massachusetts cavalry. two men would go on to take a commission with the fifth massachusetts cavalry. one lieutenant was born in massachusetts and relocated to michigan. he was employed as a teacher and had attended college in massachusetts prior to and listen in the company cavalry. a man who would later become associated with general custer. having served in the first michigan cavalry he had a rank of a quartermaster sergeant. he formerly accepted a promotion as a officer in the fifth massachusetts. the civil war has always been considered a family work, the notion of brother against brother. it has been recorded in many familial histories. the officer corps, brother referred toher were as comrades in arms. henry and charles with a son of lucy. their father was a boston merchant and a author of works on the goal -- works on nautical engineering. for his workmous as a navigator which is one of the leading works on navigation at the time. with the forming of the regiment he took a commission in the forming

the massachusetts certificate just stated fifth massachusetts cavalry. it had noted notion. when i was in the eighth grade i wrote to the national archives, i requested joseph's military records, and a couple of weeks later a package arrived. and when i opened it up and stated the top, fifth massachusetts, and in parentheses col'd. and me being new to civil war research, i didn't know what that referred to, and then i learned that the noted colored. and then i learned that the regiments were formed of white officers and that the enlisted men were black or other dissent, native american possibly or having mixed native glides. so, when i saw that colored, i looked at the certificate and it stated he was a private in the regiment. i remember bringing my grandmother over and i sat her down, and i said i received all these papers and i want to tell you about these. and i mentioned that joseph was at colored soldier in the civil war. she had no knowledge about it. no one talked about it during the postwar years. her side of the family, lucy, her aunt, and her aunt, her great aunt

but the really amazing and he's a key leader in our revolution massachusetts which is about twenty groups all over the state banded together to work on issues like decent health care to work for decent candidates like paul ballot measures last year rejecting an increase in charter schools and to change the democratic party but the amazing thing about paul is he ran a campaign straight out with that kind of messaging about health care about

but i would note that 99% of children are covered in massachusetts more than 96% of all massachusetts residents have healthcare, these are the highest rates in the country and with a bipartisan effort, massachusetts developed a system of health coverage that works, i know that this grant cassidy plan would not be beneficial to states like yours like mine. they do cover, i think we may be. >> you just need to know that my mom is a democrat for rochester, minnesota. >> so love you. >> will go to senator murphy. >> and the will conclude the hearing. >> thank you. you been fantastic forgiveness your time. i want to ask this question guardrails. understand the need to allow for states to be laboratories of experimentation lord knows we still more experimentation to figure out what works and doesn't. also exist a national count me with fluidity between people and businesses. there's argument that having some for on what insurance plans cover protect states and create stability in the overall economy. you've all recommended giving states more flexibility. where's the natural end of that? i t

and more than 96% of all massachusetts residents have health care. these are the highest rates in the country and with a bipartisan effort, massachusetts developed a system of health coverage that works and i know that this graham cassidy plan would be not beneficial to states like yours and like mine. >> correct. >> that do cover, i think we may be second in the country. >> i just need to know my mom say democrat from rochester, minnesota. >> i so love you. >>> with that we'll thanks senator franken and go to senator murphy and then we'll conclude the hearing. >> thank you, mr. chairman. you've all been fantastic for giving us so much of your time. i wanted to just probe this question of guard rails more and maybe i'll pose this question to governor hickenlooper. i understand the need to allow for states to be laboratories of experimentation and lord knows we still need more experimentation to figure out what works and doesn't work in health care. we also do exist in a national economy with a decent amount of fluidity between people and businesses s

again, pennsylvania has twice the population of massachusetts, but massachusetts gets 58% more money. both northeastern states with cities with high cost of living, but somehow massachusetts does that much better. our goal, though, is through this grant that goes to the chip program which senators like senator wyden have praised, rightfully so, as being an effective program for improving health, with safeguards needed to make sure the money is used wisely, that all states and all residents within those states will receive about the same amount of money towards their health care. this will be, if you will, not a democratic plan, not a republican plan, but an american plan in which senators would vote to trust the people in their state over a washington bureaucrat. now we have critics who don't understand our bill. it's a partisan bill, we're told. no. if you look at the residents of the states that do better under our plan, it includes states represented by democratic senators. virginia does far better because they will get the dollars they currently are not. so do floridians represent

