Our treasurer and firefighter. [applause] mckenna. Counsel, dan [applause] kathy sullivan. [applause] and representing the dca [applause] youre already said hello to a couple of them. They are always were saying hello to and expressing eric appreciation for all of their years of dedication. George bruno. [applause] barrow. Tate chair chris [applause] senator jeff ward byrne. [applause] and for the third and final time, kathy sullivan. [applause] we also have with us today some out of town guests. The secretary of the association of democratic chairs, my friend [applause] one of the greatest state chairs to ever hold that office, for and former maryland state chair jerry. [applause] lets give him a big round of applause. Sitting next to the governor. Very nice. [laughter] i have your governor. You i have my governor. You got mine. Kim german. [applause] directorand executive jonathan hoosier. [applause] they want to come down and see what a real of them looks like, lets welcome jeremy kennedy. Where is john . [applause] we also have main state representative matt moon in. Joanna donovan. A lets give her a big round of applause. About 200 people got excited because i just ran right off the names of individual members of the house and they think i will read all of their names as well. No. [laughter] good all the members of the New Hampshire house of representatives stand up and get a big welcome and round of applause echoes the applause . [applause] another round of applause. [applause] now, my honor is to introduce to you a hero to all, the one who took the gavel away from the low brian. New hampshires speaker of the house heard house. [applause] give it up. Thank you, everyone. Thank you, raymond. Isnt it great to be in such a big room filled with New Hampshire democrats . [applause] it is with all of your help that last year we stood united. Rights. Ht for workers we refused to turn back the clock on womens rights and we protected lgbt writes. Rights. [applause] sent, as raymond said, we sent bill obrien and his radical tea party crowd packing. [applause] sense toturn to common the statehouse in concorde. [applause] it was your hard work, knocking on doors, phone banking, neighbor to neighbor conversations across the states that make that happen. It is with your courage that we farrightainst a wing and selected a strong, democratic majority to the New Hampshire house. [applause] inause of that majority, 2013 we had some successes in restoring investments in areas that will keep our state strong. Investments in Higher Education. [applause] in the 10year Mental Health plan. [applause] index banding the research and Development Tax credit. Back more taxes on organized labor and workforce housing. We protected the rights of New Hampshire students to have their phones votes counted. [applause] now we have to protect the progress that we fought so hard are counting on your help. We also need your help to protect that progress at the federal level. Congresswoman, carol porter. [applause] if you know carol, you know that she has been a tireless worker, a champion of the middle class, and acceptable and accessible and approachable to everyone in New Hampshire. Her leadership in congress peopleas a model for all who are looking to make a a difference for the rest of us. That is why it is my pleasure to welcome to the stage my congresswoman, carol porter. [applause] it is pretty waterfall wonderful to look out in a crowd and know that here, the democrats are the majority. In the house of representatives, we need to make the democrats the majority there, too. We have work to do. People say to me what is it like down there now . Well, it is like this. Its like you bring some close to the washer. You watch them. You put them in the dryer. You dry them. You fold them and then you throw them up in the air and start all over again. We are not getting the job done under speaker boehner. We have to win. We have to hold the seats and we have to win. It is like being alice in wonderland under the dome. A few weeks ago that really convinced me that it was like that. An invitation to go to an unveiling of a bust for winston churchill. I wanted to go because i and i am an admirer. There were only a handful of them a craps and mostly republicans. I found out that they sent the invitation late at night and nobody knew. Then it got really interesting entertainment,e and i still cant believe they did this, he republicans invited Roger Daltrey from the who. I thought, do they really know what he sayings . It became apparent to me that no, they dont. Im sitting there is surrounded by republicans. The first song he sings is stand by me. Very appropriate. Very nice. Everyone claps. He second song he sings, and i think he is not going to do sang, wehe did, he wont get fooled again. I love that. [laughter] does anyone see the irony in this . Meet the new boss, same as the old boss, right . It was wonderful. I saw one democrat and he looked at me and i at him and thought, this is perfect. It is a little bizarre down there but it was a wonderful moment. I have to believe that Roger Daltrey chose that song very carefully. To tell you another story about why were here tonight or in we have great people. Democrats are fun and we enjoyed ourselves. This is why we are really here tonight and why were here every night for the people of our country. Letter,s ago we got a and email. I have to make sure that i dont identify this person. This person was writing about a Family Member who was terminally ill. This person was desperately worried about his Family Member who could no longer work and had nothing. Literally nothing. That person wrote to our office as a last, desperate hope heard hope. In four days, we were able to stabilize his family. This person was dying will know that