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TVU 12 BERNIE SANDERS DUBUQUE IA TOWN HALL ABC UNI 010420 2020 ON CAM - TVU 12 BERNIE SANDERS DUBUQUE IA TOWN HALL ABC UNI 010420 2020 ***Portion of video flagged below will be re-fed when event concludes*** ?DUBUQUE, Iowa -- Bernie Sanders addressed the legislation flagged below by Averi at his first stop of the day, a town hall attended by 650 people at the local senior high school, and notably stated unequivocally that he "will vote against" a war, should such a vote soon make its way to Congress. (For more on Sanders' position re: the Iran situation, see my Political DL note from 1/3 at 10:40 p.m.) (h/t Farrell, Levine) "As I said yesterday, I am deeply concerned that President Trump's actions represent a dangerous escalation that brings us closer to yet another disastrous war in the Middle East, which is exactly what we do not need." (13:18:28) "Unfortunately, similar to my concerns that I raised way back in 2002 regarding the war in Iraq, a new war with Iran could cost thousands of lives, trillions more dollars, and lead to even more deaths, more conflict, and more displacement throughout a region that is already in a volatile situation." (13:19:06) "So let me say a few words about what I see as the next steps that we must take to stop Trump's reckless actions, and his impulsiveness. When I return to Washington, next week, the -- and along with the US Senate, I believe the first course of action is for the Congress to take immediate steps to restrain President Trump from plunging our nation into yet another endless war." (13:19:39) "This country needs a whole lot of things. But one thing that we do not need is another war. We've got enough of those. With my colleague, Congressman Ro Khanna and others, we will advance legislation to assert Congress's constitutional authority and responsibility to prohibit any funding for offensive military force in or against Iran, without congressional authorization." (13:20:15) "I am also proud to support Senator Tim Kane's War Powers Resolution, to force a vote to end unauthorized hostilities against Iran. There's, I think all of you know and all Americans know our founding fathers gave the responsibility over war not to the President, but to Congress." (13:21:01) "That is very clear in the Constitution. And in my view, Congress must, must act in the face of a president who has shown time and again that he cannot be relied upon to tell us the truth or to make well thought out decisions." (13:21:42) Furthermore, fortunately, as we have seen with the resolution I authored with conservative Republicans to end our involvement in the Saudi led war in Yemen, I believe -- (crowd claps) -- Thank you." (13:22:05) "I believe that there must be and that there will be bipartisan support for Congress to take this step [applause] For too many years, and here is the simple truth that nobody in this room or I should be proud of, but for too many years, Congress under Republican administrations and under Democratic administrations has abdicated its constitutional responsibility. It is time for Congress to take that responsibility back." (13:22:25) "If Congress wants to vote to go to war, and I will vote against that, but if Congress wants to go to war, let Congress have the guts to vote for war. Do not, like this President, take unilateral act." (13:23:13) TVU 12 BERNIE SANDERS DUBUQUE IA TOWN HALL ABC UNI 010420 2020 131828 There's a lot -- I know there's a lot of concerns on your minds and we want to get to them, but before we do that I wanted to say a few words regarding the developing situation in Iraq and Iran. As I said yesterday, I am deeply concerned that President Trump's actions represent a dangerous escalation that brings us closer to yet another disastrous war in the Middle East, which is exactly what we do not need. 131906 Unfortunately, similar to my concerns that I raised way back in 2002 regarding the war in Iraq, a new war with Iran could cost thousands of lives, trillions more dollars, and lead to even more deaths, more conflict, and more displacement throughout a region that is already in a volatile situation. 131939 So let me say a few words about what I see as the next steps that we must take to stop Trump's reckless actions, and his impulsiveness. When I return to Washington, next week, the -- and along with the US Senate, I believe the first course of action is for the Congress to take immediate steps to restrain President Trump from plunging our nation into yet another endless war. 132015 This country needs a whole lot of things. But one thing that we do not need is another war. We've got enough of those. With my colleague, Congressman Roe Connor and others, we will advance legislation to assert Congress's constitutional authority and responsibility to prohibit any funding for offensive military force in or against Iran, without congressional authorization. 132101 I am also proud to support Senator Tim Kane's War Powers Resolution, to force a vote to end unauthorized hostilities against Iran. There's, I think all of you know and all Americans know our founding fathers gave the responsibility over war not to the President, but to Congress. 132142 That is very clear in the Constitution. And in my view, Congress must, must act in the face --- (132152 FEED FREEZES) of a president who has shown, time and time again that he cannot be relied upon to tell us the truth, or to make 132205 -- well thought out decisions. Furthermore, fortunately, as we have seen with the resolution I authored with conservative Republicans to end our involvement in the Saudi led war in Yemen, I believe -- (crowd claps) -- Thank you. 132225 I believe that there must be and that there will be bipartisan support for Congress to take this step [applause] For too many years, and here is the simple truth that nobody in this room or I should be proud of, but for too many years, Congress under Republican administrations and under Democratic administrations has abdicated its constitutional [FEED FREEZES] responsibility. It is time for Congress to take that responsibility back. 132313 [applause] If Congress -- if Congress wants to vote to go to war, and I will vote against that, but if Congress wants to go to war, let Congress have the guts to vote for war. Do not, like this President, take unilateral act. [applause] his answer to the question about his age starting at about 14:12 141247 A good question. You know, every question, people, i want to say this and i'm not just brown nosing the people of Iowa. Is you know, you go first, you play a disproportionately important role in the whole political process. And I have really been impressed, that, you know, as somebody who's been all over the state how seriously the people of iowa take that very important responsibly, the whole country is looking at iowa, we got all this media here, you know. 143527 They're not in Maryland, they're not in New Mexico, they're here in Iowa. they're looking at you, and you take it seriously. And i will bet that many people who are here today have gone to hear other candidates to try to assess where they are coming from as well. Thats what you should be doing. And people are asking all kinds of question, which is what you should be asking. So all that i say is this. Is age an issue? Yeah it's an issue. Is experience as issue? Yeah i think it's an issue. 