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  • >>> MASSACHUSETTS SENATOR AND

  • >>> MASSACHUSETTS SENATOR AND DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL

  • DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ELIZABETH WARREN BLEW

  • CANDIDATE ELIZABETH WARREN BLEW UP HER FUND-RAISING OPERATION

  • UP HER FUND-RAISING OPERATION SWEARING OFF CALLS TO WEALTHY

  • SWEARING OFF CALLS TO WEALTHY DONORS IN FAVOR, "THE WALL

  • DONORS IN FAVOR, "THE WALL STREET JOURNAL" REPORTS OF PAY

  • STREET JOURNAL" REPORTS OF PAY WHAT YOU CAN SEE VENTS AS A

  • WHAT YOU CAN SEE VENTS AS A MAJOR DEPARTURE FROM THE USUAL

  • MAJOR DEPARTURE FROM THE USUAL PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, HERE TO

  • PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, HERE TO TALK ABOUT IT DEMOCRATIC SENATOR

  • TALK ABOUT IT DEMOCRATIC SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN.

  • ELIZABETH WARREN. WHAT CAUSED THE DECISION?

  • WHAT CAUSED THE DECISION? >> LOOK, WEVE GOT A PROBLEM IN

  • >> LOOK, WEVE GOT A PROBLEM IN DEMOCRACY RIGHT NOW AND THAT IS

  • DEMOCRACY RIGHT NOW AND THAT IS THAT MONEY HAS TOO MUCH

  • THAT MONEY HAS TOO MUCH INFLUENCE IN WASHINGTON AND WE

  • INFLUENCE IN WASHINGTON AND WE HAVE A CHANCE RIGHT NOW IN A

  • HAVE A CHANCE RIGHT NOW IN A DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY, WERE IN A

  • DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY, WERE IN A PRIMARY, IT’S DEMOCRATS AGAINST

  • PRIMARY, IT’S DEMOCRATS AGAINST DEMOCRATS TO SAY HERE’S HOW

  • DEMOCRATS TO SAY HERE’S HOW WERE GOING TO DO THIS.

  • WERE GOING TO DO THIS. WERE GOING TO BUILD FROM THE

  • WERE GOING TO BUILD FROM THE GRASS ROOTS.

  • GRASS ROOTS. WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO BUILD A

  • WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO BUILD A FOUNDATION FOR THE DEMOCRATIC

  • FOUNDATION FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY THAT IS REALLY ABOUT

  • PARTY THAT IS REALLY ABOUT FACE-TO-FACE, PERSON-TO-PERSON,

  • FACE-TO-FACE, PERSON-TO-PERSON, NEIGHBOR-TO-NEIGHBOR PEOPLE WHO

  • NEIGHBOR-TO-NEIGHBOR PEOPLE WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THIS CAMPAIGN.

  • ARE ENGAGED IN THIS CAMPAIGN. WHETHER THEY CAN GIVE $5 OR, $50

  • WHETHER THEY CAN GIVE $5 OR, $50 OR THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.

  • OR THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. WHAT WE CARE ABOUT IS THAT WE

  • WHAT WE CARE ABOUT IS THAT WE HAVE A WHOLE MOVEMENT OF ENGAGED

  • HAVE A WHOLE MOVEMENT OF ENGAGED PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO HELP US

  • PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO HELP US GET ELECTED.

  • GET ELECTED. NOT JUST TO THE WHITE HOUSE, BUT

  • NOT JUST TO THE WHITE HOUSE, BUT HELP US TAKE CONGRESS, HELP US

  • HELP US TAKE CONGRESS, HELP US TAKE STATEHOUSES, HELP US TAKE

  • TAKE STATEHOUSES, HELP US TAKE THE GOVERNOR’S MANSIONS AND HELP

  • THE GOVERNOR’S MANSIONS AND HELP US TO HAVE THE MOMENTUM WE NEED

  • US TO HAVE THE MOMENTUM WE NEED TO MAKE THE CHANGES ONCE WERE

  • TO MAKE THE CHANGES ONCE WERE ELECTED.

  • ELECTED. THIS IS ABOUT HOW WE BUILD REAL

  • THIS IS ABOUT HOW WE BUILD REAL CHANGE.