the family is ok. Is that because of the show of Carol Shea Porter . No. It is because democrats passed policies that were there for this family facing terminal illness. Rentfamily knows that the is paid this month and every month because democrats passed policies for this. They know the children will be taken care of because democrats passed policies to protect people in this situation this is why were here tonight. This is why we run for office. This is why we serve we serve for those who need us. [applause] democrat. Ud of every so we get an email back from the Family Member. The Family Member said enqueue. Thank you. They said it restored our faith in politicians and our government. I want to thank all of you. Those policies are in place because we are, indeed, indeed, keeper. Ur neighbors we have stood through everything that has been thrown at this country. We have had people in the Democratic Party stand up for the restaurant rest of us. Of so i want to say enqueue. Thank you. She got a great award and was very surprised heard ray buckley, it wherever you were sitting, if someone had told me it would haveise been nice. I said, congratulations. She said, for what . And i said, for being a wonderful person. [laughter] dudley, andations everyone who got an award tonight. We have a lot of work to do. Here,ear, when we stand we will be talking about victory from sea to shining sea. Thank you. [applause] if you had not had the chance to notice, along be very back wall is a very lengthy table an amazinges assortment of items that you absolutely need and want more than anything on earth. It is called the silent auction. Books to am signed week in a luxurious condominium in downtown paris, france. To go upncourage you and be very, very generous. Very generous. Id like to knowledge our state senators that are here. State senator jeff woodburn. [applause] state senator david waters. [applause] state senator david pierce. [applause] state senator maureen kelly. State senator peggy gilmour. State senator betty lasky. [applause] formerlso acknowledge ate president gave nixon xon and doug holing worth who is here with us tonight. [applause] to introduce the current minority leader, Sylvia Larsen from concorde. Please give her a round of applause. [applause] thanks. Thank you. Thank you. It is wonderful to see all of you. Here and all for being for everything you do each and every day. Last year Senate Democrats were votes away from taking the majority. 609 votes made the difference. The change we want to see in the senate is sitting in this room. In the chairs to your left and. Ight bring just one more person to the polls next year will create a democratic senate. We need your help, folks. Lets make it happen. [applause] we need a senate that will work with the speaker and work with hatsenr hats and instead of standing in the way. We need a senate that will move New Hampshire forward, strengthen our schools, and expand access to a court access to Affordable Health care. There is so much left for us to fight for. There is also much that we have to protect. In the second district, we have to keep any custard in congress. [applause] nie fighting an for families. In just a few months, and he toie has shown the courage getting the job getting the job done. It is my pleasure to introduce our congresswoman annie custer. [applause] thank you, sylvia. Two votes. Two more votes in the New Hampshire senate and Sylvia Larsen will be our senate president. Lets all commit to get that done. [applause] i think the governor would appreciate our help and getting that done right now because here is what hangs in the balance coverage medicaid for people all across our state. We need to get this done. [applause] governorrsen and the need our help. It is a tremendous honor, as you can imagine, for me to serve with a senator who has been a mentor and model for me these many years. With my good friend and colleague, Carol Shea Porter, lets just say we had a that of a week. A bit of a week. I knew when i went to washington that congress was dysfunctional. That we would change this institution. You all made that happen. I want to speak to all the folks that are out in the grassroots. Ofant to speak to the chairs the county committees, to those of you who knocked on doors and passed out leaflets and stood with me at 200 house parties. I want you to know that it does make a difference. Six seats we won, the democrats won, turned from blue to red. Two of those were in New Hampshire. Carol and i are still on the front lines. I want to join understand what six seats can do and what 17 more will make a difference in 2014. Here is the story. We have been through some tough times in washington and you have seen this play out. But tonight, we are not in war at war in syria. Instead, because of the patience and determination of our secretary ofour state president , and our senate, we are controlling those chemical weapons and we have made a difference in the world. [applause] we move on to october. The government shutdown. Be a basic threshold of the United States congress to keep the government open. Every day the government was close, carol and i worked with the democrats and across the aisle to make sure that enough people would come to the table to do the right thing to reopen the government and get the stereo says get the services that United States citizens need every day. It finally happened. And with health care that me tell you it is a tremendous is notintment. This ill perfect and we are all frustrated by the computer. Here is what we are not going to do. We are not going to turn our backs all across New Hampshire who need health care. We are not going to turn our backs on providing health care with those with preexisting conditions. We are not turning our backs on