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Inside the state house right now among the mass. I understand it is jammed pretty good. What do you expect to hear from the governor . Well this is his first state of the commonwealth. First i want to start with who is here. We are inside the house chambers and this is both houses of the legislature. You have the Governor Cabinet secretary. You have members of congress, yes. We understand congressman neil and congresswoman Katherine Clark are among those here. We can tell you that the Senate President is now asking for the room to kind of come to order. We are expecting to hear a lot about the...

Enjoyed working with you. We look forward to another productive year and we are very anxious [applause] thank you very much. Thank you. [applause] thank you. Thank you. [applause] please. Please. Thank you. [applause] thank you. [applause] mr. Speaker, mr. President , members of the house and senate, fellow constitutional officers, mr. Chief justice, members of the members of the governors council. Members of congress. Senator warren, senator markey, mayors, sheriffs, district attorneys. Local officials. Reverend clergy. Guests. Members of my administration. Fellow citizens. I want to begin by...

Immigrant populations. It is just huge the effect that will be unleashed for the country and thats part of why you know business is so strongly supportive. I agree with that. I think the argument that were missing is an argument an economic argument that connects with the average american. Levels are low compared to theyre compared to the years carter was in office. What we need to show americans, immigrants dont take jobs away from American Workers, like some people think. They actually help create jobs, good paying jobs for americans. Thats an argument that resonates with americans. I think ...

[ room noise ] okay. All our new mayors that are in the audience, please stand up. We need to see you and know who you are. [ applause ] all right. We know this group will be instrumental in defining our priorities and helping this organization go forward. I am now very pleased to bring to the podium one of those rookie mayors. She is from the great city the District Of Columbia. Mayor bowser served as a City Council Member for eight years prior to being elected. For yearly 35 years the conference has been fully supportive of full Voting Rights for the District Of Columbia. [ applause ] mayors...

And grow the communities in which we live and work. Over the last few years, our collaboration with the United States conference of mayors has of course, first centered on the practical needs of our cities. But our alliance through the last few years has become so much more as it has established a Solid Foundation for us to build on into the future. Together we worked effectively on important issues related directly to the nations crisis. They were practical they were focused on foreclosure prevention, Property Maintenance and care and the promotion of responsible homeownership. Together we sh...