchar: we know that this is an economic check on this president because there is not shared prosperity. ask students how hard it is when you know you will be inheriting a world where you had a president who has done nothing on climate change which is the existential crisis of our time, who has done nothing to make it less expensive for students to go to college, who has done nothing for pharmaceutical prices have skyrocketed. people have jobs. they certainly have jobs in new hampshire. a state like my state that has a low unemployment rate. if you cannot get good childcare or affordable housing or broadband, the one thing i wanted to say last night that i did not have a moment to say is that it is easier to get cell iceland ande in broadband in iceland, a country --l of volcanoes then it is how is that? it is crazy. this is an economic check on our president. it is a decency check. it is a patriotism check. that is what draws people along with us. because they see a president that if the g20 stood there and was asked about russian interference in our election and he literally made a joke about into a ruthless dictator vladimir putin. yes he did. think about it, hundreds of thousands of americans including thousands of people from this great patriotic state have lost our lives on the battlefield standing up for democracy. that will -- was what world war ii was about. four little girls the night of the civil rights movement lost their lives in that church in birmingham, alabama. why? because they were innocent. they were trying to be part of that democracy and other people were trying to push it away. inmany of our great moments our country and our worst moments have been about democracy, about our constitution. this guy makes a joke about it. that is what that impeachment hearing was about. it did not end as many of us wanted it to end. but it is still going to be part of what we talk about going forward. why? because it is the same concept that we see over and over again where we have a president who is trying to put his private interests in front of our country's interests. his partisan interests in front of our country's interests. he does not understand the words of my friend john mccain. he does not understand those words that he showed me, the last thing before he died and it said this, there is nothing more liberating than fighting for a cause larger than yourself. that is what this democracy is. that is what this democracy is all about. that is what it is. when we think of that decency check, that patriotism check, have to think of having a candidate that can get a fired up democratic base which i have done every time. i know you guys have high voter turnout. in minnesota, we have the highest inverter -- voter turnout in the country. it is also bringing in independentsand -- and moderate republicans. we had a long line of voters. i am a reproductive rights voter. i am a climate change voter. this guy comes up with a jacket and does not have a sticker. i say sir, you do not have a sticker. and he says, that is because i was a trump voter and we do not have stickers here. he said, i don't want my neighbors to know. they don't know that i did that, so don't say anything. but i am not doing it again. that is what i'm talking about here. [applause] when we talkr: about this president, yeah he's a bully, he is a racist, all kinds of bad things. we have to put ourselves in the shoes of some of those people. a lot of people in new hampshire where hillary only one by 2000 by 2000 votes. they say this president, they see him standing in front of his helicopter whining. i noted this last night. when regular people have problems and you cannot for something, you have to get a loan or your spouse has to get another job or you have to work more hours. what does this guy do? he complains. and something goes wrong, he blames barack obama. that is one of his targets. he blames the head of the federal reserve that he appointed. he blames the energy secretary that he nominated. he blames the troops that he commands. he blames the generals. remember that recently came out as something he did. he blames the entire kingdom of denmark. who does that? that is what he did. favorite recently, he blamed the prime minister of canada of cutting him out of the canadian version of home alone two. who does that? that is what he does. when you put yourselves and those people, small business owners in new hampshire, staff workers in michigan, they look at this guy and they think, he has the best got -- job in the world. for $13 million over the course of his career from his dad. million. you cannot fit that in a coffee can in a basement of a house. if you are given opportunity from anyone, a grandparent, a parent, a teacher, you do not go into the world with a sense of entitlement. you go into the world with a sense of obligation. obligation to lift people up instead of shutting them down. obligation to bring people with you instead of pushing them away and hoarding it for yourself. that is why i closed with that story of franklin delano roosevelt because i was thinking , i had so much time to think during that impeachment hearing. i really did. i had a lot of time to think about our founding fathers. i would sit there and by about midnight, some of my colleagues -- i had a lot of time to think about it. as i sat there and thought about it i thought, we know all about this guy, he promises uncapped, the 15,000 lives. it came to me, what he really lacks for regular people is empathy. he cannot put himself in their shoes. that is why i told that story of franklin delano roosevelt, someone who was so beloved that when he died they put his body on this train coming from georgia up to washington, d.c. and people spontaneously stood at the train tracks to show their respect. this reporter asked this one guy who was standing there, a regular guy with his hat on his chest sobbing and the reporter says, sir, did you know president roosevelt? and he says, no, i did not know president roosevelt but he knew me. he knew me. [applause] sen. klobuchar: that is empathy. if you are trying to stretch your paycheck to pay for your rent or in this great place to pay