143556 I was a mayor for 8 year. Regarding at the time as one of the best mayors in america, i know something about---visit us in burlington, vermont, it's a beautiful city. Ok. and i say that because that's important too. I was in the house of representatives, you talked, a moment ago we talked about how we'd bring people together. There were years where I passed more amendments on the floor of the house with republicans, than any other member of congress. 143625 435 members. Knowing how to work with people. Knowing the experience. Is experience important in a crazy world like today? Yeah i think it's of some importance. Thats a joke, i think it's very important. Okay. you know, and so i mean, i think we look at the totality of where a person is--but most importantly you know, and this is true. One of the things that always bothers me, there are folks out there, candidates out there running for governor or senator or whatever they're running for, they are great husbands or wives. 143659 They treat their kids really really nice. They're nice people. But they want to cut social security, medicare and medicaid and give tax breaks to billionaires. So you got to look at what somebody stands for. What somebody's ideas are. Now i have, yeah im 78, plead guilty, but the advantage, there's an advantage, and that is unlike all these kids i'm running against, you can check my record going back a long way. 143739 You can---[APPLAUSE]--- a long way! That you can find out that when i was mayor of Burlington, i was on the picket line with workers around my state. TRINT [13:17:23] Thank you the. [13:17:36] They thought I was going to sing, but, you know, you don't want to hear that. [13:17:42] This is a wonderful, wonderful turnout. The View. Thank you very much for coming out this morning. [13:17:52] And let me thank Francis King for her remarks. Supervisor Chris Watts offer his remarks, Louis Meyer for his remarks. And let me not only thank Tiffany for. [13:18:27] There's a lot I know there's a lot of concerns on your minds and we want to get to them. [13:18:35] But before we do that, I want go to say a few words regarding the developing situation in Iraq and Iran. As I said yesterday, I am deeply concerned that President Trump's actions represent a dangerous escalation that brings us closer to yet another disastrous war in the Middle East, which is exactly what we do not need. [13:19:06] Unfortunately, similar to my concerns that I raised way back in 2002 regarding the war in Iraq, a new war with Iran could cost thousands of lives, trillions more dollars and lead to even more deaths, more conflict and more displacement throughout a region that is already in volatile situation. [13:19:38] So let me say a few words about what I see as the next steps that we must take to stop Trump's reckless actions and his impulsiveness. When I return to Washington next week. The and along with the U.S. Senate, I believe the first course of action is for the Congress to take immediate steps to restrain President Trump from plunging our nation into yet another endless war. [13:20:22] This country means a whole lot of things, but one thing that we do not need is another war. We've got enough of those. [13:20:37] With my colleague, Congressman Roe Cano and others, we will advance legislation to assert Congress's constitutional authority and responsibility to prohibit any funding for offensive military force in or against Iran without congressional authorization. I am also proud to support Senator Tim Kaine's war powers resolution to force a vote to end on authorize hostilities against Iran. [13:21:27] As I think all of you know and all Americans know, our founding fathers gave the responsibility over war not to the president, but to Congress. [13:21:42] That is very clear in the Constitution, and in my view, Congress must must act in the. [13:22:03] Well thought out decisions. Furthermore, fortunately, as we have seen with the resolution I authored with conservative Republicans to end our involvement in the Saudi led war in Yemen, I believe. Thank you. [13:22:26] I believe that there must be and that there will be bipartisan support for Congress to take this step. [13:22:36] For too many years. And here is the simple truth that nobody in this room or I should be proud of. [13:22:45] But for too many years, Congress under Republican administrations and under Democratic administrations has abdicated its constant. [13:23:12] If Congress if Congress wants the vote to go to war and I will vote against them. But if Congress wants to go to war, let Congress have the guts to vote for war. Do not like this president take unilateral action. [13:23:39] Let me tell you very briefly what our campaign is about and what our administration will will be about and what our campaign is about is asking questions and raising issues that most other campaigns do not go near. [13:24:05] We are asking all of us to think big, not small. To think outside of the box, not to just listen to what Congress says in the media says and tell us that our options are A to B. Our job is to understand why we are where we are today and where we want to go as a people. So to begin with, I think today about the thousands and thousands and thousands of young men and women who put their lives on the line to defend American democracy. [13:24:40] And I worry very much about the status of the state of American democracy today, which is under assault from Trump and his friends. So to my mind, one of the most important things that we have got to do is reaffirm our belief in democracy. And that means we believe in one person, one vote, not billionaires buying elections. So as president, I will lead the effort for a constitutional amendment to end this disastrous Citizens United Supreme Court. We will end voter suppression in America. We will end extreme gerrymandering in America. And we will move to public funding of elections. [13:26:07] Republican governors all across this country are trying to make it harder for people to vote. I want to make it easier for people to vote. Right now, the United States has one of the lowest voter turnout of any major country on Earth. [13:26:26] Our goal must be to have the highest voter turnout of any major country. [13:26:39] And when