it is side-by-side with a salem, massachusetts, printing of the declaration. we also explore the promise of equality. this notion that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights. that is language that of course, each person has to decide, does that apply to me? the people that wrote those words may be did not recognize the revolutionary potential in them. some people, like john adams, probably did realize that when you declare all men are treated equal, people would say, what about women? what about enslaved people? laboring men? we try to explore that story through this wall here where we look at the status of laboring men, enslaved people, of women, including abigail adams. we also explore the foundations of religious freedom through a group of objects representing different communities of faith in the colonies. so these on the left, these are highly decorated finials to cover the ends of the torah used by a jewish community in israel. it is still an active community in philadelphia. we have a weathervane from one

massachusetts gets 58% moreth money than pennsylvania. again, pennsylvania has twice the population of massachusetts gets 50% more money.achusett those northeastern state with cities of high cost of living but somehow massachusetts is that much better. many of senators like senator wide as being an effective program of improving help with safeguards needed. but all states receive about thn same amount of money towards their healthcare, the city not a democratic plan but an american plan, in which senators trust people in their state we have. critics who don't understand our bill, it's a partisan bill.ill if you look at the residence of the state will do better and includes states represented by democratic senators. the get the dollars, so dooes, floridians represented by a democratic senator. and others that are represented by democratic senators and but resources so they can have the resources they need for their better health. i'll conclude by saying we have one more chance. we recognize the affordable care act is unsustainable. on the

the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i'd now like to yield to the gentleman from georgia for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia. mr. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent to bring up h.r. 3440, the dream ct. to protect dreamers like ray, a cathedral of christ the king in atlanta. the speaker pro tempore: as previously announced, the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i now would like to yield to the gentlelady from nevada for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from nevada. ms. titus: thank you. i ask unanimous consent to bring up h.r. 3440, the dream act. to protect dreamers like victor who arrived when he was 7 years old and now works as an i.t. support analyst. the speaker pro tempore: as previously announced, the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern:

again, pennsylvania has twice the population of massachusetts, but massachusetts gets 58% more money. both northeastern states with cities with high cost of living, but somehow massachusetts does that much better. our goal, though, is through this grant that goes to the chip program which senators like senator wyden have praised, rightfully so, as being an effective program for improving health, with safeguards needed to make sure the money is used wisely, that all states and all residents within those states will receive about the same amount of money towards their health care. this will be, if you will, not a democratic plan, not a republican plan, but an american plan in which senators would vote to trust the people in their state over a washington bureaucrat. now we have critics who don't understand our bill. it's a partisan bill, we're told. no. if you look at the residents of the states that do better under our plan, it includes states represented by democratic senators. virginia does far better because they will get the dollars they currently are not. so do floridians represent

i would say the mandate, at least massachusetts did three thin. it encourage people who had accesshrough their employers to take it. that report represented a huge increase after the mandate took effect. we're think about it mostly as a way to make sure everybody was in the game, iluding folks had historically just chosen not to buy. e second thing is we've been at it for ten years, it does create a certain level of shared responbility in the cultural understanding that there's a reason why you buy iurance is you don't know if there's a point time when you might need to use it. were also mandatory auto insurance state. i think it helps stabilize the market isome respects. i believe the csr issue a bigger issue for the carriers the what shows up on your income tax return. this is may be in the governor is supposed to senator, i would push you to think out encouraging states to comep with ways if you're going to create insurance pools to create some semblance of a reasonable market. there's a lot of ways people can encourage folks to buy insurance a

it is this total harvard fabrication that it was all about massachusetts and massachusetts was first. i love massachusetts. i did my clerkship there. but they think of themselves as the hub. the center of all things. the hub of the american revolution, the hub of the medical profession, the hub of the universe. and it is not quite so. it turns out not to matter that much because the court has basically gotten it right. here is who was a big deal, a fellow named john wilkes, as in wilkes-barre, pennsylvania. there is no otis, pennsylvania, you know. wilkes county, north carolina, wilkes county, georgia. we can learn things from geography. john wilkes booth is named for john wilkes, ashley wilkes in "gone with the wind" is an allusion to this. the judge in this case, in the famous england cases that everyone in america does pay attention to, 1763, a little bit after, the judge is named camden as in camden, new jersey, our friends in baltimore, the orioles, play at camden yards. dealamden is a very big and wilkes is a very big deal. and you can see it on a map. otis, not so much. the las