  • CHANGE. I’M EXCITED ABOUT IT.

  • I’M EXCITED ABOUT IT. >> HERE’S MY QUESTION, YOUVE

  • >> HERE’S MY QUESTION, YOUVE BEEN IN POLITICS FOR A LITTLE

  • BEEN IN POLITICS FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

  • WHILE. YOUVE JUST RECENTLY WERE RELE

  • YOUVE JUST RECENTLY WERE RELE RE-ELECTED.

  • RE-ELECTED. YOU HAVE DONE BIG TICKET

  • YOU HAVE DONE BIG TICKET FUND-RAISERS AND PUT TOGETHER A

  • FUND-RAISERS AND PUT TOGETHER A PRETTY GOOD WAR CHEST, $11

  • PRETTY GOOD WAR CHEST, $11 MILLION THAT YOU HAD AMASSED.

  • MILLION THAT YOU HAD AMASSED. WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT WHAT

  • WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT WHAT YOU WERE DOING BEFORE?

  • YOU WERE DOING BEFORE? THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT

  • THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT NOW, WHY NOW AND WHY NOT BEFORE?

  • NOW, WHY NOW AND WHY NOT BEFORE? >> SO, LOOK, I’VE NEVER ACTUALLY

  • >> SO, LOOK, I’VE NEVER ACTUALLY BEEN IN A DEEPLY COMPETITIVE

  • BEEN IN A DEEPLY COMPETITIVE PRIMARY.

  • PRIMARY. I GET IT.

  • I GET IT. REPUBLICANS COME TO THE TABLE

  • REPUBLICANS COME TO THE TABLE ARMED TO THE TEETH.

  • ARMED TO THE TEETH. THEYVE GOT ALL OF THEIR DONORS,

  • THEYVE GOT ALL OF THEIR DONORS, THEIR WEALTHY, WEALTHY DONORS

  • THEIR WEALTHY, WEALTHY DONORS AND SUPER PACS AND EVERYTHING

  • AND SUPER PACS AND EVERYTHING GOING FOR THEM.

  • GOING FOR THEM. I’M JUST GOING TO BE BLUNT.

  • I’M JUST GOING TO BE BLUNT. I DO NOT BELIEVE IN UNILATERAL

  • I DO NOT BELIEVE IN UNILATERAL DISARMAMENT.

  • DISARMAMENT. WE GOT TO GO INTO THE FIGHTS AND

  • WE GOT TO GO INTO THE FIGHTS AND BE WILLING TO --

  • BE WILLING TO -- >> WERE YOU TO GET THE

  • >> WERE YOU TO GET THE NOMINATION OR ANYONE ELSE, RAISE

  • NOMINATION OR ANYONE ELSE, RAISE ALL THE MONEY YOU CAN HOWEVER

  • ALL THE MONEY YOU CAN HOWEVER YOU CAN?

  • YOU CAN? >> YES, BUT HERE’S WHAT I WANT

  • >> YES, BUT HERE’S WHAT I WANT YOU TO SEE THAT’S DIFFERENT

  • YOU TO SEE THAT’S DIFFERENT ABOUT IT, CHRIS.

  • ABOUT IT, CHRIS. THINK ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE ONCE

  • THINK ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE ONCE WERE DOWN TO THE TWO

  • WERE DOWN TO THE TWO CANDIDATES.

  • CANDIDATES. IF THE DEMOCRATS HAVE SPENT THE

  • IF THE DEMOCRATS HAVE SPENT THE NEXT YEAR IN A PRIMARY, BUILDING

  • NEXT YEAR IN A PRIMARY, BUILDING THIS THING, FACE-TO-FACE,

  • THIS THING, FACE-TO-FACE, PERSON-TO-PERSON,

  • PERSON-TO-PERSON, NEIGHBOR-TO-NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE

  • NEIGHBOR-TO-NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THINK OF THE KIND OF