we look at what's going on in America today, it's not just a corrupt political system controlled to a large degree by billionaires. But it is also an economy which is rigged in favor of the very wealthy and large corporations. So today and again, we don't talk about it too much, but this campaign does talk about it and our administration will deal with it. And that as we have more income and wealth inequality in America today than at any time since the 1920s. [13:27:30] Then the bottom half of America. A hundred and sixty million people. [13:27:44] It is unacceptable to me that tonight there will be over a half a million Americans who are homeless, including 30000 veterans at the same time as the top 1 percent owns more wealth than the bottom 90 2 percent. [13:28:04] Now, I just talk to some workers here in Dubuque trying to get by on 10, 11, 12 bucks an hour. People can't make it on eleven or twelve bucks an hour. [13:28:18] And yet in America today, while half of our people harp about people living paycheck to paycheck. And I know a little about that. I grew up in a family that lived paycheck to paycheck while half of our people are struggling. Forty nine percent of all new income goes to the top 1 percent. [13:28:43] So, brothers and sisters, our task is not complicated. We must create an economy that works for all of us, not just the 1 percent. Trump and his friends tell us that unemployment is low. Well, it is low. But on the other hand, it is hard to find a job that pays people a living wage. [13:29:21] We are tired of jobs that pay nine, ten, eleven bucks an hour without health care. We want jobs that families can live on. Not go underwater. [13:29:41] So let me very briefly tell you what we're going to do about the economy, not complicated. You all know what has to happen. If you work 40 hours a week in Iowa, Vermont or in America, you should not be living in poverty. We're going to raise the minimum wage to at least 15 bucks an hour. We are going to have equal pay for women, for equal work. [13:30:23] You just heard from Tiffany a moment ago. Well, form a union. [13:30:29] We are going to make it easier for workers to join unions all across this country. If 50 percent of workers in a bargaining union sign a card, they have a union. End of discussion. And our legislation called the Workplace Democracy Act and Section 14 be at the tap, partly law ending all so-called right to work legislation, and that's the. We are tired of workers having the, quote, right to work for starvation wages. We need decent wages in this country. [13:31:34] And at a time when our infrastructure here in Iowa and in Vermont and I'm talking about roads. [13:31:41] I'm talking about bridges. I am talking about water systems. Whoa, what a radical idea. Maybe people should have clean drinking water when they turn on the faucet. [13:31:57] We can't create millions of good paying union jobs investing in rebuilding our infrastructure. [13:32:07] And when we talk about a progressive agenda, we are going to talk about and act on an issue that we have for too many years ignored the needs of children, of young people. Let's be clear. We are the wealthiest country in the history of the world and yet we treat our children shamefully. [13:32:27] That's just the fact we have the highest rate of childhood poverty of almost any major country on earth. If you are a working class family here in Iowa or in Vermont or virtually any place in America, you are finding it almost impossible to find decent, quality, affordable child care. [13:32:54] We have teachers in America who are working two or three jobs because the salaries they're getting are totally inadequate. We have hundreds of thousands of bright young kids who cannot afford to get a higher education. So we've got to rethink our attitude to young people and education in general. [13:33:21] And that means that among many other things, I want every kid in Iowa, Vermont and throughout America to understand that if they take their schoolwork seriously, they will be able to get a higher education at these college or trade school, regardless of the income of their family. So we're going to make public colleges and universities tuition free. [13:33:58] And if we could afford the bail out eleven years ago, the crooks on Wall Street, if we could afford to give a trillion dollars in tax breaks to the 1 percent and large corporations. We can cancel all student debt in America. [13:34:27] I'll tell you something else, an issue you've been hearing a little bit about. [13:34:32] And let me kind of tell you the truth about that issue. That is health care. Want to make a few points. [13:34:38] I want everybody here to know that the United States today is the only major country on earth not to guarantee health care to all people as a human right. This great country, our great country, richest on earth, we are the only country not to guarantee health care to all people. And together, you and I are going to end that international embarrassment. [13:35:17] And meanwhile, here's another fact I want you to know. [13:35:23] We pay today. [13:35:26] Almost twice as much per person for health care as the people of any other country. You got that. So in other words, you know, if you are not spending a lot of money for something, the quality is not good. Well, you know, it was cheap money. You a lot of money for it. [13:35:43] We are spending almost twice as much per capita on health care as the Canadians or people throughout Europe. And yet our health care outcomes. [13:35:54] Infant mortality. [13:35:56] How long we live a jeopardy is worse than many of those countries. So today, let me make it very clear, in my view, the function of a rational health care system is not to make the drug companies and the insurance companies rich. [13:36:14] It is to provide quality care to all people through a Medicare for all single payer as. Last year. [13:36:37] Last year, while 87 million of us in this country were uninsured or under insured, while thirty thousand of us died because we couldn't get to a doctor on time because we wouldn't have any health insurance while five hundred thousand people went bankrupt because of medically related bills. Last year, the health care industry made a hundred billion dollars in profit. So today we say to the drug companies who charge us by far the highest prices in the world. [13:37:27] And today we say to the insurance companies who are making huge profits. We are. Whether you like it or not, going to pass a Medicare for all single payer program. [13:37:51] As now, the health care industry made one hundred million last year, they have unlimited amounts of money, unlimited. [13:38:02] So they are running ads in Iowa, running ads all over the country, telling you how terrible Medicare for all is. Let me tell you the truth. Let