for your tuition, i know you and i will fight for you. if you are trying to decide about where the you feel your refrigerator or fill your prescription drug, i know you and i will fight for you. if you are having trouble deciding do you pay for long-term care for your aging parents that you love so much or childcare for your kids, i know you and i will fight for you. that is about someone that has lived a life where it is not perfect. i have grown up, i had a dad that struggled with alcoholism his whole life and i literally saw treatment changes life. so you wonder why was the first candidate to lead with a major plan for mental health and --atment had this successful career as a journalist and wrote books including will the minnesota vikings ever win the super bowl. sadly it is still relevant today. when he faced that judge he said, i choose treatment. that changed his life. he in his words said he was pursued by grace because of the treatment, because of his faith, he was pursued by grace. i think everyone should have that same right in this country. [applause] sen. klobuchar: he is now 91. he is in assisted living. his aa group still visits him there. and in his words, it is hard to get a drink around here anyway. that story as you go toward the story of my dad, he has long-term care insurance. i don't know why. but that is allowing him to stay in that place. i know exactly when that is going to end in a year and a savingsn we go into his which is not as much as it should be because he got married three times but we do not have time to discuss that right now. to medicaid like so many people do in our country. that is why i am devoted to keeping medicaid strong. he cannot stay where he is because they do not take medicaid. i talked to catholic eldercare and they are willing to take him in. so many families have stories like this but they are even harder than this because a lot of people did not get long-term care. a lot of people do not have the savings that you need. it is what i am devoted to this issue. it may not seem sexy but it is like the elephant that does not fit in this room. it is about people caught in the middle that are trying to take care of their parents and their kids at the same time. guess what, we can do this. strengthen social security. medicaid, keeping that strong. it is making easier -- making it easier for people to buy long-term care insurance. making it easier for people to stay in their homes. 5:00 p.m.,'s eve at 500 people there on new year's eve, that was when i was able to say sign those committed to vote cards. you won't even remember what you did the next day. two people were sitting out there and i raised this issue about how seniors want to volunteer and work part time. these two women start laughing and i go, why are you guys laughing. they said, we are the opposite. we are working but we want to retire. i think there are many choices. with alzheimer's but not taking on these issues is a mistake. say to my friend bernie, who is -- as you could tell last friends. are we get along. we came into the senate together. but when i say to him, you know, not actually thinking big enough. i don't think medicare for all is the solution. doing something that -- [applause] that doingthink something that would blow up the affordable care act when it is moreearly 10 points popular than the president of the united states is what we should do. instead, and this gets to the addiction and mental health care and long-term care, instead, what we need to do is make it better. and that means taking on the in aaceutical companies big, big way. that means -- [applause] >> that means bringing down the pharmaceuticals, so they can negotiate better prices under medicare. as i pointed out last night, we got 14 republican votes. we'll be able to pass this. i will when i'm president. that is to bring in less drugs from other countries. we can do this. [applause] >> so it is so important to talk peoplehis in ways that can actually relate to their lives. and i think that's been one of the debate.f it's been good, because people get to know me, get to know where we stand. to devote some time to the things they're really thinking about every single day. college. in this beautiful hall -- that's the name, right? fuddlestont to get hall, something embarrassing that would give you the faux pas of the day. but this is it. we have to connect our education system with our economy. and that means making it easier for students to get four-year degrees. personally think that we should be targeting this and which aren'tgrams, loans, right? pell grants are the good thing. you get thatthat you don't have to pay back. right now you get $6,000 a year. that's the max. i would bring it to $12,000 a year. that's a lot. lot.helps a i would change the income level qualify from 50,000 -- that's the limit right now -- to 100,000. that, you include so many more families and get so because that's a total of $48,000 over four years. the loan payback program work better. if millionaires can refinance their yachts, students should be able to refinance their student loans. [applause] loan payback, the program should be working better. mess. the first thing we can do -- i 130-day plan out there. one of the thing i can do, in and that 100 seconds, is fire betsy devos. [cheering] >> that -- [applause] >> that is how you make that program work better and then you it in and you include more people. you could include in-demand occupations. so that gets me to the last thing i want to say about this. makehat is we have got to sure our education system matches our economy. so when you do that, when you back, what do you see? you see we have in-demand occupations, doctors, all these kinds of jobs that we know are downpening and are coming the pike. we're going to have over one home healthings for care workers in our country, that we don't know how to feel, because of what i just talked long-term care. we are going to have over 100,000 openings for nursing assistants. that riders a one- or two-year degree. 70,000oing to have over openings for electricians in this country. we are not going to have a shortage of sports marketing degrees. i am really sorry