  • COUNTRY, THINK OF THE KIND OF FOUNDATION THAT WE HAVE LAID

  • FOUNDATION THAT WE HAVE LAID DOWN, SO THAT WHEN WERE REALLY

  • DOWN, SO THAT WHEN WERE REALLY UP AGAINST IT, IN THE GENERAL

  • UP AGAINST IT, IN THE GENERAL ELECTION IT’S NOT JUST MONEY TO

  • ELECTION IT’S NOT JUST MONEY TO FUND TELEVISION ADS, IT’S ALL

  • FUND TELEVISION ADS, IT’S ALL THE FOLKS WHO WILL DO THE DOOR

  • THE FOLKS WHO WILL DO THE DOOR KNOCKING AND MAKE THE PHONE

  • KNOCKING AND MAKE THE PHONE CALLS AND ALL THE FOLKS WHO WILL

  • CALLS AND ALL THE FOLKS WHO WILL REACH OUT TO THEIR NETWORK.

  • REACH OUT TO THEIR NETWORK. YOU KNOW HOW WELL WIN IN 2020.

  • YOU KNOW HOW WELL WIN IN 2020. IT WILL BE BIG.

  • IT WILL BE BIG. IT WILL BE PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR

  • IT WILL BE PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR DONALD TRUMP LAST TIME AROUND.

  • DONALD TRUMP LAST TIME AROUND. IT’S GOING TO BE PEOPLE WHO

  • IT’S GOING TO BE PEOPLE WHO HAVEN’T VOTED AT ALL.

  • HAVEN’T VOTED AT ALL. IT’S GOING TO BE PEOPLE WHO SEE

  • IT’S GOING TO BE PEOPLE WHO SEE A VISION, AND A WAY TO MAKE THIS

  • A VISION, AND A WAY TO MAKE THIS DEMOCRACY WORK, NOT JUST FOR THE

  • DEMOCRACY WORK, NOT JUST FOR THE RICH AND THE POWERFUL BUT MAKE

  • RICH AND THE POWERFUL BUT MAKE THIS DEMOCRACY WORK FOR

  • THIS DEMOCRACY WORK FOR EVERYONE.

  • EVERYONE. >> FINAL QUESTION ON THIS AND

  • >> FINAL QUESTION ON THIS AND ASK A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT STUFF

  • ASK A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT STUFF THAT IS HAPPENING IN THE

  • THAT IS HAPPENING IN THE CAMPAIGN.

  • CAMPAIGN. A PROPOSAL YOU PUT FORWARD.

  • A PROPOSAL YOU PUT FORWARD. THE QUESTION IS, HOW MUCH IS

  • THE QUESTION IS, HOW MUCH IS THIS RAN EITHER/OR.

  • THIS RAN EITHER/OR. THERE ARE CAMPAIGNS THAT ARE

  • THERE ARE CAMPAIGNS THAT ARE ABLE TO BUILD BOTH A SORT OF

  • ABLE TO BUILD BOTH A SORT OF THAT KIND OF GRASSROOTS

  • THAT KIND OF GRASSROOTS FUND-RAISING MACHINERY AND

  • FUND-RAISING MACHINERY AND WEALTHY DONORS AND BIG TICKET

  • WEALTHY DONORS AND BIG TICKET FUND-RAISING.

  • FUND-RAISING. WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR A

  • WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR A CANDIDATE’S TIME?

  • CANDIDATE’S TIME? WHY MAKE THIS SORT OF DECISION.

  • WHY MAKE THIS SORT OF DECISION. >> WELL, SEE, THAT’S THE REAL

  • >> WELL, SEE, THAT’S THE REAL POINT.

  • POINT. THE BEST ESTIMATES ARE THAT MOST

  • THE BEST ESTIMATES ARE THAT MOST CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE ARE

  • CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE ARE SPENDING ABOUT 70% OF THEIR TIME

  • SPENDING ABOUT 70% OF THEIR TIME WITH MILLIONAIRES AND

  • WITH MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES SPENDING IT BEHIND

  • BILLIONAIRES SPENDING IT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AT FANCY COCKTAIL

  • CLOSED DOORS AT FANCY COCKTAIL RECEPTIONS AND PRIVATE DINNERS

  • RECEPTIONS AND PRIVATE DINNERS IN MANSIONS.

  • IN MANSIONS. LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I’LL DO.

  • LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I’LL DO. I’LL DO CALL TIME TONIGHT.