families who face limits and who had Young Children in their family and teenagers and children up to age 26. We are there to fight day in and day out. When ii speak for carol say we are in it for the long run. Your help. Our country needs your help. Governor omalley, welcome to New Hampshire. When you need something done, ask a busy woman. Im glad we had affirmative action tonight to get you on the row graham. Program. Thank you. [applause] another other guests that we would like to knowledge. Acknowledge. [applause] dudley dudley. Bevill hollingworth. [applause] tj gene. [applause] assistant mayor elect jim spillane. [applause] of bob former mayor baines of manchester. Leo hill. Bill lynch. Pat russell. Former power portsmouth mayor. Lets give them a big round of applause. [applause] we have former attorney general mike delaney. Former ambassador kerry shoemaker. [applause] former congressman all hone paul hone. It is my pleasure to introduce great senator from [applause] thank you raymond, and thank you all. Privilege tonight to introduce someone who continues to be a role model for what four young women in this country and women aspiring to make a positive change in their community. The first and only woman in American History to serve as both governor and u. S. Senator. [applause] our champion and friend, jeanne shaheen. One more moment. Hold your applause. Like so many of you, i have known jeannie for more than 20 years. I have seen her fight for the people of New Hampshire as governor, and seemed that characteristic tenacity and determination to the United States senate area wow, has that been something to watch. Publican her career in service in the New Hampshire state senate where she developed a reputation for tackling the toughest issues, delivering results, never excuses, always getting the job done for the granite state. More than any other single individual, we owe the countless Success Stories in this room to her hard work. [applause] her vision, her commitment to building a strong, modern democratic arty, a party that did not to stand up for democratic values, but broaden andreach, broadened delivered victories up and down the ballot. Now, it is my honor to introduce the one, the only, senator jeanne shaheen. [applause] thank you. Thank you all very much. Thank you. Thank you for that great introduction. Would pay her extra if i got to standing ovations. [laughter] thank you all. It is so wonderful to look out and see such a great crowd of enthusiastic and noisy democrats. [applause] thank you to ray and all of the team in New Hampshire at the Democratic Party for your work in putting together this dinner tonight. It is no surprise that with such team, we hadgreat a very successful election day ins year in and offyear towns and cities across the state. Rest on your laurels, however, because 2014 is coming up and it is really important to a lot of us. [applause] i want to take a moment of personal privilege tonight because i want to introduce my husband, delete, who is here with me. Billy, who is here with me. [applause] i also want to introduce the newest elected official in the shaheen family, stephanie, who is a nation newly elected counselor from portsmouth. She is here with her husband, craig. It is great to have you here with me tonight. Have really wonderful to my old friend Martin Omalley here today and all of the marylanders that are joining us. Donegal for being here. Thank you all for being here. Ive known him since he gary Hart Campaign in 1984. I was the Campaign Manager and he was a young field staffer. I promised i would not tell any of the stories about these days. We knew back then that martin had a great future. He is a terrific governor in maryland. I get to hear the maryland news all the time in d. C. And he has done wonderful things in his state. We appreciate his being here tonight to help us kick off 2014. [applause] i really think we might be hearing more from him soon. Know, we have got an historic opportunity in 2014 to keep our allwomen allegation to congress. [applause] you know and you can hear from what they said tonight that they are fighting every day for the people of New Hampshire. They are making a difference for working families across the state. It is wonderful to be here with our great governor, maggie hassan. [applause] she is doing such a terrific job. No one is even going to take her on. [applause] of course, you all know that i am running for reelection in 2014. [applause] you might have heard that scott brown boos] scott brown from massachusetts is still thinking about running against me. Let me Say Something nice about scott brown in case he does become a fellow citizen. [laughter] you the shirt off his back and i have seen the photos to prove it. [applause] one of the issues that congress is dealing with is immigration reform. Peopleople think that are sneaking across our borders, trying to get jobs they dont qualify for. [laughter] that is enough about scott brown. [laughter] [applause] there are two announced republican candidates for the senate jim reuben and karen hester men. At should be quite a primary. [laughter] that dancingou with the stars might go off the air, this will be a new source of entertainment. To get serious tonight, you know, the republicans think that the difficulties at we have had with enrolling people in the new Affordable Care act are going to road to their victory in 2014. But let me tell you something. We all know this in this room. Every american deserves affordable, Quality Health care. [applause] that is why we are going to make the Affordable Care act irk act work. Im not going to back down from a fight to make sure i do everything to make this law work, and i will not be intimidated just like the rest of you democrats are not going to be intimidated