the gentlelady from massachusetts is recognized. ms. clark: thank you. i would like to yield three minutes to the distinguished ranking member of education and work force committee, mr. scott. the chair: the gentleman from virginia is recognized. this amendment would result in reverting to a previous rule that would result in -- mr. scott: this amendment would result in reverting to a priest rule. election streamlining rule was adopted in 2015 and increased transparency, reduced frivolous lit dation and decreased the opportunity for bad actors to improperly delay union electionles. the election process previously had been open to manipulation, delay and drawn out free election maneuvering. i point out that the so-called 11-day election that's been referred to can only occur if both sides agree to a consent election. the -- another part of the rule requires the employer to provide more modern forms of employee contact information to the union prior to the election such as email addresses and phone numbers, as opposed to the previous requ

massachusetts, democrat line. hello ben. caller: good morning. i think the brother that you had to cut off probably should get on a plane and go somewhere himself. the founding fathers and the organization of this country, they talked about the general welfare. one of your callers had talked about the limited role of government. rememberld dude and i when almost nobody in the united states had health-care. dying anda lot of life expectancy was very short. health care has been helpful with different vaccines that have been organized. the federal government system has helped people live longer. care should be part of national defense. if you have poor health in a when theyremember started the draft in world war ii. many people were malnourished. some of them had very poor health care. just because of dental care, couldn't pass the draft. that probably means that we should consider health care's important as any other component of the national security because if you don't have good health in the nation you are not going to have a good defense of yo

the gentleman from massachusetts continues to reserve. mr. neal: is the gentleman prepared to close, mr. speaker? mr. curbelo: we have an additional speaker, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. curbelo: i yield one minute to the gentleman from california, mr. denham. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. denham: thank you, mr. chairman. i support the 21st century air act, h.r. 2997. this is something that needs to get done. we need to of so our problems for america's airlines and our passengers that are traveling across the country. this is a short-term extension. but we got to get our job done. as well, we got to get our job done on teaching hospitals. you know, while we continue to debate the health care of this nation, we have areas like mine that we have a lack of access. if you can't see a doctor today, you have no health care. and so i think it's important that our teaching health center, graduate medical education program gets extended long term. we have

of the constitution is wilson's immortal preamble -- "we the people of the states of new hampshire, massachusetts, rhode island" and so forth, why did wilson name the individual states? we thell, he believes people of the united states are sovereign. well, some thought it was a vestige of a time where we the people of the states were sovereign and others think it was just to signal how many states were ratifying. we see the final draft the language of individual states is left out and we become, we the people of the united states. let's check out the text because it is so exciting to compare the evolution of the preamble. let's go back over here to the great interactive, you can check it out online at the constitutioncente r.org/treasures. and here is the detailed report. here is the original preamble -- we the people of the states of new hampshire, rhode island, connecticut, massachusetts, delaware, maryland, north carolina, south carolina, and declare andain, establish the following constitution for the government of ourselves and our prosperity. it does not have inspiring language about establ

this was potentially precedent setting in the state of massachusetts. that someone could be held accountable for involuntary manslaughter based on their words. or in this case, their texts. >> reporter: can you be responsible for killing someone from miles away, with words alone? >> what she said is reprehensible and it is just bone-chilling but that's a separate question from, is it criminal? >> reporter: on the day of jury selection in michelle carter's manslaughter trial in taunton, massachusetts, the case takes a whiplash turn. >> today was supposed to be the day that they would begin the process of selecting 16 jurors for this trial but, in a relatively surprise move, first thing this morning michelle carter chooses not to have a jury decide her fate. >> has anyone promised you anything or threatened you in any way to make you forego your right to a jury trial? >> no. >> reporter: carter puts her fate in the hands of one man, judge lawrence moniz. mistake? >> big mistake. >> reporter: what might the defense have hoped to gain by going for a bench t

a guy named frankfurt. -- it isotal harvard all about massachusetts and massachusetts was first. i love massachusetts. i did my clerkship there. they think of themselves as the hub. the center of all things. the center of the american revolution, the hub of the medical profession, the hub of the universe. it is not quite so. it turns out not to matter that -- hereause the court is who was a big deal, a fellow as injohn wilkes, wilkes-barre, pennsylvania. wilkes county north carolina, wilkes county, georgia, john wilkes booth is named for john wilkes, ashley wilkes in gone with the wind is an alusion to this. bit after, the judge is named camden as in our friendsjersey, in baltimore, the orioles play at camden yards. deal and wilkes is a big deal and you can see it on a map. otis, not so much. the last chapter is the story of camden. you have heard about the great william penn and the great city of philadelphia. then i say there is this little rodney dangerfield place across the river called new jersey and this gritty place called camden and actually they have a story to tell. lor