me tell you what Medicare for all does. Number one, Medicare. [13:38:31] Copayments are gone, and I want you to think again. [13:38:36] What I'm trying to talk about today is outside of the box. Think. Think about a totally insane concept developed by somebody some time ago. It is called a doctor. What you think about it, the doctor, if you say you have insurance. The assumption is, OK, I'm paying for insurance. Maybe it's too much. But I got insurance. [13:38:59] And here's my insurance card. I'm going to the doctor whenever I want. Well, not quite, because you may have a five thousand dollar deductible. A ten thousand dollar deductible. A twelve thousand dollar deductible. So what happens if you're a working class person? Like most people, many people in this country, you don't have a lot of money in your pocket. How do you pay that by thousand dollars out of your own pocket? If you get sick or a family member gets sick? Well, you know what? You don't. [13:39:27] You don't go to the doctor when you should. You get sicker than you show up. Medicare for all eliminates all deductibles in this country. [13:39:49] Medicare for all eliminates all out-of-pocket expenses for our people and Medicare for all legislation will not allow anybody in America to pay more than two hundred dollars a year for their prescription drugs. [13:40:07] Because we're going to take on the greed of the pharmaceutical and. [13:40:18] Now, there is a good debate, a reasonable debate about how you pay for it, how you pay for Medicare for all. But before we talk about how you pay for Medicare for all my legislation, let's talk about how we pay for what we got right now. [13:40:34] And how we pay for it is that the worker in the middle of the American economy today, that median family earns about sixty thousand dollars a year. That family today is paying twelve. [13:41:00] Percent of your income for the average worker is how we pay for it today. There are people in this room who are paying a thousand dollars. Fifteen hundred dollars a month for premiums. There are people in this room who have five ten thousand dollar deductibles, which means they gonna take that money out of their own pockets. There are people in this room were paying prescription drug costs of thousands of dollars a year. All right. [13:41:30] So how do we pay for Medicare for all? In a way that is fair. This is we pay for it in a number of progressive ways. But one way that we pay for it is we say to the working people of this country, you will pay a federal income tax of 4 percent on your income, exempting the first twenty nine thousand dollars. [13:41:54] So if you're making twenty nine thousand or less, that's free. If you're making sixty thousand, if you've got family right in the middle of the economy, you're paying four percent of thirty one thousand dollars, which is a little bit more than twelve hundred dollars a year. But comprehensive health care. [13:42:26] So when you hear people attack me, that's how we're gonna pay for it. You ask them how they're gonna pay for that system. And they are going to maintain the status quo, which working families in this country cannot afford. Furthermore, Medicare, the reason we go this route is we're not inventing a new program. Medic has been around since the mid 1960s. [13:42:52] It is a popular program. Problem is got to be 65 to get into it. So what we do is two things with regard to Medicare. First of all, while Medicare is a good and strong program, it is not perfect by any means. [13:43:10] We expand Medicare benefits to include dental care, hearing aids, eyeglasses and and home healthcare. There are people in this room who have Medicare supplements that's gone. You don't have to worry about it because we will cover all of those benefits covered by Medicare Advantage. [13:43:51] What we do is we phase in the program over a four year period. Year number one, we expand benefits and then we lower the eligibility age from 65 to 55. [13:44:04] You have to down the forty five year three down with thirty five year for everybody is then ain't complicated. And when we do that we will provide high quality, affordable health care to every man, woman and child. That's what I believe must happen. [13:44:34] There is another issue that I want to spend a minute on. Because it is such a existentially important issue. And I wish I didn't have to tell you this. You know, I wish I could be easy for me to not tell you the truth, but then it's not my style. And what I want to simply tell you is that anybody who tells you that climate change is not real. Is not only lying to you, OK, but even worse is endangering. The well-being of our children, our grandchildren and future generations. [13:45:19] As you know, and I honestly I honestly don't understand how people can hold that view. [13:45:28] You know, I understand greed. People want to make billions and billions of dollars. All right, I get that, but everybody up when all these guys in the fossil fuel industry and elsewhere, they have children, they have grandchildren. [13:45:42] And I don't know how you can reject what the scientists are telling us and endanger these kids. [13:45:50] And what the scientists are telling us today is that they have greatly under estimated the degree and speed and severity of what climate change is doing to our country and to the world. In other words, they have underestimated the danger. [13:46:12] So right now, what they are telling us is that the polar ice caps are melting at a far faster rate than they had anticipated. The oceans are warming at a far faster rate than they had believed possible. The result means that the sea level is rising, which means if we do not get our act together, don't mean to frighten you. [13:46:35] Is that in our country? Major cities like Miami, like New Orleans, Charleston, South Carolina, maybe New York City will be partially or completely underwater by the end of the century. Countries like Bangladesh, Vietnam, parts of China will be under water. [13:46:57] We're talking about more drought, which will impact farmers here in Iowa because it will mean shorter, less productive growing season and the quality of the crop being produced will deteriorate less of the traditional value. It will mean more extreme weather disturbances last month. You saw pictures of Venice, Italy, being on the water. We saw pictures of Houston, Texas, being underwater. Torrential rainfalls expect to see more of that when the ocean warms. It is killing off millions of fish. [13:47:31] People all over the world get their protein from fish. There will be more hunger. [13:47:36] United. [13:47:49] To live in their communities because they can't find clean water and they can't find land to grow their crops. They will migrate, which causes massive international conflict with millions of