  • I’LL DO CALL TIME TONIGHT. YOU KNOW WHAT CALL TIME IS.

  • YOU KNOW WHAT CALL TIME IS. >> IT’S -- IT GIVES ME A STOMACH

  • >> IT’S -- IT GIVES ME A STOMACH ACHE AND I DON’T EVEN HAVE TO DO

  • ACHE AND I DON’T EVEN HAVE TO DO CALL TIME.

  • CALL TIME. >> I AM DOING CALL TIME TONIGHT

  • >> I AM DOING CALL TIME TONIGHT AND TOMORROW AND THE NEXT TIME.

  • AND TOMORROW AND THE NEXT TIME. THE PEOPLE I’M CALLING TO SAY

  • THE PEOPLE I’M CALLING TO SAY THANK YOU TO I’LL CALL NOT BASED

  • THANK YOU TO I’LL CALL NOT BASED ON HOW MUCH MONEY THEY KICKED

  • ON HOW MUCH MONEY THEY KICKED IN.

  • IN. I’LL CALL PEOPLE AND SAY, THANK

  • I’LL CALL PEOPLE AND SAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING PART OF

  • YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING PART OF THIS.

  • THIS. THANK YOU FOR GOING TO

  • THANK YOU FOR GOING TO ELIZABETHWARREN.COM SIGNING UP

  • ELIZABETHWARREN.COM SIGNING UP WHETHER YOU SIGNED UP FOR 5

  • WHETHER YOU SIGNED UP FOR 5 BUCKS OR 25 BUCKS OR 50 BUCKS

  • BUCKS OR 25 BUCKS OR 50 BUCKS AND THANKS FOR VOLUNTEERING.

  • AND THANKS FOR VOLUNTEERING. YOU KNOW, CHRIS, I’M ONLY GOING

  • YOU KNOW, CHRIS, I’M ONLY GOING TO COME THIS WAY ONCE.

  • TO COME THIS WAY ONCE. FIRST-TIME CANDIDATE FOR

  • FIRST-TIME CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT.

  • PRESIDENT. I WANT TO RUN A CAMPAIGN THAT’S

  • I WANT TO RUN A CAMPAIGN THAT’S BASED ON IDEAS THAT’S BASED ON

  • BASED ON IDEAS THAT’S BASED ON PRINCIPLES THAT’S BASED ON

  • PRINCIPLES THAT’S BASED ON RESTORING DEMOCRACY AND I THINK

  • RESTORING DEMOCRACY AND I THINK THIS IS A WAY TO DO THAT.

  • THIS IS A WAY TO DO THAT. JOIN US.

  • JOIN US. >> TO SEGUE THAT YOU HAVE A VERY

  • >> TO SEGUE THAT YOU HAVE A VERY AMBITIOUS UNIVERSE SLAL CHILD

  • AMBITIOUS UNIVERSE SLAL CHILD CARE PROPOSAL YOUR CAMPAIGN PUT

  • CARE PROPOSAL YOUR CAMPAIGN PUT OUT A WEEK AGO IF I’M NOT

  • OUT A WEEK AGO IF I’M NOT MISTAKEN.

  • MISTAKEN. >> YEP.

  • >> YEP. >> SO LET’S SAY YOU VIEW THE

  • >> SO LET’S SAY YOU VIEW THE PROBLEM THAT PARENTS

  • PROBLEM THAT PARENTS PARTICULARLY WOMEN DO NOT HAVE

  • PARTICULARLY WOMEN DO NOT HAVE RACK SES TO CHILD CARE.

  • RACK SES TO CHILD CARE. IT HURTS FEMALE LABOR FOR

  • IT HURTS FEMALE LABOR FOR PARTICIPATION AND INCREDIBLY

  • PARTICIPATION AND INCREDIBLY FINANCIAL BURDEN.

  • FINANCIAL BURDEN. TWO DIFFERENT WAYS TO SOLVE IT.