. >> the senator from massachusetts. >> mr. president i askgn recognition to speak. >> the senators recognized. >> mr. president affects one of the nation's credit reporting agencies has said that hackers has breached its system and stolen highly personal information on nearly half of americans. social security numbers, in birthdays home addresses addresses phone numbers and even credit card numbers all in the hands of criminals. i've heard from working families in massachusetts and all across the country. equifax hack is a nightmare. at best it is a giant hassle. time on hold with credit reporting agencies, confusion, about what has been stolen and what to do about it. spendin at worst it could ruin a lifetime of her sponsor both spending and barwin wiped out by a dandy theft and fraud. people are outraged and rightly so. it's bad enough that equifax was so sloppy that they let hackers and their system but the company's response to the hack has been even worse. first equifax hid the information about the breach fo 40 days, 40

california, massachusetts and maryland, they represent 20% of the population. her goal is by 26 to make sure that every patient, in every state gets the same contribution from the federal government and allows people in your state to make decisions that would have been made in washington. you don't like obamacare -- who do you complain to? you can complain to me but i don't want it. if i can get south carolina in charge of this money that would have been spent in washington by a bureaucrat that is all alighted, i promise every south carolinians the following -- if you don't like your health care, someone will listen to you. this is your governor and state house representative. you can go to the representative who goes to the same hospital you do. you can go to your governor who will listen to you. i am trying to take the money and power in washington and send it back to the patient. if you believe government closer to the people is the best government, why not health care and finally, we know how this movie and if we don't change. >> >> >> it has that my life s

when massachusetts launched its universal health care law in 2006, we included an individual mandate, which i support. for starters, no one knows when they might get sick or have a tragic accident, and once it happens, they will seek care and it will be provided. in many circumstances, they will be unable to pay for it, and that means everyone else who has insurance will be paying for the health care services rendered to those without coverage. in addition, if people have unlimited access to purchase coverage, many will purchase health insurance only when they --ded and the drop it when need it and then drop it once the care is provided. coverage with incentives and consequences is a critical element in ensuring everyone is treated fairly. if we want to make sure insurance is affordable for ,eople who do not have access we need to nudge everyone into purchasing coverage and then keeping it. third, congress should establish broader parameters for insurance market reforms and include greater latitudes for states that meet the needs of their health care residents and marketplaces. it is

eldridge gary of massachusetts. drawmandering is when you districts so funny shaped to protect incumbents. did in what gerry massachusetts. edmund randolph of virginia, and george mason of virginia. he refused to sign the constitution because it did not contain a bill of rights. why not? because james madison among others said a bill of rights would be unnecessary or dangerous. unnecessary because the constitution itself is a bill of rights. it gives congress only enumerated powers. since congress has no power to infringe free speech, there is no reason to fear it would endanger free speech. dangerous because people might assume if the right was not written down, it was not protected. the framers believed our rights are so important that they come from god and not government and to try to reduce things to a single list would be folly. in the face of the objections from three federal list, madison changed his mind. he was a practical politician. he almost lost a house election in virginia and and he came to support t

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massachusetts. edmund randolph of virginia, and george mason of virginia. he refused to sign the constitution because it did not contain a bill of rights. said a bill of rights would be unnecessary or dangerous. i necessary because the constitution itself is a bill of rights. since congress has no right to infringe states -- to infringe free speed. dangerous because people might assume if the right was not written down, it might not be protected. to try to reduce things to a single list would be folly. madison changed his mind. he was a practical politician. he came to support the adoption of additional amendments to prevent further abuse of powers. we are now going to do in this we have been, seeing these rare drops of the constitution. we are now going to see the first public printings of the bill of rights. we will see how madison's original 19 amendments were whittled down to 10. let's go seals now. now.t's go see those we're about to see the first 19 amendments proposed. 10 were ratified, known as the bill of rights. the 19 appear in the gazette of the

