Thank you very much for being here. This is a terrific crowd and the crowd we just spent a few minutes with in the overflow room is here and excited as well. Senator warren and i are here, number one, two thank you because i must tell you as they look back historically at this time of our country they will look back right now to advance of activism and an activism that is here tonight thats in the overflow room, that spread across the country and in activism that stopped the repeal of the worst piece of legislation that ive ever seen in all my time of government. [cheers and applause] senator warren and i both represent the United States people represent the commonwealth of massachusetts. But also represent marshfield and this region and in the course of the evening we will be talking not just about National Issues and interNational Issues, but also issues that affect our region disproportionally at that toe piece of legislation, the repeal of the Affordable Care act in our district alone wouldve had an Economic Impact over the next ten years affecting the biggest employer in my area, the hospital industry, 2. 1 billion in cuts. In cuts. That means cutting jobs and services and outofpock and if you are on medicare with Prescription Drug costs, wouldve been another 1100 out of your pocket. So tonight is the night for us to get the big picture, the international picture, the global picture but also the picture right here in our neighborhoods and our towns. And i want to really with a great deal of excitement talk about the person i came up with innocent side along with senator markey and that senator warren who is a terrific fighter who was there on [applause] who was up there on funding issues with us and in the biggest coastal district of the entire country is a bear on Environmental Issues for us as well. I want to say this. It also gives me great pleasure to say im introducing the person who was actually on the cover of Time Magazine [cheers and applause] and to lead us so well and he was a fighter for us every day and who was there in the healthcare issue. Lets get excited and welcome our senator, senator elizabeth warren. [cheers and applause] thank you. [applause] thank you. You guys are ready. Thats terrific. Thank you very much for the introduction, congressman keating. Hes out there working for you every day, for all of us. [applause] i could not ask for a better partner. So here we are. It is a beautiful, beautiful summer afternoon. The marshfield there is practically within walking distance, and all of you came to a junior high to be inside to talk policy. I love being from massachusetts, yes. [applause] thats my massachusetts crowd. So it all of you in here and all the people who dont have air conditioning over in the school cafeteria. Can we hear you . Are you cheering over there . I hear them out there. [laughing] the already hot. Weve got a few hundred people over there as well. I am so pleased you here with us tonight. So heres what were going to do. My main job here is to try to answer as many of your questions, take as many of your comments as i can pick and i think you all got numbers if you want to ask a question when you came in. We will do that in just a minute. I will set the and if anyone wants to take a picture, do a selfie, a little dance, okay . So if anybody wants to do that we would do that. What i wanted to do first just for a minute before we get started is, i just want to talk to a bit about whats going on in washington. [laughing] it really is. Its like things that would have been six months or a year like that was yesterday and now were onto its like dog years are going on or something now. But there is. Theres a lot going on, afghanistan, charlottesville, north korea just in the past couple of weeks. But one thing in particular i want to talk about just for a minute is about healthcare. Because it touches everyone of us. It touches everyone we love. Touches everyone we know. I just want remind everybody in this room where we were. Over in the house of representatives for the past couple of years with a republican majority, they just keep voting to repeal the Affordable Care act, 6 64 times, is that right, congressman . Right. In fact, i called the congressman one day so what are yall doing . He said which is over here refusing obamacare, you know . They just voted to repeal. Its important member that this happened. Also voted to repeal in the senate with republican majority president obama had to veto it. And then last november, we took a look at this after the election and said, my god, with republicans in control of the house and the senate, and with republicans in control of the white house, they are going to roll back Health Care Coverage and they are going to do it fast. But they didnt work. [applause] but they didnt. I want you to think about that for just a minute. Because first of all what you think about how important it is. How many people in here have private Health Insurance . A lot of folks have private Health Insurance. Most of the repeal effort would have raised your insurance by 20 . That was the best estimate on it, and that was in one year. And keep going from there. How many people in here know someone, know someone, a baby or someone who had a baby that was born with complex medical needs . May be needs breathing tubes . Maybe needs special therapist . Anybody else, special therapist . Anybody in here know someone who needs a care assistant to drop by, may be confined to a wheelchair . Thats how theyre able to live at home instead of having to be put in an institution. Anybody in here though somebody who lives in a nursing home . Maybe a manner who lives in a nursing home . Nanna. Thats the face of medicaid in america today. Thats the face of health care in america today. We are a country that has said we dont know whos going to have a baby that is suddenly going to run up 2 million in Health Care Bills