  • TWO DIFFERENT WAYS TO SOLVE IT. ONE IS UNIVERSAL CHILD CARE YOU

  • ONE IS UNIVERSAL CHILD CARE YOU STAND UP AND A CREDIT FOR THE

  • STAND UP AND A CREDIT FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHICH LOOKS

  • FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHICH LOOKS LIKE WHAT YOURE PROPOSING, THE

  • LIKE WHAT YOURE PROPOSING, THE OTHER WOULD BE JUST LIKE GIVE

  • OTHER WOULD BE JUST LIKE GIVE PEOPLE A CHILD CARE TAX CREDIT

  • PEOPLE A CHILD CARE TAX CREDIT AND THEN THEY CAN GO OUT THERE

  • AND THEN THEY CAN GO OUT THERE INTO THE MARKETPLACE AND FIND

  • INTO THE MARKETPLACE AND FIND IT.

  • IT. WHY DID YOU CHOOSE YOUR PATH.

  • WHY DID YOU CHOOSE YOUR PATH. >> SO I CHOSE IT FOR A COUPLE OF

  • >> SO I CHOSE IT FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.

  • REASONS. IT’S THE WAY TO GET REAL MONEY

  • IT’S THE WAY TO GET REAL MONEY INTO IT FOR EVERYONE.

  • INTO IT FOR EVERYONE. THIS IS CHILD CARE.

  • THIS IS CHILD CARE. UNIVERSAL CHILD CARE AND I

  • UNIVERSAL CHILD CARE AND I SHOULD SAY EARLY LEARNING.

  • SHOULD SAY EARLY LEARNING. IT IS AN INVESTMENT FROM ZERO TO

  • IT IS AN INVESTMENT FROM ZERO TO 5.

  • 5. IN OUR FUTURE.

  • IN OUR FUTURE. AND SO IT’S ABOUT CHILD CARE FOR

  • AND SO IT’S ABOUT CHILD CARE FOR ALL OUR KIDS BUT ALSO ABOUT

  • ALL OUR KIDS BUT ALSO ABOUT PUTTING THE MONEY INTO EARLY

  • PUTTING THE MONEY INTO EARLY LEARNING BECAUSE WE HAVE LEARNED

  • LEARNING BECAUSE WE HAVE LEARNED THAT NICKELS SPENT ON

  • THAT NICKELS SPENT ON 2-YEAR-OLDS AND 3-YEAR-OLDS AND

  • 2-YEAR-OLDS AND 3-YEAR-OLDS AND 4-YEAR-OLDS SO THEYRE READY TO

  • 4-YEAR-OLDS SO THEYRE READY TO GO TO KINDERGARTEN AND READY TO

  • GO TO KINDERGARTEN AND READY TO LEARN, PAYS OFF MANY, MANY,

  • LEARN, PAYS OFF MANY, MANY, TIMES OVER THROUGH THE YEARS.

  • TIMES OVER THROUGH THE YEARS. SO WHAT THIS PERMITS US TO DO IS

  • SO WHAT THIS PERMITS US TO DO IS TO HAVE ENOUGH MONEY, ENOUGH

  • TO HAVE ENOUGH MONEY, ENOUGH RESOURCES AND THEN GO STRAIGHT

  • RESOURCES AND THEN GO STRAIGHT INTO THE COMMUNITIES AND THE

  • INTO THE COMMUNITIES AND THE PROVIDERS, THE NONPROFITS, THE

  • PROVIDERS, THE NONPROFITS, THE TOWNS AND CITIES THAT WANT TO DO

  • TOWNS AND CITIES THAT WANT TO DO THIS AND SAY, HERE ARE THE

  • THIS AND SAY, HERE ARE THE STANDARDS.

  • STANDARDS. IF YOULL MEET THOSE STANDARDS,

  • IF YOULL MEET THOSE STANDARDS, WELL MAKE SURE THERE’S MONEY

  • WELL MAKE SURE THERE’S MONEY AVAILABLE AND, BY THE WAY, WELL

  • AVAILABLE AND, BY THE WAY, WELL ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THE CHILD

  • ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THE CHILD CARE PROVIDERS WHO ARE TAKING

  • CARE PROVIDERS WHO ARE TAKING CARE OF OUR MOST PRECIOUS

  • CARE OF OUR MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCE GET PAID LIKE PUBLIC

  • RESOURCE GET PAID LIKE PUBLIC SCHOOLTEACHERS.