people moving to another country. So I have been criticized because I have introduced the most sweeping climate change proposal ever introduced by a candidate for federal office. And people say, Bernie, your your proposal is too expensive. [13:48:21] Well, I want you all to think what is the alternative when you are fighting for the future of this planet? How much is too much? Our proposal is based on the principles of the Green New Deal, and I don't apologize for. [13:48:50] And that means we create up to 20 million good paying union jobs by transforming our energy system away from fossil fuel to energy efficiency and sustainable energy. We are going to retrofit older buildings throughout this country, putting people to work. And we're going to build the products needed to retrofit buildings right here in the United States. Insulation. Windows. [13:49:18] Roofing, braiding. Millions of jobs. [13:49:26] Iowa is one of the leaders in wind energy. You should be proud of that. We have got to expand wind and solar and biofuels and geothermal all over this country. We have to create a new transportation system, not based on fossil fuel. [13:49:51] And here is and I say these things I wish I did not have to say it because people sitting there think this is scary stuff. It is, but I don't know how you deal with it if we don't face the truth. If we continue to have politicians like Trump who deny the reality, who reject science, it is going to be a horror show not only for our country, but for the world. And here's what makes the problem even more complicated. It is not just an American issue. It is a global issue. [13:50:24] So my pledge to you is that as president of the United States. Number one, I will listen to the scientists. Number two, I will reach out to the people of China and Russia, India and Pakistan, Brazil, people all over the world. [13:50:44] And make it clear that instead of spending one point a trillion dollars a year on weapons of destruction designed to kill each other, we should pool our resources and fight our common enemy, which is climate change. Bottom line here is that we must tell the fossil fuel industry that they are short term profits are not more important than the future of this planet. [13:51:25] And I am confident that with all of the resources that we have put, all the engineers we have with all the scientists and all the great workers that we have, we can, in fact, lead the world in transforming our energy system and help countries all over the world do the same. [13:51:45] So. [13:51:53] One touch very briefly on a few other issues. Open it up to some questions and some comments. We have got to end a broken and racist criminal justice system. [13:52:18] We are. I am embarrassed that the United States has more people in jail than any other country on Earth. And what we have got to do is invest in our young people, in jobs, in education, so that these kids know that they can live a good life. Make a good living. [13:52:42] We got to invest in those kids rather than in more jails and incarceration. And among many other things, I won't go through the whole list of things is we must and I know maybe not everybody in the world agrees with me, but I believe we have got to end the war on drugs. [13:53:18] And that means legalizing marijuana in every state in this country. And it means expunging the records of those arrested. [13:53:41] But it is not only a broken criminal justice system that we've got to reform. It is a very broken immigration system as well. [13:53:56] And I will tell you that on day one, we will end the demonization of the undocumented in this country that Trump is carrying on right now. [13:54:15] On day one, through executive order, we will undo all of the races, immigration executive orders promulgated by Trump. [13:54:26] As we will reestablish legal status for the one point eight million young people and their parents eligible for the DOC program. He will develop a humane border policy that does not allow agents to snatch babies from the arms of their mother. [13:54:55] As. [13:55:01] And we will pass. [13:55:04] We will pass comprehensive immigration reform in a bi partisan China that moves the undocumented toward citizenship. [13:55:22] All of us, whether we are conservative or progressive, Democrat, Republican, independent. React with horror and disgust when we turn on the TV and we see another mass shooting. And people just throw their arms up and say that I can't believe that this is happening in America and it's not just the number of people who are killed by guns or the mass shootings. It is the fear that kids have all over this country. [13:55:54] I was in New Hampshire a few weeks ago and a woman stands up and she says, Bernie, what am I supposed to tell my 11 year old daughter who wants me to buy her a bulletproof backpack for Christmas? That's the kind of fear that children experience my grandchildren undergo drills, your kids and grandchildren undergo drills in order to prepare for some disgusting, unimaginable horror taking place in the school. So this is an issue that has got to be dealt with. And what I will tell you is that our gun policy will be determined by the American people, not the end. Or a. [13:56:46] And that is we will have universal background checks. We will end the gun show loophole. We will end the straw man provision, which allows people to legally buy guns and then sell it. Scott. [13:57:24] As a United States senator, I hear a lot of speeches on the floor of the Senate, not the most fun thing in the world, I have to tell you. But I do hear and very often I hear from my Republican colleagues who say, you know, we are conservative, we believe in small government. You've heard this mantra. We believe in getting the government off the backs of the American people. Etc., etc.. Well, I say to those conservatives, if you believe in getting the government off the backs of the people, understand that it is women who must control their own bodies, not the government. [13:58:18] So my promise to you is that I will never nominate anyone for the Supreme Court or to the federal courts who is not 100 percent pro Roe v. Wade. Let me conclude by saying this is the center of our ideal with the power of the corporate elite. Every day I deal with Wall Street. We got six banks that have that control assets of over 10 trillion dollars. Got that? Six banks. Ten trillion dollars. [13:59:03] I deal with the drug companies who are charging you. In some cases, 10 times more for the medicine you need than you are charging people in other countries. I deal with the greed of the insurance industry. I deal with the military industrial complex and all the cost overruns and all the corruption that goes on in that industry. I deal with the prison industrial complex. So I know a little bit about