before they are three weeks old. We dont know whos going to be in a terrible accident and have to get by with a wheelchair. We dont know whos going to end up in a nursing home and outlive all the assets that have tried to put away, the savings they tried to put away during their lifetimes. None of us knows exactly who that is. But heres what we do know. As a people we are all going to pitch in a little to help make that work. We are all going to pitch in a little so that everybody in this country has a shot at health care, a shot at being able to create a future for themselves, i shot at being able to live with dignity. Thats what we do together, and that is what the republicans put on the line. When they said were going to roll back health care. What was the replacement . The replacement was only 25 Million People will lose their Health Care Coverage. The replacement was the cause of your insurance will go up. They replacement was that there will be tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires, and giant corporations, paid for on the backs of people who will lose their Health Care Coverage. Well, im telling you this. We didnt have the votes in the United States senate. We didnt have the votes in the house of representatives, but enough people in this country tweeted how many of you . Enough people in this country made phone calls, enough people sent emails, enough people showed up for protests and marches and said, as an american, i believe that health care is a basic human right and i will fight for basic human rights. And thats why we won. Thats why we won. [applause] yes. Yes. So im here tonight to say i draw two lessons from that. The first one i draw is that it matters when you speak out. It matters when you use her voice. It matters when you get engaged. And the second is a say i hear it. I hear it. Democracy is changing in this country. Democracy is no more picky since him at all and you hear from them years later. You get involved maybe during a president ial election, may be an election between. Democracy has become what we, what the grassroots to do every single day. Democracy has become a personal commitment, a commitment to yourself, a commitment to your family, a commitment to your community and a commitment to your country. And im here tonight to say just two words to you, thank you. Thank you for what you have done. Thank you. [applause] yes, thank you. So w were going to do this. And what were going to do now, jim, where are you . Gene is in you. Jim cantwell, come on out, representative cantwell. Here he is. My guy. [applause] jim cantwell. Jim is going to be our master of ceremonies tonight and is going to keep us going on the questions. So make it happen, explain how this works. How it works. For everyone who came, for so thank you again. We have over 1100 people came out tonight by the way. [applause] when i first came out, we simply pick three numbers. We like the folks to come denier to either side so you can get to one of the microphones. Please make sure you state your name and where youre from, ask you one question to the senator. Please just be just as with mitch and before you want to get to as many folks look at all the people here. We want to get as many question of the possibly can. Lets start the first three numbers. The first number is 149. Where is 149 . There will be stuffed animals. Where is 149 . The second number is 179. They are all just laying low at this point. 179 is moving back there. 177. Back to back. On those things stuck together . Come on, jim. Okay, come on down. Make it a good one. [laughing] this isnthis is in the powe. Thats right. Tim williams the marshfield. Good to see you. Im pfister of the marshfield coastal coalition. Many constituents are concern that many of the bills currently propose to reauthorize the Flood Program could remove the grandfathering provisions which currently provide an lower premium to those who did the right thing in the past years. Do you plan on preserving this critical part of the Program Going forward . Yes. [laughing] [applause] so let me say, and we say a bit more . Im talking to one of the Flood Control experts. We had been working, weve been working on this bill. You want to say a word about it . The billick and out of the house did not have it in it. We have been fighting for that line to move that forward and we have brought together to do that. Fought together did it. My voice has got a lot louder. But that as well as what the percentage increases, its very important. We also are doing some things that we learned from this district of mine and we have a provision in their in the house will will be able to make sure it would be a cost savings anywhere from ten50 by regionalizing, which jim cantwell has been very involved with, the Community RatingService System and making sure that smaller communities can benefit from this. Theres a lot going on. We dont like on the house side what originally came out but we are forcing changes as we speak even before we get back. [applause] thats right. I would add to that we are about to do this in the senate, about to take this up, is that theres as well just like in the house theres a proposal already on the table. Weve got a bipartisan amendment. It includes senator rubio and senator menendez, and two of the things were looking for in this amendment is to put a cap on increases so that annual increases are not go up as they can under current law by as much as 25 a year. We are trying to get a cap on that. The second thing were kind to do is get longterm stability into the program. Thats good for people who try to buy houses. Its good for people who are trying to sell houses. Its good for people who are trying to borrow money against their houses for banks that are doing mortgages on the house. What we are really looking for is longterm stability in this program. And the kind of reforms that will make the Program