  • SCHOOLTEACHERS. WELL EVEN PUT SOME MONEY IN TO

  • WELL EVEN PUT SOME MONEY IN TO HELP THEM BRING UP THE STANDARDS

  • HELP THEM BRING UP THE STANDARDS SO THAT HAPPENS.

  • SO THAT HAPPENS. SO THINK OF THIS, CHRIS, NOT

  • SO THINK OF THIS, CHRIS, NOT JUST AS COULD YOUR KIDS GET

  • JUST AS COULD YOUR KIDS GET PARKED IN FRONT OF A TV SET AND

  • PARKED IN FRONT OF A TV SET AND AT LEAST BE SAFE FOR A FEW

  • AT LEAST BE SAFE FOR A FEW HOURS, IT’S REALLY ABOUT AN

  • HOURS, IT’S REALLY ABOUT AN INVESTMENT IN OUR CHILDREN, SO

  • INVESTMENT IN OUR CHILDREN, SO THEY HAVE THE BEST POSSIBLE

  • THEY HAVE THE BEST POSSIBLE START.

  • START. THIS IS HOW WE BUILD A REAL

  • THIS IS HOW WE BUILD A REAL FUTURE IN WHICH NOT JUST THE

  • FUTURE IN WHICH NOT JUST THE CHILDREN OF RICH PEOPLE BUT THE

  • CHILDREN OF RICH PEOPLE BUT THE CHILDREN OF EVERYONE GET A REAL

  • CHILDREN OF EVERYONE GET A REAL CHANCE TO BUILD LIVES THAT ARE

  • CHANCE TO BUILD LIVES THAT ARE GOOD.

  • GOOD. >> THERE ARE TWO BIG SORT OF

  • >> THERE ARE TWO BIG SORT OF DOMESTIC POLICIES YOUR CAMPAIGN

  • DOMESTIC POLICIES YOUR CAMPAIGN UNVEIL

  • UNVEIL UNVEILED.

  • UNVEILED. THIS AND THE WEALTH TAX.

  • THIS AND THE WEALTH TAX. A QUESTION I’VE BEEN ASKING

  • A QUESTION I’VE BEEN ASKING EVERY CANDIDATE.

  • EVERY CANDIDATE. LET’S SAY YOU GET ELECTED BY

  • LET’S SAY YOU GET ELECTED BY SOME SORT OF MIRACLE THAT THE

  • SOME SORT OF MIRACLE THAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE BOTH THE HOUSE

  • DEMOCRATS HAVE BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE, MAYBE EVEN BY A

  • AND THE SENATE, MAYBE EVEN BY A HEALTHY MARGIN IN THE SENATE,

  • HEALTHY MARGIN IN THE SENATE, WHAT IS YOUR FIRST BIG DOMESTIC

  • WHAT IS YOUR FIRST BIG DOMESTIC LEGISLATION?

  • LEGISLATION? THE FIRST BIG BILL THAT

  • THE FIRST BIG BILL THAT PRESIDENT WARREN MOVES.

  • PRESIDENT WARREN MOVES. >> ANY CORRUPTION, THE PROBLEM

  • >> ANY CORRUPTION, THE PROBLEM WE HAVE IN WASHINGTON RIGHT NOW

  • WE HAVE IN WASHINGTON RIGHT NOW IS THAT MONEY IS INFLUENCING

  • IS THAT MONEY IS INFLUENCING BASICALLY EVERY DECISION THAT

  • BASICALLY EVERY DECISION THAT GOES ON.

  • GOES ON. SO WHATEVER BRINGS YOU TO THE

  • SO WHATEVER BRINGS YOU TO THE TABLE TO SAY I CARE ABOUT WHAT’S

  • TABLE TO SAY I CARE ABOUT WHAT’S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON, WHETHER

  • HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON, WHETHER IT’S CLIMATE CHANGE THAT’S