the power of the corporate elite and about the power of the 1 percent. And they are very powerful. I wish I could tell you. [13:59:53] But at the end of the day, what this campaign is about is the belief. That if the 99 percent stand together, if we do not allow Trump and its friends to divide us. [14:00:07] Oh, based on the color of our skin or where we were born or our religion or our sexual orientation. [14:00:16] If we stand together around an agenda that works for all of us, not withstanding the power of the 1 percent, we can take them on. We can't defeat Trump. We can't transform this country. And that is what this campaign is about. Thank you. [14:01:00] Thank you. [14:01:04] Okay. We're gonna hit the road so that we have time for some questions. We'll come. A lot of people here. Okay. Mr. Lee, raise your hand. That's the best thing. We have a mike on the other side. Okay. Oh, we got one Mike, too, Mike. Please raise your hands. [14:01:20] Okay. I see a woman in a brown blouse, right? Yes, ma'am. Hi. Stand up. If you could give us your name. [14:01:28] My name is Jennifer. Jennifer. And I want to ask you about the impeachment. Yes. And as I've heard about impeachment, apparently he's been impeached in the House that we have some sort of blockage. I believe in the Senate. And I was wondering how Democrats feel that they can deal with that good in the Senate. [14:01:53] Well, you're right. Two counts of impeachment, two articles of impeachment were brought forth and passed in the House. And what the speaker of. [14:02:16] Donald Trump, but like anybody in America, anybody in America, Trump deserves a fair trial. That's all. That's what I believe. And as a senator, one of the people who will be sitting voting on this thing, I want to hear the evidence and I want to hear from witnesses. You know, if you ever sat on jury duty, you hear from witnesses, why is the person guilty? Why is the person innocent? [14:02:43] That's what you want to hear. But unfortunately, it appears at this moment that Mitch McConnell is not particularly interested in allowing the Senate and the American people to hear from the important witnesses who know exactly what was going on in the Ukraine. So if Trump thinks he's innocent, what he should tell McConnell, bring the witnesses is and let them testify. Let's get to the bottom of this. [14:03:10] But that is not what he is doing. So we'll see how this thing unfolds. But it is my strong view that if we're going to have a serious trial, then witnesses need to be called in the U.S. Senate. Bill, got anybody questions on this one, I want to go around the room, OK? I see a woman in red right now. [14:03:38] She is. [14:03:42] Hello, I'm Lydia. [14:03:44] I'm 18 and something that I haven't heard a lot of candidates talk about, like when you're talking about the Green Party only talking about climate change is how we're going to take down commercial farming and deal with that. Goodness. I mean, it's killing our country or our world, our climate. And I haven't heard a lot of people talk about that. Don't listen to me. [14:04:02] You know, that's a very fair and good question, especially in a state like Iowa. [14:04:07] And let me just. [14:04:08] I mean, that opens up a whole big issue. But let me just briefly give you my views on one of the sad aspects of what has been going on in America. Well, before Trump for many years. You know it as well as I do here in Iowa, in Vermont is we have seen the decline of family based agriculture. We have seen the decline of rural communities. Kids in Vermont, in rural communities to kids in Iowa, kids all over rural America are leaving those communities. [14:04:39] Schools are closing down because there aren't good jobs and family based agriculture is going out of business. So, Lydia, let me just say to you, as somebody who comes from a rural state, somebody, please. Spent a lot of time fighting for family farmers. [14:04:56] The thrust of our agricultural policy will be to support family based agriculture. We want young people to come back to family based agriculture where they can make a living, which is often not the case right now. Furthermore, to your point, no question, but that factory farming is impacting very significantly the war water quality and the air quality of communities all across this country. Our proposal puts a moratorium. We stopped the expansion of factory farming in this country. [14:05:42] And we also deal with the consolidation in agro business so that in sector after sector, whether it's poultry, beef, dairy or whatever it is, we have fewer entities controlling those sectors, making it harder for farmers to get their prices for their products. Lydia, thanks for that question. OK. OK. I see a hand right here. [14:06:04] Yes, ma'am. Yeah. Come on, there's your money. [14:06:07] First of all, thank you very much for running again. He basically answered most of my questions, but the one thing that's leaving me worried is when you win the election. [14:06:29] Are you going to reunite this divided? Good. Thank you very much for the call. Your name is Mary Callahan. [14:06:36] Mary Mary is a very good question. [14:06:39] And I think, you know, certainly one of the painful aspects of where we are as a nation now is the sea, the increase, the visible this and in some cases to hatred that's going on. That should not be the case. That democracy that I believe in is that if you disagree with me, that's fine, that you're American, right? [14:07:01] Well, let us try to be civil in terms of our disagreements. But you asked the question. You asked the question, how do we bring the American people together? And I think that the answer is pretty simple. [14:07:14] If you have a government that does what the American people want rather than what wealthy campaign contributors want. What do I mean by that? What I mean by that is on issue after issue, including many of the issues I've talked about tonight, you don't want Republicans and Democrats and independents it should we raise the minimum wage to 50 dollars? It's not just my idea or your idea. That is what a strong majority of the American people believe. [14:07:45] Equal pay for equal work. Strong majority Republicans, Democrats, independents. Should we move to guarantee health care to all people? The American people will have differences as to how we get there. But they do understand you're a Republican. You can't afford your premiums. All right. They understand the current system is corrupt and dysfunctional. Republicans have kids who can't afford to go to college or a leaving college deeply in debt. [14:08:15] More and more Republicans understand what Trump does not understand, that climate change is real. We have some very conservative Republicans working with us on criminal justice reform for a very interesting reason. Not