massachusetts is a strong benefits state. we support essential health benefits. however, even in our state, and would be -- it was a challenge to adapt to the overly strict federal framework of the aca. fourth, congress should take a debt -- should take action to address health-care costs, and one critical driver is rising pharmaceutical costs. among other actions, safely expediting the fda approval process, increasing competition by ensuring generic drug availability, and creating greater opportunities for public payers to negotiate prices should be pursued. as you consider these and other reforms of our health-care system, i would ask if any legislative changes occur on a gradual timeline, ideally with stateless ability to opt out or grandfather in existing programs in order to prevent market shocks and to improve market stability. finally, as governors, we are responsible for the fiscal health of our states as well as the physical health of our residents. reforms cannot -- can place states at risk. any reform should not shift greater financial burden onto stat

guy named bill gardner is the center of the claim by the commissioners that six thousand people from massachusetts voted in the new hampshire presidential presidential race in sixteen and what's unusual about that is that they didn't bust any of those people obviously the secretary of state isn't doing his job by arresting those people they have their names and addresses by the way the secretary of state is bill gardner the guy that made the accusation he made the accusation about these illegal voters but he has their names he has their addresses he hasn't filed a complaint against a single one because it ain't true some people by the way my daughter is one of them goes to school go to school in in their state and but they only drive on their vacations and so they use their a they only have a license from the state where they are born that doesn't mean illegal voter if they were there they would bust them it's very easy to find them but they don't that's just the beginning of the of the kind of fruitcake operation or fruitcakes than christmas in london on that committee they have hons vons but kos

she's in massachusetts, ndependent line. caller: i am really concerned abt the attitude of the woman fr michigan, here on the day , 9/11 and the horror, storms storms in florida and texas. she has no feeling in her hea affe thishe's just going on who's rich and who's not rich. when i was a child, i heard a story about a group of people with extra long arms that couldn't feed themselves, and they were all upset. and in the other room, it was the same thingexcept thefed each other. and they were happy. we need to take care of each other in order for our country tourvive, thank you. host: richard in connecticut, ndependent line, hi. caller: than for c-span. as far as climate change is concerned, i totally agree with climate change, but i think that there are a few causes of that, and that's within the core of the earth itself and from the sun. the people who say that man can cause most of it, i would like, because thesay it's strictly a science, d is, what percentage of climate change is caused -- what percentage is caused by h

but the really amazing and he's a key leader in our revolution massachusetts which is about twenty groups all over the state banded together to work on issues like decent health care to work for decent candidates like paul ballot measures last year rejecting an increase in charter schools and to change the democratic party but the amazing thing about paul is he ran a campaign straight out with that kind of messaging about health care about education about opportunity he didn't bat an eye and he beat essential traditional democrat by fifteen points came from behind to do it couldn't be more excited this is somebody who spent his whole adult life fighting for the things that working people care about. isn't that sort of the lesson that bernie taught us and you know a few other schama so on and others who you know almost regardless of party label but it will if you focus on the issues and and you give americans you know a clear understanding of the issues you know they go in the f.d.r. direction pretty much every single time as opposed to the you know the rand paul crazy train or mitch mccon

new york, california, massachusetts, and maryland. they represent 20% of the population. our goal is by 2026, to make sure that every patient in every state gets the same contribution roughly from the federal government and allow people in your states to make decision which is would have been made in washington. the most beneficial aspect of this bill, if you don't like obamacare who do you complain to? you can complain to me but i sure as hell don't run it. if i can get south carolina in charge of this money, that would have been spent in washington by a bureaucrat who is unelected, i promise every south carolinian the following. if you don't like your health are, somebody will listen to you. your governor and your state house of representatives. you can go to the state house of representatives who most likely goes to the same hospital you do. you can go to your governor and state house of representatives. you can go your governor who will listen to you because they're care about your vote if nothing else. i'm trying to take the money and power in washington and send it

host: let's move on to sandy from massachusetts. did you watch the president's speech and what did you think he said? caller: yes, i watchedcaller: the bulk of the speech and i heard it earlier today. i think his speech was very good because he spoke very plainly and very down to earth. in these times, particularly with north korea call for that plane, to the point, realistic speech. also, when you are talking to nations, the united that speak various languages, and if they listen through translators, often that is the most effective way to go to be able to speak in a basic, realistic language that is easily understood. the days of political correctness of not really gotten us in a position where we can solve our problems, have a? host: what would you like to stash have they -- have they? host: what would you like to see as a result of the speech? caller: i would like north korea to realize that what they are doing is unthinkable and playing with fire. i would just like to see the other countries, of course, , if you are in the unit