  • IT’S CLIMATE CHANGE THAT’S BEARING DOWN ON US, WHETHER OR

  • BEARING DOWN ON US, WHETHER OR NOT IT’S STUDENT LOAN DEBT THAT

  • NOT IT’S STUDENT LOAN DEBT THAT YOU CAN’T PAY, WHETHER OR NOT

  • YOU CAN’T PAY, WHETHER OR NOT IT’S HOUSING THAT’S UN

  • IT’S HOUSING THAT’S UN UNAFFORDABLE, WHETHER OR NOT

  • UNAFFORDABLE, WHETHER OR NOT IT’S CHILD CARE, WHETHER OR NOT

  • IT’S CHILD CARE, WHETHER OR NOT IT’S A CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

  • IT’S A CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT WORKS GREAT FOR THOSE FOR

  • THAT WORKS GREAT FOR THOSE FOR PRIVATE PRISONS OR PRESCRIPTION

  • PRIVATE PRISONS OR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, EVERY ONE OF THOSE

  • DRUGS, EVERY ONE OF THOSE CROSSES THROUGH THE INTERSECTION

  • CROSSES THROUGH THE INTERSECTION OF THE INFLUENCE OF MONEY AND

  • OF THE INFLUENCE OF MONEY AND WHEN YOUVE GOT A GOVERNMENT

  • WHEN YOUVE GOT A GOVERNMENT THAT IS WORKING GREAT FOR THE

  • THAT IS WORKING GREAT FOR THE RICH AND THE POWERFUL AND NOT

  • RICH AND THE POWERFUL AND NOT WORKING FOR ANYONE ELSE, IT’S

  • WORKING FOR ANYONE ELSE, IT’S CORRUPTION.

  • CORRUPTION. AND WE NEED TO CALL IT OUT.

  • AND WE NEED TO CALL IT OUT. SO, I’VE PUT TOGETHER -- IT’S A

  • SO, I’VE PUT TOGETHER -- IT’S A BIG BILL BECAUSE IT’S A BIG

  • BIG BILL BECAUSE IT’S A BIG PROBLEM.

  • PROBLEM. BUT IT HAS THE FEATURES WE NEED

  • BUT IT HAS THE FEATURES WE NEED TO JUST BEAT BACK SOME OF THE

  • TO JUST BEAT BACK SOME OF THE INFLUENCE OF MONEY.

  • INFLUENCE OF MONEY. IN LOBBYING AS WE KNOW IT, A

  • IN LOBBYING AS WE KNOW IT, A FORCE THE UNITED STATES SUPREME

  • FORCE THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT TO FOLLOW ETHICS DOOR.

  • COURT TO FOLLOW ETHICS DOOR. STOP THE REVOLVING DOOR BETWEEN

  • STOP THE REVOLVING DOOR BETWEEN WALL STREET AND WASHINGTON.

  • WALL STREET AND WASHINGTON. >>> EVERYBODY WHO RUNS FOR

  • >>> EVERYBODY WHO RUNS FOR FEDERAL OFFICE HAS TO PUT THEIR

  • FEDERAL OFFICE HAS TO PUT THEIR TAX RETURNS ONLINE.

  • TAX RETURNS ONLINE. WEVE GOT TO MAKE THIS

  • WEVE GOT TO MAKE THIS GOVERNMENT WORK AGAIN FOR

  • GOVERNMENT WORK AGAIN FOR EVERYONE.

  • EVERYONE. BECAUSE WE GOT TO MAKE THIS

  • BECAUSE WE GOT TO MAKE THIS COUNTRY WORK AGAIN FOR EVERYONE.

  • COUNTRY WORK AGAIN FOR EVERYONE. AND IT STARTS BY REDUCING THE

  • AND IT STARTS BY REDUCING THE INFLUENCE OF MONEY AND

  • INFLUENCE OF MONEY AND INCREASING THE INFLUENCE OF THE

  • INCREASING THE INFLUENCE OF THE VOICES OF PEOPLE ALL ACROSS THIS

  • VOICES OF PEOPLE ALL ACROSS THIS COUNTRY.

  • COUNTRY. THAT’S THE KIND OF CAMPAIGN THAT

  • THAT’S THE KIND OF CAMPAIGN THAT I BELIEVE IN AND THAT’S -- THIS

  • I BELIEVE IN AND THAT’S -- THIS IS MY CHANCE TO GET OUT THERE

  • IS MY CHANCE TO GET OUT THERE AND FIGHT FOR IT.