only are we destroying lives by locking people up, we're wasting huge amounts of money. Costs more money to put somebody in jail that send them to the University of Iowa, where conservative Republicans understand that. All right. [14:08:42] So on answer your question, the way I believe we bring people together is we bring them together around the common support that exists on many, many issues. I'm not telling you it's every issue, but there are many issues. And that certainly will be the thrust of what our administration is about. [14:09:10] OK, I see your hand. Way, way, way in the back. Gentlemen, stand up. Yup. Yup. [14:09:18] Hi, my name is Jeff. I like many of you. I have worked my whole life. Eleven years ago, when the Wall Street Wall Street caused the depression, we lost our eighty five year old family business. My wife has had cancer twice. We pay thirty thousand dollars a year in insurance right now. [14:09:40] Either we choose. And that's why here we choose to put our. Our time behind changing this country. We've actually thought about moving to a different country in order to sustain our life because we can't afford to stay here. I'm sure a lot of people feel the same way. We need to get involved. [14:10:05] Thank you for running. Thank you very much. [14:10:09] As we just pick up. [14:10:15] Chuck, Chuck. Thank you. [14:10:17] I'm sorry, Chuck. Oh, my name is Jeff. Jeff. OK. I want to thank you for standing what we do. [14:10:27] And this is kind of too big a room to do it today. You know, we have smaller groups. We asked people to stand up and say, talk about what's going on in their lives. You go around the room, it turns out everybody has some pain and some issues. And what we're trying to do in this campaign and I think, Jeff, the thing you know, here he is talking about what the greed and illegal behavior of Wall Street did to his small business and the businesses all across this country. [14:10:58] Millions of people lost their jobs, their homes and their life savings. [14:11:04] Hey, Jeff, you know what happened since the biggest banks are bigger today and more profitable than they ever have been and we bailed them out. [14:11:12] The point Jeff is making. If we could bail out the crooks on Wall Street, can we create an economy that works for working families? [14:11:20] Jeff is absolutely right. And the issue of health care. All right. Jeff, you talk about how you pay for health care. [14:11:27] So the next time you see one of my opponents, Bernie, how are you going to pay for Medicare for all? Jeff is paying for it right now. Thirty thousand dollars a year. That is totally crazy. Totally reactionary and unfair. [14:11:44] So what I think Jeff is is right on. And that is we have got to have the courage to work together to take on Wall Street. We've got some very specific ideas about breaking up. [14:12:18] And I'm just curious, how should I respond when people tell me. [14:12:24] Well, is too old to be in office? [14:12:27] Mere kids, too young to be in office. It drives me nuts because obviously a competency. We have idiots in office. [14:12:44] A question. [14:12:50] You know, every question people want to save us. And I'm not just brown nosing. The people of Iowa is, you know, you go first. So you play a disproportionately important role in the whole political process. And I have really been impressed with somebody who's been all. [14:13:20] And you take it seriously, and I will bet that many people who were here today have gone to hear other candidates to try to assess where they are coming from as well. That's what you should be doing. OK. And people are asking all kinds of questions, which is what you should be asking. [14:13:35] So all that I say is this is age an issue? It's an issue. [14:13:41] Is experience an issue? Yeah, I think that's an issue. I was a mayor for eight years. [14:13:48] We got it at the time as one of the best mayors in America. [14:13:50] I know something about business in Burlington, Vermont. It's a beautiful city. OK. And I say that because that's important, too. [14:14:01] I was in the House of Representatives. We talked a moment ago. We talked about how we bring people together. There were years where I passed more amendments on the floor of the House with Republicans than any other member of Congress or 435 members. Knowing how to work with me, knowing the experience is experience important in a crazy world like today? You know, I think it's of some importance. That's a joke. [14:14:24] I think it's very important, you know. [14:14:28] And so I'm going to I think we look at the totality of where a person is. But most importantly, you know, and this is true, one of the things I always want to be there, all folks out there, candidates out there running for governor or senator, whether they're running for. [14:14:45] They are great husbands or wives or they treat their kids really, really nice to the nice people. [14:14:51] But they want to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and give tax breaks to billionaires. [14:14:57] So you've got to look at what somebody stands for, what somebody is the ideas on. [14:15:05] Now, I have you know, I'm 78, plead guilty. [14:15:11] But the advantage there is an advantage in that is unlike all these kids I'm running against. [14:15:40] You'll find out now when I was mayor of Burlington. [14:15:44] I was on the picket line with workers around my state. You could find out what I was talking about, gay rights before it was fashionable. I was fighting for Medicare for all people. Both people even knew what that concept was. [14:16:19] So in a sense, I mean this quite seriously. [14:16:22] The advantage of having over one track record is that I am too old to change. [14:16:30] I have stood up and fought for working families my entire life. I am a son of the working class. That's where I come from. That is who I am. All right. Get out. I read somewhere that Donald Trump's millionaire family gave him an allowance when he was a kid. Up two hundred thousand dollars a year. My allowance was twenty five cents a week. [14:17:03] Lucky to get that. [14:17:06] So I know to answer your question, I know where I come from. I apologize to nobody for my working class roots. I apologize to nobody that I'm the son of an immigrant and I apologize to nobody that is president. Our administration will take on the greed and corruption of the corporate elite. Thank you all very much. [14:22:19] Thank you. [14:22:31] They thought I was going to sing, but you don't want to hear that. [14:22:37] This is a wonderful, wonderful turnout debut. Thank you very much for coming out this morning. [14:22:47] And let me thank Francis King for her remarks. Supervisor Chris Watts offer his remarks, Louis Meyer for his remarks. Let me not only thank Tiffany for her remarks, but