roskam, and the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. neal, each will -- mr. neal, will each control 20 minutes. mr. roskam: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material for h.r. 1843 curnedly under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. roskam: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for such time. mr. roskam: mr. speaker, if a person deposits $10,000 or more into a financial institution, that institution must submit a currency transaction report to the treasury department. avoiding this reporting requirement by purposefully staying below the $10,000 limit is a federal crime known as structuring. structuring was made illegal in 1986 to prevent large scale criminal enterprises, terrorists and money launderers from hiding their illegally earned money from authorities by consistently depositing just shy of that $10,000 limit. this makes complete s

clark of massachusetts. e chair: pursuant to house resolution 504, the gentlelady from massachusetts, ms. clark, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the cha -- the gentlelady from massachusetts is recognized. ms. clark: thank you, mr. chairman. this amendment would restore funding for the mental health programs cut in this bill. specifically it would reverls the $142 million in cut to the mental health block grant and restore funding for project aware state grants and healthy transitions. which were both eliminated in the underlying bill. for so long mental health issues were relegated to the shadows. approached with shame and misunderstanding that only exacerbates the pain for people and their families. but today we know how widespread these issues are. we need to approach them without stigma and treat them the same way we would treat other illnesses. according to mental health america, one in five adults has a mental health condition. yet more than half of americans with a mental illness r

new york, california, massachusetts, and maryland. they represent 20% of the population. our goal is by 2026 to make sure that every patient in every state gets the same contribution roughly from the federal government and allow people in your states to make decisions that would have been made in washington. the most beneficial aspect of this bill is follows. if you don't like obamacare, who do you complain to? you can complain to me but i sure as hell don't run it. if i can get south carolina in charge of this money, that would have been spent in washington by a bureaucrat who is unelected i promise every south carolinian the following. if you don't like your health care, somebody will listen to you. your governor and your statehouse representative. you can go to the statehouse representative who most likely goes to the same hospital you do. you can go to your governor, who will listen to you, because they care about your vote if nothing else. i'm trying to take the money and power in washington and send it back closer to the patient. if you believe government closer to

you believe it is ok to have california, new york, maryland, and massachusetts more than misery. that is what a democrats would have to face if they voted no. and youre a republican go against federalism, you have to explain to people back home andwashington knows better almost every state except for i four ied -- the described, do very well. i think the idea is more powerful. i think the substance is much more fair. at the end of the day, i believe we will get 50 republican votes. there will be a lot of democrats struggling with the no vote because at least eight of them are staged to do far better then obamacare in terms of funding and they will have more control over the money. that will be a hard know. -- hard no. the coverage will be on the cash aspect of it. they will have a chance to look at that. do all understand we would have to do this before september 30. that is the answer. we will have to deal with it because the vehicle expires at the end of the month. if we were going to go forward, we would have to act before september 30. we're in the process of discussing all o

the bill's sponsor, lindsay graham, explains it this way: >> i like massachusetts. i like maryland. i like new york. i like california. but i don't like them that much to give them a bunch of money that the rest of us won't get. >> stephen: "plus, you know we're just going to spend it on lattes and npr and gay cakes." ( cheers and applause ) the cake is gay, right? >> jon: right, something like that. >> stephen: for a gay wedding, the cake itself has to be gay. that's the complaint, isn't it? ( laughter ) all right. here's will deal, you know who cares a lot about obamacare? obama. remember that guy? remember obama? ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: great guy. really tall. >> stephen: what? >> jon: really tall. >> stephen: very tall, very tall that's what he's known for. here's what obama said today: >> this is something i always had to emphasize to my staff when i was president: better is good. (laughter) you laugh, but sometimes people forget that. i will take better every time. so that's what's needed today. >> stephen: i miss you. ( laughter ) ( applause ) ( cheers ) but just for