  • AND FIGHT FOR IT. >> THAT’S A STRAIGHTFORWARD

  • >> THAT’S A STRAIGHTFORWARD ANSWER, ADMIRABLY SO.

  • ANSWER, ADMIRABLY SO. SECOND QUESTION I’VE BEEN ASKING

  • SECOND QUESTION I’VE BEEN ASKING EVERYONE, THE FINAL ONE AND I’LL

  • EVERYONE, THE FINAL ONE AND I’LL LET YOU GO, THE PHILADELPHIA FIL

  • LET YOU GO, THE PHILADELPHIA FIL JAY ENSLEY THINKS HE SHOULD GET

  • JAY ENSLEY THINKS HE SHOULD GET RID OF IT.

  • RID OF IT. WOULD YOU CONSIDER ENDING THE

  • WOULD YOU CONSIDER ENDING THE FILIBUSTER IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

  • FILIBUSTER IN THE NEAR FUTURE. >> SO I ALREADY HAVE A RECORD ON

  • >> SO I ALREADY HAVE A RECORD ON THIS.

  • THIS. BACK WHEN THE REPUBLICANS WERE

  • BACK WHEN THE REPUBLICANS WERE BLOCKING EVERYTHING THAT WE WERE

  • BLOCKING EVERYTHING THAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO, DO YOU REMEMBER

  • TRYING TO DO, DO YOU REMEMBER BACK IN 2013 AND 2014, MAN, I

  • BACK IN 2013 AND 2014, MAN, I WAS ONE OF THE ONES OUT THERE

  • WAS ONE OF THE ONES OUT THERE FIGHTING TO BEAT BACK THE

  • FIGHTING TO BEAT BACK THE FILIBUSTER AND WE DID.

  • FILIBUSTER AND WE DID. WE CHOPPED THE FILIBUSTER BACK A

  • WE CHOPPED THE FILIBUSTER BACK A LOT.

  • LOT. YOU MAY REMEMBER, THEY NOT ONLY

  • YOU MAY REMEMBER, THEY NOT ONLY WERE BLOCKING JUDGES, THEY WERE

  • WERE BLOCKING JUDGES, THEY WERE BLOCKING THE HEAD OF THE

  • BLOCKING THE HEAD OF THE CONSUMER FINANCIAL POE TEKDZ

  • CONSUMER FINANCIAL POE TEKDZ BUREAU AND BLOCKING THE NLRB SO

  • BUREAU AND BLOCKING THE NLRB SO WORKERS WOULDN’T HAVE A PLACE TO

  • WORKERS WOULDN’T HAVE A PLACE TO GO TO HAVE THEIR COMPLAINTS

  • GO TO HAVE THEIR COMPLAINTS HEARD WHEN THEIR EMPLOYERS BROKE

  • HEARD WHEN THEIR EMPLOYERS BROKE THE LAW AND I WAS ALL FOR IT.

  • THE LAW AND I WAS ALL FOR IT. MY VIEW ON THIS IS, EVERYTHING

  • MY VIEW ON THIS IS, EVERYTHING STAYS ON THE TABLE.

  • STAYS ON THE TABLE. WE CAN’T LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE

  • WE CAN’T LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE THE REPUBLICANS DO WHAT THEY

  • THE REPUBLICANS DO WHAT THEY WANT LIKE THEY GOT RID OF THE

  • WANT LIKE THEY GOT RID OF THE FILIBUSTER FOR THE SUPREME COURT

  • FILIBUSTER FOR THE SUPREME COURT AND THEN WE TURN AROUND AND AS

  • AND THEN WE TURN AROUND AND AS DEMOCRATS SAY, OH, WELL PLAY BY

  • DEMOCRATS SAY, OH, WELL PLAY BY SOME SET OF RULES THAT ARE LONG

  • SOME SET OF RULES THAT ARE LONG PAST NOW.

  • PAST NOW. MY VIEW IS, IT ALL STAYS ON THE

  • MY VIEW IS, IT ALL STAYS ON THE TABLE.

  • TABLE. >> ALL RIGHT, SENATOR ELIZABETH

>>> MASSACHUSETTS SENATOR AND

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