the incredible courage of those workers to stand up for their own dignity and for the second time in Iowa. [14:23:10] All of Iowa have a hotel that is organized. Congratulations. [14:23:15] IBEW know there's a lot. [14:23:24] I know there's a lot of concerns on your minds. [14:25:41] They thought I was going to sing. But, you know, you don't want to hear that. [14:25:48] This is a wonderful, wonderful turnout debut. Thank you very much for coming out this morning. [14:25:57] And let me thank Francis King for her remarks. Supervisor Chris Schwartz of his remarks, Louis Meyer for his remarks. Let me not only thank Tiffany for her remarks, but the incredible courage of those workers to stand up for their own dignity. [14:26:18] And for the second time in Iowa, all of Iowa have a hotel that is organized. Congratulations, IBEW. [14:26:33] There was a lot. I know there's a lot of concerns on your minds and we want to get to them. [14:26:41] But before we do that, I want to go to say a few words regarding the developing situation in Iraq and Iran. [14:26:51] As I said yesterday, I am deeply concerned that President Trump's actions represent a dangerous escalation that brings us closer to yet another disastrous war in the Middle East, which is exactly what we do not need. Unfortunately, similar to my concerns I raised way back in 2002 regarding the war in Iraq, a new war with Iran could cost thousands of lives, trillions more dollars and lead to even more deaths, more conflict and more displacement throughout a region that is already in volatile situation. So let me say a few words about what I see as the next steps that we must take to stop Trump's reckless actions and his impulsiveness. When I return to Washington next week. The end, along with the US Senate. I believe the first course of action is for the Congress to take immediate steps to restrain President Trump from plunging our nation into yet another endless war. [14:28:28] This country needs a whole lot of things, but one thing that we do not need is another war. We've got enough of those. [14:28:43] With my colleague, Congressman Roe Cano and others, we will advance legislation to assert Congress's constitutional authority and responsibility to prohibit any funding for offensive military force in or against Iran without congressional authorization. I am also proud to support Senator Tim Kaine's war powers resolution to force a vote to end on authorize hostilities against Iran. [14:29:33] As I think all of you know and all Americans know, our founding fathers gave the responsibility over war not to the president, but to Congress. That is very clear in the Constitution, and in my view, Congress must must act in the face of a president who has shown time and time again that he cannot be relied upon to tell us the truth or to make well-thought-out decisions. Furthermore, fortunately, as we have seen with the resolution I authored with conservative Republicans to end our involvement in the Saudi led war in Yemen, I believe. Thank you. [14:30:31] I believe that there must be and that there will be bipartisan support for Congress to take this step. [14:30:42] For too many years. And here is the simple truth that nobody in this room or I should be proud of. [14:30:50] But for too many years, Congress under Republican administrations and under Democratic administrations, has abdicated its constitutional responsibility. [14:31:06] It is time for Congress to take that responsibility. If Congress if Congress wants to vote to go to war and I will vote against them. But if Congress wants to go to war, let Congress have the guts to vote for war. Do not like this president take unilateral action. [14:31:45] Let me tell you very briefly what our campaign is about and what our administration will will be about and what our campaign is. [14:33:33] It's running against. [14:33:37] You can check my record. Go on. [14:34:27] My name is Christy, and I'm just curious, how should I respond when people tell me, well, Bernie is too old to be in office. [14:34:36] Our mayor Pete is too young to be in office. [14:34:40] It drives me nuts because obviously age, incompetency. [14:34:46] We have an idiot in office now, and he's. [14:34:56] Good question. [14:35:00] You know, every question and people want to say this, and I'm not just brown nosing the people of Iowa. Is, you know, you go first. So you play a disproportionately important role in the whole political process. And I have really been impressed that, you know, somebody who's been all over the slate, how seriously the people of Iowa take that very important responsibility the whole country is looking about. We got all this media here. You know, not in Maryland. They're not in New Mexico. They're here in Iowa. They're looking at you and you take it seriously. And I will bet that many people who were here today have gone to hear other candidates to try to assess where they are coming from as well. That's what you should be doing. OK. And people are asking all kinds of questions, which is what you should be asking. [14:35:45] So all that I say is this is age an issue? It's an issue. [14:35:50] Is experience an issue? Yeah, I think it's an issue. I was a mayor for eight years. [14:35:57] We got it at the time as one of the best mayors in America. [14:36:00] I know something about business in Burlington, Vermont. It's a beautiful city. OK. And I say that because that's important, too. I was in the House of Representatives. [14:36:12] You talked a moment ago. We talked about how we bring people together. There were years where I passed more amendments on the floor of the House with Republicans than any other member of Congress or 435 members. Knowing how to work with people, knowing the experience is experience important in a crazy world like today? You know, I think it's of some importance. That's a joke. I think it's very important. [14:36:37] You know. And so I've been I think we look at the totality of where a person is. But most importantly, you know, and this is one of the things that always bothers me. They're all folks out there, candidates out there running for governor or senator, whether they're running for. They are great husbands or wives or they treat their kids really, really nice. [14:36:59] They're nice people. But they want to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and give tax breaks to billionaires. [14:37:07] So you've got to look at what somebody stands for, what somebody to ideas on. Now I have. Yeah. I'm 78, plead guilty. [14:37:20] But the advantage there is an advantage in that is unlike all these kids I'm running against. You can check my record going back a long way. [14:37:37] You can afford. A long way. [14:37:50] You could find out that when I was Mayor Burlington, I was on the picket line with workers around my state.