Sustainable over a long time. Because we all know theres going to be a lot of call in this program and we have to make sure it is financially stable so thanks very much for the question. Great question. Thank you, congressman. My name is james. My question is, a month ago trump instated a ban on transgenders in the military what im wondering is what are you doing in washington to help protect the rights of transgenders in this country . [applause] lets start with values. Right is right. It someone wants to serve in United States military and they are otherwise qualified, then we wanted to serve, gender identity does not matter. [applause] ive talked to our military leaders about this, and this is again one of these where we have to make clear the values of the United States people. I dont believe that when donald trump says he wants to prevent transgender people from serving in the military that he represents our values. Our values are about people who are patriotic, who are willing to put it all on the line for the american people, and what we should say to people who want to do that, whether they are transgender people or not, thank you very much. We respect your service and we want your service. Thank you. Thank you. [applause] ive organized with my house colleague a letter going right to President Trump telling how upset we are with this decision and urging him to change it. I can imagine, and i commend i come from a family event but i cant a better his transgender how they feel given the service they have to the country or how the people that are actively serving deal. Its really a disgrace and our delegation is there and we are strong both inhouse and is in and were doing everything we can to have our voices be heard to try and change what is a pernicious policy. We are there, good. [applause] i from hanover massachusetts and my question is, what are you doing in the senate to help prevent the 93 unnecessary gun deaths per day in this country . [applause] you know, i just spoke about this a couple weeks ago. I gave a speech about this and i said i think its time we stop tiptoeing around. There are sensible regulations that would help save lives. That the overwhelming majority of americans want. So lets start there, on sensible gun reform, and lets have it all across the country. Thats what i start on this one. [applause] weve got to speak out we cannot simply hold back on this issue any longer. We got so close a few years ago, and now weve reached the point, and ive watched this in the senate. One of the bills we push for in the center of the democratic side last year was that if you on a nofly list think about whos on a nofly list that if it was nofly, novi. You should not be able to buy a gun. [applause] if youre too dangerous to get on an airplane, youre too dangerous to go out and buy an assault weapon. We can start, we just need to start bringing this together with some sensible reforms. I understand that are hunters, there are people who, sportsman who use their guns. I grew up in a family with the guns. The first time i shot a gun i was probably eight or nine years old. I understand that. But that doesnt mean that we can continue as a country to have no regulations or so few regulations over the guns and you can purchase them. We just need some sensible reforms here, some sensible reforms that are supported by the overwhelming majority of americans. Thank you for your question and thank you for your participation. Thank you. [applause] and tonight is about democracy. What we need is a vote. Put it on the floor. Thats what you believe on those issues, let your voice be heard and be accountable for your position. But we as you know cant get a vote in the house even on the most basic issues. We had a sit in when we couldnt get anything to the poor can we decide to put ourselves to the floor. I brought the dunkin donuts. This senator came over from the senate and brought coffee and donuts to everyone. But we still can get a vote. Thats the basic issue. Regardless of how you stand on these issues, shouldnt it be a vote . Shouldnt be democracy . Because if we had that we will take our chances. Because i think commonsense prevails on these issues and i think will have a great chance of winning those issues. But if we cant, we cant even get to first base. The activism were saying i hope generates votes. Good. [applause] okay, jim, what if you got . Our next three members, number 44. We have number 122. And quickly, number 113. Somebody is out at the game now. [laughing] jim, youve got one job. [laughing] [applause] thank you. John haviland, marshfield mass. I am Vice President of the Massachusetts Fishermen Partnership as was president of the social fishermen dissociation. I eat your products. Thank you. Lots of it. Thats one over 90 90 ofl seafood consumed in the United States is imported. So that is something that should be addressed and were trying to address it as an industrywide goal. The point being is that we have in massachusetts captain ron whos in the fishing vessel justice and research in regards to be doing ground fisheries to get a more Accurate Survey of the biomass of groundfish. The assertion i represent was able to get a grant from the Massachusetts Environmental trust to work on vertical line break restraints with regard to try to coexist with the north atlantic wheel. My statement of question is hopefully people who represent massachusetts could give us some more support in a few areas, one of which is that the director of the National MarineFisheries Service going to be replaced. With the Industry Input trying to do Collaborative Research with scientists, we would hope our representatives would help us be able to gain some import of who the next director is for the eastern regional massachusetts Fisheries Service . The answer is yes, we will do our best on this one. We know how important fishing is, not just to the economy of eastern mass