to our last call -- host: this is from massachusetts on the line for independents. caller: thank you for taking my call. i am an immigrant. i have been here for 10 years. siblings.lied for my it takes forever for them to get in here. legally. that is my question, why does it take so long? question, practical you came here from albania and we are all glad you are here and as an immigrant you will be contributing to our country. the reality is the math. under a limited immigration comes if everyone person as an immigrant, it is an unqualified right to bring adult married sisters, sons, and daughters. there is a multiplier effect. very soon the categories get over some subscribed and waiting lists are created. the question becomes, should we have a system that allows people to bring extended family in the way you described or would it be more common sense, because people today unlike in the 19th century, people today can fly back home to visit relatives when they want to, is it practical to allow people to bring in a lot of siblings, brothers and sisters? what we need

no one knows that better than the commonwealth of massachusetts. we have always believed that no matter who you are or where you come from, you can achieve the american dream. we recognize that our economy and our security are stronger because of the immigrant families who have enriched our nation since its founding. that is why this decision from the trump administration cannot stand. we will not let it. with congress now back in session, republicans should prepare to have an historic debate, a debate about the fairness that we should extend to all of these young people. there are going to be voices and calls and marches and protests all demanding protections for these innocent dreamers. and i pledge my support to the 800,000 dreamers all across our country, and i will not stop fighting for them. and we will not stop fighting for them. millions of people are going to stand up. i believe that the american dream for all of these young people is achievable, and it must be here in the united states senate that the realization of that dream begins. i t

and we run it and we pay for it ourselves in massachusetts. and what i would say about that is it's at least important what you're doing as it is how much you spend on it. we've made a lot of changes to the way we do outreach over the course of the past couple years. and have tried to do things that actually seem to move the needle with respect to enrollment and to stop doing things that weren't moving it at all. so i would say this is a good example of, you know, senator young's comment about states could learn from each other about this. i'm telling you, there's some stuff that you and we pay for that doesn't get us anything with respect to enrollment. and there's some stuff we do that does. and we should be talking more about the how on that one. >> great. >> and without repeating what anyone else said, we're using social media for the first time. we're getting rock 'n' roll bands and musicians, you have to look at who your target is and how you get to them. so the notion of using trusted advisers, trying to do outdoor recreation opportunit

it was on a massachusetts law in 2012. senator bennett: the last question i have for you folks is, is it your understanding the 1332 waiver as it's written now would allow a state if it wanted to to apply to have a public option in their state, some option other than private or nonprofit insurance? ms. o'toole: i am happy to dive in. i believe that it does. in fact, in minnesota our governor has proposed public option. it would be a buy-in to our minnesota care program, basic health plan, that idea is still percolating, but it is envisioned if it ever comes to fruition it would be to a waiver. senator bennett: is that a consensus? >> i would agree. >> i would agree. >> can i accept your first question if you don't mind? just to add to your perspective? one of the ways i would think about it and would offer for your consideration is what was happening before the aca. you had situations where individuals with pre-existing conditions in essence were not covered, and-or if they got coverage they bought it at a expensive price.

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he gave a speech at the university of massachusetts and you talked a lot about john adams. the founding fathers he would at got less attention than george washington thomas jefferson and james moffitt -- james madison. why do you think so few people paid attention until your book came out of why do you think there is still no monument for john adams in washington d.c.. >> yes, there is. some amount of peace and the white house. you don't know about that? >> i don't. >> john adams was the first president to resign in the white house. his first night he was alone. abigail had not arrived yet and his first morning after his first night he wrote her a letter in which he said, what he wrote in the letter franklin roosevelt had carved into the wooden part of the mantelpiece in the east room in the state dining room. when truman was in charge of redoing the white house he made sure that quotation stayed thern when kennedy became president he had a carved into the marble of the mantelpiece so that it would stay forever. and what adams had said in the letter to abigail was this. may

coolidge from amherst in massachusetts. hoover from stanford university in california. from that point on, their careers could hardly have been more divergent. hoover had become a highly successful, globetrotting mining engineer and financier, with a business interest on six continents. coolidge had become a politician in a small city less than 12 miles from his alma mater. during the world war i and its tumultuous aftermath, hoover became a close associate of president woodrow wilson, a participant in the paris peace conference, and an internationally acclaimed humanitarian responsible for saving tens of millions of lives from the threat of famine and death. coolidge, in the same period, had quietly ascended what was called the escalator of elected office in massachusetts, where he was elected governor in 1918. in 1912, hoover had supported bullnose moose campaign for the presidency. during this same period, coolidge had been a paragon of party rregularity and by 1920, a regularity, and by 1920, a symbol of safety and conservatism. these distinctions in background care